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House Study Bill 703

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.25, Code 1999, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    135.25  EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUND.
  1  4    An emergency medical services fund is created in the state
  1  5 treasury under the control of the department.  The fund
  1  6 includes, but is not limited to, amounts appropriated by the
  1  7 general assembly, and other moneys available from federal or
  1  8 private sources which are to be used for purposes of this
  1  9 section.  Funds remaining in the fund at the end of each
  1 10 fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state
  1 11 but shall remain in the emergency medical services fund,
  1 12 notwithstanding section 8.33.  The fund is established to
  1 13 assist counties by matching, on a dollar-for-dollar basis,
  1 14 moneys spent by a county for the acquisition of equipment for
  1 15 the provision of emergency medical services and by providing
  1 16 grants to counties for education and training in the delivery
  1 17 of emergency medical services, as provided in this section and
  1 18 section 422D.6.  A county seeking matching funds under this
  1 19 section shall apply to the emergency medical services division
  1 20 of the department.  The department shall adopt rules
  1 21 concerning the application and awarding process for the
  1 22 matching funds and the criteria for the allocation of moneys
  1 23 in the fund if the moneys are insufficient to meet the
  1 24 emergency medical services needs of the counties.  Moneys
  1 25 allocated by the department to a county for emergency medical
  1 26 service purposes may be used for equipment or training and
  1 27 education as determined by the board of supervisors pursuant
  1 28 to section 422D.6.
  1 29    Sec. 2.  Section 556F.6, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 30 follows:
  1 31    556F.6  LOST GOODS OR MONEY.
  1 32    If any person shall find any lost goods, money, bank notes,
  1 33 or other things of any description whatever, of the value of
  1 34 five twenty dollars and over, such the person shall inform the
  1 35 owner thereof of the goods or financial instruments, if known,
  2  1 and make restitution thereof.
  2  2    Sec. 3.  Section 556F.7, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  2  3 follows:
  2  4    556F.7  WHEN OWNER UNKNOWN.
  2  5    If the owner is unknown, the finder shall, within five days
  2  6 after finding the property, take the money, bank notes, and a
  2  7 description of any other property before to the county auditor
  2  8 sheriff of the county where or the chief of police of the city
  2  9 in which the property was found, and provide an affidavit
  2 10 describing the property, the time when and place where the
  2 11 property was found, and attesting that no alteration has been
  2 12 made in the appearance of the property since the finding.  The
  2 13 sheriff or chief of police shall send a copy of the affidavit
  2 14 to the county auditor who shall enter a description of the
  2 15 property and the value thereof of the property, as nearly as
  2 16 the auditor can determine it, in the auditor's lost property
  2 17 book, together with the copy of the affidavit of the finder.
  2 18    Sec. 4.  Section 556F.8, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  2 19 follows:
  2 20    556F.8  ADVERTISEMENT.
  2 21    The finder of such the lost goods, money, bank notes, or
  2 22 other things, shall forthwith give written notice of the
  2 23 finding of such the property.  Such The notice shall contain
  2 24 an accurate description of the property and a statement as to
  2 25 the time when and place where the same was found, and the
  2 26 post-office address of the finder.  Said The notice shall:
  2 27    1.  Be posted at the door of the courthouse in the county
  2 28 in which the property was found or at the city hall or police
  2 29 station if found within a city and in three one other of the
  2 30 most public places in the said county; and
  2 31    2.  In case If the property found shall exceed ten exceeds
  2 32 forty dollars in value, the notice shall be published once
  2 33 each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper
  2 34 published in and having general circulation in said the
  2 35 county.  
  3  1                           EXPLANATION
  3  2    This bill provides that funding allocated by the department
  3  3 of public health to a county for emergency medical service
  3  4 purposes may be used for emergency medical service equipment
  3  5 or training and education as determined by the board of
  3  6 supervisors.
  3  7    The bill also amends provisions of Code chapter 556F
  3  8 relating to the disposition of lost goods, financial
  3  9 instruments, and other things of value.  The bill increases
  3 10 the total value of lost goods and moneys from $5 to $20 which
  3 11 requires a finder to search for the owner, if known, and make
  3 12 restitution.  If the owner is unknown, the bill provides that
  3 13 the finder shall take the money and description of other
  3 14 property to the county sheriff or the chief of police of the
  3 15 county where the property was found, and provide an affidavit
  3 16 of the property and circumstances of the finding to the
  3 17 sheriff or chief of police.  A copy of the affidavit is sent
  3 18 to the county auditor for recording in the auditor's lost
  3 19 property book.  Under current law, the county auditor receives
  3 20 the affidavit directly from the finder.
  3 21    The finder is also required to advertise the finding and
  3 22 the finder's address by posting at the courthouse or at the
  3 23 city hall or police station and at one other of the most
  3 24 public places in the county.  Current law requires posting at
  3 25 the door of the courthouse and at three other of the most
  3 26 public places in the county.  However, if the value of the
  3 27 finding exceeds $40, an advertisement must be published once
  3 28 each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper having
  3 29 general circulation in the county.  Current law requires
  3 30 publication for a finding valued at more than $10.  
  3 31 LSB 5758HC 78
  3 32 tj/cls/14.1

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