House Amendment 1441
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 671, as passed by the House, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 <Section 1. Section 80.28, subsection 2, paragraph
1 6 b, unnumbered paragraph 1, as amended by 2009 Iowa
1 7 Acts, Senate File 108, section 1, is amended to read
1 8 as follows:
1 9 The following members, to be appointed by the
1 10 governor from nominees submitted by volunteer and
1 11 professional organizations associated with the
1 12 following:
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 80.28, subsection 3, as amended by
1 14 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 108, section 3, is amended
1 15 to read as follows:
1 16 3. The voting members of the board shall be
1 17 appointed in compliance with sections 69.16 and
1 18 69.16A. Members shall elect a chairperson and vice
1 19 chairperson from the board membership, who shall serve
1 20 two=year terms. The members appointed by the governor
1 21 shall be appointed to three=year staggered terms and
1 22 the terms shall commence and end as provided by
1 23 section 69.19. The governor shall solicit and
1 24 consider recommendations from professional or
1 25 volunteer organizations in making appointments to the
1 26 board. If a vacancy occurs among the voting members,
1 27 a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired
1 28 term. A successor shall be appointed in the same
1 29 manner and subject to the same qualifications as the
1 30 original appointment to serve the unexpired term. The
1 31 voting members of the board are entitled to receive
1 32 reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while
1 33 engaged in the performance of official duties from
1 34 funds appropriated to the department of public safety
1 35 and the state department of transportation for that
1 36 purpose. The departments shall enter into an
1 37 agreement to provide administrative assistance and
1 38 support to the board.>
1 39 #2. Page 2, by inserting after line 19 the
1 40 following:
1 41 <Sec. . Section 357J.4, Code 2009, is amended
1 42 to read as follows:
1 43 357J.4 DISTRICT == BOUNDARY CHANGES.
1 44 1. The boundary lines of a district may include
1 45 any incorporated or unincorporated areas within a
1 46 county.
1 47 2. The boundary lines of a district shall not be
1 48 changed after the district is established except as
1 49 provided in this subsection.
1 50 a. The boundary lines of a district shall be
2 1 changed and shall become effective immediately upon
2 2 approval of all of the following:
2 3 (1) The commission.
2 4 (2) The board of township trustees of the area
2 5 proposed to be included or excluded from the district.
2 6 (3) The district fire chief.
2 7 (4) The assistant fire chief who is responsible
2 8 for delivery of fire protection service and emergency
2 9 medical service within the area proposed to be
2 10 excluded from the district, if applicable.
2 11 (5) The fire chief of a fire department in the
2 12 area proposed to be included in the district, if
2 13 applicable.
2 14 b. The boundary lines of a district shall be
2 15 changed to exclude a city or the unincorporated areas
2 16 of a township if the commission receives a written
2 17 request from the governing body of the city or the
2 18 board of township trustees, as applicable, requesting
2 19 exclusion from the district. However, a boundary
2 20 change under this paragraph shall become effective no
2 21 earlier than eighteen months following receipt of the
2 22 written request.
2 23 Sec. . EFFECTIVE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
2 24 DATES. The sections of this Act amending section
2 25 80.28, being deemed of immediate importance, take
2 26 effect upon enactment and apply retroactively to March
2 27 19, 2009. The section of this Act amending section
2 28 357J.4, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
2 29 effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to
2 30 July 1, 2008.>
2 31 #3. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
2 32 inserting the following: <An Act relating to public
2 33 safety by providing volunteer emergency services
2 34 providers protection from employment termination,
2 35 providing for the membership of the public safety
2 36 communications interoperability board, providing for
2 37 modifications in the boundaries of emergency response
2 38 districts, and including effective and retroactive
2 39 applicability date provisions.>
2 40 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
2 41 HF 671.S
2 42 ak/rj/jh/26
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