House File 2076 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  TYMESON


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing county commission of veteran affairs executive
  2    directors with exclusive expenditure authority under the
  3    county grant program for veterans and providing an effective
  4    date.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5599YH 82
  7 md/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  35B.14A  COUNTY GRANT PROGRAM FOR
  1  2 VETERANS == EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY.
  1  3    The executive director of the county commission of veteran
  1  4 affairs shall have exclusive authority, following consultation
  1  5 with the commission, to expend moneys received by the county
  1  6 under the county grant program for veterans established in
  1  7 2006 Iowa Acts, ch. 1185, section 34.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 218, section 4, subsection
  1  9 4, is amended to read as follows:
  1 10    4.  COUNTY GRANT PROGRAM FOR VETERANS
  1 11    For providing matching grants to counties to provide
  1 12 improved services to veterans:
  1 13 .................................................. $    750,000
  1 14    The department shall establish or continue a grant
  1 15 application process and shall require each county applying for
  1 16 a grant to submit a plan for utilizing the grant to improve
  1 17 services for veterans.  The maximum matching grant to be
  1 18 awarded to a county shall be $10,000 and the amount awarded
  1 19 shall be matched on a dollar=for=dollar basis by the county.
  1 20 The executive director of the county commission of veteran
  1 21 affairs shall have exclusive authority, following consultation
  1 22 with the county commission of veteran affairs, to expend
  1 23 moneys received by the county under the grant program.  Each
  1 24 county receiving a grant shall submit a report to the
  1 25 department identifying the impact of the grant on increasing
  1 26 services to veterans as specified by the department.  The
  1 27 department shall submit a report to the general assembly by
  1 28 October 1, 2008, concerning the impact of the grant program on
  1 29 services to veterans.
  1 30    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  1 31 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
  1 32 close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the fund from
  1 33 which appropriated but shall be credited to the veterans trust
  1 34 fund.
  1 35    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2  1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill relates to the county grant program for veterans.
  2  4 The bill provides that a county commission of veteran affairs
  2  5 executive director shall have exclusive authority, after
  2  6 consultation with the commission, to expend all state moneys
  2  7 received by the county under the grant program.
  2  8    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2  9 LSB 5599YH 82
  2 10 md/nh/8