SF 2295 (LSB 5679SV (3) 83)

SENATE FILE 2295

BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3127)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2010-02-22)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the development of programs to attract qualified disabled veterans for job opportunities in state government.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8A.402, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   f.  (1)  Develop, in consultation with the department of veterans affairs and the department of workforce development, programs to inform members of the national guard or organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States returning to Iowa following active federal service about job opportunities in state government.
   (2)  Develop, in consultation with the department of veterans affairs, the department of education, the department of workforce development, the United States department of veterans affairs, and the United States department of labor, the following:
   (a)  Programs to inform disabled veterans returning to the state after active federal service about federally funded job training opportunities in state government, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. ch. 31.
   (b)  State government job training programs for disabled veterans that qualify for federal funding from the United States department of veterans affairs.
   (c)  A noncompetitive hiring program for disabled veterans who satisfactorily complete a federally funded job training program approved by the United States department of veterans affairs. The disabled veteran shall have trained in the class of positions for which the disabled veteran is to be noncompetively appointed.