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ID SCR123

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

3/17/2020

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Idaho is home to more than 122,000 veterans and the state is obligated under 38 CFR to maintain state veterans homes and cemeteries.

  • The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Cemetery Grants Program pays 100% of architectural and engineering costs for state veterans cemetery expansion, with the state required to provide 10% matching funds that will be reimbursed after grant award.

  • The Boise Veterans Cemetery requires expansion to meet future needs of southwestern Idaho veterans and their families.

  • The Department of Veterans Affairs State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program pays up to 65% of construction and renovation costs for state nursing home facilities, requiring the state to provide 35% matching funds.

  • The legislature endorses the Idaho Division of Veterans Services requesting federal grants to expand the Boise Veterans Cemetery and fund life safety renovation projects at the State Veterans Homes in Lewiston and Pocatello.

Legislative Description

Stating findings of the Legislature and endorsing the need for the Idaho Division of Veterans Services to request federal grants to expand the Boise Veterans Cemetery and to fund the renovation of safety projects at the State Veterans Homes in Lewiston and Pocatello.

VETERANS

Last Action

Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State

3/17/2020

Committee Referrals

Transportation and Defense2/7/2020
Judiciary and Rules2/3/2020

Full Bill Text

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