Senate File 413 - Introduced SENATE FILE 413 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1156) A BILL FOR An Act relating to financial responsibilities of local 1 emergency management commissions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2661SV (2) 84 tm/nh

S.F. 413 Section 1. Section 29C.9, subsection 2, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. The commission shall be composed of a member of the 3 board of supervisors or its appointed representative , the 4 sheriff or the sheriff’s representative , and the mayor or the 5 mayor’s representative from each city within the county. The 6 commission members shall be the operations liaison officers 7 between their jurisdiction and the commission. A commission 8 member may designate an alternate to represent the designated 9 entity. For any activity relating to section 29C.17, 10 subsection 2, or chapter 24, participation shall only be by a 11 commission member or a designated alternate that is an elected 12 official from the same designated entity. 13 Sec. 2. Section 29C.17, subsections 2 and 5, Code 2011, are 14 amended to read as follows: 15 2. For the purposes consistent with this chapter , the county 16 local emergency management agency’s approved budget may shall 17 be funded by one or any combination of the following options , 18 as determined by the commission : 19 a. A countywide special levy approved by the board of 20 supervisors pursuant to section 331.424, subsection 1 . 21 b. Per capita allocation funded from city and county general 22 funds or by a combination of city and county special levies 23 which may be apportioned among the member jurisdictions. 24 c. An allocation computed as each jurisdiction’s relative 25 share of the total assessed valuation within the county. 26 d. A voluntary share allocation. 27 5. Subject to chapter 24 , the commission shall adopt, 28 certify, and submit provide a budget, on or before February 28 29 of each year, to the county board of supervisors and the cities 30 for the ensuing fiscal year which will include an itemized list 31 of the number of emergency management personnel, their salaries 32 and cost of personnel benefits, travel and transportation 33 costs, fixed costs of operation, and all other anticipated 34 emergency management expenses. The salaries and compensation 35 -1- LSB 2661SV (2) 84 tm/nh 1/ 3

S.F. 413 of agency personnel coming under the merit system as determined 1 by the commission will include salary schedules for classes in 2 which the salary of a class is based on merit qualifications 3 for the positions funding entities determined pursuant to 4 subsection 2 . The form of the budget shall be as prescribed by 5 the department of management. Any portion of a tax levied by a 6 county or city to support the local emergency management agency 7 may be identified separately on tax statements issued by the 8 county treasurer. 9 Sec. 3. Section 29C.17, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 10 following new subsection: 11 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. Joint emergency response communication 12 services under section 29C.9, subsection 6, shall be funded as 13 provided for in the agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 14 28E. 15 EXPLANATION 16 This bill relates to financial responsibilities of local 17 emergency management commissions. 18 The bill provides that local emergency management commission 19 members may designate an alternate to represent the designated 20 entity. The bill provides that, for any activity relating to 21 Code section 29C.17, subsection 2, or Code chapter 24, relating 22 to the budget, participation shall only be by a commission 23 member or a designated alternate that is an elected official 24 from the same designated entity. 25 Currently, a local emergency management agency’s approved 26 budget may be funded by one or more of four specific methods. 27 The bill requires the budgets to be funded by one or more of the 28 four specific methods. 29 The bill provides that joint emergency response 30 communication services must be funded as provided for in an 31 agreement entered into pursuant to Code chapter 28E. 32 The bill provides that agency budgets must be provided to 33 funding entities in a form prescribed by the department of 34 management. The bill provides that a portion of any tax levied 35 -2- LSB 2661SV (2) 84 tm/nh 2/ 3

S.F. 413 by a county or city to support the local emergency management 1 agency may be identified separately on tax statements issued 2 by the county treasurer. 3 -3- LSB 2661SV (2) 84 tm/nh 3/ 3