Senate Study Bill 1056


                                          SENATE FILE       
                                          BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                               VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL
                                               BY CHAIRPERSON BEALL)


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

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act providing funding for certain veterans programs and
     2    providing an effective date.
     3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
     4 TLSB 1705SC 83
     5 ec/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.13, subsection 6, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    6.  It is the intent of the general assembly that beginning
  1  4 Beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008 2009,
  1  5 appropriations be made there is appropriated annually from the
  1  6 general fund of the state to the veterans trust fund an amount
  1  7 equal to five million dollars, less any moneys transferred to
  1  8 the fund pursuant to section 99G.9A for that fiscal year,
  1  9 until the balance of the veterans trust fund is fifty million
  1 10 dollars or more.  Prior to any additional appropriations to
  1 11 this fund, the The department shall provide the general
  1 12 assembly with information, on an annual basis, identifying
  1 13 immediate and long=term veteran services throughout the state
  1 14 and a plan for delivering those services.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1184, section 5,
  1 16 subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 2, as enacted by 2007 Iowa
  1 17 Acts, chapter 203, section 1, and amended by 2008 Iowa Acts,
  1 18 chapter 1187, section 69, is amended to read as follows:
  1 19    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  1 20 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
  1 21 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
  1 22 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  1 23 the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008 2009.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR VETERANS ==
  1 25 FUNDING.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
  1 26 infrastructure fund to the Iowa finance authority for the
  1 27 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010,
  1 28 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  1 29 be used for the purpose designated:
  1 30    For continuation of the home ownership assistance program
  1 31 for persons who are or were eligible members of the armed
  1 32 forces of the United States, pursuant to section 16.54,
  1 33 notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c":
  1 34 .................................................. $  1,600,000
  1 35    Of the funds appropriated, the Iowa finance authority may
  2  1 retain not more than $20,000 for administrative purposes.
  2  2    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2  3 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill provides funding for the veterans trust fund, the
  2  6 injured veterans grant program, and the home ownership
  2  7 assistance program for veterans.
  2  8    The bill provides an annual appropriation to the veterans
  2  9 trust fund of an amount equal to $5 million less any moneys
  2 10 transferred to the fund from lottery games providing aid for
  2 11 veterans until the balance in the fund is $50 million or more.
  2 12    The bill provides that moneys appropriated to the injured
  2 13 veterans grant program but not expended by the close of the
  2 14 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, shall not revert, but
  2 15 shall remain available for the program until the close of the
  2 16 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.
  2 17    The bill also appropriates $1.6 million from the rebuild
  2 18 Iowa infrastructure fund to the Iowa finance authority for
  2 19 continuation of the home ownership assistance program for
  2 20 persons who are or were eligible members of the armed forces
  2 21 of the United States.  The bill allows the Iowa finance
  2 22 authority to retain not more than $20,000 of this
  2 23 appropriation for administrative purposes.
  2 24    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2 25 LSB 1705SC 83
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