House File 24 



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  DOLECHECK, DEYOE, ALONS,
                                      WINDSCHITL, SANDS, RAYHONS,
                                      HOFFMAN, SODERBERG, WORTHAN,
                                      BAUDLER, STRUYK, WATTS,
                                      HEATON, TJEPKES, LUKAN,
                                      GRASSLEY, KAUFMANN, CHAMBERS,
                                      HUSEMAN, TYMESON, ROBERTS,
                                      DRAKE, QUIRK, MAY, S. OLSON,
                                      CLUTE, TOMENGA, JACOBY, BOAL,
                                      DE BOEF, and FREVERT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning preference for state employment for nonresident
  2    veterans.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1529YH 82
  5 ec/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8A.413, subsection 21, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    21.  a.  For veterans preference through a provision that
  1  4 veterans, as defined in section 35.1, shall have five the
  1  5 following applicable points added to the grade or score
  1  6 attained in qualifying examinations for appointment to jobs.:
  1  7    (1)  For resident veterans, five points.
  1  8    (2)  For nonresident veterans, four points.
  1  9    (3)  For resident disabled veterans, ten points.
  1 10    (4)  For nonresident disabled veterans, eight points.
  1 11    b.  For purposes of this subsection:
  1 12    (1)  "Disabled veterans" means Veterans veterans who have a
  1 13 service=connected disability or are receiving compensation,
  1 14 disability benefits, or pension under laws administered by the
  1 15 veterans administration shall have ten points added to the
  1 16 grades attained in qualifying examinations.  A veteran or who
  1 17 has have been awarded the purple heart for disabilities
  1 18 incurred in action shall be considered to have a
  1 19 service=connected disability.
  1 20    (2)  "Resident veterans" means a veteran as defined in
  1 21 section 35.1.
  1 22    (3)  "Nonresident veterans" means veterans who do not
  1 23 reside in this state but otherwise qualify as a veteran as
  1 24 defined in section 35.1.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides that nonresident veterans be granted a
  1 27 veterans preference for purposes of state employment
  1 28 qualifying examinations.  The bill provides that nonresident
  1 29 veterans have four points added to their grade or score and
  1 30 nonresident disabled veterans have eight points added to their
  1 31 score.  Under current law, resident veterans have five points
  1 32 added and disabled resident veterans have 10 points added to
  1 33 their grade or score.
  1 34 LSB 1529YH 82
  1 35 ec:sc/je/5