Senate File 2298 - Enrolled Senate File 2298 AN ACT AUTHORIZING A LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO ASSUME THE DUTIES OF A JOINT 911 SERVICE BOARD. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 29C.9, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 9A. The commission shall, if agreed to by a two-thirds majority of the commission and a two-thirds majority of the joint 911 service board, be responsible for the activities of a joint 911 service board if substituted for a joint 911 service board pursuant to section 34A.3, subsection 3A. Sec. 2. Section 34A.3, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. Local emergency management commission —— alternative to 911 service board. a. Subject to section 29C.9, subsection 9A, a local emergency management commission may be substituted for the joint 911 service board required under subsection 1 by the board of supervisors of the county in which the joint 911 service board is maintained. b. A commission shall have all of the powers of a joint 911 service board if a commission is substituted for the joint 911 service board pursuant to paragraph “a” .

Senate File 2298, p. 2 c. As used in this chapter, “joint 911 service board” includes a commission if a commission is substituted for the joint 911 service board pursuant to paragraph “a” . ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2298, Eighty-ninth General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2022 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor