House File 176 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY TYMESON, DRAKE, BOAL, DOLECHECK, ALONS,
TOMENGA, FORRISTALL, L. MILLER,
GRASSLEY, S. OLSON, PAULSEN, WIENCEK,
HEATON, LUKAN, TJEPKES, DE BOEF, JACOBS,
CHAMBERS, HUSEMAN, VAN FOSSEN, RAECKER,
ROBERTS, SODERBERG, WORTHAN, CLUTE,
RASMUSSEN, BAUDLER, KAUFMANN, RAYHONS,
MAY, WINDSCHITL, GIPP, RANTS, HORBACH,
WATTS, DEYOE, UPMEYER, GREINER, SANDS,
HOFFMAN, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, ARNOLD,
GRANZOW, SCHICKEL, ANDERSON, and STRUYK
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act revising appropriations for certain veterans' programs for
2 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and providing an
3 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 175, section 4,
1 2 subsection 3, as enacted by 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1167,
1 3 section 3, as amended by 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1106, section
1 4 3, is amended to read as follows:
1 5 3. INJURED VETERANS GRANT PROGRAM
1 6 For implementation of a new injured veterans grant program,
1 7 contingent upon enactment of law by the Eighty=first General
1 8 Assembly, 2006 Session, codifying the new program requirements
1 9 in chapter 35A, for providing grants to military veterans
1 10 seriously injured in a combat zone since September 11, 2001:
1 11 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
1 12 1,250,000
1 13 If the general assembly enacts law codifying a new fund or
1 14 other requirements for the new program for which the
1 15 appropriation is made in this subsection, then notwithstanding
1 16 section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this subsection that
1 17 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
1 18 year shall not revert but shall remain available for
1 19 expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
1 20 succeeding fiscal year. However, if the general assembly does
1 21 not enact such law, the appropriation made in this subsection
1 22 shall revert as provided in section 8.33.
1 23 Sec. 2. 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 175, section 4, subsection
1 24 4, as enacted by 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1167, section 3, is
1 25 amended to read as follows:
1 26 4. HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
1 27 For transfer to the Iowa finance authority to be used for
1 28 continuation of the home ownership assistance program for
1 29 persons who are or were eligible members of the armed forces
1 30 of the United States, implemented pursuant to 2003 Iowa Acts,
1 31 chapter 179, section 21, subsection 5, as amended by 2005 Iowa
1 32 Acts, chapter 161, section 1, and chapter 115, section 37:
1 33 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
1 34 3,100,000
1 35 a. The Iowa finance authority shall give priority to
2 1 processing the applications for assistance received after the
2 2 original allotment of funding for the program was exhausted.
2 3 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
2 4 this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
2 5 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
2 6 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
2 7 the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.
2 8 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 9 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill provides supplemental appropriations for fiscal
2 12 year 2006=2007 for the injured veterans grant program and the
2 13 home ownership assistance program. The bill takes effect upon
2 14 enactment.
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