Bill Text: IA HSB559 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to the department of public defense by providing for the gold star military museum and modifying funding provisions for the national guard education assistance program, and including effective and applicability date provisions.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - Voted - Veterans Affairs. [HSB559 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HSB559-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
559
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
DEFENSE
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
department
of
public
defense
1
by
providing
for
the
gold
star
military
museum
and
2
modifying
funding
provisions
for
the
national
guard
3
education
assistance
program,
and
including
effective
and
4
applicability
date
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29.1,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
29.1
Department
of
public
defense.
3
The
department
of
public
defense
is
composed
of
the
office
4
of
the
adjutant
general
and
,
the
military
forces
of
the
state
5
of
Iowa
,
and
the
Iowa
gold
star
military
museum
as
established
6
in
section
29.4
.
The
adjutant
general
is
the
director
of
the
7
department
of
public
defense
and
shall
perform
all
functions,
8
responsibilities,
powers,
and
duties
concerning
the
military
9
forces
of
the
state
of
Iowa
and
the
Iowa
gold
star
military
10
museum
as
provided
in
the
laws
of
the
state.
11
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
29.4
Iowa
gold
star
military
museum.
12
1.
The
department
of
public
defense
shall
establish
a
13
military
historical
museum
located
at
Camp
Dodge
which
shall
14
be
known
as
the
“Iowa
gold
star
military
museum”.
The
museum
15
shall
be
administered
by
the
adjutant
general.
16
2.
The
adjutant
general
may
appoint
a
museum
director
and
17
such
other
personnel
from
the
full-time
equivalent
positions
18
authorized
the
department
for
the
purposes
of
maintaining
and
19
operating
the
Iowa
gold
star
military
museum.
The
museum
20
director
shall
have
such
responsibilities
as
may
be
assigned
21
by
the
adjutant
general.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
261.86,
subsection
6,
Code
2016,
is
amended
23
to
read
as
follows:
24
6.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33
,
until
one
year
after
the
25
date
the
president
of
the
United
States
or
the
Congress
of
26
the
United
States
declares
a
cessation
of
hostilities
ending
27
operation
Iraqi
freedom,
operation
new
dawn,
and
operation
28
enduring
freedom,
funds
appropriated
for
purposes
of
this
29
section
which
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
30
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
funds
were
appropriated
shall
31
not
revert
but
shall
be
available
for
expenditure
for
the
32
following
fiscal
year
for
purposes
of
this
section
.
33
Sec.
4.
Section
261.86,
Code
2016,
is
amended
by
adding
the
34
following
new
subsection:
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
Not
more
than
one
percent
of
the
moneys
1
appropriated
for
purposes
of
this
section
may
be
used
by
the
2
college
student
aid
commission
for
purposes
of
administering
3
this
section.
4
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
The
following
provision
5
of
this
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
6
upon
enactment:
7
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
261.86,
8
subsection
6.
9
Sec.
6.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
provision
10
of
this
Act
applies
retroactively
to
June
30,
2015:
11
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
261.86,
12
subsection
6.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
concerns
the
department
of
public
defense.
17
Code
section
29.1
is
amended
to
provide
that
the
department
18
of
public
defense
is
also
composed
of
the
Iowa
gold
star
19
military
museum
and
that
the
adjutant
general
shall
perform
all
20
functions,
responsibilities,
powers,
and
duties
concerning
the
21
museum.
22
New
Code
section
29.4
provides
that
the
department
of
public
23
defense
shall
establish
a
military
museum
located
at
Camp
Dodge
24
which
shall
be
known
as
the
Iowa
gold
star
military
museum.
25
The
bill
provides
that
the
adjutant
general
shall
administer
26
the
museum
and
may
appoint
a
museum
director
and
such
other
27
personnel
for
the
purposes
of
maintaining
and
operating
the
28
museum.
29
Code
section
261.86,
concerning
the
national
guard
education
30
assistance
program,
is
amended.
The
bill
eliminates
the
31
provision
that
moneys
appropriated
for
purposes
of
this
program
32
shall
not
revert
for
the
following
fiscal
year
only
until
one
33
year
after
operation
Iraqi
freedom,
operation
new
dawn,
and
34
operation
enduring
freedom
are
concluded.
This
provision
takes
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effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
retroactively
to
June
30,
1
2015.
The
Code
section
is
further
amended
to
provide
that
the
2
college
student
aid
commission
may
use
no
more
than
1
percent
3
of
the
moneys
appropriated
for
the
program
for
costs
associated
4
with
administering
the
program.
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