SF 2335 (LSB 6110SV (7) 84)

SENATE FILE 2335

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3197)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2012-04-18)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning public safety, by establishing a public safety training and equipment trust fund, establishing a public safety training and facilities task force, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  80B.11F  Public safety training and equipment trust fund.
   1.  A public safety training and equipment trust fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the council.
   2.  The trust fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to section 432.1, subsection 7, and any other devise, gift, bequest, donation, federal or other grant, reimbursement, repayment, judgment, transfer, payment, or appropriation from any source intended to be used for the purposes of the trust fund. Of the moneys deposited in the trust fund, an amount equal to ten percent of the moneys deposited, or such lesser amount as determined by the council, shall be allocated to a capital projects account for the purposes of public safety training facility needs.
   3.  Moneys credited to the trust fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section and for succeeding fiscal years shall remain available for expenditure for purposes of the fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund. Moneys shall not be appropriated or expended from the trust fund until the first fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the minimum balance of the trust fund reaches eight million dollars.
   4.
  a.  Moneys in the trust fund shall be used for public safety training costs incurred by the state or a political subdivision of the state and for public safety personnel equipment costs, excluding vehicles, incurred by the state or a political subdivision of the state, subject to appropriation by the general assembly. It is the intent of the general assembly that all training costs incurred by the state or a political subdivision be reimbursed from moneys in the trust fund and that such remaining moneys in the trust fund, less such amount needed for cash flow purposes of the trust fund, be used to reimburse public safety personnel equipment costs.
   b.  Moneys in the capital projects account of the trust fund shall be used for public safety training facility needs, subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
    Sec. 2.  Section 432.1, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7.
  a.  Of the amount of premium tax receipts collected pursuant to subsection 3 for the 2014 and subsequent calendar years and deposited in the general fund of the state, the department of revenue shall transfer the applicable percent of such amount that exceeds the amount of premium tax receipts collected pursuant to subsection 3 for calendar year 2012 to the public safety training and equipment trust fund created in section 80B.11F.
   b.  For purposes of this subsection, “applicable percent” means as follows:
   (1)  For the 2014 through 2016 calendar years, one hundred percent.
   (2)  For the 2017 calendar year, seventy-five percent.
   (3)  For the 2018 and subsequent calendar years, fifty percent.
    Sec. 3.  PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING AND FACILITIES TASK FORCE.
   1.  A public safety training and facilities task force is established. The department of public safety shall provide administrative support for the task force.
   2.  The task force shall consist of the following members:
   a.  One member appointed by the Iowa peace officers association.
   b.  One member appointed by the Iowa state sheriff’s and deputies association.
   c.  One member appointed by the Iowa police chiefs association.
   d.  One member who is a fire chief appointed by the Iowa fire chiefs association.
   e.  One member who is a fire chief appointed by the Iowa professional fire chiefs association.
   f.  One member who is the chief of the Iowa fire service training bureau or the chief’s designee.
   g.  Two members who are representatives of the fire service appointed by the Iowa firefighters association.
   h.  The director of the Iowa law enforcement academy or the director’s designee.
   i.  The commissioner of the department of public safety or the commissioner’s designee.
   j.  Two members who are appointed by the Iowa professional firefighters.
   k.  The state fire marshal or the state fire marshal’s designee.
   l.  The director of the department of corrections or the director’s designee.
   m.  One member appointed by the chief of the bureau of emergency medical services of the Iowa department of public health.
   n.  One member appointed by the Iowa emergency medical services association.
   o.  One member appointed by the Iowa state police association.
   p.  One member appointed by the state police officers council who is representing peace officers within the department of public safety.
   q.  One member appointed by the state police officers council who is representing employees of the department of natural resources.
   r.  One member who is the chief of the law enforcement bureau of the department of natural resources or the chief’s designee.
   s.  One member appointed by the governor who is a public member who has no personal interest or occupational responsibilities in the area of responsibility given to the task force and represents the interests of the public in general.

   t.  One member appointed by the collective bargaining unit that represents the largest number of employees in the department of corrections.
   u.  One member appointed by the collective bargaining unit that represents the largest number of jailers and dispatchers in this state.
   v.  One member appointed by the Iowa association of community college presidents.
   3.  The members of the task force shall select one chairperson and one vice chairperson. The vice chairperson shall preside in the absence of the chairperson. Section 69.16A shall apply to the appointed members of the task force.
   4.  The task force shall consider and develop strategies relating to public safety training facility governance with the goal of all public safety disciplines being represented. Each public safety discipline shall advise the task force by developing individual training policies as determined by the discipline’s governing bodies. The task force shall also develop a proposal for a joint public safety training facility, a budget for construction and future operation of this facility, and potential locations, that are centrally located in this state, for the facility.
   5.
  a.  The task force shall provide interim reports to the general assembly by December 31 of each year concerning the activities of the task force and shall submit its final report, including its findings and recommendations, to the general assembly by December 31, 2015.
   b.  The final report shall include but not be limited to recommendations concerning the following:
   (1)  Consolidation of public safety governance within a single board and the membership of the board.
   (2)  Development of a consolidated fire and police public safety training facility, including possible locations, building recommendations, and financing options.
   (3)  The distribution of moneys from the public safety training and equipment trust fund created in section 80B.11F.
   (4)  Any other recommendations relating to public safety training and facilities requirements.
    Sec. 4.  PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING AND FACILITIES TASK FORCE —— ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of public safety for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For providing administrative support for the public safety training and facilities task force as enacted in this Act:
.................................................. $     50,000