Senate
File
2366
-
Enrolled
Senate
File
2366
AN
ACT
CONCERNING
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
RELATING
TO
MEMBERSHIP
ON
THE
COMMISSION
OF
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
AND
EXPENDITURES
FROM
THE
VETERANS
TRUST
FUND.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
35A.2,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2018,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
A
commission
of
veterans
affairs
is
created
consisting
of
nine
eleven
persons
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
governor,
subject
to
confirmation
by
the
senate.
Members
shall
be
appointed
to
staggered
terms
of
four
years
beginning
and
ending
as
provided
in
section
69.19
.
The
governor
shall
fill
a
vacancy
for
the
unexpired
portion
of
the
term.
In
addition
to
the
members
appointed
by
the
governor,
the
director
of
the
department
and
the
commandant
of
the
Iowa
veterans
home
shall
serve
as
nonvoting,
ex
officio
members
of
the
commission.
2.
Eight
Ten
commissioners
shall
be
honorably
discharged
members
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States.
The
American
legion
of
Iowa,
disabled
American
veterans
department
of
Iowa,
veterans
of
foreign
wars
department
of
Iowa,
American
veterans
of
World
War
II,
Korea,
and
Vietnam,
the
Vietnam
veterans
of
America,
and
the
military
order
of
the
purple
heart,
the
paralyzed
veterans
of
America,
and
the
Iowa
association
of
county
commissioners
and
veteran
service
officers,
through
their
department
commanders,
shall
submit
two
names
respectively
from
their
organizations
to
the
governor.
The
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p.
2
adjutant
general
and
the
Iowa
affiliate
of
the
reserve
officers
association
shall
submit
names
to
the
governor
of
persons
to
represent
the
Iowa
national
guard
and
the
association.
The
governor
shall
appoint
from
the
group
of
names
submitted
by
the
adjutant
general
and
reserve
officers
association
two
representatives
and
from
each
of
the
other
organizations
one
representative
to
serve
as
a
member
of
the
commission,
unless
the
appointments
would
conflict
with
the
bipartisan
and
gender
balance
provisions
of
sections
69.16
and
69.16A
.
In
addition,
the
governor
shall
appoint
one
member
of
the
public,
knowledgeable
in
the
general
field
of
veterans
affairs,
to
serve
on
the
commission.
Sec.
2.
Section
35A.13,
subsection
3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
Moneys
credited
to
the
trust
fund
shall
not
be
transferred,
used,
obligated,
appropriated,
or
otherwise
encumbered,
except
as
provided
in
this
section
.
Moneys
in
the
trust
fund
may
be
used
for
cash
flow
purposes
during
a
fiscal
year
provided
that
any
moneys
so
allocated
are
returned
to
the
trust
fund
by
the
end
of
that
fiscal
year.
Moneys
in
the
trust
fund
may
also
be
used
for
cemetery
grant
development
purposes
provided
that
any
moneys
so
allocated
,
except
for
moneys
used
for
department
of
administrative
services
expenditures
related
to
the
grant,
are
returned
to
the
trust
fund
upon
receipt
of
federal
funds
received
for
such
purposes.
Sec.
3.
Section
35A.13,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
The
minimum
balance
of
the
trust
fund
required
prior
to
expenditure
of
moneys
from
the
trust
fund
is
five
million
dollars.
Once
the
minimum
balance
is
reached,
the
interest
and
earnings
on
the
fund
and
the
first
three
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
transferred
each
fiscal
year
pursuant
to
section
99G.39
from
the
lottery
fund
to
the
trust
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
commission
to
be
used
to
achieve
the
purposes
of
subsection
6
of
this
section
.
Moneys
appropriated
to
the
commission
that
remain
unobligated
or
unexpended
at
the
end
of
each
fiscal
year
shall
revert
to
the
trust
fund.
It
is
the
intent
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
balance
in
the
trust
fund
reach
fifty
million
dollars.
Senate
File
2366,
p.
3
Sec.
4.
Section
35A.13,
subsection
6,
paragraph
l,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
Sec.
5.
Section
35A.13,
subsection
6,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
o.
Rental
housing
assistance
for
veterans
who
meet
the
definition
of
homeless,
as
set
out
in
42
U.S.C.
ยง11302,
for
payment
of
rental
application
fees
needed
for
obtaining
rental
housing.
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
p.
Monetary
assistance
on
a
one-time
basis
per
recipient
to
be
used
to
prevent
homelessness
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
one
thousand
dollars
per
recipient.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2366,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor