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Subcommittee backs bill to fund two full-time county veterans officers, adds funding trigger
Summary
The House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs subcommittee approved a bill that would require funding for two full-time county veterans service employees in each county, but only upon appropriation in the annual general appropriations act; an amendment specifying the funding trigger passed unanimously.
The House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs subcommittee voted unanimously to send H.3510 to the full committee after adopting an amendment that conditions state funding on the General Assembly appropriating the money in the annual general appropriations act.
The measure, sponsored on the floor by Rep. Doug Gillum, would require the General Assembly to provide funding for two full-time employees for each county veterans affairs office and would remove the secretarys unilateral authority to remove a county veterans affairs officer, leaving removal to the countys legislative delegation. The amendment added language that the funding requirement takes effect only "upon securing funding" in the general appropriations act.
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