to adopt the amendment to HB 5556.
Representative Fink moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5556. The motion did not prevail 12- 16-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Mentzer, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Schuette offered the following amendment to HB 5556: 1. Amend page 45, following line 14, by inserting: "Sec. 250. Any funds appropriated in part 1 that are utilized for grants or grant programs are subject to the following conditions: (a) Grant funds shall only be provided to an entity that has been established or operating in this state or another state for more than 2 years prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (b) Grant funds shall only be provided to an entity that has had an office within this state or in the service area covered under any grant for at least 6 months prior to approval or disbursement of the grant. (c) Prior to the disbursement or awarding of any grant, all grant recipients must provide a spending plan specifying how all grant funds would be used and if any grant funds would be provided to a third party or subrecipient. (d) Each department or agency responsible for the disbursement or awarding of grant funds must audit the entity's use of the grant funds for each fiscal year in which the grant is active. (e) Grant recipients and their immediate family members are prohibited from being employed by the executive branch or legislative branch of this state. In addition, grant recipients are prohibited from serving on any state board that has direct or indirect responsibility for the approval or auditing of grant funds disbursed by any department or agency. (f) Full and complete audits of grant funds issued by a department or agency of this state, without redaction unless required by law, must be posted to a department or agency website in a conspicuous place for public review.".