HF 2663 (LSB 6059HZ (3) 90)

RELATING TO NATIONAL TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL OF COUNTY  COMMISSIONS OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 35A.13, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Notwithstanding paragraphs “a”, “b”, and “c”, moneys transferred under subsection 5A to the county commission of veteran affairs training program account shall be expended as provided in section 35A.16.
    Sec. 2.  Section 35A.13, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and for each subsequent fiscal year, there is transferred to the county commission of veteran affairs training program account of the county commissions of veteran affairs fund created in section 35A.16, from the moneys transferred pursuant to section 99G.39 from the lottery fund to the veterans trust fund, three hundred thousand dollars.
    Sec. 3.  Section 35A.16, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  A county commission of veteran affairs training program account shall be established within the county commissions of veteran affairs fund. Any moneys remaining in the fund after the allocations under subsection 3 shall be credited to the account and used by are appropriated to the department to fund the county commission of veteran affairs training program under section 35A.17 and training for department personnel.  In addition, from the moneys transferred to the account from the veterans trust fund created in section 35A.13, the department shall annually allocate three 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 for national training and related expenses of county veteran service officers and appropriate staff.

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2663, Ninetieth General Assembly.

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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2024

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor