House File 1002 H-1265 Amend House File 1002 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 8.57I, Code 2025, is amended by adding 4 the following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 6 2026, and for each fiscal year thereafter, an amount necessary 7 to bring the unencumbered and unobligated balance in the length 8 of service award program grant fund created in section 100B.52 9 to one million five hundred thousand dollars as of July 1 of 10 the fiscal year shall be transferred from the sports wagering 11 receipts fund to the length of service award program grant 12 fund. Moneys received from the sports wagering receipts fund 13 pursuant to this subsection are not subject to the reporting 14 requirements provided in subsection 4 or 5. This subsection is 15 repealed July 1, 2030. 16 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 100B.51 Length of service award 17 programs —— authorization. 18 The governing body of a municipality, as defined in section 19 100B.21, is authorized to establish a length of service award 20 program for volunteer fire fighters as defined in section 21 85.61, emergency medical care providers as defined in section 22 147A.1 who are volunteers, and reserve peace officers as 23 defined in section 80D.1A. The program shall provide length 24 of service awards, as described in section 457(e)(11) of the 25 Internal Revenue Code, to volunteer fire fighters, volunteer 26 emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers 27 serving a municipality that elects to establish a program. The 28 program shall be designed to treat awards from the program as 29 a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal Revenue Code. The 30 governing body of the municipality shall, in consultation with 31 the chief or other person in command of the fire department 32 and police department serving the municipality, as applicable, 33 adopt guidelines providing for eligibility requirements for 34 participation by volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency 35 -1- HF 1002.1669 (1) 91 ns/js 1/ 3 #1.
medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, minimum 1 vesting requirements of three years, distribution requirements, 2 and such other guidelines as deemed necessary to operate the 3 program. This section is repealed July 1, 2030. 4 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 100B.52 Length of service award 5 program grant fund —— appropriation. 6 1. A length of service award program grant fund is created 7 in the state treasury under the control of the department of 8 revenue. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to 9 or deposited in the fund, including moneys transferred pursuant 10 to section 8.57I, subsection 3A. 11 2. Moneys in the length of service award program grant fund 12 are appropriated to the department of revenue for the purpose 13 of providing grants to municipalities that have established 14 a length of service award program as described in section 15 100B.51 to provide contributions to the program on behalf 16 of participants in the program. The department of revenue 17 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing a grant 18 application process. The grant process shall provide for up 19 to a dollar-for-dollar funding match, in an amount not to 20 exceed three hundred dollars per award recipient per year from 21 the fund, to a municipality that has established a length of 22 service award program. The grant process shall require the 23 award recipient to participate in the length of service award 24 program by personally contributing, at a minimum, the amount 25 matched by the municipality each year in order to receive 26 the grant. The grant process shall allow a municipality to 27 use moneys received to fund the program from gifts, devises, 28 bequests, or any other source for purposes of providing the 29 funding match required by this subsection. 30 3. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or 31 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to 32 the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the 33 fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year. 34 4. This section is repealed July 1, 2030. 35 -2- HF 1002.1669 (1) 91 ns/js 2/ 3
Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION. 1 1. There is appropriated from the sports wagering receipts 2 fund created in section 8.57I to the department of revenue for 3 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 4 2026, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 5 to be used for the purposes designated: 6 For deposit in the length of service award program grant fund 7 created in section 100B.52, as enacted by this Act: 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,500,000 9 2. Moneys received from the sports wagering receipts fund 10 pursuant to this section are not subject to the reporting 11 requirements provided in section 8.57I, subsection 4 or 5. > 12 ______________________________ NIELSEN of Johnson -3- HF 1002.1669 (1) 91 ns/js 3/ 3