(Des Moines, IA) — Iowa voters could establish a new local property levy to provide funding for emergency medical services (EMS) under a provision included a bill that cleared the legislature late Wednesday night. G-O-P Representative Bobby Kaufmann from Wilton says ambulance services have been lobbying for this for 50 years. Kauffman said, “this piece of policy legislation is truly a generational change, to be able to give our counties or cities or districts the ability to finally levy for and raised the funds to fully fund our ambulance services.” Kaufmann says calling for an ambulance in rural Iowa often depends upon a response from a volunteer department running on donations from pancake breakfasts and other fundraisers.
Legislature Approves New Tax Levy for Iowa EMS
By Mandy Billings
May 20, 2021 | 4:01 PM
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