This bill allows the Secretary of State to accept funds from nonstate sources for local governments to apply toward technology projects (Section 1) and for the state to use to address confidentiality in the Safe at Home program (Section 2).
Section 1 [Authority to Accept Funds] authorizes the Secretary of State to solicit and accept funds from local governmental units to be used for technology projects to enhance the state's election system and allows the Secretary of State to accept federal funds for election purposes. This section specifies that a certain state statute that governs the disbursement of federal funds will or will not apply, depending on whether the terms of the grant require the state to maintain its efforts. Funds accepted under this section are deposited into a special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is required to report by January 15 each year to the chair and ranking minority members of the finance committees of the house and senate. The report must include the total amounts received in the preceding year, the source of those funds, and the uses to which those funds are put.
Section 2 [Authority to Accept Funds] authorizes the Secretary of State to solicit and accept funds from individuals and may apply for grants from charitable foundations and the federal government to be used for the confidentiality program, Safe at Home, that provides data protection for victims of violence. This section specifies that a certain state statute that governs the disbursement of federal funds will or will not apply, depending on whether the terms of the grant require the state to maintain its efforts. Funds accepted under this section are deposited into a special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is required to report by January 15 each year to the chair and ranking minority members of the finance committees of the house and senate. The report must include the total amounts received in the preceding year, the source of those funds, and the uses to which those funds are put.
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