Bill Text: IA HSB197 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers.(See HF 750, HF 2574.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-05 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 750. [HSB197 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB197-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
197
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BLOOMINGDALE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
length
of
service
award
programs
for
1
volunteer
fire
fighters,
volunteer
emergency
medical
care
2
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.51
Length
of
service
award
1
programs
——
authorization.
2
The
governing
body
of
a
municipality,
as
defined
in
section
3
100B.21,
is
authorized
to
establish
a
length
of
service
award
4
program
for
volunteer
fire
fighters
as
defined
in
section
5
85.61,
emergency
medical
care
providers
as
defined
in
section
6
147A.1
who
are
volunteers,
and
reserve
peace
officers
as
7
defined
in
section
80D.1A.
The
program
shall
provide
length
8
of
service
awards,
as
described
in
section
457(e)(11)
of
the
9
Internal
Revenue
Code,
to
volunteer
fire
fighters,
volunteer
10
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers
11
serving
a
municipality
that
elects
to
establish
a
program.
The
12
program
shall
be
designed
to
treat
awards
from
the
program
as
13
a
tax-deferred
benefit
under
the
Internal
Revenue
Code.
The
14
governing
body
of
the
municipality
shall,
in
consultation
with
15
the
chief
or
other
person
in
command
of
the
fire
department
16
and
police
department
serving
the
municipality,
as
applicable,
17
adopt
guidelines
providing
for
eligibility
requirements
for
18
participation
by
volunteer
fire
fighters,
volunteer
emergency
19
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers,
minimum
20
vesting
requirements,
distribution
requirements,
and
such
other
21
guidelines
as
deemed
necessary
to
operate
the
program.
22
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.52
Length
of
service
award
23
program
grant
fund
——
appropriation.
24
1.
A
length
of
service
award
program
grant
fund
is
created
25
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
state
fire
26
service
and
emergency
response
council.
The
fund
shall
consist
27
of
all
moneys
appropriated
to
the
fund.
28
2.
Moneys
in
the
length
of
service
award
program
grant
29
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
state
fire
service
and
emergency
30
response
council
for
the
purpose
of
providing
grants
to
31
municipalities
that
have
established
a
length
of
service
32
award
program
as
described
in
section
100B.51
to
provide
33
contributions
to
the
program
on
behalf
of
participants
in
the
34
program.
The
state
fire
service
and
emergency
response
council
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shall
develop
and
submit
to
the
state
fire
marshal
for
adoption
1
rules
establishing
a
grant
application
process.
The
state
2
fire
service
and
emergency
response
council
shall
consult
with
3
the
Iowa
firefighters
association
and
issue
grants
based
on
4
the
recommendations
from
the
Iowa
firefighters
association.
5
The
grant
process
shall
provide
for
up
to
a
dollar-for-dollar
6
funding
match
from
a
municipality
that
has
established
a
length
7
of
service
award
program.
8
3.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
9
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
10
the
fund.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
credited
to
the
11
fund
shall
not
revert
at
the
close
of
a
fiscal
year.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
authorizes
a
municipality,
defined
as
a
city,
16
county,
township,
benefited
fire
district,
or
agency
authorized
17
by
law
to
provide
emergency
response
services,
to
establish
18
a
length
of
service
award
program
as
described
in
section
19
457(e)(11)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
for
volunteer
fire
20
fighters,
volunteer
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
21
reserve
peace
officers.
The
bill
provides
that
the
governing
22
body
of
a
municipality
that
establishes
a
program
shall,
in
23
consultation
with
the
chief
or
other
person
in
command
of
the
24
fire
department
and
police
department
serving
the
municipality,
25
as
applicable,
adopt
guidelines
providing
for
eligibility
26
requirements
for
participation
by
volunteer
fire
fighters,
27
volunteer
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
28
peace
officers,
minimum
vesting
requirements,
distribution
29
requirements,
and
such
other
guidelines
as
deemed
necessary
to
30
operate
the
program.
31
The
bill
also
establishes
a
length
of
service
award
program
32
grant
fund
under
the
control
of
the
state
fire
service
and
33
emergency
response
council
(council).
Moneys
in
the
fund
34
are
appropriated
to
the
council
for
grants
to
municipalities
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that
have
established
a
length
of
service
award
program
to
1
provide
contributions
to
the
program
on
behalf
of
participants.
2
The
bill
requires
the
council
to
develop
and
submit
to
3
the
state
fire
marshal
for
adoption
rules
establishing
a
4
grant
application
process
that
shall
provide
for
up
to
a
5
dollar-for-dollar
funding
match
from
a
municipality
that
has
6
established
a
length
of
service
award
program.
The
bill
7
requires
the
council
to
consult
with
the
Iowa
firefighters
8
association
and
issue
grants
based
on
the
association’s
9
recommendations.
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