House
File
2454
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2454
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2215)
(COMPANION
TO
SF
2060
BY
SHIPLEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
process
for
voter
approval
of
a
1
proposition
to
require
a
township
to
provide
emergency
2
medical
service.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
359.42,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
359.42
Township
fire
protection
service,
emergency
warning
3
system,
and
emergency
medical
service.
4
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
section
331.385
,
the
5
trustees
of
each
township
shall
provide
fire
protection
service
6
for
the
township,
exclusive
of
any
part
of
the
township
within
7
a
benefited
fire
district
and
,
unless
required
to
provide
8
emergency
medical
service
by
proposition
approved
under
section
9
359.44,
may
provide
emergency
medical
service.
The
trustees
10
may
purchase,
own,
rent,
or
maintain
fire
protection
service
11
or
emergency
medical
service
apparatus
or
equipment
or
both
12
kinds
of
apparatus
or
equipment
and
provide
housing
for
the
13
equipment.
The
trustees
of
a
township
which
is
located
within
14
a
county
having
a
population
of
three
hundred
thousand
or
15
more
may
also
establish
and
maintain
an
emergency
warning
16
system
within
the
township.
The
trustees
may
contract
with
a
17
public
or
private
agency
under
chapter
28E
for
the
purpose
of
18
providing
any
service
or
system
required
or
authorized
under
19
this
section
.
20
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
359.44
Emergency
medical
service
——
21
motion
or
petition
——
election.
22
1.
a.
Unless
the
county
is
providing
emergency
medical
23
service
to
a
township
pursuant
to
section
331.385,
the
board
24
of
township
trustees
may
on
its
own
motion,
and
upon
receipt
25
of
a
valid
petition
shall,
direct
the
county
commissioner
of
26
elections
to
submit
to
the
registered
voters
of
the
township,
27
excluding
those
areas
of
the
township
within
corporate
28
boundaries
of
a
city,
the
proposition
of
requiring
the
township
29
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
those
areas
of
the
30
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
and
outside
31
those
areas
being
provided
emergency
medical
service
under
32
chapter
357F
or
357J
for
a
period
of
time
stated
in
the
33
proposition
not
to
exceed
ten
years
but
not
less
than
four
34
years.
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b.
A
valid
petition
shall
be
signed
by
eligible
electors
of
1
the
township
residing
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
2
equal
in
number
to
at
least
twenty-five
percent
of
the
number
3
of
votes
cast
in
the
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
4
of
a
city
for
the
office
of
president
of
the
United
States
5
or
governor
at
the
preceding
general
election.
The
petition
6
shall
include
the
signatures
of
the
petitioners,
a
statement
7
of
their
place
of
residence,
and
the
date
on
which
they
signed
8
the
petition.
9
c.
The
election
shall
be
held
at
the
next
general
election
10
following
adoption
of
the
board’s
motion
or
receipt
of
the
11
valid
petition.
However,
a
petition
authorized
by
this
section
12
shall
be
filed
not
later
than
eighty-two
days
before
the
date
13
of
the
general
election
if
the
proposition
is
to
be
voted
upon
14
at
the
general
election.
If
a
valid
petition
is
filed
after
15
that
date,
the
proposition
shall
be
voted
on
at
the
general
16
election
following
the
next
general
election.
17
d.
A
petition
shall
be
examined
before
it
is
accepted
for
18
filing.
If
it
appears
valid
on
its
face,
it
shall
be
accepted
19
for
filing.
If
it
lacks
the
required
number
of
signatures,
it
20
shall
be
returned
to
the
petitioners.
21
e.
Petitions
which
have
been
accepted
for
filing
are
valid
22
unless
written
objections
are
filed.
Objections
must
be
23
filed
with
the
county
auditor
within
five
working
days
after
24
the
petition
was
filed.
The
objection
process
in
section
25
44.7
shall
be
followed
for
objections
filed
pursuant
to
this
26
section.
27
2.
The
question
shall
be
submitted
to
the
voters
in
28
substantially
the
following
form:
29
Shall
the
township
of
...............
