SENATE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BEALL)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the commission of veterans affairs to take certain actions related to a plan to establish a veterans national recovery center in Newton, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  COMMISSION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS —— STUDY REGARDING VETERANS NATIONAL RECOVERY CENTER.
   1.  The commission of veterans affairs shall conduct a study of the business plan for the repurposing of the former Maytag headquarters complex in Newton, submitted to the commission by the veterans national recovery center, doing business as the veterans national careers corporation.
   2.  The commission of veterans affairs shall submit the business plan for review and certification by a certified public accountant.
   3.  The commission of veterans affairs shall fund the costs of such study, review, and certification with moneys appropriated to the commission from the veterans license fee fund pursuant to section 35A.11.
   4.  The commission on veterans affairs shall provide the results of the commission’s study and any relevant materials produced in the review and certification to the governor and the general assembly, with a copy to the veterans national recovery center, doing business as the veterans national careers corporation, by June 1, 2012.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires that the commission of veterans affairs take certain actions related to a plan to establish a veterans national recovery center in Newton.
   The bill requires that the commission conduct a study of the business plan for the repurposing of the Maytag headquarters complex in Newton, submitted to the commission by the veterans national recovery center, doing business as the veterans national careers corporation. The bill requires the commission of veterans affairs to have the business plan reviewed and certified by a certified public accountant. The commission shall pay for the costs of such study, review, and certification with moneys appropriated to the commission from the veterans license fee fund, established in Code section 35A.11. The bill also requires that the commission of veterans affairs provide the results of the study and any relevant materials produced in the review and certification to the governor and the general assembly, with a copy to the veterans national recovery center, by June 1, 2012.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.