Bill Text: IA HF2069 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a process for voter approval of a proposition to require a township to provide emergency medical service.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-21 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 107. [HF2069 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2069-Introduced.html
House
File
2069
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2069
BY
STECKMAN
,
STAED
,
McKEAN
,
BEARINGER
,
KURTZ
,
HUNTER
,
EHLERT
,
DONAHUE
,
WOLFE
,
B.
MEYER
,
WILBURN
,
ANDERSON
,
MASCHER
,
KURTH
,
and
DERRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
process
for
voter
approval
of
a
1
proposition
to
require
a
township
to
provide
emergency
2
medical
service.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.385,
subsection
2,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
board
of
supervisors
shall
publish
notice
of
the
3
proposed
resolution,
and
of
a
public
hearing
to
be
held
on
the
4
proposed
resolution,
in
a
newspaper
of
general
circulation
5
in
the
county
at
least
ten
days
but
no
more
than
twenty
days
6
before
the
date
of
the
public
hearing.
If,
after
notice
and
7
hearing,
the
resolution
is
adopted,
the
board
of
supervisors
8
shall
assume
the
exercise
of
the
powers
and
duties
of
township
9
trustees
relating
to
fire
protection
service
and
emergency
10
medical
service
as
set
forth
in
sections
359.42
through
,
11
359.43,
and
359.45
.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
359.42,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
13
follows:
14
359.42
Township
fire
protection
service,
emergency
warning
15
system,
and
emergency
medical
service.
16
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
section
331.385
,
the
17
trustees
of
each
township
shall
provide
fire
protection
service
18
for
the
township,
exclusive
of
any
part
of
the
township
within
19
a
benefited
fire
district
and
may
provide
emergency
medical
20
service.
However,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
section
21
331.385,
the
trustees
of
a
township
shall
provide
emergency
22
medical
service
for
the
township
if
required
to
do
so
by
a
23
proposition
approved
under
section
359.44.
The
trustees
may
24
purchase,
own,
rent,
or
maintain
fire
protection
service
or
25
emergency
medical
service
apparatus
or
equipment
or
both
26
kinds
of
apparatus
or
equipment
and
provide
housing
for
the
27
equipment.
The
trustees
of
a
township
which
is
located
within
28
a
county
having
a
population
of
three
hundred
thousand
or
29
more
may
also
establish
and
maintain
an
emergency
warning
30
system
within
the
township.
The
trustees
may
contract
with
a
31
public
or
private
agency
under
chapter
28E
for
the
purpose
of
32
providing
any
service
or
system
required
or
authorized
under
33
this
section
.
34
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
359.44
Emergency
medical
service
——
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motion
or
petition
——
election.
1
1.
a.
Unless
the
county
is
providing
emergency
medical
2
service
to
a
township
pursuant
to
section
331.385,
the
board
3
of
township
trustees
may
on
its
own
motion,
and
upon
receipt
4
of
a
valid
petition
shall,
direct
the
county
commissioner
of
5
elections
to
submit
to
the
registered
voters
of
the
township,
6
excluding
those
areas
of
the
township
within
corporate
7
boundaries
of
a
city,
the
proposition
of
requiring
the
township
8
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
those
areas
of
the
9
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
and
outside
10
those
areas
being
provided
emergency
medical
service
under
11
chapter
357F
or
357J
for
a
period
of
time
stated
in
the
12
proposition
not
to
exceed
ten
years
but
not
less
than
four
13
years.
14
b.
A
valid
petition
shall
be
signed
by
eligible
electors
of
15
the
township
residing
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
16
equal
in
number
to
at
least
twenty-five
percent
of
the
number
17
of
votes
cast
in
the
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
18
of
a
city
for
the
office
of
president
of
the
United
States
19
or
governor
at
the
preceding
general
election.
The
petition
20
shall
include
the
signatures
of
the
petitioners,
a
statement
21
of
their
place
of
residence,
and
the
date
on
which
they
signed
22
the
petition.
23
c.
The
election
shall
be
held
at
the
next
general
election
24
following
adoption
of
the
board’s
motion
or
receipt
of
the
25
valid
petition.
However,
a
petition
authorized
by
this
section
26
shall
be
filed
not
later
than
eighty-two
days
before
the
date
27
of
the
general
election
if
the
proposition
is
to
be
voted
upon
28
at
the
general
election.
If
a
valid
petition
is
filed
after
29
that
date,
the
proposition
shall
be
voted
on
at
the
general
30
election
following
the
next
general
election.
31
d.
A
petition
shall
be
examined
before
it
is
accepted
for
32
filing.
