Senate File 2081 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY STEWART Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing an annual appropriation to the department of 2 veterans affairs for the state veterans cemetery. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5986XS 81 5 ec/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 35A.5, subsection 9, Code Supplement 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 9. Establish and operate a state veterans cemetery and 1 4 make application to the government of the United States or any 1 5 subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, for funds for 1 6 the purpose of establishing such a cemetery. There is 1 7 appropriated annually from the general fund of the state to 1 8 the department the sum of three hundred seventy=five thousand 1 9 dollars for the purpose of establishing and operating a state 1 10 veterans cemetery. The state may enter into agreements with 1 11 any subdivision of the state for assistance in operating the 1 12 cemetery. The state shall own the land on which the cemetery 1 13 is located. The department shall have the authority to accept 1 14 federal grant funds, funding from state subdivisions, 1 15 donations from private sources, and federal "plot allowance" 1 16 payments. All such funds shall be deposited into an account 1 17 dedicated to the establishment, operation, and maintenance of 1 18 a veterans cemetery and these funds shall be expended only for 1 19 those purposes. The department through the director shall 1 20 have the authority to accept suitable cemetery land, in 1 21 accordance with federal veterans cemetery grant guidelines, 1 22 from the federal government, state government, state 1 23 subdivisions, private sources, and any other source wishing to 1 24 transfer land for use as a veterans cemetery. Notwithstanding 1 25 section 8.33, any moneys in the account for a state veterans 1 26 cemetery shall not revert and, notwithstanding section 12C.7, 1 27 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the 1 28 fund shall be credited to the account. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill appropriates $375,000 annually to the department 1 31 of veterans affairs to establish and operate a state veterans 1 32 cemetery. 1 33 LSB 5986XS 81 1 34 ec:rj/je/5