HF 546: Relating to budgets of local emergency management agencies and including applicability provisions

What it does

424(1) under the county’s supplemental property tax levy authority in an amount sufficient to pay for the maintenance and operation of the local emergency management agency. This bill authorizes the local emergency management commission to certify and levy the countywide special levy for the maintenance and operation of the agency and strikes the county’s authority to certify such a levy. The bill also specifies the local emergency management commission to be a municipality for purposes of Code chapter (local budgets).

House subcommittee · named March 8, 2023

• Rep. Jane Bloomingdale (R) · jane.bloomingdale@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Ken Croken (D) · ken.croken@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Dave Deyoe (R)

Lobbying · 8 for, 6 against

For: City of Cedar Falls; City of Waukee; Iowa Chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO); Iowa Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); Iowa Emergency Management Association; Iowa League of Cities; Motorola Solutions, Inc.; Racom Corporation

Against: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Iowans for Tax Relief; Mahaska County - Board of Supervisors; Urban County Coalition

In plain words

1. March 2, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
2. March 8, 2023House subcommittee named: Bloomingdale, Croken and Deyoe
3. March 22, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. April 5, 2023Approved by the House committee
5. April 10, 2023Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 705