Bill Text: IA SF570 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to emergency management services and emergency medical services and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 352, SF 41; See SF 2426.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-04 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2426. S.J. 750. [SF570 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF570-Introduced.html
Senate
File
570
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
570
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
352)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
41)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
emergency
management
services
and
emergency
1
medical
services
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.9,
subsections
1,
2,
4,
and
7,
Code
1
2023,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
county
boards
board
of
supervisors,
city
councils,
3
school
districts,
and
the
sheriff
in
each
county
shall
4
cooperate
with
the
department
to
establish
a
commission
to
5
carry
out
the
provisions
of
this
chapter
.
6
2.
a.
The
commission
shall
be
composed
of
a
member
the
7
members
of
the
board
of
supervisors,
the
sheriff,
and
the
mayor
8
from
each
city
located
in
whole
or
in
part
within
the
county
,
9
and
the
president
of
the
board
of
directors
of
each
school
10
district
for
which
the
school
district’s
administrative
office
11
is
located
in
the
county
.
In
addition,
the
sheriff
shall
be
a
12
nonvoting
member
who
serves
as
the
commission’s
chairperson.
13
b.
In
any
action
taken
by
the
commission,
the
members
of
14
the
board
of
supervisors
shall
constitute
one
voting
unit,
15
the
mayors
of
all
cities
in
the
county
shall
constitute
one
16
voting
unit,
and
the
presidents
of
the
school
district
boards
17
of
directors
shall
constitute
one
voting
unit,
each
unit
having
18
a
single
vote
and
no
action
shall
be
valid
except
by
the
vote
19
of
not
less
than
two-thirds
of
the
voting
units.
The
majority
20
vote
of
the
members
present
of
each
unit
shall
determine
the
21
vote
of
the
unit.
22
c.
A
commission
member
may
designate
an
alternate
to
23
represent
the
designated
entity.
For
any
activity
relating
24
to
section
29C.17,
subsection
2
,
7,
or
8
,
or
chapter
24
,
25
participation
shall
only
be
by
a
commission
member
or
a
26
designated
alternate
that
is
an
elected
official
from
the
same
27
designated
entity
.
28
d.
Operations
of
the
commission,
except
for
activities
29
relating
to
chapter
24
or
section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
7,
30
or
8,
or
activities
delegated
under
subsection
7,
may
be
31
undertaken
by
an
executive
committee
consisting
of
one
member
32
from
each
of
the
voting
units.
Executive
committee
members
are
33
selected
by
membership
of
each
voting
unit.
The
sheriff
shall
34
serve
as
president
of
the
executive
committee,
but
shall
be
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an
advisory,
nonvoting
member.
The
executive
committee
shall
1
have
the
authority
to
call
a
commission
meeting
at
any
time
and
2
shall
call
a
commission
meeting
if
either
the
governor
issues
a
3
proclamation
of
a
state
of
disaster
emergency
in
the
county
or
4
the
president
of
the
United
States
declares
a
major
disaster
5
in
the
county.
6
4.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter
,
a
commission
is
a
7
municipality
as
defined
in
section
670.1
and
a
municipality
as
8
defined
in
section
24.2
.
9
7.
The
commission
shall
delegate
to
the
emergency
10
management
coordinator
under
section
29C.10
the
authority
to
11
fulfill
the
commission
duties
as
described
in
the
department’s
12
administrative
rules.
Each
commission
shall
appoint
a
13
local
emergency
management
coordinator
who
shall
meet
the
14
qualifications
specified
in
the
administrative
rules
by
the
15
director.
Additional
emergency
management
personnel
may
be
16
appointed
at
the
discretion
of
the
commission.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
29C.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
1.
The
commission
shall
appoint
an
emergency
management
20
coordinator
who
shall
serve
at
the
pleasure
of
the
commission,
21
shall
be
responsible
for
the
development
of
the
comprehensive
22
emergency
plan,
shall
coordinate
emergency
planning
23
activities,
and
shall
provide
technical
assistance
to
political
24
subdivisions
comprising
the
commission.
