House File 2297 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2297 BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 598) A BILL FOR An Act making a transfer to the veterans trust fund and 1 including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5919HV (1) 84 jp/sc
H.F. 2297 Section 1. TRANSFER TO VETERANS TRUST FUND. At the 1 close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, following 2 the appropriations made to the cash reserve fund pursuant 3 to section 8.57, subsections 1 and 3, and the Iowa economic 4 emergency fund pursuant to section 8.57, subsection 4, and 5 following any transfer made from the Iowa economic emergency 6 fund to the taxpayers trust fund pursuant to section 8.55, 7 subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), from the excess 8 moneys that remain, an amount sufficient for the balance of 9 the veterans trust fund created in section 35A.13 to reach 10 fifty million dollars, up to the amount of excess moneys that 11 remains, shall be transferred to the veterans trust fund, 12 and any remaining excess shall be transferred to the general 13 fund of the state as provided in section 8.55, subsection 2, 14 paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2). 15 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 16 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill provides for a one-time transfer of moneys from 19 the Iowa economic emergency fund to the veterans trust fund 20 at the close of fiscal year 2011-2012. The bill provides for 21 the transfer to be made after the standing appropriations of 22 the amounts necessary for the cash reserve fund and the Iowa 23 economic emergency fund to each reach their maximum balance. 24 Under current law, when the economic emergency fund has 25 reached its maximum balance, the first $60 million of the 26 excess, limited to the difference between the actual net 27 revenue for the general fund of the state for the fiscal year 28 and the adjusted revenue estimate for the fiscal year, is 29 transferred to the taxpayers trust fund. The bill provides 30 that from the excess moneys that remain following the taxpayers 31 trust fund transfer, an amount sufficient for the balance in 32 the veterans trust fund to reach $50 million up to the amount 33 of excess moneys that remains is to be transferred to the 34 veterans trust fund. Any remaining excess is to be transferred 35 -1- LSB 5919HV (1) 84 jp/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 2297 to the general fund of the state, as is provided by current 1 law. 2 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 3 -2- LSB 5919HV (1) 84 jp/sc 2/ 2