5809 AMH DAHL POLZ 246

SB 5809 - H AMD TO APPE COMM AMD (H-2342.1/13) 440

By Representative Dahlquist

ADOPTED 04/16/2013

    On page 1, at the beginning of line 21 of the striking amendment, strike all material through "year." on line 25 and insert the following:

    "(iii) It is the intent of the legislature that state funds invested in the account be matched at fifty percent by the private-public partnership each fiscal year.  However, state funds in the account may be accessed in the event that the private-public partnership fails to meet the fifty percent match target.  Should the private-public partnership not meet the fifty percent match target by the conclusion of the fiscal year ending on June 30, the department and the private-public partnership, shall jointly submit a report to the relevant legislative committees detailing the reasons why the fifty-percent match target was not met, the actual match rate achieved, and a plan to achieve fifty percent match in the subsequent fiscal year.  This report shall be submitted as promptly as practicable, but the lack of receipt of this report shall not prevent state funds in the account from being accessed.

    (iv) Amounts used for program administration by the department may not exceed an average of four percent in any two consecutive fiscal years."

    Renumber remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references.

EFFECT:  Adds language stating Legislative intent that the private-public partnership match rate for state funds in the Home Visiting Services Account be fifty percent.  However, state funds in the account may be accessed by the private-public partnership without a fifty percent match.  If the private-public partnership does not meet the fifty percent match by the conclusion of the fiscal year ending June 30, the Department of Early Learning and the private-public partnership, shall jointly submit a report to the relevant Legislative committees detailing the reason why the fifty percent match was not met, and a plan to achieve the fifty percent match in the subsequent fiscal year.  The report shall be submitted as promptly as practicable, but lack of receipt of this report shall not prevent state funds in the account from being accessed.  Adds language limiting the Department of Early Learning's administrative costs to an average of four percent in any two consecutive fiscal years.  Removes proposed language directing the private-public partnership and the Department of Early Learning to determine the match rate for public funds in the Home Visiting Services Account each fiscal year. 

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