Appointment
or
removal
25
of
an
emergency
management
coordinator
requires
a
unanimous
26
vote
of
all
commission
voting
units
and
each
voting
unit
must
27
approve
the
appointment
or
removal
by
a
two-thirds
majority.
28
Sec.
3.
Section
29C.17,
subsections
2,
3,
and
6,
Code
2023,
29
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
2.
For
purposes
consistent
with
this
chapter
,
the
local
31
emergency
management
agency’s
approved
budget
shall
be
funded
32
exclusively
by
one
or
any
combination
of
the
following
options,
33
as
determined
by
the
commission:
34
a.
A
countywide
special
levy
pursuant
to
section
331.424,
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subsection
1
certified
and
levied
by
the
commission
at
a
rate
1
not
to
exceed
thirty-five
cents
per
one
thousand
dollars
of
2
assessed
value
of
taxable
property
to
be
used
for
the
support
3
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency,
except
for
special
4
or
unique
services
and
operations,
and
a
countywide
additional
5
levy
certified
and
levied
by
the
commission
at
a
rate
not
to
6
exceed
one
dollar
per
one
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
value
of
7
taxable
property
to
be
used
only
for
special
or
unique
services
8
and
operations
approved
by
the
commission
.
“Special
or
unique
9
services
and
operations”
means
any
of
the
following:
10
(1)
Joint
emergency
response
communications
services
11
through
an
agreement
entered
into
under
chapter
28E,
as
12
authorized
in
section
29C.9,
subsection
6.
13
(2)
Equipment
of
a
countywide
hazardous
materials
team.
14
(3)
Equipment
for
a
countywide
community
emergency
response
15
team.
16
(4)
Equipment
for
a
countywide
search,
rescue,
and
recovery
17
team.
18
(5)
Equipment
for
a
countywide
incident
management
support
19
team.
20
b.
One
or
more
of
the
following
options:
21
(1)
Per
capita
allocation
funded
from
city
and
county
22
general
funds
or
by
a
combination
of
city
and
county
special
23
levies
which
may
be
apportioned
among
the
member
jurisdictions.
24
c.
(2)
An
allocation
computed
as
each
jurisdiction’s
25
relative
share
of
the
total
assessed
valuation
within
the
26
county.
27
d.
(3)
A
voluntary
share
allocation.
28
e.
(4)
Other
funding
sources
allowed
by
law
,
excluding
a
29
countywide
levy
.
30
3.
A
If
a
local
emergency
management
agency
is
funded
31
under
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”
,
a
political
subdivision
may
32
appropriate
additional
funds
for
the
purpose
of
supporting
33
commission
expenses
relating
to
special
or
unique
matters
34
extending
beyond
the
resources
of
the
agency.
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6.
Subject
to
chapter
24
,
the
commission
shall
adopt,
1
certify,
and
provide
a
budget,
on
or
before
February
28
of
2
each
year,
to
the
funding
entities
determined
pursuant
to
3
subsection
2
.
The
form
of
the
budget
shall
be
as
prescribed
4
by
the
department
of
management.
Any
portion
of
a
tax
levied
5
by
a
county
or
city
to
support
the
local
emergency
management
6
agency
shall
be
identified
separately
on
tax
statements
issued
7
by
the
county
treasurer.
A
tax
levied
by
the
commission
under
8
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
,
shall
be
identified
separately
on
9
tax
statements
issued
by
the
county
treasurer.
10
Sec.
4.
Section
29C.17,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsections:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
If
a
commission
is
meeting
the
13
financial
obligations
for
implementation
of
its
local
emergency
14
management
program
and
operation
of
the
local
emergency
15
management
agency,
the
commission
may
reserve
an
amount
16
of
unobligated
and
unencumbered
funds,
excluding
amounts
17
reserved
or
obligated
under
the
capital
improvement
plan
under
18
subsection
8,
for
operations
expenditure
obligations
in
a
19
future
fiscal
year,
not
to
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
thirty
20
percent
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency’s
approved
21
budget
for
the
fiscal
year.
