House
File
2533
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2533
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
682)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
commissions
of
veteran
affairs
1
training
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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6101HV
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2533
Section
1.
Section
35A.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
3
to
the
department,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2009,
4
and
for
each
subsequent
fiscal
year,
the
sum
of
one
million
5
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
be
credited
to
the
county
6
commissions
of
veteran
affairs
fund.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
35A.16,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
8
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
a.
(1)
If
sufficient
moneys
are
available,
the
department
10
shall
annually
allocate
ten
thousand
dollars
to
each
county
11
commission
of
veteran
affairs,
or
to
each
county
sharing
the
12
services
of
an
executive
director
or
administrator
pursuant
13
to
chapter
28E
,
to
be
used
to
provide
services
to
veterans
14
pursuant
to
section
35B.6
.
15
(2)
If
sufficient
moneys
are
available,
the
department
16
shall
annually
allocate
three
thousand
dollars
to
each
county
17
commission
of
veteran
affairs,
or
to
each
county
sharing
the
18
services
of
an
executive
director
or
administrator
pursuant
19
to
chapter
28E,
to
be
used
for
national
training
and
related
20
expenses
of
county
veteran
service
officers
and
appropriate
21
staff.
22
(3)
Each
county
receiving
an
allocation
pursuant
to
23
this
paragraph
shall
annually
report
on
expenditure
of
the
24
allocation
in
a
form
agreed
to
by
the
department
and
county
25
representatives.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
concerns
appropriations
to
and
allocations
from
30
the
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
fund
created
in
Code
31
section
35A.16.
32
The
bill
increases
the
annual
appropriation
to
the
fund
from
33
the
general
fund
from
$1
million
to
$1.3
million
each
fiscal
34
year.
The
bill
also
allocates
$3,000
from
the
fund
to
each
35
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county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
for
national
training
1
and
related
expenses
of
county
veteran
service
officers
and
2
appropriate
staff.
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6101HV
(2)
88
ec/rn
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2