Senate File 64 S-3068 Amend Senate File 64 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 29C.17A, subsection 3, Code 2019, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 3. Information disseminated to the public through the mass 6 notification and emergency messaging system shall be limited 7 to imminent emergency and public safety-related issues. For 8 purposes of this section, a “public safety-related issue” 9 includes the circumstances described in subsection 3A. The 10 department may provide access to the system for use at the 11 county and local level. Access by a county or local government 12 shall be at the department’s sole discretion, and if approved 13 by the department, shall be under the control of the local 14 commission. The commission shall establish an operational plan 15 and procedure which meets standards adopted by the department 16 by rule, and shall submit the operational plan and procedure 17 for approval by the department prior to access being granted. 18 Additional access criteria and procedures for administering the 19 fund shall be established by the department by rule. 20 Sec. 2. Section 29C.17A, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 21 following new subsection: 22 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. The department shall adopt rules to 23 utilize the mass notification and emergency messaging system to 24 notify the public about an endangered missing person, together 25 with information that could assist in locating and providing 26 help to such a person. For purposes of this subsection, 27 “endangered missing person” means a person of any age who 28 is missing, who may be in danger due to the person’s age or 29 physical or mental health or due to severe weather conditions, 30 and who may be unable to return to safety without assistance. 31 “Endangered missing person” includes, without limitation, a 32 veteran as defined in section 35.1 or an active duty member of 33 the armed forces of the United States, a member of a reserve 34 component thereof, or a member of the national guard, who has 35 -1- SF64.1111 (1) 88 mo/rh 1/ 2 #1.
a physical or mental health condition related to the military 1 service of the veteran or member and who may be missing as a 2 result of that condition. > 3 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting < An 4 Act relating to the use of a mass notification and emergency 5 messaging system for endangered missing persons. > 6 ______________________________ MARK LOFGREN -2- SF64.1111 (1) 88 mo/rh 2/ 2 #2.