HF 140 (LSB 1477HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 140

BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 20)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to county commissions of veteran affairs training and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 35A.16, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 2023, and for each subsequent fiscal year, the sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars to be credited to the county commissions of veteran affairs fund.
    Sec. 2.  Section 35A.16, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  (1)  If sufficient moneys are available, the department shall annually allocate ten thousand dollars to each county commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the services of an executive director or administrator pursuant to chapter 28E, to be used to provide services to veterans pursuant to section 35B.6.
   (2)  If sufficient moneys are available, the department shall annually allocate three thousand dollars to each county commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the services of an executive director or administrator pursuant to chapter 28E, to be used for national training and related expenses of county veteran service officers and appropriate staff.
   (3)  Each county receiving an allocation pursuant to this paragraph shall annually report on expenditure of the allocation in a form agreed to by the department and county representatives.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill concerns appropriations to and allocations from the county commission of veteran affairs fund created in Code section 35A.16.
   The bill increases the annual appropriation to the fund from the general fund from $1 million to $1.3 million each fiscal year. The bill also allocates $3,000 from the fund to each county commission of veteran affairs for national training and related expenses of county veteran service officers and appropriate staff.