Complete Bill History
House File 2359
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2158)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act concerning veterans, including expenditures from the
2 veterans trust fund and authorization of lottery games for
3 veterans.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 35A.13, subsection 5, Code Supplement
1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 5. The minimum balance of the trust fund required prior to
1 4 expenditure of moneys from the trust fund is fifty million
1 5 dollars. However, for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
1 6 2006, and ending June 30, 2009, the minimum balance of the
1 7 trust fund required prior to expenditure of moneys from the
1 8 trust fund is five million dollars. Once the minimum balance
1 9 is reached, the interest and earnings on the fund and any
1 10 moneys received under subsection 3, paragraph "a", are
1 11 appropriated to the commission to be used to achieve the
1 12 purposes of this section. It is the intent of the general
1 13 assembly that the balance in the trust fund reach fifty
1 14 million dollars.
1 15 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 99G.9A LIMITED SERIES OF LOTTERY
1 16 GAMES PROVIDING AID FOR VETERANS.
1 17 The chief executive officer, in consultation with the
1 18 board, shall develop and conduct two additional instant
1 19 scratch and two additional pull tab lottery games annually to
1 20 provide moneys for the benefit of veterans and their spouses
1 21 and dependents. The moneys received from the sale of tickets
1 22 for each lottery game shall be deposited in a special account
1 23 in the lottery fund. Notwithstanding section 99G.39, after
1 24 payment of the prizes, the remaining moneys shall be
1 25 transferred to the veterans trust fund established pursuant to
1 26 section 35A.13. However, if the balance of the veterans trust
1 27 fund is fifty million dollars or more, the remaining moneys
1 28 shall be appropriated to the department of revenue for
1 29 distribution to county directors of veteran affairs, with
1 30 fifty percent of the money to be distributed equally to each
1 31 county and fifty percent of the money to be distributed to
1 32 each county based upon the population of veterans in the
1 33 county, so long as the money distributed to a county does not
1 34 supplant money appropriated by that county for the county
1 35 director of veteran affairs.
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