In
addition,
the
commission
22
may
reserve
an
amount
not
to
exceed
five
percent
of
the
23
annual
capital
improvement
budget
for
operations
expenditure
24
obligations
in
a
future
fiscal
year.
25
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
Each
commission
shall,
as
part
of
the
26
local
emergency
management
agency’s
budgeting
process,
adopt
27
a
capital
improvement
plan
that
identifies
large
expenditures
28
or
capital
improvement
projects
and
the
funding
sources
29
and
financing
of
such
projects
for
at
least
the
subsequent
30
five
fiscal
years.
Amounts
reserved
or
obligated
under
a
31
capital
improvement
plan
are
not
subject
to
the
reserve
amount
32
limitation
under
subsection
7.
The
local
emergency
management
33
agency’s
annual
budgeting
process
shall
include
evaluation
34
of
the
activities
undertaken
and
the
progress
made
under
the
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capital
improvement
plan.
1
Sec.
5.
Section
331.424,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
2
subparagraph
(9),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
(9)
The
maintenance
and
operation
of
a
local
emergency
4
management
agency
established
pursuant
to
chapter
29C
,
unless
5
the
agency
is
funded
under
section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
6
paragraph
“a”
.
7
Sec.
6.
Section
384.12,
subsection
21,
Code
2023,
is
amended
8
to
read
as
follows:
9
21.
A
tax
for
the
support
maintenance
and
operation
of
10
a
local
emergency
management
commission
agency
established
11
pursuant
to
chapter
29C
,
unless
the
agency
is
funded
under
12
section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
.
13
Sec.
7.
Section
422D.6,
subsection
3,
Code
2023,
is
amended
14
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
15
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
Salaries
and
benefits
of
emergency
16
medical
care
providers,
as
defined
in
section
147A.1.
17
Sec.
8.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
budgets
for
18
property
taxes
due
and
payable
in
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
19
after
July
1,
2024.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
Under
Code
section
29C.17,
a
local
emergency
management
24
agency’s
approved
budget
is
funded
by
one
or
any
combination
25
of
several
funding
options,
as
determined
by
the
local
26
emergency
management
commission,
including
a
countywide
27
special
levy
pursuant
to
Code
section
331.424(1)
under
the
28
county’s
supplemental
property
tax
levy
authority
in
an
amount
29
sufficient
to
pay
for
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
the
30
local
emergency
management
agency.
This
bill
authorizes
the
31
local
emergency
management
commission
to
certify
and
levy
the
32
countywide
special
levy
for
the
support
of
the
agency
at
a
rate
33
not
to
exceed
$0.35
per
$1,000
of
assessed
value
and
limits
34
the
county’s
authority
to
certify
such
a
levy
if
the
agency
is
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being
funded
with
the
countywide
levy
under
the
bill.
The
bill
1
also
limits
a
city’s
authority
to
levy
a
tax
under
Code
section
2
384.12(21)
to
support
an
emergency
management
agency
if
the
3
agency
is
being
funded
through
the
countywide
levy
under
the
4
bill.
5
The
bill
also
authorizes
the
local
emergency
management
6
commission
to
certify
and
levy
a
countywide
additional
levy
7
not
to
exceed
$1.00
per
$1,000
of
assessed
value
for
special
8
or
unique
services
and
operations,
as
defined
in
the
bill,
9
approved
by
the
commission.
The
bill
also
specifies
that
the
10
local
emergency
management
commission
is
a
municipality
for
11
purposes
of
Code
chapter
24
(local
budgets).
12
Code
section
29C.9
establishes
the
composition
of
each
local
13
emergency
management
commission
to
be
a
member
of
the
board
14
of
supervisors,
the
sheriff,
and
the
mayor
from
each
city
15
within
the
county.
