Bill Text: IA SF82 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the veterans trust fund, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-18 - Subcommittee: Lofgren, Dawson, and Weiner. S.J. 152. [SF82 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF82-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
DOTZLER
,
WEINER
,
BENNETT
,
GIDDENS
,
and
WINCKLER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
veterans
trust
fund,
making
1
appropriations,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35A.13,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
For
each
fiscal
year
that
the
balance
of
the
trust
fund
3
on
July
1
is
below
fifty
million
dollars,
the
interest
and
4
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
and
the
first
five
hundred
5
thousand
one
million
dollars
transferred
pursuant
to
section
6
99G.39
from
the
lottery
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
commission
7
to
be
used
to
achieve
the
purposes
of
subsection
7
.
Moneys
8
appropriated
to
the
commission
under
this
paragraph
that
remain
9
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
10
revert
to
the
fund.
11
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
——
VETERANS
TRUST
12
FUND
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
13
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
veterans
affairs
for
the
14
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
and
ending
June
30,
2023,
15
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
16
for
the
purposes
designated:
17
For
the
veterans
trust
fund:
18
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$
500,000
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Moneys
appropriated
in
this
section
shall
be
used
for
the
20
purpose
of
paying
outstanding
encumbrances
on
the
veterans
21
trust
fund
which
existed
on
the
date
of
this
bill’s
enactment.
22
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
in
this
23
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
24
of
the
fiscal
year
ending
June
30,
2023,
shall
not
revert
25
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
26
designated
until
the
close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year.
27
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
28
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
veterans
trust
fund
annual
33
appropriations
and
makes
an
appropriation.
34
The
bill
increases
the
amount
appropriated
to
the
veterans
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trust
fund
annually
from
the
$1.5
million
transferred
from
the
1
lottery
fund
from
$500,000
to
$1
million
in
fiscal
years
that
2
the
beginning
balance
of
the
veterans
trust
fund
is
below
$50
3
million.
4
The
bill
makes
an
appropriation
to
the
department
of
5
veterans
affairs
for
fiscal
year
2023
for
the
veterans
trust
6
fund
in
the
amount
of
$500,000.
Moneys
appropriated
must
7
be
used
for
the
purpose
of
paying
outstanding
encumbrances
8
on
the
veterans
trust
fund
which
existed
on
the
date
of
the
9
bill’s
enactment.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
10
Moneys
appropriated
to
the
veterans
trust
fund
but
not
used
or
11
encumbered
by
the
end
of
fiscal
year
2024
shall
revert
to
the
12
general
fund
of
the
state.
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