A bill for an act relating to certain city fire protection and emergency medical services funds.

House

File

2566

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2566

BY

MEGGERS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

certain

city

fire

protection

and

emergency

1

medical

services

funds.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

384.12A

Fire

protection

and

1

emergency

medical

services

fund.

2

1.

If

a

city

provides

fire

protection

or

emergency

medical

3

service

to

another

city

or

to

a

township

pursuant

to

a

contract

4

or

under

an

agreement

pursuant

to

chapter

28E,

the

city

shall

5

establish

a

fire

protection

and

emergency

medical

services

6

fund.

Moneys

in

the

fund

shall

be

used

only

for

costs

of

7

providing

fire

protection

and

emergency

medical

services

to

the

8

other

cities

or

to

the

portions

of

such

townships

outside

the

9

corporate

limits

of

the

city,

as

applicable.

10

2.

The

full

amount

of

moneys

received

from

a

township

for

11

fire

protection

or

emergency

medical

services

provided

pursuant

12

to

the

contract

or

agreement

under

chapter

28E

shall

be

13

credited

to

the

fire

protection

and

emergency

medical

services

14

fund.

15

3.

The

full

amount

of

moneys

received

from

another

city

16

under

a

contract

to

provide

fire

protection

or

emergency

17

medical

services

or

under

an

agreement

pursuant

to

chapter

28E

18

shall

be

credited

to

the

fire

protection

and

emergency

medical

19

services

fund.

20

4.

Balances

in

a

fire

protection

and

emergency

medical

21

services

fund

at

the

end

of

a

fiscal

year

shall

remain

in

the

22

fund

for

use

under

this

section

in

future

fiscal

years.

23

EXPLANATION

24

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

25

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

26

Cities

may

contract

with

other

public

agencies

to

provide

27

fire

protection

and

emergency

medical

services.

This

bill

28

requires

cities

that

contract

with

other

cities

or

a

township

29

to

provide

such

protection

and

services

to

establish

a

fire

30

protection

and

emergency

medical

services

fund,

in

which

all

31

moneys

received

from

such

townships

and

other

cities

for

fire

32

protection

and

emergency

medical

services

shall

be

credited.

33

Moneys

in

the

fund

shall

be

used

only

for

providing

fire

34

protection

and

emergency

medical

services

to

the

other

cities

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or

the

portions

of

such

townships

outside

the

corporate

limits

1

of

the

city,

as

applicable.

Any

balances

in

a

fire

protection

2

and

emergency

medical

services

fund

at

the

end

of

a

fiscal

year

3

shall

remain

in

the

fund.

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