Iowa-2017-SF490-Introduced
Senate File 490 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY DANIELSON
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the funding of fire and emergency response
2 services training in the state by creating a fire and
3 emergency response services training grant fund, providing
4 for certain transfers to the fund, and repealing and
5 creating certain other funds.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 100B.15 Fire and emergency response
1 2 services training grant fund.
1 3 1. A fire and emergency response services training grant
1 4 fund is created in the state treasury under the control of
1 5 the department of public safety. The fund shall consist of
1 6 fees transferred pursuant to section 144.45A, section 147A.6,
1 7 subsection 1, section 321.34, subsection 10A, paragraph "b",
1 8 amounts appropriated by the general assembly, and other moneys
1 9 available from other sources accepted for deposit in the fund.
1 10 Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department of public
1 11 safety and shall be used exclusively by the department for fire
1 12 and emergency response services training grants.
1 13 2. A fire fighter, or a volunteer fire fighter or emergency
1 14 medical services personnel member as defined in section 422.12,
1 15 may apply to the department for a grant to reimburse the
1 16 fire fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or emergency medical
1 17 services personnel member for training expenses incurred in
1 18 completing required training in this state. For purposes of
1 19 this subsection, "training expenses" shall include costs of
1 20 the required training to become or maintain status as a fire
1 21 fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or emergency medical services
1 22 personnel member in this state including but not limited to
1 23 training required under section 100B.6, as well as any travel
1 24 and lodging expenses directly related to completion of the
1 25 training, and actually paid by a fire fighter, volunteer fire
1 26 fighter, or emergency medical services personnel member.
1 27 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund shall
1 28 not revert to the general fund of the state at the end of the
1 29 fiscal year, but shall remain available for expenditure by the
1 30 department in future fiscal years.
1 31 4. The department of public safety shall adopt rules
1 32 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
1 33 Sec. 2. Section 144.45A, Code 2017, is amended to read as
1 34 follows:
1 35 144.45A Commemorative birth and marriage certificates.
2 1 Upon application and payment of a thirty=five dollar fee,
2 2 the director may issue a commemorative copy of a certificate of
2 3 birth or a certificate of marriage. Fees collected pursuant
2 4 to this section shall be deposited in the emergency medical
2 5 services fund established in section 135.25 to support the
2 6 development and enhancement of emergency medical services
2 7 systems and emergency medical services for children fire and
2 8 emergency response services training grant fund created in
2 9 section 100B.15.
2 10 Sec. 3. Section 147A.6, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
2 11 to read as follows:
2 12 1. The department, upon application and receipt of the
2 13 prescribed fee, shall issue a certificate to an individual who
2 14 has met all of the requirements for emergency medical care
2 15 provider certification established by the rules adopted under
2 16 section 147A.4, subsection 2. All fees received pursuant
2 17 to this section shall be deposited in the emergency medical
2 18 services fund established in section 135.25 fire and emergency
2 19 response services training grant fund created in section
2 20 100B.15.
2 21 Sec. 4. Section 147A.23, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
2 22 2017, is amended to read as follows:
2 23 d. The department is responsible for the funding of the
2 24 administrative costs of this subchapter. Any funds received
2 25 by the department for this purpose shall be deposited in
2 26 the emergency medical services fund established in section
2 27 135.25 trauma care system development fund created in section
2 28 147A.23A.
2 29 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 147A.23A Trauma care system
2 30 development fund.
2 31 A trauma care system development fund is created in the
2 32 state treasury under the control of the department. The fund
2 33 shall include amounts appropriated from the general assembly
2 34 and any other funds received by the department for deposit
2 35 in the fund. Moneys remaining in the fund at the end of
3 1 each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the
3 2 state but shall remain in the trauma care system development
3 3 fund, notwithstanding section 8.33. Moneys in the fund are
3 4 appropriated to the department and shall be used for the
3 5 purposes described in this subchapter.
3 6 Sec. 6. Section 321.34, subsection 10A, paragraph b, Code
3 7 2017, is amended to read as follows:
3 8 b. The special fees collected by the director under this
3 9 subsection shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and
3 10 deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state
3 11 shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund
3 12 created under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the emergency
3 13 medical services fund created in section 135.25 fire and
3 14 emergency response services training grant fund created in
3 15 section 100B.15 the amount of the special fees collected in
3 16 the previous month for issuance of emergency medical services
3 17 plates.
3 18 Sec. 7. REPEAL. Sections 100B.12 and 135.25, Code 2017,
3 19 are repealed.
3 20 Sec. 8. TRANSFER OF REMAINING FUNDS. Any unobligated
3 21 or unencumbered moneys remaining in the Paul Ryan memorial
3 22 fire fighter safety training fund in section 100B.12 and the
3 23 emergency medical services fund in section 135.25 at the end
3 24 of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30,
3 25 2017, shall be transferred to the fire and emergency response
3 26 services training grant fund enacted in this Act.
3 27 EXPLANATION
3 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
3 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
3 30 This bill creates a fire and emergency response services
3 31 training fund under the control of the department of public
3 32 safety (DPS) to reimburse fire fighters, and volunteer fire
3 33 fighters and emergency medical services personnel members
3 34 as defined in the bill, for training expenses incurred in
3 35 completing required training in this state to become or
4 1 maintain status as a fire fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or
4 2 emergency medical services personnel member. The bill allows
4 3 a fire fighter, volunteer fire fighter, or emergency medical
4 4 services personnel member to apply to DPS for a grant from the
4 5 fund to be reimbursed for training expenses, as defined in
4 6 the bill, actually paid by the fire fighter, volunteer fire
4 7 fighter, or emergency medical services personnel member. The
4 8 bill requires DPS to adopt rules for the administration of the
4 9 fund.
4 10 The bill repeals the Paul Ryan memorial fire fighter safety
4 11 training fund in Code section 100B.12 and the emergency
4 12 medical services fund in Code section 135.25, and transfers any
4 13 unobligated or unencumbered moneys remaining in those funds at
4 14 the end of FY 2016=2017 to the new fire and emergency response
4 15 services training grant fund.
4 16 The bill also provides that the statutory transfers
4 17 provided for deposit into the repealed funds shall instead
4 18 be made for deposit into the new fire and emergency response
4 19 services training fund. These transfers include the transfer
4 20 in Code section 144.45A of fees collected on the issuance of
4 21 commemorative copies of birth and marriage certificates, the
4 22 transfer in Code section 147A.6(1) of fees collected on the
4 23 issuance of emergency medical care provider certificates, and
4 24 the transfer in Code section 321.34(10A)(b) of fees collected
4 25 on the issuance of special emergency medical services license
4 26 plates.
4 27 The bill also creates a new trauma care system development
4 28 fund in Code section 147A.23A that shall contain any funds
4 29 received by the department of public health for purposes of the
4 30 statewide trauma care system (Code chapter 147A, subchapter
4 31 II). These funds were previously deposited in the emergency
4 32 medical services fund in Code section 135.25.
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