SF 280 (LSB 2253SV (1) 86)

SENATE FILE 280

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 204)

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 2015, 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 gradual obsolescence or physical and functional depreciation due to wear and tear, corrosion and decay, 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, 2016.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   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, 2016.