HF 366 (LSB 1942YH (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE 366

BY  KAUFMANN

A BILL FOR

An Act establishing a reversion account within the county commissions of veteran affairs fund for the provision of grants to county commissions of veteran affairs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 35A.16, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  a.  A county commissions of veteran affairs reversion account shall be established within the county commissions of veteran affairs fund. Any moneys received by a county commission of veteran affairs pursuant to subsection 3 that are reimbursed or otherwise returned to the department shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the account shall be used to provide grants to county commissions to provide services under chapter 35B. The department shall establish rules to allow a county commission with insufficient funds to provide requested services to apply for a grant from the account and to require reporting to the department on expenditure of the grant moneys.
   b.  Moneys distributed to a county under this subsection shall be used to supplement and not supplant any existing funding provided by the county or received by the county under subsection 3 or from any other source.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill establishes a county commissions of veteran affairs reversion account within the county commissions of veteran affairs fund. Under current law, a county commission of veteran affairs receives a $10,000 annual allocation from the department of veterans affairs. The bill provides that any moneys returned to the department from that allocation be credited to the reversion account to provide grants to county commissions for the provision of services under Code chapter 35B. The bill requires that the department establish rules to allow a county commission with insufficient moneys to provide requested services to apply for a grant from the account and to require reporting to the department on grant expenditures. The bill also provides that grant moneys distributed to a county be used to supplement and not supplant any existing funding provided by the county or received by the county from any other source.