House Study Bill 70 



                                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS
                                       AFFAIRS RESOLUTION BY
                                       CHAIRPERSON ZIRKELBACH)


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

                                HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
  2    the State of Iowa requiring public or private funds
  3    appropriated, allocated, or received by the state to provide
  4    assistance to veterans to be used for that purpose.
  5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1791HC 83
  7 ec/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Article VII of the Constitution of the State of
  1  2 Iowa is amended by adding the following new section:
  1  3    VETERAN ASSISTANCE FUNDS.  SEC. 10.  All state funds
  1  4 appropriated, and federal or private funds received by the
  1  5 state, to provide assistance to veterans shall be used
  1  6 exclusively for the performance and administration of
  1  7 activities related to those purposes.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing amendment
  1  9 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the
  1 10 General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for
  1 11 members of the General Assembly, and the Secretary of State is
  1 12 directed to cause the same to be published for three
  1 13 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
  1 14 provided by law.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 17 Constitution of the State of Iowa relating funds appropriated
  1 18 to provide assistance to veterans.  The resolution provides
  1 19 that public or private funds appropriated to provide
  1 20 assistance to veterans shall be used exclusively for that
  1 21 purpose.
  1 22    The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
  1 23 general assembly for adoption a second time before being
  1 24 submitted to the electorate for ratification.
  1 25 LSB 1791HC 83
  1 26 ec/rj/5