HSB 689 (LSB 6089YC (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON NORDMAN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to budgets of local emergency management agencies and including applicability provisions. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 29C.17, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   For purposes consistent with this chapter, the local emergency management agency’s approved budget shall be funded by one or any combination of the following options, as determined by the commission, except as provided in this subsection:
    Sec. 2.  Section 29C.17, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A countywide special levy pursuant to section 331.424, subsection 1, which must be approved by the board of supervisors.
    Sec. 3.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to local emergency management agency budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2027.
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 budgets of local emergency management agencies. 
   Code section 29C.17(2) specifies the methods and sources for funding a local emergency management agency and provides that such methods and sources are determined by the local emergency management commission. The bill specifies an exception to the commission’s authority by providing that if the funding source is a countywide special levy, such levy must be approved by the board of supervisors.
   The bill applies to local emergency management agency budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2027.