HF 362 (LSB 1944YH (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 362

BY  JONES

A BILL FOR

An Act designating emergency medical services as an essential county purpose.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (21)  Funding and refunding of emergency medical services as defined in section 147A.1, subsection 5.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill amends the definition of “essential county purpose” to include emergency medical services.
   Under Code chapter 331, a county board of supervisors may generally contract indebtedness and approve the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out an essential county purpose without approval by voters at an election, while the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out a general county purpose generally requires approval by voters at election.