Bill Text: IA HF2476 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to funding of unified law enforcement districts, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective 5-23-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-23 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 897. [HF2476 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2476-Enrolled.html
House
File
2476
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
FUNDING
OF
UNIFIED
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DISTRICTS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
28E.23,
subsection
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
The
public
safety
commission,
on
or
before
January
10
of
each
year,
shall
make
an
estimate
of
the
total
amount
of
revenue
deemed
necessary
for
operation
of
the
district
and,
in
conjunction
with
the
county
board
of
supervisors
and
city
councils
in
the
district,
determine
the
amounts
which
will
be
contributed
by
the
county
and
by
each
city
in
the
district
from
its
general
fund
which
are
based
upon
an
average
of
revenues
raised
for
law
enforcement
purposes
in
the
county
or
city
for
the
three
previous
years.
As
an
alternative
to
computing
average
revenues
raised
for
law
enforcement
purposes
for
the
three
previous
years,
a
public
safety
commission,
in
conjunction
with
the
county
board
of
supervisors
and
city
councils
in
the
district,
may
calculate
the
average
by
using
the
amounts
budgeted
for
the
three
previous
fiscal
years.
The
average
of
the
amounts
budgeted
for
the
three
previous
fiscal
years
may
be
adjusted
by
a
percentage
not
to
exceed
the
percentage
increase
in
the
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
consumers
for
the
last
available
twelve-month
period
published
in
the
federal
register
by
the
federal
department
of
labor,
bureau
of
labor
statistics.
Sec.
2.
Section
28E.23,
subsection
2,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Any
other
method
agreed
to
by
each
city
and
county
member
of
the
district.
The
public
safety
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2
commission
shall
compute
the
amount
of
revenue
deemed
necessary
for
the
operation
of
the
district
and
the
amounts
to
be
contributed
by
the
county
and
by
each
city
in
the
district
based
upon
such
agreement.
The
computation
of
revenue
under
this
paragraph
shall
be
certified,
deposited,
and
otherwise
treated
the
same
as
an
average
of
revenues
under
section
28E.24
for
all
purposes,
including
determining
the
source
of
additional
revenues
needed
for
unified
law
enforcement
services.
If
the
method
of
funding
allowed
in
this
paragraph
is
used,
any
requirement
relating
to
average
revenues
raised
for
law
enforcement
purposes
for
the
three
previous
years
in
this
section,
section
28E.22,
subsection
4,
or
section
28E.24,
shall
not
apply.
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
provision
or
provisions
of
this
Act
apply
to
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2014:
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
28E.23,
subsection
1.
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
28E.23,
subsection
2.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2476,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