If
it
appears
valid
on
its
face,
it
shall
be
accepted
33
for
filing.
If
it
lacks
the
required
number
of
signatures,
it
34
shall
be
returned
to
the
petitioners.
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e.
Petitions
which
have
been
accepted
for
filing
are
valid
1
unless
written
objections
are
filed.
Objections
must
be
2
filed
with
the
county
auditor
within
five
working
days
after
3
the
petition
was
filed.
The
objection
process
in
section
4
44.7
shall
be
followed
for
objections
filed
pursuant
to
this
5
section.
6
2.
The
question
shall
be
submitted
to
the
voters
in
7
substantially
the
following
form:
8
Shall
the
township
of
...............
,
in
...............
9
County,
Iowa,
be
required
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
10
for
a
period
of
...............
years
to
those
areas
11
of
...............
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
12
city
and
outside
the
areas
receiving
emergency
medical
service
13
from
another
political
subdivision
of
this
state
and
provide
14
such
service
through
imposition
of
a
property
tax
in
those
15
areas
of
the
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city?
16
3.
The
proposition
is
adopted
if
a
majority
of
those
17
voting
on
the
proposition
at
the
election
approves
it.
If
the
18
proposition
is
approved
at
election,
the
township
trustees
19
shall
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
all
areas
of
the
20
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
and
those
areas
21
not
otherwise
receiving
such
service
under
chapter
357F
or
357J
22
using
methods
and
funding
authorized
in
sections
359.42
and
23
359.43
for
the
period
of
time
approved
at
election,
beginning
24
with
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1
following
the
general
25
election
at
which
the
proposition
was
approved.
26
4.
The
proposition
is
not
affected
by
a
change
in
the
27
boundaries
of
the
township.
28
5.
An
extension
of
the
period
of
time
for
requiring
the
29
township
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
under
this
30
section
or
the
rescission
of
the
requirement
to
provide
31
emergency
medical
service
may
be
completed
using
the
same
32
procedure
as
is
required
for
initial
approval.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
Current
law
authorizes
but
does
not
require
the
board
of
2
township
trustees
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
for
3
the
township
and
to
fund
such
service
through
imposition
of
4
a
property
tax
levy.
This
bill
establishes
a
process
for
5
voter
approval
of
a
proposition
to
require
a
board
of
township
6
trustees
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
specified
7
areas
of
the
township.
8
The
bill
provides
that
unless
the
county
is
providing
9
emergency
medical
service
to
a
township
pursuant
to
Code
10
section
331.385,
the
board
of
township
trustees
may
on
its
own
11
motion,
and
upon
receipt
of
a
valid
petition
shall,
direct
the
12
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
submit
to
the
registered
13
voters
of
the
township,
excluding
those
areas
of
the
township
14
within
corporate
boundaries
of
a
city,
the
proposition
of
15
requiring
the
township
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
16
those
areas
of
the
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
17
city
and
outside
those
areas
being
provided
emergency
medical
18
service
under
Code
chapter
357F
(benefited
emergency
medical
19
services
district)
or
357J
(emergency
response
district)
for
a
20
period
of
time
stated
in
the
proposition
not
to
exceed
10
years
21
but
not
less
than
four
years.
22
A
valid
petition
must
be
signed
by
eligible
electors
of
23
the
township
residing
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
24
equal
in
number
to
at
least
25
percent
of
the
number
of
votes
25
cast
in
the
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
26
for
the
office
of
president
of
the
United
States
or
governor
27
at
the
preceding
general
election.
The
election
to
vote
on
28
the
proposition
is
required
to
be
held
at
the
next
general
29
election
following
adoption
of
the
board’s
motion
or
receipt
of
30
the
valid
petition,
subject
to
a
filing
deadline
specified
in
31
the
bill.
The
bill
also
specifies
the
process
for
filing
and
32
hearing
objections
to
the
petition
and
the
form
of
the
question
33
that
appears
on
the
ballot.
34
A
proposition
is
adopted
if
a
majority
of
those
voting
on
the
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proposition
at
the
election
approves
it.
If
the
proposition
1
is
approved
at
election,
the
township
trustees
are
required
2
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
those
specified
areas
3
of
the
township
using
methods
and
funding
authorized
in
Code
4
sections
359.42
and
359.43
for
the
period
of
time
approved
5
at
election,
beginning
with
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1
6
following
the
general
election
at
which
the
proposition
was
7
approved.
8
An
extension
of
the
period
of
time
for
requiring
the
township
9
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
or
the
rescission
of
10
the
requirement
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
may
be
11
completed
using
the
same
procedure
as
is
required
for
initial
12
approval.
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