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Relating to the veterans trust fund, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would increase the amount of money moved from the lottery fund to the veterans trust fund if the fund's balance drops below $50 million. The bill also provides $500,000 to the department of veterans affairs for the 2023 fiscal year to pay for existing obligations. Any money provided that is not used by the end of fiscal year 2024 will go back into the state's general fund.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to veterans trust fund annual appropriations and makes an appropriation.5 million transferred from the lottery fund from $500,000 to $1 million in fiscal years that the beginning balance of the veterans trust fund is below $50 million. The bill makes an appropriation to the department of veterans affairs for fiscal year 2023 for the veterans trust fund in the amount of $500,000. Moneys appropriated must be used for the purpose of paying outstanding encumbrances on the veterans trust fund which existed on the date of the bill’s enactment. The bill takes effect upon enactment. Moneys appropriated to the veterans trust fund but not used or encumbered by the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund of the state.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 18, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part