Senate Study Bill 3197 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DVORSKY) A BILL FOR An Act concerning public safety, by establishing a public 1 safety training and equipment trust fund, establishing a 2 public safety standards, training, and facilities task 3 force, and making appropriations. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6110XC (2) 84 ec/sc
S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80B.11F Public safety training and 1 equipment trust fund. 2 1. A public safety training and equipment trust fund is 3 created in the state treasury under the control of the council. 4 2. The trust fund shall consist of moneys deposited in 5 the fund pursuant to section 432.1, subsection 7, and any 6 other devise, gift, bequest, donation, federal or other grant, 7 reimbursement, repayment, judgment, transfer, payment, or 8 appropriation from any source intended to be used for the 9 purposes of the trust fund. Of the moneys deposited in the 10 trust fund, an amount equal to ten percent of the moneys 11 deposited, or such lesser amount as determined by the council, 12 shall be allocated to a capital projects account for the 13 purposes of facility needs of the academy. 14 3. Moneys credited to the trust fund are not subject to 15 section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, 16 appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided 17 in this section and for succeeding fiscal years shall 18 remain available for expenditure for purposes of the fund. 19 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or 20 earnings on moneys deposited in the trust fund shall be 21 credited to the trust fund. 22 4. a. Beginning July 1, 2014, moneys in the trust fund 23 shall be used for training costs at the academy incurred by 24 a political subdivision of the state and for law enforcement 25 personnel equipment costs, excluding vehicles, incurred by a 26 political subdivision of the state, subject to appropriation by 27 the general assembly. It is the intent of the general assembly 28 that all training costs incurred by a political subdivision 29 be reimbursed from moneys in the trust fund and that such 30 remaining moneys in the trust fund, less such amount needed for 31 cash flow purposes of the trust fund, be used to reimburse law 32 enforcement personnel equipment costs in such manner as the 33 council shall determine. 34 b. Beginning July 1, 2014, moneys in the capital projects 35 -1- LSB 6110XC (2) 84 ec/sc 1/ 5
S.F. _____ account of the trust fund shall be used for facility needs of 1 the academy, subject to appropriation by the general assembly. 2 Sec. 2. Section 432.1, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 3 following new subsection: 4 NEW SUBSECTION . 7. a. Of the amount of premium tax 5 receipts collected pursuant to subsection 3 for the 2014 and 6 subsequent calendar years and deposited in the general fund 7 of the state, the department of revenue shall transfer the 8 applicable percent of such amount that exceeds the amount of 9 premium tax receipts collected pursuant to subsection 3 for 10 calendar year 2012 to the public safety training and equipment 11 trust fund created in section 80B.11F. 12 b. For purposes of this subsection, “applicable percent” 13 means as follows: 14 (1) For the 2014 through 2016 calendar years, one hundred 15 percent. 16 (2) For the 2017 calendar year, seventy-five percent. 17 (3) For the 2018 and subsequent calendar years, fifty 18 percent. 19 Sec. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS, TRAINING, AND FACILITIES 20 TASK FORCE. 21 1. A public safety standards, training, and facilities task 22 force is established. The department of public safety shall 23 provide administrative support for the task force. 24 2. The task force shall consist of the following members: 25 a. Five members appointed by the Iowa law enforcement 26 academy council. Of the members appointed, at least three 27 members shall be nonsupervisory employees in law enforcement, 28 at least one member shall be a peace officer in the department 29 of public safety, at least one member shall be in county law 30 enforcement, and at least one member shall be in city law 31 enforcement. 32 b. Five members appointed by the state fire service and 33 emergency response council. Of the members appointed, at least 34 three members shall be nonsupervisory employees in fire service 35 -2- LSB 6110XC (2) 84 ec/sc 2/ 5
S.F. _____ or emergency response. 1 c. Chief of the Iowa fire service training bureau or the 2 chief’s designee. 3 d. The director of the Iowa law enforcement academy or the 4 director’s designee. 5 e. One member appointed by the governor who is a public 6 member with demonstrated knowledge in public safety and related 7 training issues. 8 3. The members of the task force shall select one 9 chairperson and one vice chairperson. The vice chairperson 10 shall preside in the absence of the chairperson. Section 11 69.16A shall apply to the appointed members of the task force. 12 4. The task force shall consider and develop strategies 13 relating to public safety training facility governance with 14 the goal of all public safety disciplines being represented. 