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House Amendment 6068

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2470, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 2, line 17, by striking the words
  1  4 "fifteen million seven one hundred" and inserting the
  1  5 following:  "fourteen million seven five hundred
  1  6 twenty".
  1  7    #2.  Page 2, lines 26 and 27, by striking the words
  1  8 "eight million one two hundred twenty-five fifty" and
  1  9 inserting the following:  "seven million one six
  1 10 hundred twenty-five seventy".
  1 11    #3.  Page 4, by striking lines 19 through 32.
  1 12    #4.  Page 5, by inserting after line 13 the
  1 13 following:
  1 14    "4.  To Clyde Dalbey for a claim relating to an
  1 15 individual income tax refund:  
  1 16 .................................................. $   1,922.39
  1 17    5.  To Cecil Travis of Ankeny for a claim relating
  1 18 to a mobile home use tax refund:  
  1 19 .................................................. $     420.00"
  1 20    #5.  Page 6, by striking lines 12 through 14.
  1 21    #6.  Page 6, by inserting after line 24 the
  1 22 following:
  1 23    "The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall
  1 24 be utilized for purposes of providing information,
  1 25 technical assistance, coordination, and legal advice
  1 26 to groups of farmers who desire to create a value-
  1 27 added cooperative.  The primary goal shall be to
  1 28 assist the successful development of such cooperatives
  1 29 while minimizing the risks to the farmers involved."
  1 30    #7.  Page 9, by inserting after line 1 the
  1 31 following:
  1 32    "   .  To the department of economic development
  1 33 for a grant for completion of the Cherokee area rural
  1 34 economic development center in Cherokee:  
  1 35 .................................................. $    150,000"
  1 36    #8.  Page 9, by inserting after line 30 the
  1 37 following:
  1 38    "   .  To the department of natural resources for a
  1 39 grant to the city of Sioux City for expenses
  1 40 associated with the Perry creek flood control and
  1 41 greenway project:  
  1 42 .................................................. $    100,000"
  1 43    #9.  Page 10, by inserting after line 3 the
  1 44 following:
  1 45    "___.  To the Iowa department of public health for
  1 46 the period beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30,
  1 47 1998, to be used for purposes of supporting a program
  1 48 to assist counties in testing private wells and waters
  1 49 of the state for pollution caused by confinement
  1 50 feeding operations:  
  2  1 .................................................. $     50,000
  2  2    From moneys appropriated in this subsection, the
  2  3 department shall support testing programs administered
  2  4 by counties which may submit an application to the
  2  5 department to participate in the state assistance
  2  6 program, as provided by the department.  The county
  2  7 shall perform testing within a test area.  As used in
  2  8 this subsection, "test area" means an area within a
  2  9 two-mile radius of any structure used to store manure
  2 10 which is part of a confinement feeding operation.
  2 11 Iowa state university of science and technology shall
  2 12 adopt necessary standards, protocols, and criteria for
  2 13 testing by counties.  The program shall be
  2 14 administered within each participating county by the
  2 15 county's board of health or the board's designee.  The
  2 16 testing may be performed with volunteer assistance.
  2 17 However, all testing shall be performed under the
  2 18 supervision of a county official.  The samples of the
  2 19 testing shall be analyzed by the state hygienic
  2 20 laboratory at the state university of Iowa.  All
  2 21 moneys available under this subsection shall only be
  2 22 used for the following purposes:
  2 23    a.  Analyzing test samples by the state hygienic
  2 24 laboratory.
  2 25    b.  Performing tests by counties.  However, not
  2 26 more than $50 of the moneys available to a county
  2 27 under this subsection shall be used to pay for
  2 28 administering testing by the county within any test
  2 29 area, including labor and equipment costs, regardless
  2 30 of the number of tests performed by the county within
  2 31 the test area."
  2 32    #10.  Page 10, line 19, by striking the figure
  2 33 "50,000" and inserting the following:  "100,000".
