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SENATE
FILE
271
BY
KLIMESH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voting
membership
on
joint
911
service
1
boards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
34A.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraphs
(1)
and
(2),
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
(1)
Each
political
subdivision
of
the
state
located
within
4
the
county
and
having
a
public
safety
agency
serving
territory
5
within
the
county
and
each
local
emergency
management
agency
6
as
defined
in
section
29C.2
operating
within
the
area
is
7
entitled
to
voting
membership
on
the
joint
911
service
board.
8
For
the
purposes
of
this
section
,
a
township
that
operates
a
9
volunteer
fire
department
providing
fire
protection
services
10
to
the
township,
or
a
city
which
that
provides
fire
protection
11
services
through
the
operation
of
a
volunteer
fire
department
12
not
financed
through
city
government,
shall
be
considered
a
13
political
subdivision
of
the
state
having
a
public
safety
14
agency
serving
territory
within
the
county.
Each
private
15
safety
agency
operating
within
the
area
and
each
political
16
subdivision
of
the
state
not
located
within
the
county,
but
17
having
a
public
safety
agency
operating
within
the
area,
is
18
entitled
to
nonvoting
membership
on
the
board.
19
(2)
A
township
that
does
not
operate
its
own
public
safety
20
agency,
but
contracts
for
the
provision
of
public
safety
21
services,
is
not
entitled
to
membership
on
the
joint
911
22
service
board,
but
its
contractor
is
entitled
to
membership
23
according
to
the
contractor’s
status
as
a
public
or
private
24
safety
agency
and
whether
the
contractor
is
located
within
the
25
county
.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
voting
membership
on
a
joint
911
service
30
board.
31
Under
current
law,
each
political
subdivision
of
the
state
32
that
has
a
public
safety
agency
serving
territory
within
the
33
county
is
entitled
to
voting
membership
on
the
joint
911
34
service
board
in
that
county.
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The
bill
requires
each
political
subdivision
of
the
state
1
that
has
a
public
safety
agency
serving
territory
within
the
2
county
to
also
be
located
within
the
county
to
be
entitled
to
3
voting
membership
on
the
joint
911
service
board,
otherwise
the
4
political
subdivision
is
entitled
only
to
nonvoting
membership.
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