Bill Text: IA SF323 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning lottery games and revenue for support of veterans. (Formerly SSB 1012 and SF 177.) Effective 7-1-15.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-31 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 756. [SF323 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF323-Enrolled.html
Senate File 323 - Enrolled SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 177) (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1012) \5 A BILL FOR \1 Senate File 323 AN ACT CONCERNING LOTTERY GAMES AND REVENUE FOR SUPPORT OF VETERANS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 35A.13, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: a. The minimum balance of the trust fund required prior to expenditure of moneys from the trust fund is five million dollars. Once the minimum balance is reached, the interest and earnings on the fund and the first three hundred thousand dollars transferred each fiscal year pursuant to section99G.9A99G.39 from the lottery fund to the trust fund are appropriated to the commission to be used to achieve the purposes of subsection 6 of this section. Moneys appropriated to the commission that remain unobligated or unexpended at the end of each fiscal year shall revert to the trust fund. It is the intent of the general assembly that the balance in the trust fund reach fifty million dollars. Sec. 2. Section 99G.39, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. Two million five hundred thousand dollars in lottery revenues shall be transferred each fiscal year to the veterans trust fund established pursuant to section 35A.13 prior to deposit of the lottery revenues in the general fund pursuant to section 99G.40. However, if the balance of the veterans trust fund is fifty million dollars or more, the moneys shall be appropriated to the department of revenue for distribution to county directors of veteran affairs, with fifty percent of the moneys to be distributed equally to each county and fifty percent of the moneys to be distributed to each county based upon the population of veterans in the county, so long as the moneys distributed to a county do not supplant moneys appropriated by that county for the county director of veteran affairs. Sec. 3. Section 99G.39, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: a. Notwithstanding subsection 1, if gaming revenues under sections 99D.17 and 99F.11 are insufficient in a fiscal year to meet the total amount of such revenues directed to be deposited in the vision Iowa fundand the school infrastructure fundduring the fiscal year pursuant to section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "e", the difference shall be paid from lottery revenues prior to deposit of the lottery revenues in the general fund and transfer of lottery revenues to the veterans trust fund as provided in subsection 2A. If lottery revenues are insufficient during the fiscal year to pay the difference, the remaining difference shall be paid from lottery revenues prior to deposit of lottery revenues in the general fund and the transfer of lottery revenues to the veterans trust fund as provided in subsection 2A in subsequent fiscal years as such revenues become available. Sec. 4. REPEAL. Section 99G.9A, Code 2015, is repealed. PAM JOCHUM President of the Senate KRAIG PAULSEN Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 323, Eighty=sixth General Assembly. MICHAEL E. MARSHALL Secretary of the Senate Approved , 2015 TERRY E. BRANSTAD Governor -1-