  2 34    #11.  Page 11, by inserting after line 18 the
  2 35 following:
  2 36    "   .  To the department of commerce for the
  2 37 insurance division to continue the senior health
  2 38 insurance information program:  
  2 39 .................................................. $     75,000
  2 40       .  To the department of elder affairs for the
  2 41 older Iowans' legislature:  
  2 42 .................................................. $     15,000
  2 43       .  To the department of natural resources for
  2 44 testing of animal feeding operations and their
  2 45 structures, in accordance with this subsection:  
  2 46 .................................................. $    185,000
  2 47    The department of natural resources shall utilize
  2 48 the moneys appropriated in this subsection to perform
  2 49 testing of animal feeding operations and their
  2 50 structures, including confinement feeding operations
  3  1 and confinement feeding operation structures all as
  3  2 defined in section 455B.161, and manure management and
  3  3 disposal systems used by such operations.  The
  3  4 operations and their structures or systems must have
  3  5 been constructed or installed on or before July 1,
  3  6 1985.  The testing shall be for the purpose of
  3  7 determining the extent to which operations and their
  3  8 structures and manure management and disposal systems
  3  9 contribute to point and nonpoint contamination of the
  3 10 state's groundwater and surface water.  A person
  3 11 owning or operating an animal feeding operation may
  3 12 cooperate with the department in carrying out this
  3 13 subsection.  The identity of the animal feeding
  3 14 operations shall be confidential and not subject to
  3 15 chapter 22.  The findings of the testing shall not be
  3 16 used in a case or proceeding brought against a person
  3 17 based upon a violation of state law.  The department
  3 18 shall report its findings and recommendations to the
  3 19 general assembly not later than January 15, 1998."
  3 20    #12.  Page 19, by inserting after line 33 the
  3 21 following:
  3 22    "Sec.    .  INSTITUTE REFERENCE.  The reference to
  3 23 the "institute of public leadership" in 1996 Iowa
  3 24 Acts, House File 2477, section 12, subsection 3,
  3 25 paragraph "a", if enacted, means the Iowa institute
  3 26 for public leadership."
  3 27    #13.  Page 20, by inserting after line 3 the
  3 28 following:
  3 29    "Sec.    .  VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TASK FORCE.
  3 30 Notwithstanding the membership specified for the
  3 31 vertical infrastructure definition task force as
  3 32 created in 1996 Iowa Acts, House File 2421, if
  3 33 enacted, a representative from the national electrical
  3 34 contractors association, Iowa chapter, shall be a
  3 35 member of the task force rather than a representative
  3 36 from the Iowa chapter, national electrical
  3 37 association."
  3 38    #14.  Page 21, line 18, by inserting after the word
  3 39 "building" the following:  "and the old historical
  3 40 building".
  3 41    #15.  Page 21, by inserting after line 30 the
  3 42 following:
  3 43    "Sec.    .  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES – LOCAL
  3 44 PURCHASE.  There is appropriated from the general fund
  3 45 of the state to the department of human services for
  3 46 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending
  3 47 June 30, 1996, the following amount, or so much
  3 48 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  3 49 designated:
  3 50    For replacement of federal social services block
  4  1 grant funding allocated in 1995 Iowa Acts, chapter
  4  2 208, section 10, subsection 3, paragraphs "d" and "g",
  4  3 and subsequently reduced by the federal government,
  4  4 for local administrative costs and other local
  4  5 services and for local purchase of services for
  4  6 persons with mental illness or mental retardation or
  4  7 other developmental disability:  
  4  8 .................................................. $  1,600,000
  4  9    Sec.    .  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES – SPECIAL
  4 10 AUTHORIZATION.  Notwithstanding sections 8.33 and
  4 11 8.62, and any other provision of law to the contrary,
  4 12 not more than $2,200,000 of moneys appropriated to the
  4 13 department of human services for the fiscal year
  4 14 beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996,
  4 15 which remain unobligated or unexpended shall not
  4 16 revert to the fund from which appropriated but shall
  4 17 remain available in the succeeding fiscal year for use
  4 18 as follows:
  4 19    1.  For the adolescent tracking and monitoring
  4 20 program, $1,200,000.
