HF 2621 (LSB 6097YH (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2621

BY  WOOD

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the statewide interoperable communications system and county sheriff’s offices, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 80.44, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  A county sheriff’s office without digital radios compatible with the statewide interoperable communications system shall receive moneys from the fund transferred pursuant to this Act, to be distributed at the discretion of the statewide interoperable communications system board established in section 80.28, for the purpose of purchasing such digital radios. All county sheriff’s offices shall have compatible digital radios by July 1, 2026.
    Sec. 2.  TRANSFER.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, there is transferred from the 911 emergency communications fund created in section 34A.7A to the public safety interoperable and broadband communications fund created in section 80.44, the following amount:
   ...................................................................... $    750,000
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the statewide interoperable communications system and digital radios for county sheriff’s offices.
   The bill requires the statewide interoperable communications system board to distribute moneys to county sheriff’s offices without digital radios compatible with the statewide interoperable communications system. All county sheriff’s offices shall have compatible digital radios by July 1, 2026.
   The bill transfers $750,000 from the 911 emergency communications fund to the public safety interoperable and broadband communications fund to assist county sheriff’s offices in purchasing compatible digital radios.