Senate File 627 S-3180 Amend Senate File 627 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. NEW SECTION . 100B.51 Length of service award 4 programs —— authorization. 5 The governing body of a municipality, as defined in section 6 100B.21, is authorized to establish a length of service award 7 program for volunteer fire fighters as defined in section 8 85.61, emergency medical care providers as defined in section 9 147A.1 who are volunteers, and reserve peace officers as 10 defined in section 80D.1A. The program shall provide length 11 of service awards, as described in section 457(e)(11) of the 12 Internal Revenue Code, to volunteer fire fighters, volunteer 13 emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers 14 serving a municipality that elects to establish a program. The 15 program shall be designed to treat awards from the program as 16 a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal Revenue Code. The 17 governing body of the municipality shall, in consultation with 18 the chief or other person in command of the fire department 19 and police department serving the municipality, as applicable, 20 adopt guidelines providing for eligibility requirements for 21 participation by volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency 22 medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, minimum 23 vesting requirements, distribution requirements, and such other 24 guidelines as deemed necessary to operate the program. 25 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 100B.52 Length of service award 26 program grant fund —— appropriation. 27 1. A length of service award program grant fund is created 28 in the state treasury under the control of the department of 29 revenue. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to 30 the fund. 31 2. Moneys in the length of service award program grant fund 32 are appropriated to the department of revenue for the purpose 33 of providing grants to municipalities that have established 34 a length of service award program as described in section 35 -1- SF 627.2073 (3) 91 (amending this SF 627 to CONFORM to HF 1002) ns/js 1/ 3 #1.
100B.51 to provide contributions to the program on behalf 1 of participants in the program. The department of revenue 2 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing a grant 3 application process. The rules must require a municipality to 4 electronically file the grant application with the department 5 of revenue. The grant process shall provide for up to a 6 dollar-for-dollar funding match from a municipality that has 7 established a length of service award program, not to exceed 8 five hundred dollars per person in the program receiving the 9 grant. If the amount in the fund is insufficient to pay all the 10 eligible grants in a fiscal year, the director of revenue shall 11 prorate the moneys awarded to each municipality. The grant 12 process shall allow a municipality to use moneys received to 13 fund the program from gifts, devises, bequests, or any other 14 source for purposes of providing the funding match required by 15 this subsection. 16 3. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or 17 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to 18 the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the 19 fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year. 20 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION. 21 1. There is appropriated from the sports wagering receipts 22 fund created in section 8.57I to the department of revenue for 23 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 24 2026, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 25 to be used for the purposes designated: 26 For deposit in the length of service award program grant fund 27 created in section 100B.52, as enacted by this Act: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,500,000 29 2. Moneys received from the sports wagering receipts fund 30 pursuant to this section are not subject to the reporting 31 requirements provided in section 8.57I, subsections 4 and 5. > 32 -2- SF 627.2073 (3) 91 (amending this SF 627 to CONFORM to HF 1002) ns/js 2/ 3
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