Iowa Code 190B.201 – Iowa emergency food purchase program — fund
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1. An Iowa emergency food purchase program fund is established in the state treasury and shall be administered by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund pursuant to section 602.8108, subsection 11, and any other moneys appropriated to the fund.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 190B.201
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of environmental quality in a reference to a time before July 1, 1983, the department of water, air and waste management in a reference to a time on or after July 1, 1983, and through June 30, 1986, and the department of natural resources on or after July 1, 1986, and includes any officer or agency within that department. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Fund: means the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund created in section 203D. See Iowa Code 203D.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The purpose of the fund is to relieve situations of emergency experienced by families or individuals who reside in this state, including low-income families and individuals and unemployed families and individuals, by distributing food to those persons, and the department of agriculture and land stewardship may contract with an Iowa food bank association to manage the program.
3. The Iowa food bank association managing the program shall distribute food under the program to emergency feeding organizations in this state. The Iowa food bank association shall report to the department of agriculture and land stewardship as required by the department.
4. “Iowa food bank association” means a private nonprofit entity that meets all of the following requirements:
a. The association is organized under chapter 504.
b. The association qualifies under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
c. The association’s members include food banks, or affiliations of food banks, that together serve all counties in this state.
d. The association’s principal office is located in this state.
5. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until two years following the last day of the fiscal year in which the funds were originally appropriated.