SENATE FILE 296

BY  ERNST

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the nonreversion of funds appropriated to the national guard educational assistance program and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 261.86, subsection 6, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, until one year after the date the president of the United States or the Congress of the United States declares a cessation of hostilities ending operation Iraqi freedom, operation new dawn, and operation enduring freedom, funds appropriated for purposes of this section which remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall be available for expenditure for the following fiscal year for purposes of this section.
   Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to September 1, 2010.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that funds appropriated for the national guard education assistance program shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall be available for use by the program for the next fiscal year until one year after the declared end of operation Iraqi freedom, operation new dawn, and operation enduring freedom. Operation Iraqi freedom ended on August 31, 2010, and was succeeded by operation new dawn on September 1, 2010. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to September 1, 2010.