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Relating to emergency management services and emergency medical services and including applicability provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee

Topics:Cities & countiesPublic safety & emergenciesTaxesProperty taxes

Same legislation: SF 41, HF 126, HF 546, HF 705, SF 570, SF 2426

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Also covers SF 41 and HF 126 and HF 546 and HF 705 and SF 570 and SF 2426.

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2023
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 21, 2023
  4. Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 570
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 570 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 570 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Local emergency management commissions would gain the power to set specific property tax rates to pay for their agency's daily operations and special services. The bill also allows counties to use emergency medical services trust funds to pay for the salaries and benefits of emergency medical providers. Additionally, these commissions must create a plan for large future spending projects and can save a portion of their leftover money for future years.1

Read the official explanation

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.35 per $1,000 of assessed value and strikes the county’s authority to certify such a levy.00 per $1,000 of assessed value for special or unique services and operations approved by the commission. The bill also specifies that the local emergency management commission is a municipality for purposes of Code chapter (local budgets). Code chapter 422D authorizes counties to impose a property tax levy, an income surtax, or a combination of both taxes within the county, excluding those areas within a benefited emergency medical services district under Code chapter 357F, to be used for specified emergency medical services costs, if the taxes are approved at election.6. The bill also provides that if a commission is meeting the financial obligations for implementation of its local emergency management program and operation of the local emergency management agency, the commission may reserve an amount of unobligated and unencumbered funds, excluding amounts reserved or obligated under the capital improvement plan, as required under the bill, for expenditure obligations in a future fiscal year, not to exceed an amount equal to percent of the local emergency management agency’s approved budget for the applicable fiscal year. As part of the local emergency management agency’s budgeting process, the bill requires the commission to adopt a capital improvement plan that identifies large expenditures or capital improvement projects and the funding sources and financing of such projects. The bill applies to budgets for property taxes due and payable in fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2024.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 28, 2023. On March 15, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

2 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 6, 2024 (1), March 15, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§29C.17§29C.9§331.424§422D.6

How the Code works3

Lobbying

8 for · 6 against · 24 undecided · Who →

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