Senate File 2072 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2072 BY COURNOYER A BILL FOR An Act relating to budgets of local emergency management 1 agencies and including applicability provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5624XS (2) 89 md/jh

S.F. 2072 Section 1. Section 29C.17, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 2 For purposes consistent with this chapter , the local 3 emergency management agency’s approved budget shall be 4 funded by one or any combination of the following options, 5 as determined by the commission , except as provided in this 6 subsection : 7 Sec. 2. Section 29C.17, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 8 2022, is amended to read as follows: 9 a. A countywide special levy pursuant to section 331.424, 10 subsection 1 , the use and amount of which must be approved by 11 the board of supervisors . 12 Sec. 3. Section 29C.17, subsection 6, Code 2022, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 6. a. Subject to chapter 24 and paragraph “c” , the 15 commission shall adopt, certify, and provide a budget, on 16 or before February 28 of each year, to the funding entities 17 determined pursuant to subsection 2 . 18 b. The form of the budget shall be as prescribed by the 19 department of management. 20 c. Prior to adoption and certification of the budget to be 21 provided under paragraph “a” , the commission shall mail the 22 proposed budget, including the proposed methods and sources of 23 funding, by regular mail to the board of supervisors and the 24 city council of each city within the county. The commission 25 shall include with the proposed budget notification of a 26 consultation to be held between the commission and the board 27 of supervisors and city councils prior to the public hearing 28 on the budget under chapter 24. The board of supervisors and 29 each city council shall appoint a representative to attend 30 the consultation who is not a member of the commission. 31 The consultation may include a discussion of the growth 32 in the proposed budget, if any, the fiscal impact of the 33 proposed budget on the county and each city, and the proposed 34 budget’s estimated impact on the provision of services. Each 35 -1- LSB 5624XS (2) 89 md/jh 1/ 3

S.F. 2072 designated representative to the consultation may make written 1 recommendations for modification to the proposed budget no 2 later than seven days following the date of the consultation. 3 The commission shall, no later than seven days prior to the 4 public hearing on the budget under chapter 24, submit a written 5 response to the board of supervisors and each city council 6 addressing the recommendations for modification to the proposed 7 budget. 8 d. Any portion of a tax levied by a county or city to 9 support the local emergency management agency shall be 10 identified separately on tax statements issued by the county 11 treasurer. 12 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to local emergency 13 management agency budgets for fiscal years beginning on or 14 after July 1, 2023. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill relates to budgets of local emergency management 19 agencies. 20 Code section 29C.17(2) specifies the methods and sources for 21 funding a local emergency management agency and provides that 22 such methods and sources are determined by the local emergency 23 management commission. The bill specifies an exception to the 24 commission’s authority by providing that if the funding source 25 is a countywide special levy, the use and amount of such levy 26 must be approved by the board of supervisors. 27 The bill amends Code section 29C.17(6) relating to 28 the approval procedures for a local emergency management 29 agency budget. The bill requires that prior to adoption 30 and certification of the budget, the commission mail the 31 proposed budget, including the proposed methods and sources of 32 funding, by regular mail to the board of supervisors and the 33 city council of each city within the county. The commission 34 must also include with the proposed budget notification of a 35 -2- LSB 5624XS (2) 89 md/jh 2/ 3

S.F. 2072 consultation to be held between the commission and the board 1 of supervisors and city councils prior to the public hearing 2 on the budget under Code chapter 24. The board of supervisors 3 and each city council shall appoint a representative to attend 4 the consultation who is not a member of the commission. The 5 consultation may include a discussion of the growth in the 6 proposed budget, if any, the fiscal impact of the proposed 7 budget on the county and each city, and the proposed budget’s 8 estimated impact on the provision of services. The bill also 9 provides the process for each designated representative to the 10 consultation to make written recommendations for modification 11 to the proposed budget and for the commission to respond to 12 such recommendations. 13 The bill applies to local emergency management agency 14 budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2023. 15 -3- LSB 5624XS (2) 89 md/jh 3/ 3