House File 293 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MASCHER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an annual appropriation to the commission of
  2    veterans affairs for the state veterans cemetery.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2309HH 81
  5 ec/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.3, subsection 14, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    14.  To establish and operate a state veterans cemetery and
  1  4 to make application to the government of the United States or
  1  5 any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, for funds
  1  6 for the purpose of establishing such a cemetery.  There is
  1  7 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  1  8 commission for each fiscal year the sum of three hundred
  1  9 seventy=five thousand dollars for the purpose of establishing
  1 10 and operating a state veterans cemetery.  The state may enter
  1 11 into agreements with any subdivision of the state for
  1 12 assistance in operating the cemetery.  The state shall own the
  1 13 land on which the cemetery is located.  The commission shall
  1 14 have the authority to accept federal grant funds, funding from
  1 15 state subdivisions, donations from private sources, and
  1 16 federal "plot allowance" payments.  All such funds shall be
  1 17 deposited into an account dedicated to the establishment,
  1 18 operation, and maintenance of a veterans cemetery and these
  1 19 funds shall be expended only for those purposes.  The
  1 20 commission through the executive director shall have the
  1 21 authority to accept suitable cemetery land, in accordance with
  1 22 federal veterans cemetery grant guidelines, from the federal
  1 23 government, state government, state subdivisions, private
  1 24 sources, and any other source wishing to transfer land for use
  1 25 as a veterans cemetery.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill appropriates $375,000 annually to the commission
  1 28 of veterans affairs to establish and operate a state veterans
  1 29 cemetery.
  1 30 LSB 2309HH 81
  1 31 ec:rj/gg/14