  4 21    2.  For upgrading computer hardware, $1,000,000.
  4 22    If the actual amount of moneys available pursuant
  4 23 to this section is less than $2,200,000, the
  4 24 department shall prorate the actual amount based upon
  4 25 the relative amounts allocated in subsections 1 and
  4 26 2."
  4 27    #16.  Page 22, lines 5 and 6, by striking the words
  4 28 "department of personnel" and inserting the following:
  4 29 "Iowa public employees' retirement system".
  4 30    #17.  Page 22, line 18, by striking the words
  4 31 "department of personnel" and inserting the following:
  4 32 "Iowa public employees' retirement system".
  4 33    #18.  Page 22, line 23, by striking the words
  4 34 "department of personnel" and inserting the following:
  4 35 "system".
  4 36    #19.  Page 23, by striking lines 4 through 7 and
  4 37 inserting the following:  "to be located in southwest
  4 38 Iowa."
  4 39    #20.  Page 24, by inserting after line 28 the
  4 40 following:
  4 41    "Sec.    .  WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND.  There is
  4 42 appropriated from the workforce development fund
  4 43 account, as established in 1996 Iowa Acts, Senate File
  4 44 2351, section 1, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  4 45 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, to the workforce
  4 46 development fund created in section 15.343, the
  4 47 following amount for the purposes of the workforce
  4 48 development fund:  
  4 49 .................................................. $  3,152,000"
  4 50    #21.  By striking page 24, line 29, through page
  5  1 25, line 19.
  5  2    #22.  By striking page 25, line 20, through page
  5  3 26, line 3.
  5  4    #23.  Page 26, by striking lines 4 through 25.
  5  5    #24.  Page 27, by inserting after line 23 the
  5  6 following:
  5  7    "Sec.    .  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CONTINGENT
  5  8 REDUCTION.  Notwithstanding contrary provisions of
  5  9 section 8.41, subsection 3, as enacted by 1996 Iowa
  5 10 Acts, House File 2256, if during the fiscal year
  5 11 beginning July 1, 1996, the department of human
  5 12 services receives federal funding for child day care
  5 13 assistance which is unanticipated and has not been
  5 14 budgeted, the funding shall be used as provided in
  5 15 1996 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2442, section 6, if
  5 16 enacted, and the appropriation in that section is
  5 17 reduced by an equivalent amount.
  5 18    Sec.    .  GROUP FOSTER CARE TARGET.
  5 19 Notwithstanding 1996 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2442,
  5 20 section 10, subsection 2, paragraph "a", if enacted,
  5 21 the amount allocated as the statewide expenditure
  5 22 target under section 242.143 for group foster care
  5 23 maintenance and services is $23,601,280.
  5 24    Sec.    .  1996 Iowa Acts, House File 2472, section
  5 25 21, subsection 2, paragraph b, unnumbered paragraph 2,
  5 26 if enacted, is amended to read as follows:
  5 27    The department of public safety, with the approval
  5 28 of the department of management, may employ no more
  5 29 than two special agents and four gaming enforcement
  5 30 officers for each additional riverboat regulated after
  5 31 March 31, 1996, and one special agent for each racing
  5 32 facility which becomes operational during the fiscal
  5 33 year beginning July 1, 1996.  One additional gaming
  5 34 enforcement officer, up to a total of four per boat,
  5 35 may be employed for each riverboat that has extended
  5 36 operations to 24 hours and has not previously operated
  5 37 with a 24-hour schedule.  Positions authorized in this
  5 38 paragraph are in addition to the full-time equivalent
  5 39 positions authorized in this subsection."
  5 40    #25.  Page 32, by inserting after line 31 the
  5 41 following:
  5 42    "Sec.    .  Section 159.29, subsection 2,
  5 43 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read
  5 44 as follows:
  5 45    An owner of an agricultural drainage well and a
  5 46 landholder whose land is drained by the well or wells
  5 47 of another person shall develop, in consultation with
  5 48 the department of agriculture and land stewardship and
  5 49 the department of natural resources, a plan which
  5 50 proposes alternatives to the use of agricultural
  6  1 drainage wells by July 1, 1996 1998."
