Senate Study Bill 1149
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 making appropriations to the department of veterans
2 affairs for the Iowa veterans home and providing an effective
3 date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. After applying
1 2 the reduction made pursuant to executive order number 10
1 3 issued December 22, 2008, and any appropriation reduction
1 4 required by law to the appropriations made for the following
1 5 designated purposes, there is appropriated from the general
1 6 fund of the state to the department of veterans affairs for
1 7 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
1 8 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
1 9 necessary, to supplement the appropriation made for the
1 10 following designated purpose:
1 11 For the Iowa veterans home in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1187,
1 12 section 4, subsection 2:
1 13 .................................................. $ 556,862
1 14 Sec. 2. IOWA VETERANS HOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
1 15 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. There is appropriated from the rebuild
1 16 Iowa infrastructure fund to the department of veterans affairs
1 17 for the designated fiscal years, the following amounts, or so
1 18 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
1 19 designated:
1 20 For matching funds for the construction of resident living
1 21 areas at the Iowa veterans home and related improvements
1 22 associated with the Iowa veterans home comprehensive plan:
1 23 1. Phase II == 2008=2009:
1 24 .................................................. $ 5,107,515
1 25 2. Phase III == 2009=2010:
1 26 .................................................. $ 6,802,621
1 27 3. Phase IV == 2010=2011:
1 28 .................................................. $ 8,645,193
1 29 In accordance with section 8.33, moneys appropriated for
1 30 capital expenditures in this section that remain unencumbered
1 31 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not
1 32 revert until the projects for which the moneys are
1 33 appropriated are completed. Unencumbered or unobligated
1 34 moneys shall revert at the close of the fiscal year in which
1 35 the projects for which the moneys are appropriated are
2 1 completed.
2 2 Sec. 3. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 18,
2 3 subsection 9, paragraph a, is amended by striking the
2 4 paragraph.
2 5 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 7 EXPLANATION
2 8 This bill makes appropriations to the department of
2 9 veterans affairs for the Iowa veterans home.
2 10 The bill makes a supplemental appropriation from the
2 11 general fund of the state to restore the FY 2008=2009 Iowa
2 12 veterans home appropriation reduction made pursuant to the
2 13 governor's executive order number 10 issued on December 22,
2 14 2008, and any other appropriation reduction required by law.
2 15 The bill makes appropriations for three fiscal years from
2 16 the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for matching funds for
2 17 phases II, III, and IV of the construction of resident living
2 18 areas at the Iowa veterans home and related improvements
2 19 associated with the Iowa veterans home comprehensive plan.
2 20 These appropriations total an equal amount and replace the
2 21 infrastructure appropriation in 2008 legislation stricken by
2 22 the bill.
2 23 A provision of 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 18,
2 24 subsection 9, paragraph "a", is stricken. The funding source
2 25 for the stricken provision was the FY 2009 tax=exempt bond
2 26 proceeds restricted capital funds account of the tobacco
2 27 settlement trust fund.
2 28 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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