Senate Study Bill 3055 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZAUN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to public safety answering point cost and 1 expense data collection and the responsibilities of the 2 auditor of state. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5676XC (4) 89 as/rh

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 34A.7A, subsection 5, paragraphs a and b, 1 Code 2022, are amended to read as follows: 2 a. The program manager, in consultation with the 911 3 communications council and the auditor of state , shall 4 establish a methodology for determining and collecting 5 comprehensive public safety answering point cost and expense 6 data through the county joint 911 service boards. The 7 methodology shall include the collection of data for all costs 8 and expenses related to the operation of a public safety 9 answering point and account for the extent to which identified 10 costs and expenses are compensated for or addressed through 911 11 surcharges versus other sources of funding. 12 b. Data collection pursuant to paragraph “a” shall commence 13 no later than January 1, 2014 , and shall be subject to an audit 14 by the auditor of state beginning July 1, 2014 . The program 15 manager shall prepare a report detailing the methodology 16 developed and the data collected after such data has been 17 collected for a two-year period. The report and the results of 18 the initial audit shall be submitted to the general assembly by 19 March 1, 2016. A new report regarding data collection and the 20 results of an ongoing audit for each successive two-year period 21 shall be submitted by March 1 every two years thereafter. 22 Expenses associated with the audit shall be paid to the 23 auditor of state by the program manager from the 911 emergency 24 communications fund established in subsection 2 . 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill relates to public safety answering point cost and 29 expense data collection and the responsibilities of the auditor 30 of state. 31 Current law requires the 911 program manager appointed 32 by the director of the department of homeland security 33 and emergency management, in consultation with the 911 34 communications council and the auditor of state, to establish a 35 -1- LSB 5676XC (4) 89 as/rh 1/ 2

S.F. _____ methodology for determining and collecting comprehensive public 1 safety answering point cost and expense data through the county 2 joint 911 service boards including the collection of data for 3 all costs and expenses. Data collection is subject to an audit 4 by the auditor of state. The report and the results of the 5 initial audit shall be submitted to the general assembly and 6 a new report regarding data collection and the results of an 7 ongoing audit for each successive two-year period shall be 8 submitted by March 1 every two years. Expenses associated 9 with the audit are paid to the auditor of state by the program 10 manager from the 911 emergency communications fund. 11 The bill amends current law to eliminate the auditor of state 12 from inclusion in establishing a methodology for determining 13 and collecting comprehensive public safety answering point 14 cost and expense data through the county joint 911 service 15 boards. The bill provides that the methodology shall include 16 the collection of data for costs and expenses related to the 17 operation of a public safety answering point, and removes the 18 reference to all costs and expenses. The bill removes the 19 requirement for an initial audit or continuing audit by the 20 auditor of state in preparing reports for the general assembly 21 regarding such data collection. 22 -2- LSB 5676XC (4) 89 as/rh 2/ 2