Senate Study Bill 1121 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the nonreversion of appropriations and other
  2    revenues available to the Iowa veterans home and providing an
  3    effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35D.18, subsection 5, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the Iowa
  1  4 veterans home annual appropriation or revenues attributed to
  1  5 the general fund of the state or any other source that remains
  1  6 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
  1  7 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
  1  8 for renovations, construction, or other capital expenditure,
  1  9 operations, or other specified purposes of the Iowa veterans
  1 10 home until the close of the succeeding fiscal year expended.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill amends Code section 35D.18, relating to operation
  1 15 of the Iowa veterans home on the basis of a net appropriation
  1 16 from the general fund of the state.
  1 17    Current law allows the veterans home to carry forward
  1 18 unexpended balances from operations appropriations and
  1 19 revenues until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.  The
  1 20 bill allows the veterans home to carry forward the balance of
  1 21 any type of unexpended appropriation or revenue.  The
  1 22 carryforward revenue may be used for renovations,
  1 23 construction, or other capital expenditure, or for operations
  1 24 or other specified purpose until expended.  Current law
  1 25 requires carryforward moneys to be used by the close of the
  1 26 succeeding fiscal year.
  1 27    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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