Senate File 2500 S-5189 Amend Senate File 2500 as follows: 1 1. Page 8, line 29, after < responsibilities > by inserting < , 2 including but not limited to a trustee’s role as a fence viewer 3 under chapter 359A > 4 2. Page 9, line 24, after < 1A. > by inserting < a. > 5 3. Page 9, line 32, after < section. > by inserting < If the 6 proposed budget includes a proposal to levy for fire protection 7 or emergency medical services, whether through contract or 8 through the township’s fire department, the chief of the fire 9 department receiving moneys from the levy shall attend the 10 meeting at which the board of supervisors approves or rejects 11 the proposed budget. > 12 4. Page 9, after line 32 by inserting: 13 < b. The board of supervisors shall not allocate any moneys 14 collected pursuant to a levy in one township for use in another 15 township. This paragraph does not prohibit cost-sharing 16 agreements entered into between two or more townships. > 17 5. Page 10, by striking line 22 and inserting: 18 < By June 30, 2027, and by June 30 of each year > 19 6. Page 13, after line 6 by inserting: 20 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 384.12A Rural fire protection fund. 21 1. A city that provides fire protection and emergency 22 medical services to a township pursuant to a contract shall 23 establish a rural fire protection fund under the control of the 24 city’s fire department. 25 2. A city that receives payment from a township pursuant 26 to a township’s levy for fire protection or emergency medical 27 services pursuant to section 359.43 shall deposit such payments 28 into the city’s rural fire protection fund. The city shall use 29 moneys in the rural fire protection fund only for purposes of 30 providing fire protection and emergency medical services. 31 3. Moneys remaining in a city’s rural fire protection fund 32 at the close of the city’s fiscal year shall remain available 33 for expenditure for the purposes of fire protection and 34 emergency medical services. 35 -1- SF 2500.4060 (2) 91 js/jh 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6.

Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 384.12B Fire protection services 1 —— contracts with other cities. 2 A city that receives payment from another city pursuant to 3 a contract to provide fire protection services shall only use 4 moneys received for purposes of providing fire protection and 5 emergency medical services. The city shall credit the fire 6 department’s budget in an amount equal to the amount paid by 7 the contracting city. > 8 7. Page 13, line 17, after < 2027. > by inserting < Any 9 vacancies shall be filled as provided in section 39.22, Code 10 2026, prior to January 1, 2027. > 11 8. Page 13, line 25, after < 2029. > by inserting < Elections 12 shall be held as provided in section 39.22, Code 2026, prior to 13 January 1, 2028, and any vacancies shall be filled as provided 14 in section 39.22, Code 2026, prior to January 1, 2029. > 15 9. Page 13, line 32, after < 2031. > by inserting < Elections 16 shall be held as provided in section 39.22, Code 2026, prior to 17 January 1, 2030, and any vacancies shall be filled as provided 18 in section 39.22, Code 2026, prior to January 1, 2031. > 19 10. Page 14, after line 17 by inserting: 20 < Sec. ___. TRANSITION —— FENCE VIEWERS. In the event that 21 a dispute arises that invokes the judgment of fence viewers 22 under chapter 359A, section 359A.14, Code 2026, shall control 23 if the dispute involves land situated in townships in different 24 counties and one of the counties has elected township trustees 25 pursuant to chapter 359, Code 2026, and the other county has 26 appointed township trustees as required by this Act. 27 Sec. ___. TRANSITION —— EXISTING AGREEMENTS. 28 1. A township in a county with a population of less than 29 fourteen thousand four hundred eighty-four according to the 30 2020 federal decennial census shall remain party to any binding 31 agreement entered into prior to January 1, 2027, until the 32 expiration of the agreement unless two-thirds of the appointed 33 township trustees and two-thirds of the county board of 34 supervisors vote in favor of amending the expiration date or 35 -2- SF 2500.4060 (2) 91 js/jh 2/ 3 #7. #8. #9. #10.

terminating the agreement. 1 2. A township in a county with a population of not less 2 than fourteen thousand four hundred eighty-four but not more 3 than fifty-two thousand four hundred three according to the 4 2020 federal decennial census shall remain party to any binding 5 agreement entered into prior to January 1, 2029, until the 6 expiration of the agreement unless two-thirds of the appointed 7 township trustees and two-thirds of the county board of 8 supervisors vote in favor of amending the expiration date or 9 terminating the agreement. 10 3. A township in a county with a population of more than 11 fifty-two thousand four hundred three according to the 2020 12 federal decennial census shall remain party to any binding 13 agreement entered into prior to January 1, 2031, until the 14 expiration of the agreement unless two-thirds of the appointed 15 township trustees and two-thirds of the county board of 16 supervisors vote in favor of amending the expiration date or 17 terminating the agreement. > 18 11. Title page, line 1, after < relating to > by inserting 19 < local government, including > 20 12. Title page, line 2, by striking < and township budgets, > 21 and inserting < , township budgets, and the provision of fire 22 protection and emergency medical services, > 23 13. By renumbering as necessary. 24 ______________________________ DAWN DRISCOLL -3- SF 2500.4060 (2) 91 js/jh 3/ 3 #11. #12. #13.