Senate Study Bill 3189 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DVORSKY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the funding of the statewide interoperable 1 communications system and the expenditure of moneys from the 2 E911 emergency communications fund. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6084XC (8) 86 gh/rj

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 29C.23, Code 2016, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 29C.23 Iowa radio interoperability platform Statewide 3 interoperable communications system . 4 1. The Iowa radio interoperability platform statewide 5 interoperable communications system shall be under the 6 joint purview of the department of public safety and the 7 department of transportation. The departments shall jointly 8 submit a biannual report to the Iowa statewide interoperable 9 communications system board beginning July 1, 2016. 10 2. The treasurer of state is authorized to enter into 11 a financing agreement in accordance with the provisions 12 of section 12.28 for the purpose of building the statewide 13 interoperable communications system. 14 Sec. 2. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 15 by adding the following new paragraph: 16 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0f. The program manager shall allocate 17 four million three hundred eighty-three thousand dollars to 18 the department of public safety in the fiscal year beginning 19 July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, for payments and other 20 costs due under a financing agreement entered into by the 21 treasurer of state for building the statewide interoperable 22 communications system pursuant to section 29C.23, subsection 2. 23 Sec. 3. Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code 24 2016, is amended to read as follows: 25 f. If moneys remain in the fund after fully paying all 26 obligations under paragraphs “a” , “b” , “c” , “d” , and “e” , 27 and “0f” , the remainder may be accumulated in the fund as 28 a carryover operating surplus. The program manager, in 29 consultation with the E911 communications council, shall 30 allocate an amount, not to exceed one hundred thousand 31 dollars per fiscal year, for development of public awareness 32 and educational programs related to the use of 911 by the 33 public, educational programs for personnel responsible for the 34 maintenance, operation, and upgrading of local E911 systems, 35 -1- LSB 6084XC (8) 86 gh/rj 1/ 3

S.F. _____ and the expenses of members of the E911 communications council 1 for travel, monthly meetings, and training. The remaining 2 surplus shall be used to fund future network and public safety 3 answering point improvements for the receipt and disposition 4 of 911 calls, including hardware and software for an internet 5 protocol-enabled next generation network, and wireless 6 carriers’ transport costs related to wireless E911 services, if 7 those costs are not otherwise recovered by wireless carriers 8 through customer billing or other sources and approved by the 9 program manager in consultation with the E911 communications 10 council. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any moneys remaining 11 in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to 12 the general fund of the state but shall remain available for 13 the purposes of the fund. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill relates to the funding of the statewide 18 interoperable communications system and the expenditure of 19 moneys from the E911 emergency communications fund. 20 The bill authorizes the treasurer of state to enter into 21 a financing agreement pursuant to Code section 12.28 for the 22 purpose of building the statewide interoperable communications 23 system. 24 The bill provides funding for such statewide interoperable 25 communications system from moneys in the E911 emergency 26 communications fund. Under current Code section 34A.7A, a 27 monthly surcharge is imposed on all communications service 28 providers in Iowa. Moneys collected pursuant to the surcharge 29 are deposited in the E911 emergency communications fund and are 30 expended by the E911 program manager in a priority order as 31 listed in Code section 34A.7A(2). 32 The bill requires the program manager, in the fiscal year 33 starting July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, to allocate 34 $4,383,000 of the surcharge moneys to the department of 35 -2- LSB 6084XC (8) 86 gh/rj 2/ 3

S.F. _____ public safety for payments due under a financing agreement for 1 building the statewide interoperable communications system. 2 -3- LSB 6084XC (8) 86 gh/rj 3/ 3