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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 35.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, 1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (2) Former members of the Iowa national guard who served 1 4 at least twenty years in the Iowa national guard after January 1 5 28, 1973, and who were discharged under honorable conditions. 1 6 However, a member of the Iowa national guard who was activated 1 7 for federaldutyservice or who was activated for active state 1 8 service by order of the governor at the request of the 1 9 president of the United States, other than for training, for a 1 10 minimum aggregate of ninety days, and was discharged under 1 11 honorable conditions or was retired under Title X of the 1 12 United States Code, shall be included as a veteran. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 25B.2, subsection 3, does not apply to the 1 14 benefits and property tax exemptions and credits available to 1 15 veterans. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill provides that active state service served by a 1 18 member of the Iowa national guard by the order of the governor 1 19 at the request of the president of the United States, for 1 20 purposes other than for training, shall be considered to meet 1 21 the minimum aggregate of 90 days' service to qualify as a 1 22 veteran. The member must also be discharged under honorable 1 23 conditions or retired under Title X of the United States Code. 1 24 Current law provides that only a minimum aggregate of 90 days 1 25 of federal service qualifies even though active state service 1 26 is also federally authorized and funded. Upon discharge under 1 27 honorable conditions or retirement from the Iowa national 1 28 guard with the minimum aggregate of 90 days active state 1 29 service, the veteran and the veteran's family are eligible for 1 30 veteran benefits including the military property tax exemption 1 31 and credit. 1 32 Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, relating to state funding 1 33 of mandates does not apply to the provisions of this bill. 1 34 LSB 6383HH 79 1 35 tj/cls/14
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