Bill Text: IA SF2153 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing a local emergency management commission to assume the duties of a joint 911 service board.(See SF 2298.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2298. S.J. 309. [SF2153 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2153-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2153
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2153
BY
KLIMESH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
a
local
emergency
management
commission
to
1
assume
the
duties
of
a
joint
911
service
board.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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S.F.
2153
Section
1.
Section
29C.9,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9A.
The
commission
shall,
if
agreed
to
by
3
the
commission,
be
responsible
for
the
activities
of
a
joint
4
911
service
board
if
substituted
for
a
joint
911
service
board
5
pursuant
to
section
34A.3,
subsection
3A.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
34A.3,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
7
following
new
subsection:
8
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
Local
emergency
management
commission
——
9
alternative
to
911
service
board.
10
a.
Subject
to
section
29C.9,
subsection
9A,
a
local
11
emergency
management
commission
may
be
substituted
for
the
12
joint
911
service
board
required
under
subsection
1
by
the
13
board
of
supervisors
of
the
county
in
which
the
joint
911
14
service
board
is
maintained.
15
b.
A
commission
shall
have
all
of
the
powers
of
a
joint
911
16
service
board
if
a
commission
is
substituted
for
the
joint
911
17
service
board
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
.
18
c.
As
used
in
this
chapter,
“joint
911
service
board”
19
includes
a
commission
if
a
commission
is
substituted
for
the
20
joint
911
service
board
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
authorizes
local
emergency
management
commissions
25
to
assume
the
duties
of
a
joint
911
service
board.
26
The
bill
provides
that
local
emergency
management
27
commissions
may
be
substituted
for
a
joint
911
service
board
28
required
under
Code
section
34A.3,
subsection
1,
by
the
board
29
of
supervisors
of
the
county
in
which
the
joint
911
service
30
board
is
maintained.
Additionally,
the
bill
provides
that
a
31
commission
shall
have
all
of
the
powers
of
a
joint
911
service
32
board
if
a
commission
is
substituted
for
the
joint
911
service
33
board.
The
bill
establishes
that,
for
purposes
of
Code
section
34
34A.3,
“joint
911
service
board”
includes
a
commission
if
a
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