H-8148

   Amend  the amendment, H-8128, to Senate File 2399, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 5 by inserting: 
   <<Section 1.  Section 8.57E, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  A county that incurs increased personnel costs due to this Act may annually apply to the department of management for reimbursement from the taxpayer relief fund for the amount of increased costs. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is appropriated from the taxpayer relief fund to the department of management an amount necessary to pay reimbursements under this subsection. The department of management shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this subsection, including but not limited to application requirements.>
   2.  Page 4, after line 8 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY —— JAIL FACILITY SPACE.  The department of public safety, in coordination with the department of corrections, shall conduct a study to determine the total jail space available within the state. The department of public safety shall submit to the general assembly a report detailing the department’s findings by December 31 2026.>>
   3.  Page 4, line 10, after <relating to> by inserting <corrections, including>
   4.  Page 4, line 10, after <conditions> by inserting <and jail facility space, and making appropriations>
   5.  By renumbering as necessary.

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GOSA of Scott