Bill Text: IA SF479 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the denial of state funds to a local entity.(Formerly SSB 1203.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-12 - Read first time, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 719. [SF479 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF479-Introduced.html
Senate
File
479
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
479
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1203)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
denial
of
state
funds
to
a
local
entity.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
8.31A
Denial
of
state
funds.
1
1.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
2
contrary,
a
local
entity,
including
any
entity
under
the
3
jurisdiction
of
the
local
entity,
shall
be
ineligible
to
4
receive
any
state
funds
if
the
local
entity
reduces
the
budget
5
of
a
law
enforcement
agency
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
local
6
entity
unless
the
total
budget
of
the
local
entity
is
reduced
7
by
an
equal
or
larger
percentage
or
the
local
entity
provides
8
sufficient
justification
under
subsection
4.
9
2.
State
funds
shall
be
denied
to
a
local
entity
pursuant
to
10
subsection
1
by
all
state
agencies
for
each
state
fiscal
year
11
that
begins
after
the
fiscal
year
in
which
the
law
enforcement
12
agency’s
budget
is
reduced.
State
funds
shall
continue
to
be
13
denied
until
eligibility
to
receive
state
funds
is
reinstated
14
under
section
8.31.
However,
any
state
funds
for
law
15
enforcement
purposes
shall
not
be
denied
under
this
section.
16
3.
A
local
entity's
eligibility
to
receive
state
funds
shall
17
be
reinstated
beginning
on
the
first
day
of
the
month
following
18
the
date
on
which
the
local
entity’s
budget
is
no
longer
in
19
violation
of
this
section.
20
4.
a.
A
local
entity
may
submit
written
justification
to
21
the
department
of
management
for
any
reductions
in
the
local
22
entity’s
law
enforcement
budget.
Sufficient
justification
may
23
include
any
of
the
following:
24
(1)
Reductions
related
to
one-time
capital
or
one-time
25
equipment
or
vehicle
purchases
in
the
prior
fiscal
year.
26
(2)
Reductions
related
to
lower
personnel
cost
of
law
27
enforcement
personnel
due
only
to
lower
cost
entry-level
28
law
enforcement
personnel
replacing
prior
law
enforcement
29
personnel.
30
(3)
Reductions
due
to
the
merging
or
consolidation
of
jail
31
services
or
communications
and
dispatch
services
or
the
merging
32
of
law
enforcement
agencies.
33
(4)
Reductions
due
to
reduced
population
in
a
jurisdiction
34
served
by
a
law
enforcement
agency.
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b.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
the
Code,
detailed
1
information
shall
be
required
by
any
local
entity,
as
described
2
in
rules,
for
any
necessary
budgetary
information.
3
5.
The
department
of
management
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
4
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section
uniformly
across
5
state
agencies
from
which
state
funds
are
distributed
to
local
6
entities.
7
6.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“local
entity”
means
the
8
governing
body
of
a
city
or
county.
“Local
entity”
includes
9
an
officer
or
employee
of
a
local
entity
or
a
division,
10
department,
or
other
body
that
is
part
of
a
local
entity,
11
including
but
not
limited
to
a
sheriff,
police
department,
city
12
attorney,
or
county
attorney.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
denial
of
state
funds
to
a
local
17
entity.
18
The
bill
provides
that
a
local
entity,
including
any
entity
19
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
local
entity,
shall
be
ineligible
20
to
receive
any
state
funds
if
the
local
entity
reduces
the
21
budget
of
their
law
enforcement
agency
unless
the
total
budget
22
of
the
local
entity
is
reduced
by
an
equal
or
larger
percentage
23
or
the
local
entity
provides
sufficient
justification
for
the
24
reduction.
A
local
entity
may
submit
written
justification
to
25
the
department
of
management
for
any
reductions
in
the
local
26
entity’s
law
enforcement
budget.
Sufficient
justification
may
27
include:
reductions
related
to
one-time
capital
or
one-time
28
equipment
or
vehicle
purchases
in
the
prior
fiscal
year;
29
reductions
related
to
lower
personnel
cost
of
law
enforcement
30
personnel
due
only
to
lower
cost
entry-level
law
enforcement
31
personnel
replacing
prior
law
enforcement
personnel;
reductions
32
due
to
the
merging
or
consolidation
of
jail
services
or
33
communications
and
dispatch
services
or
the
merging
of
law
34
enforcement
agencies;
and
reductions
due
to
reduced
population
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in
a
jurisdiction
served
by
a
law
enforcement
agency.
State
1
funds
shall
be
denied
to
a
local
entity
by
all
state
agencies
2
for
each
state
fiscal
year
that
begins
after
the
fiscal
year
in
3
which
the
law
enforcement
agency’s
budget
is
reduced.
State
4
funds
shall
continue
to
be
denied
until
eligibility
to
receive
5
state
funds
is
reinstated
under
Code
section
8.31.
State
6
funds
for
law
enforcement
purposes
shall
not
be
denied.
The
7
department
of
management
is
directed
to
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
8
Code
chapter
17A
to
implement
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
9
Code
section
8.2
defines
“state
funds”
as
any
and
all
moneys
10
appropriated
by
the
legislature,
or
money
collected
by
or
for
11
the
state,
or
an
agency
thereof,
pursuant
to
authority
granted
12
by
any
of
its
laws.
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