SSB 3154 (LSB 5960XC (1) 88)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON EDLER)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to persons authorized to request assistance pursuant to the statewide mutual aid compact.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 29C.22, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  For purposes of this subsection, “authorized representative of a participating government” means a mayor or the mayor’s designee, a member of the county board of supervisors or a representative of the board, or an emergency management coordinator or the coordinator’s designee, or the elected chief executive officer of the participating government or the elected chief executive officer’s designee authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the participating government.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to persons authorized to request assistance in an emergency situation pursuant to the statewide mutual aid compact.
   Under current law, emergency management commissions, counties, cities, townships, and other political subdivisions are considered participating governments for purposes of the statewide mutual aid compact unless the governing body of the emergency management commission, county, city, township, or other political subdivision has acted to withdraw through an ordinance or resolution. Current law allows an authorized representative of a participating government to request assistance of another participating government by contacting the authorized representative of that participating government. An “authorized representative of a participating government” is defined as a mayor or the mayor’s designee, a member of the county board of supervisors or a representative of the board, or an emergency management coordinator or the coordinator’s designee.
   The bill amends the definition of “authorized representative of a participating government” to include the elected chief executive officer of the participating government or the elected chief executive officer’s designee authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the participating government. By operation of law, the bill allows the elected chief executive officer of the participating government or the elected chief executive officer’s designee to request assistance of another participating government.