Senate Amendment 3129


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     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.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The sections of this
     1 42 Act amending section 80.28, being deemed of immediate
     1 43 importance, take effect upon enactment and apply
     1 44 retroactively to March 19, 2009.>
     1 45 #3.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
     1 46 inserting the following:  <An Act relating to public
     1 47 safety by providing volunteer emergency services
     1 48 providers protection from employment termination,
     1 49 providing for the membership of the public safety
     1 50 communications interoperability board, and including
     2  1 effective date and retroactive applicability
     2  2 provisions.>
     2  3 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2  7 TOM HANCOCK
     2  8 HF 671.501 83
     2  9 ak/rj/23048

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