House File 748 - Introduced



                                      HOUSE FILE       
                                      BY  JACOBY, MASCHER, and LENSING


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing a county board of supervisors to expend moneys
  2    from the local emergency management fund for a joint law
  3    enforcement communications center.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2552HH 82
  6 eg/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 29C.17, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2007,
  1  2 are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  Expenditures from the local emergency management fund
  1  4 shall be made on warrants drawn by the county auditor,
  1  5 supported by claims and vouchers signed by the emergency
  1  6 management coordinator, or chairperson of the commission, or
  1  7 for purposes of a joint law enforcement communications center,
  1  8 the board of supervisors.
  1  9    5.  Subject to chapter 24, the commission shall adopt,
  1 10 certify, and submit a budget, on or before February 28 of each
  1 11 year, to the county board of supervisors and the cities for
  1 12 the ensuing fiscal year which will include an itemized list of
  1 13 the number of emergency management personnel, their salaries
  1 14 and cost of personnel benefits, travel and transportation
  1 15 costs, fixed costs of operation, and all other anticipated
  1 16 emergency management expenses.  The salaries and compensation
  1 17 of agency personnel coming under the merit system as
  1 18 determined by the commission will include salary schedules for
  1 19 classes in which the salary of a class is based on merit
  1 20 qualifications for the positions.  The budget shall account
  1 21 for expenditures by the board of supervisors to construct and
  1 22 operate a joint law enforcement communications center.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  Section 29C.17, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1 24 the following new subsection:
  1 25    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Notwithstanding the commission's
  1 26 fiscal authority under this section, the board of supervisors
  1 27 may expend moneys from the fund to construct and operate a
  1 28 joint law enforcement communications center to serve emergency
  1 29 responders countywide.  For purposes of this section,
  1 30 "emergency responders" means fire fighters, law enforcement
  1 31 officers, emergency medical service personnel, and other
  1 32 personnel having emergency response duties within the county.
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill allows a county board of supervisors to expend
  1 35 moneys from the local emergency management fund to construct
  2  1 and operate a joint law enforcement communications center to
  2  2 serve emergency responders countywide.  The bill gives the
  2  3 board of supervisors this authority to expend such funds
  2  4 despite the county emergency management commission's statutory
  2  5 authority over this fund.  The bill defines "emergency
  2  6 responders" to mean fire fighters, law enforcement officers,
  2  7 emergency medical service personnel, and other personnel
  2  8 having emergency response duties within the county.
  2  9    The bill provides that expenditures by the board of
  2 10 supervisors from the local emergency management fund shall be
  2 11 made on warrants drawn by the county auditor, supported by
  2 12 claims and vouchers signed by the board of supervisors.
  2 13    The commission is required to submit a budget each year.
  2 14 The bill provides that the budget account for expenditures by
  2 15 the board of supervisors to construct and operate a joint law
  2 16 enforcement communications center.
  2 17 LSB 2552HH 82
  2 18 eg:sc/es/88