,
in
...............
30
County,
Iowa,
be
required
to
provide
emergency
medical
31
service
to
those
areas
of
...............
township
outside
the
32
corporate
limits
of
a
city
and
outside
the
areas
receiving
33
emergency
medical
service
from
another
political
subdivision
34
of
this
state
and
provide
such
service
through
imposition
of
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a
property
tax
in
those
areas
of
the
township
outside
the
1
corporate
limits
of
a
city?
2
3.
The
proposition
is
adopted
if
a
majority
of
those
3
voting
on
the
proposition
at
the
election
approves
it.
If
the
4
proposition
is
approved
at
election,
the
township
trustees
5
shall
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
all
areas
of
the
6
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
and
those
areas
7
not
otherwise
receiving
such
service
under
chapter
357F
or
357J
8
using
methods
and
funding
authorized
in
sections
359.42
and
9
359.43
for
the
period
of
time
approved
at
election,
beginning
10
with
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1
following
the
general
11
election
at
which
the
proposition
was
approved.
12
4.
The
proposition
is
not
affected
by
a
change
in
the
13
boundaries
of
the
township.
14
5.
An
extension
of
the
period
of
time
for
requiring
the
15
township
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
under
this
16
section
may
be
completed
using
the
same
procedure
as
is
17
required
for
initial
approval.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
Current
law
authorizes
but
does
not
require
the
board
of
22
township
trustees
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
for
23
the
township
and
to
fund
such
service
through
imposition
of
24
a
property
tax
levy.
This
bill
establishes
a
process
for
25
voter
approval
of
a
proposition
to
require
a
board
of
township
26
trustees
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
specified
27
areas
of
the
township.
28
The
bill
provides
that
unless
the
county
is
providing
29
emergency
medical
service
to
a
township
pursuant
to
Code
30
section
331.385,
the
board
of
township
trustees
may
on
its
own
31
motion,
and
upon
receipt
of
a
valid
petition
shall,
direct
the
32
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
submit
to
the
registered
33
voters
of
the
township,
excluding
those
areas
of
the
township
34
within
corporate
boundaries
of
a
city,
the
proposition
of
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requiring
the
township
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
1
those
areas
of
the
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
2
city
and
outside
those
areas
being
provided
emergency
medical
3
service
under
Code
chapter
357F
(benefited
emergency
medical
4
services
district)
or
357J
(emergency
response
district)
for
a
5
period
of
time
stated
in
the
proposition
not
to
exceed
10
years
6
but
not
less
than
four
years.
7
A
valid
petition
must
be
signed
by
eligible
electors
of
8
the
township
residing
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
9
equal
in
number
to
at
least
25
percent
of
the
number
of
votes
10
cast
in
the
township
outside
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city
11
for
the
office
of
president
of
the
United
States
or
governor
12
at
the
preceding
general
election.
The
election
to
vote
on
13
the
proposition
is
required
to
be
held
at
the
next
general
14
election
following
adoption
of
the
board’s
motion
or
receipt
of
15
the
valid
petition,
subject
to
a
filing
deadline
specified
in
16
the
bill.
The
bill
also
specifies
the
process
for
filing
and
17
hearing
objections
to
the
petition
and
the
form
of
the
question
18
that
appears
on
the
ballot.
19
A
proposition
is
adopted
if
a
majority
of
those
voting
on
the
20
proposition
at
the
election
approves
it.
If
the
proposition
21
is
approved
at
election,
the
township
trustees
are
required
22
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
to
those
specified
areas
23
of
the
township
using
methods
and
funding
authorized
in
Code
24
sections
359.42
and
359.43
for
the
period
of
time
approved
25
at
election,
beginning
with
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1
26
following
the
general
election
at
which
the
proposition
was
27
approved.
28
An
extension
of
the
period
of
time
for
requiring
the
township
29
to
provide
emergency
medical
service
under
this
Code
section
30
may
be
completed
using
the
same
procedure
as
is
required
for
31
initial
approval.
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