Senate Study Bill 1056
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 providing funding for certain veterans programs and
2 providing an effective date.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 35A.13, subsection 6, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 6. It is the intent of the general assembly that beginning
1 4 Beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008 2009,
1 5 appropriations be made there is appropriated annually from the
1 6 general fund of the state to the veterans trust fund an amount
1 7 equal to five million dollars, less any moneys transferred to
1 8 the fund pursuant to section 99G.9A for that fiscal year,
1 9 until the balance of the veterans trust fund is fifty million
1 10 dollars or more. Prior to any additional appropriations to
1 11 this fund, the The department shall provide the general
1 12 assembly with information, on an annual basis, identifying
1 13 immediate and long=term veteran services throughout the state
1 14 and a plan for delivering those services.
1 15 Sec. 2. 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1184, section 5,
1 16 subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 2, as enacted by 2007 Iowa
1 17 Acts, chapter 203, section 1, and amended by 2008 Iowa Acts,
1 18 chapter 1187, section 69, is amended to read as follows:
1 19 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
1 20 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
1 21 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
1 22 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
1 23 the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008 2009.
1 24 Sec. 3. HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR VETERANS ==
1 25 FUNDING. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
1 26 infrastructure fund to the Iowa finance authority for the
1 27 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010,
1 28 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
1 29 be used for the purpose designated:
1 30 For continuation of the home ownership assistance program
1 31 for persons who are or were eligible members of the armed
1 32 forces of the United States, pursuant to section 16.54,
1 33 notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c":
1 34 .................................................. $ 1,600,000
1 35 Of the funds appropriated, the Iowa finance authority may
2 1 retain not more than $20,000 for administrative purposes.
2 2 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 3 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 4 EXPLANATION
2 5 This bill provides funding for the veterans trust fund, the
2 6 injured veterans grant program, and the home ownership
2 7 assistance program for veterans.
2 8 The bill provides an annual appropriation to the veterans
2 9 trust fund of an amount equal to $5 million less any moneys
2 10 transferred to the fund from lottery games providing aid for
2 11 veterans until the balance in the fund is $50 million or more.
2 12 The bill provides that moneys appropriated to the injured
2 13 veterans grant program but not expended by the close of the
2 14 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, shall not revert, but
2 15 shall remain available for the program until the close of the
2 16 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.
2 17 The bill also appropriates $1.6 million from the rebuild
2 18 Iowa infrastructure fund to the Iowa finance authority for
2 19 continuation of the home ownership assistance program for
2 20 persons who are or were eligible members of the armed forces
2 21 of the United States. The bill allows the Iowa finance
2 22 authority to retain not more than $20,000 of this
2 23 appropriation for administrative purposes.
2 24 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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