House File 2090 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SHOULTZ

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 5172SS
                                        BY DANIELSON)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to funding for local emergency management and
  2    providing an applicability date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5172HH 81
  5 sc/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 29C.17, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    For the purposes consistent with this chapter, the county
  1  4 emergency management agency's approved budget may shall be
  1  5 funded by one or any combination of the following options as
  1  6 determined by the commission:
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 29C.17, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
  1  8 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  9    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  A countywide levy imposed directly by
  1 10 the commission.
  1 11    Sec. 3.  Section 29C.17, Code 2005, is amended by adding
  1 12 the following new subsection:
  1 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  If the commission chooses the funding
  1 14 option in subsection 2, paragraph "e", the commission is not
  1 15 required to submit its budget to the county board of
  1 16 supervisors and the cities as required in subsection 5, and
  1 17 the commission shall be considered the certifying board and
  1 18 the levying board for purposes of chapter 24.
  1 19    Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act applies to fiscal
  1 20 years beginning on or after July 1, 2007.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    Current law provides that a local emergency management
  1 23 commission may fund its budget using one or a combination of
  1 24 any of four options.  This bill provides that the budget shall
  1 25 be funded using the statutorily authorized options and it also
  1 26 provides a fifth option.  The fifth option for funding is a
  1 27 countywide levy imposed directly by the commission.  If this
  1 28 option is chosen, the commission is not required to submit its
  1 29 budget to the cities and county, and the commission shall be
  1 30 considered the certifying board and the levying board for
  1 31 purposes of statutory requirements relating to most local
  1 32 budgets.
  1 33    The bill applies to fiscal years beginning on or after July
  1 34 1, 2007.
  1 35 LSB 5172HH 81
  2  1 sc:nh/je/5