House File 366 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 366 BY KAUFMANN A BILL FOR An Act establishing a reversion account within the county 1 commissions of veteran affairs fund for the provision of 2 grants to county commissions of veteran affairs. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1942YH (3) 86 aw/sc
H.F. 366 Section 1. Section 35A.16, Code 2015, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. a. A county commissions of veteran 3 affairs reversion account shall be established within the 4 county commissions of veteran affairs fund. Any moneys 5 received by a county commission of veteran affairs pursuant to 6 subsection 3 that are reimbursed or otherwise returned to the 7 department shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the 8 account shall be used to provide grants to county commissions 9 to provide services under chapter 35B. The department shall 10 establish rules to allow a county commission with insufficient 11 funds to provide requested services to apply for a grant from 12 the account and to require reporting to the department on 13 expenditure of the grant moneys. 14 b. Moneys distributed to a county under this subsection 15 shall be used to supplement and not supplant any existing 16 funding provided by the county or received by the county under 17 subsection 3 or from any other source. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill establishes a county commissions of veteran 22 affairs reversion account within the county commissions of 23 veteran affairs fund. Under current law, a county commission 24 of veteran affairs receives a $10,000 annual allocation from 25 the department of veterans affairs. The bill provides that 26 any moneys returned to the department from that allocation be 27 credited to the reversion account to provide grants to county 28 commissions for the provision of services under Code chapter 29 35B. The bill requires that the department establish rules to 30 allow a county commission with insufficient moneys to provide 31 requested services to apply for a grant from the account and to 32 require reporting to the department on grant expenditures. The 33 bill also provides that grant moneys distributed to a county 34 be used to supplement and not supplant any existing funding 35 -1- LSB 1942YH (3) 86 aw/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 366 provided by the county or received by the county from any other 1 source. 2 -2- LSB 1942YH (3) 86 aw/sc 2/ 2