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: 5 TLSB 1263SV 83 6 md/rj/14 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 usedfor the employment of an executive 1 9 director or administratorto 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 shallconsider the aggregate population of 1 27 such counties when determiningprovide 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. 2 21 LSB 1263SV 83 2 22 md/rj/14