HF 2300 (LSB 5707HV (1) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2300

BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 550)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning funding authority for training, education, and related expenses of county veteran service officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 35A.16, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  If sufficient moneys are available, the department shall annually allocate ten thousand dollars to each county commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the services of an executive director or administrator pursuant to chapter 28E, to be used to provide services to veterans pursuant to section 35B.6 and for training, education, and related expenses of county veteran service officers. Each county receiving an allocation shall annually report on expenditure of the allocation in a form agreed to by the department and county representatives.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill concerns training for county veteran service officers.
   Code section 35A.16, concerning the county commissions of veteran affairs fund, is amended to provide that counties may use moneys allocated to each county from the fund for training, education, and related expenses of county veteran service officers.