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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
392
BY
KLIMESH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
1
emergency
management
to
assume
the
duties
of
a
joint
911
2
service
board.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.5,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
29C.5
Department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
3
management.
4
The
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
5
is
created.
The
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
6
management
shall
be
responsible
for
the
administration
of
7
emergency
planning
matters,
including
emergency
resource
8
planning
in
this
state,
cooperation
with,
support
of,
funding
9
for,
and
tasking
of
the
civil
air
patrol
for
missions
not
10
qualifying
for
federal
mission
status
as
described
in
section
11
29A.3A
in
accordance
with
operational
and
funding
criteria
12
developed
with
the
adjutant
general
and
coordinated
with
the
13
civil
air
patrol,
homeland
security
activities,
activities
14
of
a
joint
911
service
board
if
substituted
for
a
joint
911
15
service
board
pursuant
to
section
34A.3,
subsection
3A,
and
16
coordination
of
available
services
and
resources
in
the
event
17
of
a
disaster
to
include
those
services
and
resources
of
the
18
federal
government
and
private
entities.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
34A.3,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
20
following
new
subsection:
21
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
Department
of
homeland
security
and
22
emergency
management
——
alternative
to
911
service
board.
23
a.
The
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
24
management
may
be
substituted
for
the
joint
911
service
board
25
required
under
subsection
1
by
the
board
of
supervisors
of
the
26
county
in
which
the
joint
911
service
board
is
maintained.
27
b.
The
department
shall
have
all
of
the
powers
of
a
joint
28
911
service
board
if
the
department
is
substituted
for
the
29
joint
911
service
board
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
.
30
c.
As
used
in
this
chapter,
“joint
911
service
board”
31
includes
the
department
if
the
department
is
substituted
for
32
the
joint
911
service
board
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
authorizes
the
department
of
homeland
security
2
and
emergency
management
to
assume
the
duties
of
a
joint
911
3
service
board.
4
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
of
homeland
security
5
and
emergency
management
may
be
substituted
for
a
joint
911
6
service
board
required
under
Code
section
34A.3,
subsection
7
1,
by
the
board
of
supervisors
of
the
county
in
which
the
8
joint
911
service
board
is
maintained.
Additionally,
the
bill
9
provides
that
the
department
shall
have
all
of
the
powers
of
10
a
joint
911
service
board
if
the
department
is
substituted
11
for
the
joint
911
service
board.
The
bill
establishes
that,
12
for
purposes
of
Code
section
34A.3,
“joint
911
service
board”
13
includes
the
department
if
the
department
is
substituted
for
14
the
joint
911
service
board.
15
The
bill
modifies
the
duties
of
the
department
to
include
the
16
activities
of
a
joint
911
service
board
if
substitution
occurs.
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