HF 2604 (LSB 5337YH (6) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2604

BY  PRICHARD, ABDUL-SAMAD, BEARINGER, BENNETT, BRECKENRIDGE, BROWN-POWERS, COHOON, DERRY, DONAHUE, EHLERT, FORBES, GAINES, GASKILL, HALL, HUNTER, ISENHART, JAMES, JUDGE, KACENA, KONFRST, KRESSIG, KURTZ, MASCHER, MATSON, McCONKEY, McKEAN, B. MEYER, NIELSEN, OLDSON, OLSON, OURTH, RUNNING-MARQUARDT, R. SMITH, STAED, STECKMAN, SUNDE, THEDE, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, WILBURN, WILLIAMS, WINCKLER, and WOLFE

A BILL FOR

An Act establishing a local government public safety grant fund and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  80.48  Local government public safety grant fund.
   1.  a.  A local government public safety grant fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the fund.
   b.  Beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department the sum of one million dollars for deposit in the local government public safety grant fund.
   2.  Moneys in the local government public safety grant fund are appropriated to the department for the purpose of providing grants to local governments for updating and purchasing equipment relating to local and volunteer fire fighter and emergency response public safety purposes, updating and purchasing infrastructure relating to local and volunteer fire fighter and emergency response public safety purposes, and paying local volunteer fire fighters’ costs and fees for any necessary training provided by the fire service training bureau. The department shall adopt rules establishing a grant application process. Grants shall not be provided to any privately owned first response or emergency service company or corporation. 
   3.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill establishes the local government public safety grant fund under the control of the department of public safety. The bill provides for a standing appropriation of $1 million each fiscal year from the general fund to the department for deposit in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for grants to local governments for equipment, infrastructure, and training costs related to local and volunteer fire fighter and emergency response public safety purposes. The bill restricts providing grants to a privately owned first response or emergency service company or corporation. The bill further provides that moneys in the fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year and that interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.