15 Each public safety discipline shall advise the task force 16 by developing individual training policies and standards as 17 determined by the discipline’s governing bodies. The task 18 force shall also develop a proposal for a joint public safety 19 training facility, a budget for construction and future 20 operation of this facility, and potential locations, that are 21 centrally located in this state, for the facility. 22 5. a. The task force shall provide interim reports to the 23 general assembly by December 31 of each year concerning the 24 activities of the task force and shall submit its final report, 25 including its findings and recommendations, to the general 26 assembly by December 31, 2015. 27 b. The final report shall include but not be limited to 28 recommendations concerning the following: 29 (1) Consolidation of public safety governance within a 30 single board and the membership of the board. 31 (2) Development of a consolidated fire and police public 32 safety training facility, including possible locations, 33 building recommendations, and financing options. 34 (3) Any other recommendations relating to public safety 35 -3- LSB 6110XC (2) 84 ec/sc 3/ 5
S.F. _____ standards, training, and facilities requirements. 1 Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS, TRAINING, AND FACILITIES 2 TASK FORCE —— ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. There is appropriated 3 from the general fund of the state to the department of public 4 safety for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2012, and ending 5 December 31, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as 6 is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 7 For providing administrative support for the public safety 8 standards, training, and facilities task force as enacted in 9 this Act: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill concerns public safety training and facilities. 13 The bill establishes a public safety training and equipment 14 trust fund under the control of the Iowa law enforcement 15 academy council. The trust fund shall consist of moneys 16 deposited in the fund from premium tax receipts as provided by 17 the bill. Of the moneys deposited in the fund, 10 percent, 18 or such lesser amount as determined by the council, shall be 19 allocated to a capital projects account of the trust fund and 20 shall be used for facility needs of the Iowa law enforcement 21 academy. The remaining moneys deposited in the fund shall be 22 used for training costs at the academy and for law enforcement 23 personnel equipment costs, excluding vehicles, all incurred by 24 a political subdivision of the state, subject to appropriation 25 by the general assembly. The bill provides that it is the 26 intent of the general assembly that training costs incurred 27 by a political subdivision be fully reimbursed from moneys in 28 the fund and that the remaining moneys in the fund, less an 29 amount needed for cash flow purposes, be used to reimburse law 30 enforcement personnel equipment costs. Moneys in the fund 31 shall not revert to the general fund of the state, and interest 32 and earnings on moneys in the fund shall remain in the fund. 33 Code section 432.1, concerning tax on gross insurance 34 premiums, is amended to provide that the applicable percent of 35 -4- LSB 6110XC (2) 84 ec/sc 4/ 5
S.F. _____ the moneys collected from premium tax receipts on insurance 1 policies, other than life insurance policies, in excess of the 2 amount collected for calendar year 2012, shall be transferred 3 to the public safety training and equipment trust fund created 4 by the bill beginning with premium tax receipts received during 5 calendar year 2014. The bill provides that the applicable 6 percent for calendar years 2014 through 2016 shall be 100 7 percent, for calendar year 2017, 75 percent, and for subsequent 8 calendar years, 50 percent. 9 The bill also establishes a public safety standards, 10 training, and facilities task force. The department of public 11 safety shall provide administrative support for the task 12 force and the bill appropriates moneys to the department for 13 providing this support. The bill specifies the membership 14 of the task force and provides that the task force shall 15 consider and develop strategies relating to public safety 16 training facility governance with the goal of all public safety 17 disciplines being represented. Each public safety discipline 18 shall advise the task force by developing individual training 19 policies and standards as determined by the discipline’s 20 governing bodies. The bill requires the task force to provide 21 interim reports to the general assembly by December 31 of each 22 year and to submit a final report, including its findings 23 and recommendations, to the general assembly by December 31, 24 2015. The bill provides that the final report shall include 25 recommendations concerning consolidation of public safety 26 governance within a single board and the membership of the 27 board, the development of a consolidated fire and police 28 public safety training facility, including possible locations, 29 building recommendations, and financing options, and any other 30 recommendations relating to public safety standards, training, 31 and facilities requirements. 32 -5- LSB 6110XC (2) 84 ec/sc 5/ 5