House
File
2362
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2362
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
545)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
emergency
management
assistance
in
a
1
disaster
emergency
concerning
mutual
aid
arrangements
and
2
agreements.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.6,
subsection
7,
Code
2014,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
On
behalf
of
this
state,
enter
into
mutual
aid
3
arrangements
with
other
states
,
including
mutual
aid
4
arrangements
with
other
states
that
extend
the
terms
and
5
conditions
set
forth
in
the
interstate
emergency
management
6
assistance
compact
described
in
section
29C.21
to
situations
in
7
which
an
emergency
or
disaster
proclamation
has
not
been
made
8
by
the
governor
of
an
affected
state,
and
to
coordinate
mutual
9
aid
plans
between
political
subdivisions
of
this
state.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
29C.8,
subsection
3,
paragraph
f,
11
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
(1)
A
member
of
a
homeland
security
and
emergency
response
13
team
acting
under
this
section
upon
the
directive
of
the
14
director
or
pursuant
to
a
governor’s
disaster
emergency
15
proclamation
as
provided
in
section
29C.6
shall
be
considered
16
an
employee
of
the
state
for
purposes
of
section
29C.21
and
17
chapter
669
and
shall
be
afforded
protection
as
an
employee
18
of
the
state
under
section
669.21
.
Disability,
workers’
19
compensation,
and
death
benefits
for
team
members
working
under
20
the
authority
of
the
director
or
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
21
section
29C.6
shall
be
paid
by
the
state
in
a
manner
consistent
22
with
the
provisions
of
chapter
85
,
410
,
or
411
as
appropriate,
23
depending
on
the
status
of
the
member,
provided
that
the
member
24
is
registered
with
the
department
as
a
member
of
an
approved
25
team
and
is
participating
as
a
team
member
in
a
response
or
26
recovery
operation
initiated
by
the
director
or
governor
27
pursuant
to
this
section
or
in
a
training
or
exercise
activity
28
approved
by
the
director.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
concerns
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
33
emergency
management
as
it
relates
to
disaster
emergencies.
34
Code
section
29C.6,
concerning
the
proclamation
of
a
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disaster
emergency
by
the
governor,
is
amended
to
provide
1
that
the
governor’s
authority
to
enter
into
mutual
aid
2
arrangements
with
other
states
may
include
arrangements
that
3
extend
the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
interstate
emergency
4
management
assistance
compact
to
situations
in
which
a
disaster
5
proclamation
of
an
affected
state
has
not
been
made
by
that
6
state’s
governor.
7
Code
section
29C.8(3)
is
amended
to
provide
that
the
8
reference
to
the
governor’s
proclamation
as
provided
in
Code
9
section
29C.6
is
for
a
disaster
emergency.
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