Bill Text: IA SSB3044 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning funding for training and related expenses of county veteran service officers.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2316. [SSB3044 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB3044-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3044
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
CARLIN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
funding
for
training
and
related
expenses
of
1
county
veteran
service
officers.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35A.11,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
veterans
license
fee
fund
is
created
in
the
state
3
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
commission.
Notwithstanding
4
section
12C.7
,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
veterans
5
license
fee
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
veterans
license
fee
6
fund.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
commission
7
to
be
used
to
fulfill
the
responsibilities
of
the
commission
8
provide
grants
of
not
more
than
three
thousand
dollars
per
9
county
each
fiscal
year
for
training
and
related
expenses
of
10
county
veteran
service
officers
.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
35A.16,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
12
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
13
a.
If
sufficient
moneys
are
available,
the
department
14
shall
annually
allocate
ten
thousand
dollars
to
each
county
15
commission
of
veteran
affairs,
or
to
each
county
sharing
the
16
services
of
an
executive
director
or
administrator
pursuant
17
to
chapter
28E
,
to
be
used
to
provide
services
to
veterans
18
pursuant
to
section
35B.6
and
for
training
and
related
expenses
19
of
county
veteran
service
officers
.
Each
county
receiving
20
an
allocation
shall
annually
report
on
expenditure
of
the
21
allocation
in
a
form
agreed
to
by
the
department
and
county
22
representatives.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
concerns
training
for
county
veteran
service
27
officers.
28
Code
section
35A.11,
concerning
the
veterans
license
29
fee
fund,
is
amended
to
provide
that
moneys
in
the
fund
are
30
appropriated
to
the
commission
on
veterans
affairs
to
provide
31
grants
of
not
more
than
$3,000
per
county
each
fiscal
year
32
for
training
and
related
expenses
of
county
veteran
service
33
officers.
Currently,
moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
34
to
the
commission
to
fulfill
the
responsibilities
of
the
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commission.
1
Code
section
35A.16,
concerning
the
county
commissions
of
2
veteran
affairs
fund,
is
amended
to
provide
that
counties
may
3
use
moneys
allocated
to
each
county
from
the
fund
for
training
4
and
related
expenses
of
county
veteran
service
officers.
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