Bill Text: IA HF126 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to budgets of local emergency management agencies and including applicability provisions.(See HF 546, HF 705.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 546. [HF126 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF126-Introduced.html
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BY
MEGGERS
(COMPANION
TO
SF
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BY
KLIMESH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
budgets
of
local
emergency
management
1
agencies
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.9,
subsection
4,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter
,
a
commission
is
a
3
municipality
as
defined
in
section
670.1
and
a
municipality
as
4
defined
in
section
24.2
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
6
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
a.
A
countywide
special
levy
pursuant
to
section
331.424,
8
subsection
1
certified
and
levied
by
the
commission
up
to
an
9
amount
sufficient
to
pay
for
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
10
the
local
emergency
management
agency
.
11
Sec.
3.
Section
29C.17,
subsection
6,
Code
2023,
is
amended
12
to
read
as
follows:
13
6.
Subject
to
chapter
24
,
the
commission
shall
adopt,
14
certify,
and
provide
a
budget,
on
or
before
February
28
of
15
each
year,
to
the
funding
entities
determined
pursuant
to
16
subsection
2
.
The
form
of
the
budget
shall
be
as
prescribed
17
by
the
department
of
management.
Any
portion
of
a
tax
levied
18
by
a
county
or
city
to
support
the
local
emergency
management
19
agency
shall
be
identified
separately
on
tax
statements
issued
20
by
the
county
treasurer.
A
tax
levied
by
the
commission
under
21
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
,
shall
be
identified
separately
on
22
tax
statements
issued
by
the
county
treasurer.
23
Sec.
4.
Section
331.424,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
24
subparagraph
(9),
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
striking
the
25
subparagraph.
26
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
budgets
for
27
property
taxes
due
and
payable
in
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
28
after
July
1,
2024.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
Under
Code
section
29C.17,
a
local
emergency
management
33
agency’s
approved
budget
is
funded
by
one
or
any
combination
34
of
several
funding
options,
as
determined
by
the
local
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emergency
management
commission,
including
a
countywide
1
special
levy
pursuant
to
Code
section
331.424(1)
under
the
2
county’s
supplemental
property
tax
levy
authority
in
an
amount
3
sufficient
to
pay
for
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
the
4
local
emergency
management
agency.
This
bill
authorizes
the
5
local
emergency
management
commission
to
certify
and
levy
the
6
countywide
special
levy
for
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
7
the
agency
and
strikes
the
county’s
authority
to
certify
such
a
8
levy.
The
bill
also
specifies
the
local
emergency
management
9
commission
to
be
a
municipality
for
purposes
of
Code
chapter
10
24
(local
budgets).
11
The
bill
applies
to
budgets
for
property
taxes
due
and
12
payable
in
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2024.
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