House Study Bill 515
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON RAECKER)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act revising and making appropriations involving veterans
2 programs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and
3 providing an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 2,
1 2 subsection 4, is amended by adding the following new
1 3 unnumbered paragraph:
1 4 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
1 5 moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain
1 6 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
1 7 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
1 8 for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
1 9 fiscal year.
1 10 Sec. 2. 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 175, section 4, subsection
1 11 2, is amended to read as follows:
1 12 2. IOWA VETERANS HOME
1 13 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
1 14 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
1 15 positions:
1 16 .................................................. $ 16,309,443
1 17 13,309,443
1 18 ............................................... FTEs 855.22
1 19 It is the intent of the general assembly to appropriate
1 20 funding from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to support
1 21 necessary projects at the Iowa veterans home.
1 22 Sec. 3. 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 175, section 4, is amended
1 23 by adding the following new subsections:
1 24 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. VETERANS APPRECIATION PROGRAM
1 25 For implementation of a new veterans appreciation program,
1 26 contingent upon enactment of law by the Eighty=first General
1 27 Assembly, 2006 Session, codifying the new program requirements
1 28 in chapter 35A, for providing hardship grants to military
1 29 veterans seriously injured in a combat zone since September
1 30 11, 2001:
1 31 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
1 32 If the general assembly enacts law codifying a new fund or
1 33 other requirements for the new program for which the
1 34 appropriation is made in this subsection, then notwithstanding
1 35 section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this subsection that
2 1 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
2 2 year shall not revert but shall remain available for
2 3 expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
2 4 succeeding fiscal year. However, if the general assembly does
2 5 not enact such law, the appropriation made in this subsection
2 6 shall revert as provided in section 8.33.
2 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2 8 For transfer to the Iowa finance authority to be used for
2 9 continuation of the home ownership assistance program for
2 10 persons who are or were eligible members of the armed forces
2 11 of the United States, implemented pursuant to 2003 Iowa Acts,
2 12 chapter 179, section 21, subsections 2 and 5, as amended by
2 13 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 161, section 1, and chapter 115,
2 14 section 37:
2 15 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
2 16 a. The Iowa finance authority shall give priority to
2 17 processing the applications for assistance received after the
2 18 original allotment of funding for the program was exhausted.
2 19 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
2 20 this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
2 21 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
2 22 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
2 23 the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.
2 24 Sec. 4. 2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 179, section 21,
2 25 subsection 5, as enacted by 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 161,
2 26 section 1, and amended by 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 115, section
2 27 37, is amended to read as follows:
2 28 5. The remainder of the funds appropriated in this section
2 29 are transferred to the Iowa finance authority to be used for a
2 30 home ownership assistance program for persons who are eligible
2 31 members of the armed forces of the United States. In the
2 32 event an eligible member is deceased, the surviving spouse of
2 33 the eligible member shall be eligible for a loan under the
2 34 program, subject to the surviving spouse meeting the program's
2 35 eligibility requirements other than the military service
3 1 requirement. For the purposes of this subsection, "eligible
3 2 member of the armed forces of the United States" means a
3 3 resident of this state who is or was a member of the national
3 4 guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of
3 5 the United States who has served at least ninety days of
3 6 active duty service during the period beginning September 11,
3 7 2001, and ending June 30, 2006 2007.
3 8 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 9 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 10 EXPLANATION
3 11 This bill revises and makes appropriations involving
3 12 veterans programs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005.
3 13 The bill provides that the unexpended or unobligated
3 14 portion of an appropriation made to the college student aid
3 15 commission in 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, for purposes of the
3 16 national guard educational assistance program does not revert
3 17 at the close of the fiscal year but remains available for
3 18 expenditure for the program in the succeeding fiscal year.
3 19 The bill reduces an appropriation made to the Iowa veterans
3 20 home in 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 175, by $3 million and makes
3 21 new appropriations for other veterans programs in an amount
3 22 equivalent to the reduction.
3 23 The bill includes legislative intent to appropriate funding
3 24 from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to support necessary
3 25 projects at the Iowa veterans home.
3 26 The first new appropriation is for a new veterans
3 27 appreciation program for military veterans seriously injured
3 28 in a combat zone since September 11, 2001. This appropriation
3 29 is contingent upon enactment of new law codifying the new
3 30 program requirements. The bill also provides nonreversion
3 31 authority contingent upon enactment of the codified
3 32 provisions.
3 33 The other new appropriation is required to be transferred
3 34 to the Iowa finance authority to continue a home ownership
3 35 assistance program for persons who are or were eligible
4 1 members of the armed forces of the United States. This
4 2 appropriation does not revert until the close of fiscal year
4 3 2007=2008.
4 4 The bill also amends session law to extend the eligibility
4 5 period of the home ownership program by one year to June 30,
4 6 2007.
4 7 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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