Bill Text: IA SF2244 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring that a veteran be seriously injured or very seriously injured in order to be eligible to receive a grant under the injured veterans grant program. (Formerly SSB 3157.) Effective 7-1-12.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-14 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 566. [SF2244 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2244-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
2244
AN
ACT
REQUIRING
THAT
A
VETERAN
BE
SERIOUSLY
INJURED
OR
VERY
SERIOUSLY
INJURED
IN
ORDER
TO
BE
ELIGIBLE
TO
RECEIVE
A
GRANT
UNDER
THE
INJURED
VETERANS
GRANT
PROGRAM.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
35A.14,
subsection
4,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4.
Moneys
appropriated
to
or
received
by
the
department
for
providing
injured
veterans
grants
under
this
section
may
be
expended
for
grants
of
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars
to
a
veteran
who
is
seriously
injured
veteran
or
very
seriously
injured,
as
defined
in
the
most
recently
published
United
States
department
of
defense
joint
publication
1-02,
to
provide
financial
assistance
to
the
veteran
so
that
family
members
of
the
veteran
may
be
with
the
veteran
during
the
veteran’s
recovery
from
an
injury
received
in
the
line
of
duty
in
a
combat
zone
or
in
a
Senate
File
2244,
p.
2
zone
where
the
veteran
was
receiving
hazardous
duty
pay
after
September
11,
2001.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2244,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
