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House
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690
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
690
BY
JACOBY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
employment
benefits
for
public
safety
1
employees
and
volunteers
of
cities
and
counties
and
making
2
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.24
Public
safety
employee
and
1
volunteer
benefits
——
fund
——
appropriation.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
3
requires:
4
a.
“Department”
means
the
department
of
management.
5
b.
“Employment
benefit”
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
any
6
form
of
insurance
and
any
pension
or
other
retirement
benefit.
7
c.
“Public
safety
employee”
means
a
person
employed
as
a
8
police
officer,
fire
fighter,
or
an
emergency
medical
care
9
provider
as
defined
in
section
147A.1.
10
d.
“Public
safety
volunteer”
means
a
person
who
volunteers
11
for
a
city
or
county
as
a
reserve
peace
officer
as
defined
in
12
section
80D.1A,
a
volunteer
fire
fighter
as
defined
in
section
13
85.61,
or
an
emergency
medical
care
provider
as
defined
in
14
section
147A.1.
15
2.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
16
person
who
is
employed
by
a
city
or
county
as
a
public
safety
17
employee
for
at
least
thirty-two
hours
per
week
shall,
for
18
such
week,
be
considered
a
full-time
employee
of
the
city
or
19
county
for
purposes
of
any
employment
benefit
available
to
the
20
employee
from
the
city
or
county
or
from
the
state.
21
3.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
22
person
who
volunteers
for
a
city
or
county
as
a
public
safety
23
volunteer
for
at
least
thirty-two
hours
per
week
shall,
for
24
such
week,
be
granted
all
employment
benefits
available
from
25
the
city
or
county
or
from
the
state
to
full-time
public
safety
26
employees
employed
by
the
city
or
county.
27
4.
The
cost
of
all
employment
benefits
paid
to
a
public
28
safety
employee
or
public
safety
volunteer
as
required
by
29
this
section
that
would
not
have
been
required
but
for
this
30
section
shall
be
paid
by
the
department
from
moneys
available
31
in
the
local
public
safety
employment
benefit
fund
created
in
32
subsection
6.
33
5.
The
department
shall
establish
by
rule
a
process
and
34
timeline
for
cities
and
counties
to
calculate,
document,
and
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submit
to
the
department
the
cost
of
employment
benefits
for
1
which
the
department
is
responsible
under
this
section.
Such
2
timeline
shall
require
that
cities
and
counties
submit
such
3
documentation
to
the
department
with
sufficient
time
before
4
payment
is
due
to
allow
the
department
to
validate
the
costs
5
and
resolve
any
dispute
as
to
the
correct
calculation.
6
6.
A
local
public
safety
employment
benefit
fund
is
created
7
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department
8
and
shall
consist
of
moneys
appropriated
to
the
fund
by
the
9
general
assembly.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
10
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
local
public
11
safety
employment
benefit
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
12
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
in
this
13
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
14
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
15
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated.
16
7.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
17
to
the
department
for
each
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
18
July
1,
2025,
an
amount
necessary
to
fully
pay
for
the
cost
of
19
employment
benefits
as
described
in
subsection
4.
20
8.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
21
to
administer
this
section.
22
Sec.
2.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
The
funds
generated
as
23
a
result
of
the
enactment
of
this
Act
are
intended
to
cover
24
the
costs
of
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
and
this
25
specification
of
state
funding
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
all
the
26
state
funding-related
requirements
of
section
25B.2,
subsection
27
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
shall
be
necessary
for
the
28
full
implementation
of
this
Act
by,
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
29
against,
all
affected
political
subdivisions.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
is
employed
by
a
city
34
or
county
as
a
public
safety
employee
for
at
least
32
hours
per
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week
shall,
for
such
week,
be
considered
a
full-time
employee
1
of
the
city
or
county
for
purposes
of
any
employment
benefit
2
available
to
the
employee
from
the
city
or
county
or
from
the
3
state.
The
bill
also
provides
that
a
person
who
volunteers
for
4
a
city
or
county
as
a
public
safety
volunteer
for
at
least
32
5
hours
per
week
shall,
for
such
week,
be
granted
all
employment
6
benefits
available
from
the
city
or
county
or
from
the
state
7
to
full-time
public
safety
employees
employed
by
the
city
or
8
county.
These
requirements
apply
notwithstanding
any
provision
9
of
law
to
the
contrary.
10
The
bill
defines
“public
safety
employee”
as
a
person
11
employed
as
a
police
officer,
fire
fighter,
or
an
emergency
12
medical
care
provider.
The
bill
defines
“public
safety
13
volunteer”
as
a
person
who
volunteers
for
a
city
or
county
14
as
a
reserve
peace
officer,
a
volunteer
fire
fighter,
or
an
15
emergency
medical
care
provider.
The
bill
defines
“employment
16
benefit”
as
including
but
not
limited
to
any
form
of
insurance
17
and
any
pension
or
other
retirement
benefit.
18
The
bill
provides
that
the
cost
of
all
employment
benefits
19
paid
to
a
public
safety
employee
or
public
safety
volunteer
as
20
required
by
the
bill
that
would
not
have
been
required
but
for
21
the
bill
shall
be
paid
by
the
department
of
management
from
22
moneys
available
in
the
local
public
safety
employment
benefit
23
fund
created
by
the
bill.
24
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
management
to
establish
25
by
rule
a
process
and
timeline
for
cities
and
counties
to
26
calculate,
document,
and
submit
to
the
department
the
cost
of
27
employment
benefits
for
which
the
department
is
responsible
28
under
the
bill.
Such
timeline
shall
require
cities
and
29
counties
to
submit
such
documentation
to
the
department
with
30
sufficient
time
before
payment
is
due
to
allow
the
department
31
to
validate
the
costs
and
resolve
any
dispute
as
to
the
correct
32
calculation.
33
The
bill
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
to
the
34
department
of
management
for
each
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
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after
July
1,
2025,
an
amount
necessary
to
fully
pay
for
the
1
cost
of
employment
benefits
as
described
in
the
bill.
2
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
3
section
25B.3.
The
bill
provides
that
funds
generated
in
the
4
bill
are
intended
to
cover
the
costs
of
any
state
mandate
5
included
in
the
bill.
The
inclusion
of
this
specification
6
of
state
funding
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
requirement
7
of
political
subdivisions
to
comply
with
any
state
mandates
8
included
in
the
bill.
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