S-5214

   Amend  the amendment, S-5201, to Senate File 2434, as follows:
   1.  Page 15, line 3, by striking <7,092,910> and inserting <8,092,910>
   2.  Page 15, after line 4 by inserting: 
   <a.  Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $1,000,000 shall be used by the department to award grants to municipal police departments and county sheriff departments for any of the following purposes:
   (1)  For the purchase of equipment and training, the establishment or upgrade of information storage and retrieval procedures and facilities, and other expenses properly related to initiating or upgrading a program for peace officers to wear and operate body cameras while on duty in the community.
   (2)  For recruiting, training, and paying a portion of the first-year salary and benefits of a community mental health advocate position within a municipal police department or county sheriff department.
   b.  A municipal police department or county sheriff department may make separate applications for each of the two purposes specified in paragraph “a” to assist peace officers in identifying individuals who may be in need of mental health services and to facilitate the connection of such individuals to mental health providers. Grants awarded under this subsection are limited to $50,000 per grant. The department shall allocate at least 30 percent of available moneys for grants for each of the two purposes specified in paragraph “a”, provided that adequate qualified applications are received in each category. The department shall distribute moneys as equitably as possible to achieve a balanced distribution of moneys geographically within the state and among large and small communities. In the alternative, grant moneys may be used by a municipal police department or county sheriff department to pay the first-year costs of contracting with an outside agency to perform similar functions.
   c.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under paragraph “a” that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated for subsequent fiscal years.>

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HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH