House File 2295 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY TYMESON, CHAMBERS, WORTHAN,
WINDSCHITL, BAUDLER, ALONS,
D. TAYLOR, and GRANZOW
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act concerning the county grant program for veterans and
2 providing an effective date.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 5961HH 82
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 218, section 4,
1 2 subsection 4, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 4. COUNTY GRANT PROGRAM FOR VETERANS
1 4 For providing matching grants to counties to provide
1 5 improved services to veterans:
1 6 .................................................. $ 750,000
1 7 The department shall establish or continue a grant
1 8 application process and shall require each county applying for
1 9 a grant to submit a plan for utilizing the grant to improve
1 10 services for veterans. The maximum matching grant to be
1 11 awarded to a county shall be $10,000 and the amount awarded
1 12 shall be matched on a dollar=for=dollar basis by the county.
1 13 Each county receiving a grant shall submit a report to the
1 14 department identifying the impact of the grant on increasing
1 15 services to veterans as specified by the department. The
1 16 department shall submit a report to the general assembly by
1 17 October 1, 2008, concerning the impact of the grant program on
1 18 services to veterans.
1 19 A county that employs an executive director pursuant to
1 20 section 35B.6 may also apply for a grant on behalf of a
1 21 contiguous county that does not employ an executive director
1 22 for the purpose of either allowing that county to employ a
1 23 part=time executive director or, pursuant to an agreement
1 24 between the counties, to allow the county that employs an
1 25 executive director to provide veterans services to the county
1 26 that does not employ an executive director. A grant awarded
1 27 pursuant to this unnumbered paragraph shall be matched by the
1 28 contiguous county that does not employ an executive director.
1 29 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
1 30 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
1 31 close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the fund from
1 32 which appropriated but shall be credited to the veterans trust
1 33 fund remain available for expenditure for the purpose
1 34 designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
1 35 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill concerns the county grant program for veterans
2 4 established for the fiscal year 2007=2008.
2 5 The bill provides that a county with an executive director
2 6 of the county commission of veteran affairs may apply for a
2 7 grant on behalf of a contiguous county without an executive
2 8 director to either allow the county with a director to provide
2 9 services for the contiguous county or to allow the contiguous
2 10 county to employ a part=time executive director. The bill
2 11 provides that the contiguous county shall provide the matching
2 12 funds for the grant.
2 13 The bill also provides that moneys appropriated for this
2 14 purpose for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, that
2 15 remain unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year shall
2 16 remain available for expenditure under the county grant
2 17 program in the next fiscal year. Current law provides that
2 18 unencumbered moneys shall revert to the veterans trust fund at
2 19 the end of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.
2 20 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 21 LSB 5961HH 82
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