Senate File 2076 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2076 BY SALMON A BILL FOR An Act relating to county commissions of veteran affairs 1 training, and making appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6060XS (1) 90 sc/ns
S.F. 2076 Section 1. Section 35A.16, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 2024, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 3 to the department, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 4 2024 , and for each subsequent fiscal year, the sum of one 5 million three hundred thousand dollars to be credited to the 6 county commissions of veteran affairs fund. 7 Sec. 2. Section 35A.16, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 8 2024, is amended to read as follows: 9 a. (1) If sufficient moneys are available, the department 10 shall annually allocate ten thousand dollars to each county 11 commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the 12 services of an executive director or administrator pursuant 13 to chapter 28E , to be used to provide services to veterans 14 pursuant to section 35B.6 . 15 (2) If sufficient moneys are available, the department 16 shall annually allocate three thousand dollars to each county 17 commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the 18 services of an executive director or administrator pursuant 19 to chapter 28E, to be used for national training and related 20 expenses of county veteran service officers and appropriate 21 staff. 22 (3) Each county receiving an allocation pursuant to 23 this paragraph shall annually report on expenditure of the 24 allocation in a form agreed to by the department and county 25 representatives. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill concerns appropriations to and allocations from 30 the county commission of veteran affairs fund created in Code 31 section 35A.16. 32 The bill increases the annual appropriation to the fund from 33 the general fund from $1 million to $1.3 million each fiscal 34 year. The bill also allocates $3,000 from the fund to each 35 -1- LSB 6060XS (1) 90 sc/ns 1/ 2
S.F. 2076 county commission of veteran affairs for national training 1 and related expenses of county veteran service officers and 2 appropriate staff. 3 -2- LSB 6060XS (1) 90 sc/ns 2/ 2