HF 2635 (LSB 2433HW (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2635

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2377)
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 682)
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 539)

A BILL FOR

An Act creating a public safety equipment fund, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  80.48  Public safety equipment fund.
   1.  A public safety equipment fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of equipment used by the department. The department is authorized to designate moneys in the fund for the future purchase, maintenance, and replacement of equipment used by the department.
   2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   3.  The department shall submit a report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative services agency on or before December 31 of each year which shall contain all of the following:
   a.  A list of all expenditures from the fund made in the previous fiscal year.
   b.  The amount of moneys in the fund carried over from the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys, including any expenditures in the current fiscal year.
   c.  The amount of moneys in the fund the department intends to carry over from the current fiscal year to the next fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2021.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill creates a public safety equipment fund and appropriates the moneys in the fund to the department of public safety (DPS) for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of equipment used by DPS. The fund consists of moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund. The bill authorizes DPS to designate moneys in the fund for future purchase, maintenance, and replacement of equipment used by DPS. The bill also provides for certain reporting requirements regarding how the moneys in the fund are used, including the amount carried over annually in the fund.
   The bill takes effect January 1, 2021.