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PAG LIN 1 1 DIVISION I 1 2 Section 1. Section 23A.2, subsection 10, Code 1999, is 1 3 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 4 NEW PARAGRAPH. m. The repair, calibration, or maintenance 1 5 of radiological detection equipment by the emergency 1 6 management division of the department of public defense. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 29C.8, Code 1999, is amended by adding the 1 8 following new subsection: 1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The emergency management division may 1 10 charge fees for the repair, calibration, or maintenance of 1 11 radiological detection equipment and may expend funds in 1 12 addition to funds budgeted for the servicing of the 1 13 radiological detection equipment. The division shall adopt 1 14 rules pursuant to chapter 17A providing for the establishment 1 15 and collection of fees for radiological detection equipment 1 16 repair, calibration, or maintenance services and for entering 1 17 into agreements with other public and private entities to 1 18 provide the services. Fees collected for repair, calibration, 1 19 or maintenance services shall be treated as repayment receipts 1 20 as defined in section 8.2 and shall be used for the operation 1 21 of the division's radiological maintenance facility or 1 22 radiation incident response training. 1 23 DIVISION II 1 24 Sec. 3. Section 29C.6, subsection 17, Code 1999, is 1 25 amended to read as follows: 1 26 17. a. When the president of the United States has 1 27 declared a major disaster to exist in the state and upon the 1 28 governor's determination that financial assistance is 1 29 essential to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or 1 30 serious needs of local and state government adversely affected 1 31 by a major disaster that cannot be otherwise adequately met 1 32 from other means of assistance, accept a grant by the federal 1 33 government to fund the financial assistance, subject to terms 1 34 and conditions imposed upon the grant, and enter into an 1 35 agreement with the federal government pledging the state to 2 1 participate in the funding of the financial assistance 2 2 authorized to local government and eligible private nonprofit 2 3 agencies in an amount not to exceed ten percent of the total 2 4 eligible expenses, with the applicant providingfifteen2 5percentthe balance of any participation amount. If financial 2 6 assistance is granted by the federal government for state 2 7 disaster-related expenses or serious needs, the state shall 2 8 participate in the funding of the financial assistance 2 9 authorized in an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of 2 10 the total eligible expenses. If financial assistance is 2 11 granted by the federal government for hazard mitigation, the 2 12 state may participate in the funding of the financial 2 13 assistance authorized to a local government in an amount not 2 14 to exceed ten percent of the eligible expenses, withlocal2 15governmentthe applicant providingforty percentthe balance 2 16 of any participation amount. If financial assistance is 2 17 granted by the federal government for state-related hazard 2 18 mitigation, the state may participate in the funding of the 2 19 financial assistance authorized, not to exceed fifty percent 2 20 of the total eligible expenses. If state funds are not 2 21 otherwise available to the governor, an advance of the state 2 22 share may be accepted from the federal government to be repaid 2 23 when the state is able to do so. 2 24 b. State participation in funding financial assistance 2 25 under paragraph "a" is contingent upon the local government 2 26 having on file a state-approved, comprehensive, countywide 2 27 emergency operations plan which meets the standards adopted 2 28 pursuant to section 29C.9, subsection 8. 2 29 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 2 30 effect July 1, 2000. 2 31 DIVISION III 2 32 Sec. 5. Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2 33 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 34 a. An emergency managementcoordinator in accordance with2 35section 29C.10officer. The emergency management officer 3 1 shall possess the qualifications established by rule of the 3 2 administrator of the emergency management division of the 3 3 department of public defense. The county emergency management 3 4 officer shall serve as the coordinator of emergency services 3 5 and planning for the county and, in times of disaster, shall 3 6 also serve as an operations officer for the emergency 3 7 management coordinator as established in section 29C.10. 3 8 EXPLANATION 3 9 Division I of this bill exempts the provision of repair, 3 10 calibration, or maintenance services by the emergency 3 11 management division of the department of public defense from 3 12 state law which prohibits state competition with private 3 13 enterprise. The bill also authorizes the division to charge 3 14 fees for the provision of repair, calibration, or maintenance 3 15 services for radiological detection equipment. Fees charged, 3 16 if any, are to be treated as repayment receipts under Code 3 17 section 8.2 and are to be used for the operation of the 3 18 radiological maintenance facility or for radiation incident 3 19 response training. 3 20 Division II of the bill provides that a local government 3 21 shall have on filed with the emergency management division of 3 22 the state department of public defense a comprehensive, 3 23 countywide emergency operations plan meeting state standards 3 24 in order to be eligible for the partial state funding of 3 25 financial assistance to the local government or eligible 3 26 private nonprofit agencies for disaster-related expenses, 3 27 serious needs, or hazard mitigation. Division II takes effect 3 28 July 1, 2000. 3 29 Division III of the bill allows the board of supervisors to 3 30 appoint an emergency management officer for the county. The 3 31 county emergency management officer shall coordinate emergency 3 32 services and planning in the county and shall also serve as an 3 33 operations officer for the emergency management coordinator 3 34 appointed pursuant to Code section 29C.10. 3 35 LSB 1087DP 78 4 1 tj/sc/14.1
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