House File 39

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BODDICKER


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the definition of veteran and providing an
  2    effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1368YH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1  3    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (5)  Former members of the armed forces
  1  4 of the United States if any portion of their term of
  1  5 enlistment would have occurred within the time period
  1  6 specified in paragraph "a", subparagraph (9), but who instead
  1  7 opted to serve five years in the reserve forces of the United
  1  8 States, as allowed by federal law, and who were discharged
  1  9 under honorable conditions.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  STATE FUNDING.  The military service tax
  1 11 exemptions and credits provided pursuant to this Act shall be
  1 12 funded pursuant to chapter 426A and section 25B.7, subsection
  1 13 2.
  1 14    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.  This Act,
  1 15 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  1 16 enactment.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill modifies the definition of "veteran" to include
  1 19 former members of the armed forces of the United States if any
  1 20 portion of their term of enlistment would have occurred during
  1 21 the Korean conflict but who instead opted to serve five years
  1 22 in the reserve forces of the United States, which was an
  1 23 option under federal law.
  1 24    In response to the requirements of Code section 25B.7, the
  1 25 military service tax exemptions and credits resulting from the
  1 26 modification to the definition of "veteran" are funded as
  1 27 provided in Code chapter 426A.
  1 28    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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