Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3154)
(COMPANION
TO
HF
2318
BY
THORUP)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
persons
authorized
to
request
assistance
1
pursuant
to
the
statewide
mutual
aid
compact.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.22,
subsection
3,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“authorized
3
representative
of
a
participating
government”
means
a
mayor
4
or
the
mayor’s
designee,
a
member
of
the
county
board
of
5
supervisors
or
a
representative
of
the
board,
or
an
emergency
6
management
coordinator
or
the
coordinator’s
designee
,
or
the
7
elected
chief
executive
officer
of
the
participating
government
8
or
the
elected
chief
executive
officer’s
designee
authorized
to
9
enter
into
contracts
on
behalf
of
the
participating
government
.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
relates
to
persons
authorized
to
request
14
assistance
in
an
emergency
situation
pursuant
to
the
statewide
15
mutual
aid
compact.
16
Under
current
law,
emergency
management
commissions,
17
counties,
cities,
townships,
and
other
political
subdivisions
18
are
considered
participating
governments
for
purposes
of
the
19
statewide
mutual
aid
compact
unless
the
governing
body
of
the
20
emergency
management
commission,
county,
city,
township,
or
21
other
political
subdivision
has
acted
to
withdraw
through
an
22
ordinance
or
resolution.
Current
law
allows
an
authorized
23
representative
of
a
participating
government
to
request
24
assistance
of
another
participating
government
by
contacting
25
the
authorized
representative
of
that
participating
government.
26
An
“authorized
representative
of
a
participating
government”
27
is
defined
as
a
mayor
or
the
mayor’s
designee,
a
member
of
the
28
county
board
of
supervisors
or
a
representative
of
the
board,
29
or
an
emergency
management
coordinator
or
the
coordinator’s
30
designee.
31
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
“authorized
representative
32
of
a
participating
government”
to
include
the
elected
chief
33
executive
officer
of
the
participating
government
or
the
34
elected
chief
executive
officer’s
designee
authorized
to
enter
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into
contracts
on
behalf
of
the
participating
government.
By
1
operation
of
law,
the
bill
allows
the
elected
chief
executive
2
officer
of
the
participating
government
or
the
elected
chief
3
executive
officer’s
designee
to
request
assistance
of
another
4
participating
government.
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