Bill Text: IA HF2604 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a local government public safety grant fund and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 489. [HF2604 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2604-Introduced.html
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BY
PRICHARD
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
BEARINGER
,
BENNETT
,
BRECKENRIDGE
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
COHOON
,
DERRY
,
DONAHUE
,
EHLERT
,
FORBES
,
GAINES
,
GASKILL
,
HALL
,
HUNTER
,
ISENHART
,
JAMES
,
JUDGE
,
KACENA
,
KONFRST
,
KRESSIG
,
KURTZ
,
MASCHER
,
MATSON
,
McCONKEY
,
McKEAN
,
B.
MEYER
,
NIELSEN
,
OLDSON
,
OLSON
,
OURTH
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
R.
SMITH
,
STAED
,
STECKMAN
,
SUNDE
,
THEDE
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
WILBURN
,
WILLIAMS
,
WINCKLER
,
and
WOLFE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
local
government
public
safety
grant
fund
1
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
80.48
Local
government
public
1
safety
grant
fund.
2
1.
a.
A
local
government
public
safety
grant
fund
is
3
created
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
4
department.
The
fund
shall
consist
of
all
moneys
appropriated
5
to
the
fund.
6
b.
Beginning
with
the
fiscal
year
commencing
July
1,
2020,
7
and
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
there
is
appropriated
from
8
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
the
sum
of
one
9
million
dollars
for
deposit
in
the
local
government
public
10
safety
grant
fund.
11
2.
Moneys
in
the
local
government
public
safety
grant
12
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
purpose
13
of
providing
grants
to
local
governments
for
updating
and
14
purchasing
equipment
relating
to
local
and
volunteer
fire
15
fighter
and
emergency
response
public
safety
purposes,
updating
16
and
purchasing
infrastructure
relating
to
local
and
volunteer
17
fire
fighter
and
emergency
response
public
safety
purposes,
18
and
paying
local
volunteer
fire
fighters’
costs
and
fees
for
19
any
necessary
training
provided
by
the
fire
service
training
20
bureau.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
establishing
a
grant
21
application
process.
Grants
shall
not
be
provided
to
any
22
privately
owned
first
response
or
emergency
service
company
or
23
corporation.
24
3.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
25
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
26
the
fund.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
credited
to
the
27
fund
shall
not
revert
at
the
close
of
a
fiscal
year.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
establishes
the
local
government
public
safety
32
grant
fund
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
public
33
safety.
The
bill
provides
for
a
standing
appropriation
of
34
$1
million
each
fiscal
year
from
the
general
fund
to
the
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department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
1
appropriated
to
the
department
for
grants
to
local
governments
2
for
equipment,
infrastructure,
and
training
costs
related
to
3
local
and
volunteer
fire
fighter
and
emergency
response
public
4
safety
purposes.
The
bill
restricts
providing
grants
to
a
5
privately
owned
first
response
or
emergency
service
company
or
6
corporation.
The
bill
further
provides
that
moneys
in
the
fund
7
shall
not
revert
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year
and
that
interest
8
or
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
9
to
the
fund.
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