Bill Text: IA HF2265 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing certain expenditures of funds from the veterans affairs training program account. (Formerly HSB 550)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 581. [HF2265 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2265-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
550)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
certain
expenditures
of
funds
from
the
1
veterans
affairs
training
program
account.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35A.16,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
a.
A
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
training
3
program
account
shall
be
established
within
the
county
4
commissions
of
veteran
affairs
fund.
Any
moneys
remaining
in
5
the
fund
after
the
allocations
under
subsection
3
shall
be
6
credited
to
the
account
and
used
by
the
department
to
fund
the
7
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
training
program
under
8
section
35A.17
.
9
b.
If
moneys
appropriated
to
the
commission
pursuant
to
10
section
35A.13,
subsection
4,
are
insufficient
to
pay
the
11
expenditures
authorized
under
section
35A.13,
subsection
6,
the
12
executive
director,
as
directed
by
the
commission,
may
use
any
13
moneys
remaining
in
the
county
commission
of
veterans
affairs
14
training
account
to
pay
for
such
expenditures.
15
EXPLANATION
16
This
bill
authorizes
certain
expenditures
of
funds
from
the
17
veterans
affairs
training
program
account.
18
The
bill
allows
the
executive
director
of
the
department
19
of
veterans
affairs,
at
the
direction
of
the
commission
of
20
veterans
affairs,
to
use
moneys
remaining
in
the
veterans
21
affairs
training
program
account
to
pay
for
certain
veterans
22
expenditures
authorized
from
the
veterans
trust
fund
if
there
23
are
insufficient
moneys
in
the
veterans
trust
fund
to
pay
for
24
those
expenditures.
25
Expenses
authorized
pursuant
to
Code
section
35A.13,
26
subsection
6,
include
certain
travel
expenses,
job
training
or
27
college
tuition
assistance
expenses,
unemployment
assistance,
28
expenses
related
to
the
purchase
of
durable
medical
equipment
29
or
services
to
allow
veterans
to
remain
in
their
homes,
30
expenses
related
to
hearing
care,
dental
care,
vision
care,
or
31
prescription
drugs,
individual
counseling
or
family
counseling
32
programs,
family
support
group
programs
or
programs
for
33
children
of
members
of
the
military,
honor
guard
services,
34
expenses
related
to
ambulance
and
emergency
room
services
for
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