House File 2485 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HOFFMAN
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a pilot project to allow certain fire
2 departments to enter into expanded mutual aid agreements, and
3 providing an appropriation.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 100B.2, Code Supplement 2005, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. Award grants to assist in
1 4 implementation of expanded mutual aid agreements pursuant to
1 5 section 28E.33. The council shall establish an application
1 6 process for the awarding of grants. The council shall report
1 7 to the general assembly as provided in section 28E.33.
1 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 28E.33 PILOT PROJECT == EXPANDED
1 9 MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.
1 10 1. A pilot project is created to allow expanded mutual aid
1 11 agreements between fire departments in counties with a
1 12 population of less than seventeen thousand five hundred. The
1 13 purpose of the pilot project is to allow those fire
1 14 departments that are parties to mutual aid agreements entered
1 15 into pursuant to section 28E.31 to engage in activities beyond
1 16 what is allowed under that section.
1 17 2. a. Expanded mutual aid agreements may provide for one
1 18 or more of the following:
1 19 (1) Joint training of personnel.
1 20 (2) Joint purchase of equipment, including communication
1 21 equipment.
1 22 (3) Joint use, acquisition, or construction of facilities.
1 23 (4) Joint use and scheduling of personnel.
1 24 b. An expanded mutual aid agreement shall include
1 25 provisions for all the specifications required in section
1 26 28E.5. However, parties to an expanded mutual aid agreement
1 27 are not required to create a separate legal or administrative
1 28 entity. An expanded mutual aid agreement shall also specify
1 29 that each fire department that is a party to the agreement
1 30 shall retain its separate identity and shall remain under the
1 31 control of the municipality that established the fire
1 32 department.
1 33 3. Parties to an expanded mutual aid agreement may apply
1 34 to the state fire service and emergency response council for a
1 35 grant to assist in implementation of the expanded mutual aid
2 1 agreement.
2 2 4. On or before January 10, 2009, the state fire service
2 3 and emergency response council shall report to the general
2 4 assembly on the use of expanded mutual aid agreements under
2 5 this section, on the number of grants awarded to parties to
2 6 expanded mutual aid agreements, the amount of each grant
2 7 awarded, expenditures made using the grant moneys, and any
2 8 other information requested by the general assembly.
2 9 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
2 10 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
2 11 state to the division of fire protection in the department of
2 12 public safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
2 13 ending June 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof
2 14 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
2 15 To fund grants awarded by the state fire service and
2 16 emergency response council for implementation of expanded
2 17 mutual aid agreements as provided in section 28E.33, if
2 18 enacted by this Act:
2 19 .................................................. $ 100,000
2 20 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
2 21 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
2 22 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
2 23 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
2 24 the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2 25 EXPLANATION
2 26 This bill establishes a pilot project to allow fire
2 27 departments in counties with less than 17,500 population to
2 28 enter into expanded mutual aid agreements. The bill provides
2 29 that expanded mutual aid agreements may provide for joint
2 30 training, joint purchase of equipment, joint facilities, and
2 31 joint use and scheduling of personnel.
2 32 The bill appropriates $100,000 to the division of fire
2 33 protection in the department of public safety for FY 2006=
2 34 2007. The moneys are to be used for the awarding of grants by
2 35 the state fire service and emergency response council to
3 1 assist fire departments in implementing expanded mutual aid
3 2 agreements.
3 3 The bill requires the state fire service and emergency
3 4 response council to report to the general assembly on or
3 5 before January 10, 2009, on the use of expanded mutual aid
3 6 agreements and on other matters relating to such agreements.
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