House File 2437 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2437 BY MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act relating to the operations of certain entities 1 established to provide joint emergency response 2 communications services and including effective date and 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5966YH (2) 84 md/sc

H.F. 2437 Section 1. Section 29C.9, subsection 6, Code Supplement 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 6. a. The commission shall determine the mission of its 3 agency and program and provide direction for the delivery of 4 the emergency management services of planning, administration, 5 coordination, training, and support for local governments 6 and their departments. The commission shall coordinate its 7 services in the event of a disaster. 8 b. The commission may also provide joint emergency response 9 communications services through an agreement entered into 10 under chapter 28E . The board or governing body of an entity 11 created under chapter 28E to provide joint emergency response 12 communications services shall only include individuals who 13 are elected public officials currently holding office within 14 the area being provided such communications services. The 15 membership of the board or governing body of such an entity 16 shall not be the same membership as the certifying board for 17 all or any portion of the entity’s budget or for any property 18 tax levy from which the entity receives funding. All tax 19 levies and expenditures of such an entity shall be subject to 20 the provisions of chapter 24, and, prior to approval of the 21 budget by the certifying board, each public agency that is 22 a party to the agreement under chapter 28E that is not the 23 certifying board for the budget or levy shall approve the 24 proposed budget by resolution. The proposed budget of such an 25 entity is, however, subject to modification by the political 26 subdivision that is the certifying board for the entity’s 27 budget and property tax levy. 28 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION. This Act shall not be construed to 29 invalidate the creation of or the actions taken by an entity 30 created under chapter 28E to provide joint emergency response 31 communications services prior to the effective date of this 32 Act. 33 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 34 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 35 -1- LSB 5966YH (2) 84 md/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 2437 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to entities 1 created under chapter 28E to provide joint emergency response 2 communications services before, on, and after the effective 3 date of this Act. 4 EXPLANATION 5 Current Code section 29C.9(6) allows a county emergency 6 management commission to provide joint emergency response 7 communications services through an agreement entered into 8 under Code chapter 28E. This bill provides that the board or 9 governing body of an entity created under Code chapter 28E 10 to provide joint emergency response communications services 11 shall only include individuals who are elected public officials 12 currently holding office within the area being provided such 13 communications services. The bill provides that the board or 14 governing body of such an entity shall not be the certifying 15 board for all or any portion of the entity’s budget or for any 16 property tax levy from which the entity receives funding. The 17 bill also provides that the tax levies and expenditures of such 18 an entity are subject to the provisions of Code chapter 24, 19 and, prior to approval of the proposed budget by the certifying 20 board, each public agency that is a party to the agreement 21 under Code chapter 28E that is not the certifying board 22 for the budget or levy shall approve the proposed budget by 23 resolution. The proposed budget of such an entity is subject 24 to modification by the political subdivision that is the 25 certifying board for the entity’s budget and property tax levy. 26 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to entities 27 created under Code chapter 28E to provide joint emergency 28 response communications services before, on, and after the 29 effective date of the bill. 30 The bill shall not be construed to invalidate the creation of 31 or the actions taken by an entity created under Code chapter 32 28E to provide joint emergency response communications services 33 prior to the effective date of the bill. 34 -2- LSB 5966YH (2) 84 md/sc 2/ 2