Senate Study Bill 1005 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL
                                            BY CHAIRPERSON BEALL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of veterans affairs to prepare a
  2    report related to the activities of county commissions of
  3    veteran affairs.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.5, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  Annually, by February 1, prepare and
  1  4 submit a report to the governor and the general assembly
  1  5 relating to county commissions of veteran affairs.  Copies of
  1  6 the report shall also be provided to each county board of
  1  7 supervisors and to each county commission of veteran affairs.
  1  8 The report shall include all of the following:
  1  9    a.  Information related to compliance with the training
  1 10 requirements under section 35B.6 during the previous calendar
  1 11 year.
  1 12    b.  The weekly operating schedule of each county commission
  1 13 of veteran affairs office maintained under section 35B.6.
  1 14    c.  The number of hours of veterans' services provided by
  1 15 each county commission of veteran affairs executive director
  1 16 or administrator during the previous calendar year.
  1 17    d.  Population of each county, including the number of
  1 18 veterans residing in each county.
  1 19    e.  The total amount of compensation, disability benefits,
  1 20 or pensions received by the residents of each county under
  1 21 laws administered by the United States department of veterans
  1 22 affairs.
  1 23    f.  An analysis of the information contained in paragraphs
  1 24 "a" through "e", including an analysis of such information for
  1 25 the previous ten years.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill requires the department of veterans affairs to
  1 28 prepare and submit a report to the governor and the general
  1 29 assembly by February 1 relating to certain activities of
  1 30 county commissions of veteran affairs.  The bill requires the
  1 31 report to include information related to compliance with the
  1 32 training required under Code section 35B.6, the operating
  1 33 schedule of each county commission of veteran affairs office,
  1 34 the number of hours of veterans' services provided by each
  1 35 county executive director or administrator, county population
  2  1 information, including the number of veterans residing in each
  2  2 county, and the total amount of compensation, disability
  2  3 benefits, or pensions received by the residents of each county
  2  4 under laws administered by the United States department of
  2  5 veterans affairs.  The bill also requires the report to
  2  6 include an analysis of the information reported, including
  2  7 analysis of such information for the previous 10 years.
  2  8    The report required under the bill includes information
  2  9 resulting from Code provisions that were amended by 2008 Iowa
  2 10 Acts, chapter 1130.  2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1130 takes effect
  2 11 generally on July 1, 2009.
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