Bill Text: IA HF2465 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the dissemination of information, by establishing a mass notification and emergency messaging system fund, and providing that specified information collected by state departments and agencies for public dissemination of emergency or routine information are considered confidential public records. (Formerly HF 2371) (Formerly HSB 595)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-16 - Read first time, referred to Appropriations. S.J. 793. [HF2465 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2465-Amended.html
House
File
2465
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2465
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2371)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
595)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
April
16,
2014
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
dissemination
of
information,
by
1
establishing
a
mass
notification
and
emergency
messaging
2
system
fund,
and
providing
that
specified
information
3
collected
by
state
departments
and
agencies
for
public
4
dissemination
of
emergency
or
routine
information
are
5
considered
confidential
public
records.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
LEGISLATIVE
INTENT.
It
is
the
intent
of
the
1
general
assembly,
in
recognition
of
the
establishment
of
the
2
mass
notification
and
emergency
messaging
system
fund
in
Code
3
section
29C.17A,
and
in
further
recognition
of
the
vital
4
importance
of
creating
and
adequately
funding
a
system
for
5
providing
mass
notification
and
emergency
messaging
services
to
6
the
citizens
of
the
state
of
Iowa,
that
the
mass
notification
7
and
emergency
messaging
system
fund
receive
an
annual
8
appropriation
to
ensure
that
the
system
functions
throughout
9
the
state
on
an
ongoing
basis.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
22.7,
subsection
67,
Code
2014,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
67.
Electronic
mail
addresses
of
individuals
or
phone
13
numbers
of
individuals,
and
personally
identifiable
information
14
about
those
individuals,
collected
by
state
departments
and
15
agencies
for
the
sole
purpose
of
disseminating
emergency
16
or
routine
information
and
notices
through
electronic
17
communications
that
are
not
prepared
for
a
specific
recipient.
18
Sec.
3.
Section
29C.2,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
the
19
following
new
subsection:
20
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6A.
“Mass
notification
and
emergency
21
messaging
system”
means
a
system
which
disseminates
emergency
22
and
public
safety
related
information
to
the
public
by
23
various
means
including
but
not
limited
to
telephone,
24
wireless
communications
service,
dual
party
relay
service
or
25
telecommunications
device,
text
messaging,
electronic
mail,
26
and
facsimile,
and
which
integrates
with
federal
emergency
27
messaging
systems.
28
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
29C.17A
Mass
notification
and
29
emergency
messaging
system
fund.
30
1.
A
mass
notification
and
emergency
messaging
system
fund
31
is
created
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
32
department.
The
fund
shall
consist
of
moneys
appropriated
33
by
the
general
assembly
and
any
other
moneys
available
to
34
and
obtained
or
accepted
by
the
department
for
placement
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in
the
fund.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
interest
or
1
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
2
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
credited
to
the
fund
that
3
remain
unexpended
or
unobligated
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year
4
shall
not
revert
to
any
other
fund.
5
2.
Amounts
contained
in
the
fund
shall
be
used
exclusively
6
to
provide
for
the
purchase
and
ongoing
operation
of
a
system
7
capable
of
providing
mass
notification
and
emergency
messaging
8
to
the
public.
The
system
shall
be
purchased
from
a
vendor
9
selected
by
the
department
pursuant
to
a
competitive
bidding
10
process,
and
shall,
once
purchased,
be
under
the
control
of
the
11
department.
12
3.
Information
disseminated
to
the
public
through
the
mass
13
notification
and
emergency
messaging
system
shall
be
limited
14
to
imminent
emergency
and
public
safety-related
issues.
The
15
department
may
provide
access
to
the
system
for
use
at
the
16
county
and
local
level.
Access
by
a
county
or
local
government
17
shall
be
at
the
department’s
sole
discretion,
and
if
approved
18
by
the
department,
shall
be
under
the
control
of
the
local
19
commission.
The
commission
shall
establish
an
operational
plan
20
and
procedure
which
meets
standards
adopted
by
the
department
21
by
rule,
and
shall
submit
the
operational
plan
and
procedure
22
for
approval
by
the
department
prior
to
access
being
granted.
23
Additional
access
criteria
and
procedures
for
administering
the
24
fund
shall
be
established
by
the
department
by
rule.
25
4.
All
personal
information
collected
for
use
in
the
mass
26
notification
and
emergency
messaging
system,
including
but
27
not
limited
to
the
names
and
contact
information
of
emergency
28
messaging
recipients,
shall
be
considered
confidential
records
29
under
section
22.7.
The
director
may,
however,
provide
all
30
or
part
of
such
confidential
information
to
state
or
local
31
governmental
agencies
possessing
emergency
planning
or
response
32
functions
if
the
director
is
satisfied
that
the
need
to
know
33
the
information
and
its
intended
use
are
reasonable.
An
agency
34
receiving
confidential
information
pursuant
to
this
subsection
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shall
not
redisseminate
the
information
in
any
form
without
1
prior
approval
by
the
director.
The
release
of
confidential
2
information
by
the
department,
a
county
or
local
government,
or
3
a
state
or
local
governmental
agency
other
than
as
authorized
4
pursuant
to
this
section,
and
the
sale
of
such
confidential
5
information,
is
strictly
prohibited.
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