House
Study
Bill
156
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KLEIN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
county
sheriff
voting
membership
on
joint
1
911
service
boards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
34A.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(3)
The
sheriff
of
each
county,
or
the
3
sheriff’s
designee,
is
entitled
to
voting
membership
on
the
4
joint
911
service
board.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
Current
law
requires
the
board
of
supervisors
of
each
county
9
to
establish
a
joint
911
service
board
for
the
purpose
of
10
maintaining
a
countywide
911
service
plan.
Each
political
11
subdivision
having
a
public
safety
agency
serving
territory
12
within
the
county,
and
each
local
emergency
management
agency
13
operating
within
the
county,
is
entitled
to
voting
membership
14
on
the
board.
15
This
bill
provides
that
the
sheriff
of
each
county,
or
the
16
sheriff’s
designee,
is
also
entitled
to
voting
membership
on
a
17
joint
911
service
board.
18
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