HF 2475 (LSB 6197HV (1) 85)

HOUSE FILE 2475

BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 689)

A BILL FOR

An Act extending the duration of county mental health and disabilities services fund per capita levy provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.424A, subsection 7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:

   Notwithstanding subsection 5, for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, county revenues from taxes levied by the county and credited to the county services fund shall not exceed the lower of the following amounts:
    Sec. 2.  Section 426B.3, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, the state and county funding for the mental health and disability services administered or paid for by counties shall be provided based on a statewide per capita expenditure target amount computed in accordance with this section and section 331.424A.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill extends the duration of county mental health and disabilities services fund per capita levy provisions.
   Code section 331.424A, relating to the county mental health and disability services funds and levies, is amended. The requirement for counties to levy using a $47.28 base per capita amount or the county’s base year expenditures, whichever dollar amount is less, applies only for FY 2013-2014 and FY 2014-2015. The bill extends this requirement through FY 2015-2016.
   Code section 426B.3, relating to per capita funding for county services funds, is amended. The bill extends the $47.28 per capita levy and statewide expenditure target amount provisions to continue through FY 2015-2016.