SF 2370 (LSB 6279SV (2) 88)

SENATE FILE 2370

BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3146)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the department of veterans affairs to provide rosters of discharged members of the military to county commissions of veteran affairs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 35A.5, subsection 15, Code 2020, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   15.  Monthly, create and provide a copy of a roster of every certificate or release or discharge from active duty, DD form 214, received by the department in the prior month to the county commission of veteran affairs of each county listed on the roster. The roster shall include, for each certificate of release or discharge from active duty, information that includes the name of the military member, the member’s address of record at the time of entrance and separation from active duty, and the member’s county of residence listed on the certificate.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of veterans affairs to create and provide monthly a copy of a roster of every certificate or release or discharge from active duty, DD form 214, received by the department in the prior month to the county commission of veteran affairs of each county listed on the roster. The bill provides that the roster include the name of the military member, the member’s address of record at the time of entrance and separation from active duty, and the member’s county of residence.