SF 87 (LSB 1720XS (2) 85)

SENATE FILE 87

BY  DANIELSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the authorized use of revenues from the physical plant and equipment levy and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 298.3, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   i.  Purchase
 
The purchase of transportation equipment for transporting students
 
and the repair of such transportation equipment.

For the purposes of this paragraph, “repair” means restoring an existing item of equipment to its original condition, as near as may be, after decay, waste, injury, or partial destruction, and includes maintenance of an item of equipment.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014.
EXPLANATION
   Current Code section 298.3 authorizes revenues from the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment levies to be used for the purchase of transportation equipment for transporting students. This bill authorizes a school district to use revenues from such levies for the repair of transportation equipment for transporting students. The bill defines “repair”.
   The bill applies to budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014.