Bill Text: IA HF2487 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers. (Formerly HSB 584.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-04 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2487 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2487-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
584)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
length
of
service
award
programs
for
1
volunteer
fire
fighters,
emergency
medical
care
providers,
2
and
reserve
peace
officers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.41
Length
of
service
award
1
programs
——
authorization.
2
The
governing
body
of
a
municipality,
as
defined
in
section
3
100B.21,
shall
be
authorized
to
establish
a
length
of
service
4
award
program
for
volunteer
fire
fighters
as
defined
in
5
section
85.61,
volunteer
emergency
medical
care
providers
6
as
defined
in
section
147A.1,
and
reserve
peace
officers
as
7
defined
in
section
80D.1A.
The
program
shall
provide
length
8
of
service
awards,
as
described
in
section
457(e)(11)
of
the
9
Internal
Revenue
Code,
to
volunteer
fire
fighters,
emergency
10
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers
serving
a
11
municipality
that
elects
to
establish
a
program.
The
program
12
shall
be
designed
to
treat
awards
from
the
program
as
a
13
tax-deferred
benefit
under
the
Internal
Revenue
Code.
The
14
governing
body
of
the
municipality
shall,
in
consultation
with
15
the
chief
or
other
person
in
command
of
the
fire
department
16
and
police
department
serving
the
municipality,
as
applicable,
17
adopt
guidelines
providing
for
eligibility
requirements
for
18
participation
by
volunteer
fire
fighters,
emergency
medical
19
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers,
minimum
vesting
20
requirements,
distribution
requirements,
and
such
other
21
guidelines
as
deemed
necessary
to
operate
the
program.
22
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.42
Length
of
service
award
23
program
grant
fund
——
appropriation.
24
1.
A
length
of
service
award
program
grant
fund
is
created
25
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
state
fire
26
service
and
emergency
response
council.
The
fund
shall
consist
27
of
all
moneys
appropriated
to
the
fund.
28
2.
Moneys
in
the
length
of
service
award
program
grant
29
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
state
fire
service
and
emergency
30
response
council
for
the
purpose
of
providing
grants
to
31
municipalities
establishing
a
length
of
service
award
program
32
as
described
in
section
100B.41
to
provide
contributions
to
33
the
program
on
behalf
of
participants
in
the
program.
The
34
state
fire
service
and
emergency
response
council
shall
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develop
and
submit
to
the
state
fire
marshal
for
adoption
rules
1
establishing
a
grant
application
process.
The
grant
process
2
shall
provide
for
up
to
a
dollar-for-dollar
funding
match
from
3
a
municipality
establishing
a
length
of
service
award
program.
4
3.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
5
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
6
the
fund.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
credited
to
the
7
fund
shall
not
revert
at
the
close
of
a
fiscal
year.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
authorizes
a
municipality,
defined
as
a
city,
12
county,
township,
benefited
fire
district,
or
agency
authorized
13
by
law
to
provide
emergency
response
services,
to
establish
14
a
length
of
service
award
program
as
described
in
section
15
457(e)(11)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
for
volunteer
fire
16
fighters,
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
17
peace
officers.
The
bill
provides
that
the
governing
body
18
of
a
municipality
that
establishes
the
program
shall,
in
19
consultation
with
the
chief
or
other
person
in
command
of
the
20
fire
department
and
police
department
serving
the
municipality,
21
as
applicable,
adopt
guidelines
providing
for
eligibility
22
requirements
for
participation
by
volunteer
fire
fighters,
23
emergency
medical
care
providers,
and
reserve
peace
officers
24
minimum
vesting
requirements,
distribution
requirements,
25
and
such
other
guidelines
as
deemed
necessary
to
operate
the
26
program.
27
The
bill
also
establishes
a
length
of
service
award
program
28
grant
fund
under
the
control
of
the
state
fire
service
29
and
emergency
response
council.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
30
appropriated
to
the
state
fire
service
and
emergency
response
31
council
for
grants
to
municipalities
establishing
a
length
32
of
service
award
program
to
provide
contributions
to
the
33
program
on
behalf
of
participants.
The
bill
requires
the
34
state
fire
service
and
emergency
response
council
to
develop
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and
submit
to
the
state
fire
marshal
for
adoption
rules
1
establishing
a
grant
application
process
which
shall
provide
2
for
up
to
a
dollar-for-dollar
funding
match
from
a
municipality
3
establishing
a
length
of
service
award
program.
The
bill
4
further
provides
that
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
not
revert
at
5
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year
and
that
interest
or
earnings
on
6
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
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