House File 385 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 130)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning limiting the authority of the general assembly
  2    to expend money from the veterans trust fund.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2011HV 83
  5 ec/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.13, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  A bill containing provisions
  1  4 expending moneys in the veterans trust fund for a purpose not
  1  5 specifically authorized by this section shall require the
  1  6 affirmative votes of at least two=thirds of all the members
  1  7 elected to each house of the general assembly for passage.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill requires by statute that passage of a bill which
  1 10 proposes to expend moneys from the veterans trust fund for a
  1 11 purpose not specifically authorized for expenditure from the
  1 12 trust fund requires a two=thirds majority vote of all the
  1 13 members elected to each house of the general assembly.
  1 14 LSB 2011HV 83
  1 15 ec/rj/5