Bill Text: IA HF366 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 366 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a reversion account within the county commissions of veteran affairs fund for the provision of grants to county commissions of veteran affairs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-02 - Subcommittee, Kaufmann, Gaines, and Holt. H.J. 443. [HF366 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF366-Introduced.html

House File 366 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  KAUFMANN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a reversion account within the county
  2    commissions of veteran affairs fund for the provision of
  3    grants to county commissions of veteran affairs.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.16, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  a.  A county commissions of veteran
  1  4 affairs reversion account shall be established within the
  1  5 county commissions of veteran affairs fund. Any moneys
  1  6 received by a county commission of veteran affairs pursuant to
  1  7 subsection 3 that are reimbursed or otherwise returned to the
  1  8 department shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the
  1  9 account shall be used to provide grants to county commissions
  1 10 to provide services under chapter 35B.  The department shall
  1 11 establish rules to allow a county commission with insufficient
  1 12 funds to provide requested services to apply for a grant from
  1 13 the account and to require reporting to the department on
  1 14 expenditure of the grant moneys.
  1 15    b.  Moneys distributed to a county under this subsection
  1 16 shall be used to supplement and not supplant any existing
  1 17 funding provided by the county or received by the county under
  1 18 subsection 3 or from any other source.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 22    This bill establishes a county commissions of veteran
  1 23 affairs reversion account within the county commissions of
  1 24 veteran affairs fund. Under current law, a county commission
  1 25 of veteran affairs receives a $10,000 annual allocation from
  1 26 the department of veterans affairs. The bill provides that
  1 27 any moneys returned to the department from that allocation be
  1 28 credited to the reversion account to provide grants to county
  1 29 commissions for the provision of services under Code chapter
  1 30 35B.  The bill requires that the department establish rules to
  1 31 allow a county commission with insufficient moneys to provide
  1 32 requested services to apply for a grant from the account and to
  1 33 require reporting to the department on grant expenditures. The
  1 34 bill also provides that grant moneys distributed to a county
  1 35 be used to supplement and not supplant any existing funding
  2  1 provided by the county or received by the county from any other
  2  2 source.
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