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HOUSE
FILE
755
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
197)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
length
of
service
award
programs
for
1
volunteer
fire
fighters,
volunteer
emergency
medical
2
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers,
making
3
appropriations,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99G.39,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
a.
Two
million
dollars
in
lottery
3
revenues
shall
be
transferred
each
fiscal
year
to
the
length
4
of
service
award
program
grant
fund
created
in
section
100B.52
5
prior
to
deposit
of
the
lottery
revenues
in
the
general
fund
of
6
the
state
pursuant
to
section
99G.40.
7
b.
If
the
length
of
service
award
program
grant
fund
is
8
depleted
for
two
consecutive
fiscal
years,
the
amount
of
9
lottery
revenues
transferred
to
the
length
of
service
award
10
program
grant
fund
shall
increase
by
five
hundred
thousand
11
dollars.
Moneys
in
the
length
of
service
award
program
grant
12
fund
shall
not
exceed
five
million
dollars.
13
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.51
Length
of
service
award
14
programs
——
authorization.
15
The
governing
body
of
a
municipality,
as
defined
in
section
16
100B.21,
is
authorized
to
establish
a
length
of
service
award
17
program
for
volunteer
fire
fighters
as
defined
in
section
18
85.61,
emergency
medical
care
providers
as
defined
in
section
19
147A.1
who
are
volunteers,
and
reserve
peace
officers
as
20
defined
in
section
80D.1A.
The
program
shall
provide
length
21
of
service
awards,
as
described
in
section
457(e)(11)
of
the
22
Internal
Revenue
Code,
to
volunteer
fire
fighters,
volunteer
23
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers
24
serving
a
municipality
that
elects
to
establish
a
program.
The
25
program
shall
be
designed
to
treat
awards
from
the
program
as
26
a
tax-deferred
benefit
under
the
Internal
Revenue
Code.
The
27
governing
body
of
the
municipality
shall,
in
consultation
with
28
the
chief
or
other
person
in
command
of
the
fire
department
29
and
police
department
serving
the
municipality,
as
applicable,
30
adopt
guidelines
providing
for
eligibility
requirements
for
31
participation
by
volunteer
fire
fighters,
volunteer
emergency
32
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers,
minimum
33
vesting
requirements,
distribution
requirements,
and
such
other
34
guidelines
as
deemed
necessary
to
operate
the
program.
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Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.52
Length
of
service
award
1
program
grant
fund
——
appropriation.
2
1.
A
length
of
service
award
program
grant
fund
is
created
3
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
4
revenue.
The
fund
shall
consist
of
all
moneys
appropriated
to
5
the
fund.
6
2.
Moneys
in
the
length
of
service
award
program
grant
fund
7
are
appropriated
to
the
department
of
revenue
for
the
purpose
8
of
providing
grants
to
municipalities
that
have
established
9
a
length
of
service
award
program
as
described
in
section
10
100B.51
to
provide
contributions
to
the
program
on
behalf
11
of
participants
in
the
program.
The
department
of
revenue
12
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
establishing
a
grant
13
application
process.
The
rules
must
require
a
municipality
to
14
electronically
file
the
grant
application
with
the
department
15
of
revenue.
The
grant
process
shall
provide
for
up
to
a
16
dollar-for-dollar
funding
match
from
a
municipality
that
has
17
established
a
length
of
service
award
program,
not
to
exceed
18
five
hundred
dollars
per
person
in
the
program
receiving
the
19
grant.
If
the
amount
in
the
fund
is
insufficient
to
pay
all
the
20
eligible
grants
in
a
fiscal
year,
the
director
of
revenue
shall
21
prorate
the
moneys
awarded
to
each
municipality.
The
grant
22
process
shall
allow
a
municipality
to
use
moneys
received
to
23
fund
the
program
from
gifts,
devises,
bequests,
or
any
other
24
source
for
purposes
of
providing
the
funding
match
required
by
25
this
subsection.
26
3.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
27
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
28
the
fund.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
credited
to
the
29
fund
shall
not
revert
at
the
close
of
a
fiscal
year.
30
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
January
1,
31
2026.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
authorizes
a
municipality,
defined
as
a
city,
1
county,
township,
benefited
fire
district,
or
agency
authorized
2
by
law
to
provide
emergency
response
services,
to
establish
3
a
length
of
service
award
program
as
described
in
section
4
457(e)(11)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
for
volunteer
fire
5
fighters,
volunteer
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
6
reserve
peace
officers.
The
bill
provides
that
the
governing
7
body
of
a
municipality
that
establishes
a
program
shall,
in
8
consultation
with
the
chief
or
other
person
in
command
of
the
9
fire
department
and
police
department
serving
the
municipality,
10
as
applicable,
adopt
guidelines
providing
for
eligibility
11
requirements
for
participation
by
volunteer
fire
fighters,
12
volunteer
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
13
peace
officers,
minimum
vesting
requirements,
distribution
14
requirements,
and
such
other
guidelines
as
deemed
necessary
to
15
operate
the
program.
16
The
bill
also
establishes
a
length
of
service
award
program
17
grant
fund
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
revenue
18
(department).
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
19
$2
million
in
lottery
revenues
is
transferred
to
the
length
20
of
service
award
program
grant
fund
prior
to
deposit
of
the
21
lottery
revenues
in
the
general
fund
of
the
state.
This
amount
22
shall
increase
by
$500,000
each
time
the
length
of
service
23
award
program
grant
fund
is
depleted
for
two
consecutive
24
years,
but
moneys
in
the
length
of
service
award
program
25
fund
shall
not
exceed
$5
million.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
26
appropriated
to
the
department
for
grants
to
municipalities
27
that
have
established
a
length
of
service
award
program
to
28
provide
contributions
to
the
program
on
behalf
of
participants.
29
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
adopt
rules
establishing
30
a
grant
application
process
that
shall
provide
for
up
to
a
31
dollar-for-dollar
funding
match
from
a
municipality
that
has
32
established
a
length
of
service
award
program,
in
an
amount
33
not
to
exceed
$500
per
award
recipient.
If
the
moneys
in
the
34
fund
are
insufficient
to
pay
all
eligible
grants
in
a
fiscal
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year,
the
director
of
revenue
must
prorate
the
moneys
to
each
1
municipality.
The
bill
also
requires
the
grant
process
to
2
allow
a
municipality
to
use
moneys
received
from
any
source
for
3
purposes
of
providing
the
funding
match
required
by
the
bill.
4
The
bill
takes
effect
January
1,
2026.
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