  6  2    #26.  Page 35, by inserting after line 2 the
  6  3 following:
  6  4    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  279.8A  TRAFFIC AND
  6  5 PARKING.
  6  6    The board may make necessary rules to provide for
  6  7 the policing, control, and regulation of traffic and
  6  8 parking of vehicles and bicycles on school grounds.
  6  9 The rules may provide for the use of institutional
  6 10 roads, driveways, and grounds; registration of
  6 11 vehicles and bicycles; the designation of parking
  6 12 areas; the erection and maintenance of signs
  6 13 designating prohibitions or restrictions; the
  6 14 installation and maintenance of parking control
  6 15 devices; and assessment, enforcement, and collection
  6 16 of reasonable penalties for the violation of the
  6 17 rules.
  6 18    Rules made under this section may be enforced under
  6 19 procedures adopted by the board.  Penalties may be
  6 20 imposed for violation of the rules, including, but not
  6 21 limited to, a reasonable monetary penalty.  The rules
  6 22 made under this section may also be enforced by the
  6 23 impoundment of vehicles and bicycles for violation of
  6 24 the rules.  The board shall establish procedures for
  6 25 the determination of controversies in connection with
  6 26 the imposition of penalties.  The procedures must
  6 27 require giving notice of the violation and the penalty
  6 28 prescribed and providing the opportunity for an
  6 29 administrative hearing.
  6 30    The board may contract with a city or county to
  6 31 enforce rules made under this section by ordinance of
  6 32 the city or county, and shall consult with local
  6 33 government transportation officials to ensure that
  6 34 rules made pursuant to this section are not in
  6 35 conflict with city or county parking and traffic
  6 36 ordinances.
  6 37    Sec.    .  Section 356.7, as enacted by 1996 Iowa
  6 38 Acts, Senate File 2352, section 1, is amended to read
  6 39 as follows:
  6 40    356.7  CHARGE FOR ROOM AND BOARD – LIEN.
  6 41    1.  The county sheriff may charge a prisoner who is
  6 42 eighteen years of age or older for the room and board
  6 43 provided to the prisoner while in the custody of the
  6 44 county sheriff.  Moneys collected by the sheriff under
  6 45 this section shall be credited to the county general
  6 46 fund and distributed as provided in this section.  If
  6 47 a prisoner fails to pay for the room and board, the
  6 48 sheriff may file a room and board reimbursement lien
  6 49 as provided in subsection 2.  The county attorney may
  6 50 file the room and board reimbursement lien on behalf
  7  1 of the sheriff and the county.  This section does not
  7  2 apply to prisoners who are paying for their room and
  7  3 board by court order pursuant to sections 356.26
  7  4 through 356.35.
  7  5    2.  The sheriff or the county attorney, on behalf
  7  6 of the sheriff, may file a room and board
  7  7 reimbursement lien with the clerk of the district
  7  8 court which shall include all of the following
  7  9 information, if known:
  7 10    a.  The name and date of birth of the person whose
  7 11 property or other interests are subject to the lien.
  7 12    b.  The present address of the residence and
  7 13 principal place of business of the person named in the
  7 14 lien.
  7 15    c.  The criminal proceeding pursuant to which the
  7 16 lien is filed, including the name of the court, the
  7 17 title of the action, and the court's file number.
  7 18    d.  The name and address of the sheriff or the name
  7 19 and address of the county attorney who is filing the
  7 20 lien on behalf of the sheriff.
  7 21    e.  A statement that the notice is being filed
  7 22 pursuant to this section.
  7 23    f.  The amount of room and board reimbursement the
  7 24 person has been ordered to pay or is likely to be
  7 25 ordered to pay.
  7 26    3.  The filing of a room and board reimbursement
  7 27 lien in accordance with this section creates a lien in
  7 28 favor of the sheriff in any personal or real property
  7 29 identified in the lien to the extent of the interest
  7 30 held in that property by the person named in the lien.
