Senate File 489 - Introduced SENATE FILE 489 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1094) A BILL FOR An Act creating a public safety equipment fund, and including 1 effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1369SV (2) 89 as/ns
S.F. 489 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80.48 Public safety equipment fund. 1 1. A public safety equipment fund is created in the state 2 treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall 3 consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund. 4 Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the 5 purchase, maintenance, and replacement of equipment used by 6 the department. The department is authorized to designate 7 moneys in the fund for the future purchase, maintenance, and 8 replacement of equipment used by the department. 9 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund 10 that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a 11 fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for 12 expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding 13 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in 14 the fund shall be credited to the fund. 15 3. The department shall submit a report to the 16 co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations 17 subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative 18 services agency on or before December 31 of each year which 19 shall contain all of the following: 20 a. A list of all expenditures from the fund made in the 21 previous fiscal year. 22 b. The amount of moneys in the fund carried over from 23 the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year and 24 how the department plans to use those moneys, including any 25 expenditures in the current fiscal year. 26 c. The amount of moneys in the fund the department intends 27 to carry over from the current fiscal year to the next fiscal 28 year and how the department plans to use those moneys. 29 d. A list of all the sources of moneys deposited in the fund 30 in the previous fiscal year. 31 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1, 32 2022. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 1369SV (2) 89 as/ns 1/ 2
S.F. 489 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill creates a public safety equipment fund and 2 appropriates the moneys in the fund to the department of public 3 safety (DPS) for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement 4 of equipment used by DPS. The fund consists of moneys 5 appropriated to or deposited in the fund. The bill authorizes 6 DPS to designate moneys in the fund for future purchase, 7 maintenance, and replacement of equipment used by DPS. The 8 bill also provides for certain reporting requirements regarding 9 how the moneys in the fund are used, including the amount 10 carried over annually in the fund and a list of all the sources 11 of moneys deposited in the fund. 12 The bill takes effect January 1, 2022. 13 -2- LSB 1369SV (2) 89 as/ns 2/ 2