Senate Study Bill 1297
SENATE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON QUIRMBACH)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to local emergency management by modifying
2 provisions of the statewide mutual aid compact and by making
3 changes to certain funding provisions.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 29C.17, subsection 2, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2009, 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:
1 6 Sec. 2. Section 29C.17, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
1 7 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 8 a. A countywide special levy in an amount submitted by the
1 9 emergency management commission to the board of supervisors
1 10 and approved by the board of supervisors.
1 11 Sec. 3. Section 29C.22, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2009,
1 12 is amended to read as follows:
1 13 This statewide mutual aid compact is entered into with all
1 14 other emergency management commissions established pursuant to
1 15 section 29C.9, counties, cities, and other political
1 16 subdivisions that enter into this compact in substantially the
1 17 following form:
1 18 Sec. 4. Section 29C.22, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
1 19 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 20 a. This compact is made and entered into by and between
1 21 the participating emergency management commissions established
1 22 pursuant to section 29C.9, counties, cities, and political
1 23 subdivisions which enact this compact. For the purposes of
1 24 this agreement, the term "participating governments" means
1 25 emergency management commissions, counties, cities, townships,
1 26 and other political subdivisions of the state which have not,
1 27 through ordinance or resolution of the governing body, acted
1 28 to adopt withdraw from this compact.
1 29 Sec. 5. Section 29C.22, subsection 11, paragraph a, Code
1 30 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 31 a. This compact shall become operative immediately upon
1 32 its adoption by ordinance or resolution by the governing
1 33 bodies of any two political subdivisions July 1, 2009.
1 34 Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any
1 35 other political subdivision upon its adoption by ordinance or
2 1 resolution of the governing body of the political subdivision.
2 2 Sec. 6. Section 445.5, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
2 3 2009, is amended to read as follows:
2 4 e. The complete name of all taxing authorities receiving a
2 5 tax distribution, the amount of the distribution, and the
2 6 percentage distribution for each named authority, listed from
2 7 the highest to the lowest distribution percentage. The taxing
2 8 authority, amount of distribution, and percentage of
2 9 distribution for a levy approved pursuant to section 29C.17,
2 10 subsection 2, shall also be included.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This bill relates to local emergency management by making
2 13 changes to the statewide mutual aid compact and emergency
2 14 management commissions.
2 15 The bill includes emergency management commissions as
2 16 participating governments that are part of the statewide
2 17 mutual aid compact.
2 18 Currently, the compact is an "opt=in" compact where a
2 19 participating government passes an ordinance or resolution
2 20 adopting the compact. The bill changes the compact to an
2 21 "opt=out" compact where the compact automatically applies to
2 22 all emergency management commissions, counties, cities, and
2 23 other political subdivisions in the state and a participating
2 24 government may opt=out of participation through the adoption
2 25 of an ordinance or resolution.
2 26 The bill requires the county emergency management agency's
2 27 approved budget to be funded by one or a combination of
2 28 certain funding options. The bill amends one of the options
2 29 relating to a countywide special property tax levy. The bill
2 30 provides that the emergency management commission shall submit
2 31 the levy amount to the county board of supervisors for
2 32 approval. The bill provides that a property tax levy for
2 33 emergency management must be itemized on the property tax
2 34 statement.
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