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House
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951
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
951
BY
JONES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
E911
system
repair
and
replacement,
making
1
appropriations,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
E911
SYSTEM
REPAIR
AND
REPLACEMENT
——
1
APPROPRIATIONS.
2
1.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
911
emergency
3
communications
fund
created
in
section
34A.7A
to
the
department
4
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
for
the
fiscal
5
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
ending
June
30,
2025,
the
6
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
7
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
8
For
grants
to
counties
to
repair
or
replace
E911
systems
9
damaged
or
destroyed
due
to
natural
disasters
in
calendar
year
10
2024
in
counties
with
a
population
between
16,000
and
16,500
11
according
to
the
2020
federal
decennial
census:
12
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$
2,000,000
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2.
Moneys
appropriated
in
this
section
shall
be
allocated
14
prior
to
distributions
under
section
34A.7A,
subsection
2,
15
paragraphs
“b”
through
“f”.
16
3.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
in
17
this
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
18
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
19
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated
until
the
20
close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year.
21
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
22
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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
This
bill
relates
to
E911
system
repair
and
replacement.
27
Under
current
law,
moneys
are
collected
through
a
monthly
28
surcharge
of
$1
on
originating
service
numbers
in
the
state
for
29
911
services
and
allocated
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
30
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
(department)
in
a
31
prescribed
manner.
32
The
bill
appropriates
$2
million
to
the
department
for
33
the
purpose
of
providing
grants
to
counties
with
populations
34
between
16,000
and
16,500
to
repair
or
replace
E911
systems
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damaged
or
destroyed
due
to
natural
disasters
in
calendar
year
1
2024.
2
The
bill
allows
the
moneys
to
be
available
through
the
close
3
of
the
fiscal
year
ending
June
30,
2026.
4
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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