House File 767 - Reprinted



                                   HOUSE FILE       
                                   BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

                                   (SUCCESSOR TO HF 60)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to eligible veterans for purposes of the injured
  2    veterans grant program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1609HV 82
  5 ec/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.14, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  For the purposes of this section, "veteran" means a any
  1  4 of the following:
  1  5    a.  A resident of this state who is or was a member of the
  1  6 national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed
  1  7 forces of the United States who has served on active duty at
  1  8 any time after September 11, 2001, and, if discharged, was
  1  9 discharged under honorable conditions.
  1 10    b.  A nonresident of this state who is or was a member of a
  1 11 national guard unit located in this state prior to alert for
  1 12 mobilization who has served on active duty at any time after
  1 13 September 11, 2001, was injured while serving in the national
  1 14 guard unit located in this state, is not eligible to receive a
  1 15 similar grant from another state for that injury, and, if
  1 16 discharged, was discharged under honorable conditions.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 35A.14, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code
  1 18 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 19    a.  Grants shall be paid in increments of two thousand five
  1 20 hundred dollars, up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars upon
  1 21 proof that the veteran has been evacuated from the operational
  1 22 theater in which the veteran was injured to a military
  1 23 hospital for an injury received in the line of duty and shall
  1 24 continue to be paid, at thirty=day intervals, up to the
  1 25 maximum amount, so long as the veteran is hospitalized or
  1 26 receiving medical care or rehabilitation services authorized
  1 27 by the military and the presence or assistance of family
  1 28 members is necessary.
  1 29 HF 767
  1 30 ec:sc/jg/25