House File 2285 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2285
BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 620)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to national training for personnel of county
2 commissions of veteran affairs, and making appropriations.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 35A.13, subsection 5, Code 2024, is
2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
3 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Notwithstanding paragraphs “a”, “b”,
4 and “c”, moneys transferred under subsection 5A to the county
5 commission of veteran affairs training program account shall be
6 expended as provided in section 35A.16.
7 Sec. 2. Section 35A.13, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
8 following new subsection:
9 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
10 2024, and for each subsequent fiscal year, there is transferred
11 to the county commission of veteran affairs training program
12 account of the county commissions of veteran affairs fund
13 created in section 35A.16, from the moneys transferred pursuant
14 to section 99G.39 from the lottery fund to the veterans trust
15 fund, three hundred thousand dollars.
16 Sec. 3. Section 35A.16, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
17 to read as follows:
18 4. A county commission of veteran affairs training program
19 account shall be established within the county commissions
20 of veteran affairs fund. Any moneys remaining in the fund
21 after the allocations under subsection 3 shall be credited to
22 the account and used by are appropriated to the department to
23 fund the county commission of veteran affairs training program
24 under section 35A.17 and training for department personnel. In
25 addition, from the moneys transferred to the account from the
26 veterans trust fund created in section 35A.13, the department
27 shall annually allocate three thousand dollars to each county
28 commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the
29 services of an executive director or administrator pursuant
30 to chapter 28E, to be used for national training and related
31 expenses of county veteran service officers and appropriate
32 staff.
33 EXPLANATION
34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
35 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
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1 This bill transfers $300,000 per fiscal year of lottery
2 moneys received by the veterans trust fund to the county
3 commission of veteran affairs training program account of the
4 county commissions of veteran affairs fund. Of the transferred
5 moneys, the bill requires the department of veterans affairs to
6 allocate $3,000 to each county commission of veteran affairs
7 for national training and related expenses of county veteran
8 service officers and appropriate staff.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 35A.13, 35A.16