House
File
342
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
342
BY
HEDDENS
,
BEARINGER
,
KRESSIG
,
WINCKLER
,
KEARNS
,
HANSON
,
STECKMAN
,
WOLFE
,
ISENHART
,
GASKILL
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
HUNTER
,
OLDSON
,
BRECKENRIDGE
,
and
JACOBY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
funding
of
mental
health
and
1
disability
services
and
the
mental
health
and
disability
2
services
property
tax
levy
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
222.73,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
The
per
diem
costs
billed
to
each
mental
health
and
3
disability
services
region
shall
not
exceed
the
per
diem
costs
4
billed
to
the
county
in
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
1996.
5
However,
the
per
diem
costs
billed
to
a
county
may
be
adjusted
6
for
a
fiscal
year
to
reflect
increased
costs
to
the
extent
of
7
the
percentage
increase
in
the
statewide
per
capita
expenditure
8
target
amount,
if
any
per
capita
growth
amount
is
authorized
by
9
the
general
assembly
for
that
fiscal
year
in
accordance
with
10
section
331.424A
426B.3
.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
331.424A,
subsections
6
and
8,
Code
2017,
12
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
13
6.
For
each
fiscal
year,
the
county
shall
certify
a
levy
14
for
payment
of
services.
For
each
fiscal
year,
county
revenues
15
from
taxes
imposed
by
the
county
credited
to
the
services
fund
16
shall
not
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
the
amount
of
base
year
17
expenditures
for
mental
health
and
disability
services.
A
18
levy
certified
under
this
section
is
not
subject
to
the
appeal
19
provisions
of
section
331.426
or
to
any
other
provision
in
law
20
authorizing
a
county
to
exceed,
increase,
or
appeal
a
property
21
tax
levy
limit.
22
8.
Notwithstanding
subsection
6
,
for
the
fiscal
years
23
beginning
July
1,
2013,
July
1,
2014,
July
1,
2015,
July
1,
24
2016,
and
July
1,
2017,
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
25
2017,
and
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
county
revenues
from
26
taxes
levied
by
the
county
and
credited
to
the
county
services
27
fund
shall
not
exceed
the
lower
of
the
following
amounts:
28
a.
The
amount
of
the
county’s
base
year
expenditures
for
29
mental
health
and
disabilities
services.
30
b.
The
an
amount
equal
to
the
product
of
the
statewide
per
31
capita
expenditure
target
amount
established
in
section
426B.3
32
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
multiplied
by
the
33
county’s
general
population
as
determined
by
the
state
for
the
34
same
fiscal
year.
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Sec.
3.
COUNTY
BUDGET
RECERTIFICATION.
If
this
Act
is
1
enacted
on
or
after
March
15,
2017,
notwithstanding
section
2
24.17,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
a
county
may
3
recertify
the
county’s
budget
as
necessary
to
implement
the
4
provisions
of
this
Act.
A
budget
recertified
pursuant
to
this
5
section
must
be
recertified
in
duplicate
to
the
county
auditor
6
not
later
than
April
15,
2017,
and
protests
to
the
budget
shall
7
be
filed
not
later
than
April
25,
2017.
8
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
9
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
Under
current
law,
for
the
fiscal
period
beginning
July
1,
14
2013,
and
ending
June
30,
2018,
county
revenues
from
property
15
taxes
levied
by
the
county
and
credited
to
a
county
mental
16
health
and
disabilities
services
fund
shall
not
exceed
the
17
lower
of
the
amount
of
the
county’s
base
year
expenditures
for
18
mental
health
and
disability
services
or
the
amount
equal
to
19
the
product
of
the
statewide
per
capita
expenditure
target
20
established
in
Code
section
462B.3,
subsection
2,
for
the
21
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
multiplied
by
the
county’s
22
general
population
for
the
same
fiscal
year.
After
June
30,
23
2017,
current
law
provides
that
county
revenues
from
property
24
taxes
levied
and
credited
to
the
services
fund
shall
not
exceed
25
an
amount
equal
to
the
county’s
base
year
expenditures
for
26
these
services.
27
This
bill
establishes,
for
FY
2017-2018
and
subsequent
28
fiscal
years,
a
statewide
standard
property
tax
levy
for
mental
29
health
and
disability
services
based
upon
the
per
capita
30
expenditure
target
of
$47.28
established
in
FY
2013-2014
31
multiplied
by
the
county’s
general
population
as
determined
by
32
the
state
for
the
same
fiscal
year.
33
The
bill
provides
that,
notwithstanding
the
deadline
for
34
certifying
a
county
budget,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
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July
1,
2017,
a
county
may
recertify
the
county’s
budget
as
1
necessary
to
implement
the
bill
if
the
bill
is
enacted
after
2
the
budget
certification
deadline.
A
budget
recertified
3
pursuant
to
the
bill
must
be
recertified
to
the
county
auditor
4
no
later
than
April
15,
2017,
and
protests
to
the
budget
must
5
be
filed
no
later
than
April
25,
2017.
6
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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