HF 117: Relating to budgets of local emergency management agencies and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to budgets of local emergency management agencies. Code section 29C.17(2) specifies the methods and sources for funding a local emergency management agency and provides that such methods and sources are determined by the local emergency management commission. The bill specifies an exception to the commission’s authority by providing that if the funding source is a countywide special levy, such levy must be approved by the board of supervisors. The bill applies to local emergency management agency budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2024.

House subcommittee · named January 30, 2023

• Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R) · carter.nordman@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D) · jerome.amosjr@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Anne Osmundson (R)

Lobbying · 5 for, 4 against

For: Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Iowans for Tax Relief; Mahaska County - Board of Supervisors; Marion County Board of Supervisors; Rick Phillips

Against: Iowa Chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO); Iowa Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); Iowa Emergency Management Association; Racom Corporation

In plain words

1. January 25, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Local Government committee
2. January 30, 2023House subcommittee named: Nordman, Amos Jr. and Osmundson
3. February 8, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it