Senate File 147 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1146)
(COMPANION TO LSB 1263HV BY
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the county commissions of veteran affairs fund
2 and required hours of service for executive directors and
3 administrators.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 35A.16, subsection 3, as enacted by
1 2 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1130, section 2, is amended to read as
1 3 follows:
1 4 3. a. If sufficient moneys are available, the department
1 5 shall annually allocate ten thousand dollars to each county
1 6 commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the
1 7 services of an executive director or administrator pursuant to
1 8 chapter 28E, to be used for the employment of an executive
1 9 director or administrator to provide services to veterans
1 10 pursuant to section 35B.6.
1 11 b. If a county fails to be in compliance with the
1 12 requirements of section 35B.6 on June 30 of each fiscal year,
1 13 all moneys received by the county pursuant to this subsection
1 14 during that fiscal year shall be reimbursed to the county
1 15 commissions of veteran affairs fund.
1 16 c. Moneys distributed to a county under this subsection
1 17 shall be used to supplement and not supplant any existing
1 18 funding provided by the county or received by the county from
1 19 any other source. The department shall adopt a maintenance of
1 20 effort requirement for moneys distributed under this
1 21 subsection.
1 22 Sec. 2. Section 35B.6, subsection 4, paragraph c, as
1 23 enacted by 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1130, section 6, is amended
1 24 to read as follows:
1 25 c. Counties sharing the services of an executive director
1 26 or administrator shall consider the aggregate population of
1 27 such counties when determining provide the number of hours of
1 28 service required under paragraph "b" for each county. The
1 29 number of hours shall be allocated between the counties in the
1 30 proportion that the population of each county bears to the
1 31 aggregate population.
1 32 EXPLANATION
1 33 This bill amends sections of 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1130,
1 34 relating to administration of the county commissions of
1 35 veteran affairs fund and the hours of service requirement for
2 1 county commission of veteran affairs executive directors and
2 2 administrators, which become effective on July 1, 2009.
2 3 The bill provides that moneys received by a county from the
2 4 county commissions of veteran affairs fund may be used to
2 5 provide veterans' services rather than only for the employment
2 6 of an executive director or an administrator. The bill also
2 7 provides that if a county fails to be in compliance with the
2 8 requirements of Code section 35B.6 on June 30 of any fiscal
2 9 year, all moneys received by the county from the county
2 10 commissions of veteran affairs fund during that fiscal year
2 11 must be reimbursed to the fund. The bill requires that moneys
2 12 distributed from the county commissions of veteran affairs
2 13 fund only be used to supplement and not supplant any existing
2 14 funding provided by the county or received by the county from
2 15 any other source.
2 16 The bill also amends the hours of service requirement for
2 17 executive directors and administrators that are being shared
2 18 between multiple counties. Instead of allocating the hours of
2 19 service among the counties based on population, the bill
2 20 requires each county to meet the hours of service requirement.
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