The
bill
modifies
the
composition
of
each
16
commission
to
be
the
members
of
the
board
of
supervisors,
the
17
mayor
from
each
city
located
in
whole
or
in
part
within
the
18
county,
and
the
president
of
the
board
of
directors
of
each
19
school
district
for
which
the
school
district’s
administrative
20
office
is
located
in
the
county.
The
bill
also
specifies
that
21
the
sheriff
shall
be
a
nonvoting
member
who
serves
as
the
22
commission’s
chairperson.
23
The
bill
specifies
that
in
any
action
taken
by
the
24
commission,
the
members
of
the
board
of
supervisors
shall
25
constitute
one
voting
unit,
the
mayors
of
all
cities
in
the
26
county
shall
constitute
one
voting
unit,
and
the
presidents
27
of
the
school
district
boards
of
directors
shall
constitute
28
one
voting
unit.
Each
voting
unit
shall
have
a
single
vote
29
and
no
action
shall
be
valid
except
by
the
vote
of
not
less
30
than
two-thirds
of
the
voting
units.
The
majority
vote
of
the
31
members
present
of
each
unit
determines
the
vote
of
the
unit.
32
The
bill
also
provides
that
operations
of
the
commission,
33
except
for
certain
budgeting
activities,
may
be
undertaken
by
34
an
executive
committee
consisting
of
one
member
from
each
of
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the
voting
units.
Executive
committee
members
are
selected
1
by
membership
of
each
voting
unit.
The
sheriff
serves
as
2
president
of
the
executive
committee,
but
is
an
advisory,
3
nonvoting
member.
Under
the
bill,
the
executive
committee
4
shall
have
the
authority
to
call
a
commission
meeting
at
any
5
time
and
is
required
to
call
a
commission
meeting
if
either
the
6
governor
issues
a
proclamation
of
a
state
of
disaster
emergency
7
in
the
county
or
the
president
of
the
United
States
declares
a
8
major
disaster
in
the
county.
9
Code
chapter
422D
authorizes
counties
to
impose
a
property
10
tax
levy,
an
income
surtax,
or
a
combination
of
both
taxes
11
within
the
county,
excluding
those
areas
within
a
benefited
12
emergency
medical
services
district
under
Code
chapter
357F,
to
13
be
used
for
specified
emergency
medical
services
costs,
if
the
14
taxes
are
approved
at
election.
15
The
bill
adds
salaries
and
benefits
of
emergency
medical
16
care
providers,
as
defined
in
Code
section
147A.1,
to
the
17
eligible
expenditures
from
the
county
emergency
medical
18
services
trust
fund
under
Code
section
422D.6.
19
The
bill
also
provides
that
if
a
commission
is
meeting
20
the
financial
obligations
for
implementation
of
its
local
21
emergency
management
program
and
operation
of
the
local
22
emergency
management
agency,
the
commission
may
reserve
an
23
amount
of
unobligated
and
unencumbered
funds,
excluding
amounts
24
reserved
or
obligated
under
the
capital
improvement
plan,
25
as
required
under
the
bill,
for
expenditure
obligations
in
26
a
future
fiscal
year,
not
to
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
30
27
percent
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency’s
approved
28
budget
for
the
applicable
fiscal
year.
In
addition,
the
29
bill
allows
the
commission
to
reserve
an
amount
not
to
30
exceed
5
percent
of
the
annual
capital
improvement
budget
for
31
operations
expenditure
obligations
in
a
future
fiscal
year.
32
As
part
of
the
local
emergency
management
agency’s
budgeting
33
process,
the
bill
requires
the
commission
to
adopt
a
capital
34
improvement
plan
that
identifies
large
expenditures
or
capital
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improvement
projects
and
the
funding
sources
and
financing
1
of
such
projects.
The
local
emergency
management
agency’s
2
annual
budgeting
process
must
also
include
evaluation
of
the
3
activities
undertaken
and
the
progress
made
under
the
capital
4
improvement
plan.
5
The
bill
applies
to
budgets
for
property
taxes
due
and
6
payable
in
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2024.
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