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596
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SENATE
FILE
596
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
26)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
funding
of
local
emergency
management
1
commissions
and
agencies.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
For
purposes
consistent
with
this
chapter
,
the
local
3
emergency
management
agency’s
approved
budget
shall
be
fully
4
funded
by
one
or
any
combination
of
the
following
options,
as
5
determined
by
the
commission:
6
a.
A
countywide
special
levy
pursuant
to
section
331.424,
7
subsection
1
.
8
b.
Per
a
per
capita
allocation
funded
from
the
city
and
9
county
general
funds
or
by
a
combination
of
city
and
county
10
special
levies
which
may
be
apportioned
among
the
member
11
jurisdictions
fund
and
from
the
rural
county
services
levy
.
12
c.
An
allocation
computed
as
each
jurisdiction’s
relative
13
share
of
the
total
assessed
valuation
within
the
county.
14
d.
A
voluntary
share
allocation.
15
e.
Other
funding
sources
allowed
by
law.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
29C.17,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
17
to
read
as
follows:
18
6.
Subject
to
chapter
24
,
the
commission
shall
adopt,
19
certify,
and
provide
a
budget,
on
or
before
February
28
1
20
of
each
year,
to
the
funding
entities
determined
pursuant
to
21
subsection
2
.
The
form
of
the
budget
shall
be
as
prescribed
by
22
the
department
of
management.
Any
portion
of
a
tax
levied
by
a
23
county
or
city
to
support
the
local
emergency
management
agency
24
shall
be
identified
separately
on
tax
statements
issued
by
the
25
county
treasurer.
26
Sec.
3.
Section
331.423,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
27
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
28
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
If
the
county
funded
an
emergency
29
management
program
under
chapter
29C
using
funds
from
a
county
30
general
services
levy
under
this
subsection
for
the
fiscal
year
31
beginning
July
1,
2025,
the
amount
levied
under
such
levy
for
32
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
shall
not
exceed
the
33
amount
levied
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025.
34
Sec.
4.
Section
331.424,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
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subparagraph
(9),
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
1
subparagraph
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
2
(9)
The
maintenance
and
operation
of
a
joint
911
service
3
board.
4
Sec.
5.
Section
331.424,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
5
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
6
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
If
the
county
funded
an
emergency
7
management
program
under
chapter
29C
using
funds
from
a
county
8
general
services
supplemental
levy
under
this
subsection
for
9
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
the
amount
levied
under
10
such
levy
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
shall
not
11
exceed
the
amount
levied
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
12
2025.
13
Sec.
6.
Section
331.427,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
14
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
15
Sec.
7.
Section
331.428,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
16
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
17
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Local
emergency
management
agency
under
18
chapter
29C.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
Under
Code
section
29C.17,
a
local
emergency
management
23
agency’s
approved
budget
is
funded
by
one
or
any
combination
of
24
several
funding
options,
as
determined
by
the
local
emergency
25
management
commission
(commission).
26
This
bill
restricts
the
funding
options
for
the
local
27
emergency
management
agency
budget
to
be
fully
funded
by
a
per
28
capita
allocation
from
the
city
general
fund
and
the
rural
29
services
levy.
30
The
bill
moves
the
date
for
the
commission
to
adopt
and
31
certify
the
budget
for
the
local
emergency
management
agency
32
from
February
28
each
year
to
February
1.
33
The
bill
specifies
that
if
the
county
funded
the
emergency
34
management
program
using
funds
from
the
county
general
services
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levy
or
the
county
general
services
supplemental
levy
for
the
1
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
the
amount
levied
under
2
such
levies
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
shall
3
not
exceed
the
amount
levied
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
4
1,
2025.
5
Currently,
a
county
may
certify
a
supplemental
levy
for
6
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
a
local
emergency
management
7
agency,
among
other
purposes
for
the
levy.
The
bill
strikes
8
the
emergency
management
agency
provision
and
provides
the
9
supplemental
levy
may
be
used
for
the
maintenance
and
operation
10
of
a
joint
911
service
board.
11
The
bill
strikes
a
provision
that
allows
appropriations
from
12
a
county’s
general
fund
for
general
county
services
to
be
used
13
to
pay
expenses
for
a
local
emergency
management
commission.
14
The
bill
specifies
appropriations
from
the
rural
services
15
fund
for
rural
county
services
may
include
expenses
for
a
local
16
emergency
management
agency.
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