Bill Text: IA SSB3055 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to public safety answering point cost and expense data collection and the responsibilities of the auditor of state.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Subcommittee: Johnson, Bisignano, and Taylor, J. [SSB3055 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB3055-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3055
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ZAUN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
safety
answering
point
cost
and
1
expense
data
collection
and
the
responsibilities
of
the
2
auditor
of
state.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
34A.7A,
subsection
5,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
1
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
program
manager,
in
consultation
with
the
911
3
communications
council
and
the
auditor
of
state
,
shall
4
establish
a
methodology
for
determining
and
collecting
5
comprehensive
public
safety
answering
point
cost
and
expense
6
data
through
the
county
joint
911
service
boards.
The
7
methodology
shall
include
the
collection
of
data
for
all
costs
8
and
expenses
related
to
the
operation
of
a
public
safety
9
answering
point
and
account
for
the
extent
to
which
identified
10
costs
and
expenses
are
compensated
for
or
addressed
through
911
11
surcharges
versus
other
sources
of
funding.
12
b.
Data
collection
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
shall
commence
13
no
later
than
January
1,
2014
,
and
shall
be
subject
to
an
audit
14
by
the
auditor
of
state
beginning
July
1,
2014
.
The
program
15
manager
shall
prepare
a
report
detailing
the
methodology
16
developed
and
the
data
collected
after
such
data
has
been
17
collected
for
a
two-year
period.
The
report
and
the
results
of
18
the
initial
audit
shall
be
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
by
19
March
1,
2016.
A
new
report
regarding
data
collection
and
the
20
results
of
an
ongoing
audit
for
each
successive
two-year
period
21
shall
be
submitted
by
March
1
every
two
years
thereafter.
22
Expenses
associated
with
the
audit
shall
be
paid
to
the
23
auditor
of
state
by
the
program
manager
from
the
911
emergency
24
communications
fund
established
in
subsection
2
.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
public
safety
answering
point
cost
and
29
expense
data
collection
and
the
responsibilities
of
the
auditor
30
of
state.
31
Current
law
requires
the
911
program
manager
appointed
32
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
homeland
security
33
and
emergency
management,
in
consultation
with
the
911
34
communications
council
and
the
auditor
of
state,
to
establish
a
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methodology
for
determining
and
collecting
comprehensive
public
1
safety
answering
point
cost
and
expense
data
through
the
county
2
joint
911
service
boards
including
the
collection
of
data
for
3
all
costs
and
expenses.
Data
collection
is
subject
to
an
audit
4
by
the
auditor
of
state.
The
report
and
the
results
of
the
5
initial
audit
shall
be
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
and
6
a
new
report
regarding
data
collection
and
the
results
of
an
7
ongoing
audit
for
each
successive
two-year
period
shall
be
8
submitted
by
March
1
every
two
years.
Expenses
associated
9
with
the
audit
are
paid
to
the
auditor
of
state
by
the
program
10
manager
from
the
911
emergency
communications
fund.
11
The
bill
amends
current
law
to
eliminate
the
auditor
of
state
12
from
inclusion
in
establishing
a
methodology
for
determining
13
and
collecting
comprehensive
public
safety
answering
point
14
cost
and
expense
data
through
the
county
joint
911
service
15
boards.
The
bill
provides
that
the
methodology
shall
include
16
the
collection
of
data
for
costs
and
expenses
related
to
the
17
operation
of
a
public
safety
answering
point,
and
removes
the
18
reference
to
all
costs
and
expenses.
The
bill
removes
the
19
requirement
for
an
initial
audit
or
continuing
audit
by
the
20
auditor
of
state
in
preparing
reports
for
the
general
assembly
21
regarding
such
data
collection.
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