House File 2621 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2621
BY WOOD
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the statewide interoperable communications
2 system and county sheriff’s offices, and making
3 appropriations.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 80.44, Code 2024, is amended by adding
2 the following new subsection:
3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A county sheriff’s office without
4 digital radios compatible with the statewide interoperable
5 communications system shall receive moneys from the fund
6 transferred pursuant to this Act, to be distributed at the
7 discretion of the statewide interoperable communications
8 system board established in section 80.28, for the purpose of
9 purchasing such digital radios. All county sheriff’s offices
10 shall have compatible digital radios by July 1, 2026.
11 Sec. 2. TRANSFER. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
12 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, there is transferred from the
13 911 emergency communications fund created in section 34A.7A to
14 the public safety interoperable and broadband communications
15 fund created in section 80.44, the following amount:
16 .................................................. $ 750,000
17 EXPLANATION
18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
20 This bill relates to the statewide interoperable
21 communications system and digital radios for county sheriff’s
22 offices.
23 The bill requires the statewide interoperable communications
24 system board to distribute moneys to county sheriff’s
25 offices without digital radios compatible with the statewide
26 interoperable communications system. All county sheriff’s
27 offices shall have compatible digital radios by July 1, 2026.
28 The bill transfers $750,000 from the 911 emergency
29 communications fund to the public safety interoperable and
30 broadband communications fund to assist county sheriff’s
31 offices in purchasing compatible digital radios.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 80.44