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1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-3410, to Senate File
1 2 459, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
1 3 as follows:
1 4 #1. Page 3, by inserting after line 26 the
1 5 following:
1 6 ""Sec. . NEW SECTION. 100.55 IOWA FIRE
1 7 SERVICE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FUND.
1 8 1. An Iowa fire service training and equipment
1 9 fund is created in the office of the treasurer of
1 10 state under the authority of the division of fire
1 11 protection of the department of public safety. The
1 12 fund consists of all revenues and all other moneys
1 13 lawfully credited or transferred to the fund. The
1 14 moneys credited to the fund may be expended by the
1 15 division for approved training activities and
1 16 equipment by qualified fire departments,
1 17 administrative costs associated with the fund, and
1 18 costs associated with the fire service advisory board,
1 19 pursuant to rules adopted by the state fire marshal.
1 20 2. For each fiscal year there is appropriated from
1 21 the general fund of the state to the Iowa fire service
1 22 training and equipment fund, the amount of one million
1 23 dollars.
1 24 3. Section 8.33 does not apply to moneys in the
1 25 Iowa fire service training and equipment fund under
1 26 this section.
1 27 4. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or
1 28 earnings on investments or time deposits of the moneys
1 29 in the Iowa fire service training and equipment fund
1 30 shall be credited to the Iowa fire service training
1 31 and equipment fund.
1 32 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 100.56 FIRE SERVICE
1 33 ADVISORY BOARD.
1 34 1. A fire service advisory board is created. The
1 35 board shall be comprised of seven members appointed by
1 36 the commissioner of public safety with special
1 37 expertise in matters pertaining to fire service
1 38 training and equipment needs. The members shall serve
1 39 for a term of four years. Any vacancies on the board
1 40 shall be filled, for the remainder of the term
1 41 vacated, by appointment by the commissioner.
1 42 2. The advisory board shall advise and confer with
1 43 the state fire marshal in matters relating to the Iowa
1 44 fire service training and equipment fund and shall, at
1 45 the request of the state fire marshal, hold public
1 46 hearings and perform such other functions relating to
1 47 the fund.
1 48 3. A member may be removed from the board by the
1 49 commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or
1 50 misconduct or malfeasance of office, after receiving
2 1 prior written notice and an opportunity to be heard.
2 2 4. Each member of the board shall receive per diem
2 3 compensation at the rate specified by section 7E.6,
2 4 and all necessary expenses incurred, while in the
2 5 performance of their duties for the board.
2 6 5. The board shall meet at least once a year and
2 7 such additional times as requested by the state fire
2 8 marshal. Four members of the board shall constitute a
2 9 quorum.
2 10 6. The state fire marshal shall adopt rules
2 11 pursuant to chapter 17A providing for the
2 12 administration and distribution of the Iowa fire
2 13 service training and equipment fund. The rules shall
2 14 provide for receiving advice concerning the
2 15 distribution of moneys in the fund from the fire
2 16 service advisory board."
2 17 #2. Page 5, by inserting after line 11 the
2 18 following:
2 19 ""Sec. . TEMPORARY PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding
2 20 section 100.56 as enacted by this Act, of the initial
2 21 appointees to the fire service advisory board, three
2 22 shall be appointed for a two-year term and four shall
2 23 be appointed for a four-year term."
2 24 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
2 25
2 26
2 27
2 28 JOHN W. JENSEN
2 29 SF 459.320 76
2 30 jp/cf
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