Farm-to-school fund.

(1) A farm-to-school fund is created in the state treasury under the management and control of the department.

(2) The fund shall include moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly. The fund shall include any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department, including moneys from public or private sources, to support the program.

(3) Moneys in the fund are appropriated to support the program in a manner determined by the department, including for reasonable administrative costs incurred by the department. However, the department shall not expend more than four percent of moneys existing at any one time in the fund during each fiscal year for purpose of paying costs associated with the administration of the program and fund incurred by the department during that fiscal year. Moneys expended from the fund shall not require further special authorization by the general assembly.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(4) (b) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated.

2021 Acts, ch 149, §6