SF 490 (LSB 2457SS (5) 87)

SENATE FILE 490

BY  DANIELSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the funding of fire and emergency response services training in the state by creating a fire and emergency response services training grant fund, providing for certain transfers to the fund, and repealing and creating certain other funds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

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