35A.16 - COUNTY COMMISSIONS OF VETERAN AFFAIRS FUND -- APPROPRIATION.
35A.16 COUNTY COMMISSIONS OF VETERAN AFFAIRS FUND --
APPROPRIATION.
1. a. A county commissions of veteran affairs fund is created
within the state treasury under the control of the department. The
fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and any other
moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from
the federal government or private sources for deposit in the fund.
b. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and
for each subsequent fiscal year, the sum of one million dollars to be
credited to the county commissions of veteran affairs fund.
2. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys
in the county commissions of veteran affairs fund shall be credited
to the county commissions of veteran affairs fund. Notwithstanding
section 8.33, moneys remaining in the county commissions of veteran
affairs fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
general fund of the state.
3. a. If sufficient moneys are available, the department
shall annually allocate ten thousand dollars to each county
commission of veteran affairs, or to each county sharing the services
of an executive director or administrator pursuant to chapter 28E, to
be used to provide services to veterans pursuant to section 35B.6.
b. If a county fails to be in compliance with the
requirements of section 35B.6 on June 30 of each fiscal year, all
moneys received by the county pursuant to this subsection during that
fiscal year shall be reimbursed to the county commissions of veteran
affairs fund.
c. Moneys distributed to a county under this subsection shall
be used to supplement and not supplant any existing funding provided
by the county or received by the county from any other source. The
department shall adopt a maintenance of effort requirement for moneys
distributed under this subsection.
4. A county commission of veteran affairs training program
account shall be established within the county commissions of veteran
affairs fund. Any moneys remaining in the fund after the allocations
under subsection 3 shall be credited to the account and used by the
department to fund the county commission of veteran affairs training
program under section 35A.17. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1130, §2, 10; 2009 Acts, ch 4, §1
Referred to in § 35A.17