  7 31    4.  This section does not limit the right of the
  7 32 sheriff to obtain any other remedy authorized by law.
  7 33    5.  Of the moneys collected and credited to the
  7 34 county general fund as provided in this section, sixty
  7 35 percent of the moneys collected shall be used for the
  7 36 following purposes:
  7 37    a.  Courthouse security equipment and law
  7 38 enforcement personnel costs.
  7 39    b.  Infrastructure improvements of a jail including
  7 40 new or remodeling costs.
  7 41    c.  Infrastructure improvements of juvenile
  7 42 detention facilities, including new or remodeling
  7 43 costs.
  7 44    The sheriff may submit a plan or recommendations to
  7 45 the county board of supervisors for the use of the
  7 46 funds as provided in this subsection or the sheriff
  7 47 and board may jointly develop a plan for the use of
  7 48 the funds.
  7 49    The county board of supervisors shall review the
  7 50 plan or recommendations submitted by the sheriff
  8  1 during the normal budget process of the county."
  8  2    #27.  Page 35, by inserting after line 32 the
  8  3 following:
  8  4    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  509A.14A  IOWA INDIVIDUAL
  8  5 HEALTH BENEFIT REINSURANCE ASSOCIATION – ELECTION NOT
  8  6 TO PARTICIPATE.
  8  7    A political subdivision of the state, other than a
  8  8 school corporation, providing health insurance or
  8  9 health benefits for employees pursuant to section
  8 10 509A.14 may elect not to participate in the Iowa
  8 11 individual health benefit reinsurance association
  8 12 established in section 513C.10 in accordance with and
  8 13 subject to the terms and conditions adopted by the
  8 14 board of the Iowa individual health benefit
  8 15 reinsurance association.  Health insurance or health
  8 16 benefits provided by a political subdivision of the
  8 17 state, other than a school corporation, which elects
  8 18 not to participate in the Iowa individual health
  8 19 benefit reinsurance association shall not be
  8 20 considered qualifying existing coverage or qualifying
  8 21 previous coverage as defined in section 513C.3.
  8 22    Sec.    .  Section 602.8107, subsection 2,
  8 23 paragraph d, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read
  8 24 as follows:
  8 25    d.  Court costs, including correctional fees
  8 26 assessed pursuant to sections 356.7 and 904.108,
  8 27 court-appointed attorney fees, or public defender
  8 28 expenses."
  8 29    #28.  Page 36, by inserting after line 5 the
  8 30 following:
  8 31    "Sec.    .  Section 904.108, Code 1995, is amended
  8 32 by adding the following new subsection:
  8 33    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  The director may charge an
  8 34 inmate a correctional fee for custodial expenses
  8 35 incurred or which may be incurred while the inmate is
  8 36 in the custody of the department.  The custodial
  8 37 expenses may include, but are not limited to, board
  8 38 and room, medical and dental fees, education costs,
  8 39 clothing costs, and the costs of supervision,
  8 40 services, and treatment to the inmate.  The
  8 41 correctional fee shall not exceed the actual cost of
  8 42 keeping the inmate in custody.  The correctional fees
  8 43 shall be assessed as court costs and any correctional
  8 44 fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be
  8 45 credited to the general fund of the state.  The
  8 46 correctional fees shall be collected as other court
  8 47 costs pursuant to section 602.8107.  This subsection
  8 48 does not limit the right of the director to obtain any
  8 49 other remedy authorized by law."
  8 50    #29.  Page 36, by inserting after line 9 the
  9  1 following:  
  9  2                      "DIVISION    
  9  3                    COUNTY PROVISIONS
  9  4    Sec. 100.  Section 331.424, subsection 1, paragraph
  9  5 a, subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 1995, is amended
  9  6 to read as follows:
  9  7    (1)  The costs of inpatient or outpatient substance
  9  8 abuse admission, commitment, transportation, care, and
  9  9 treatment at any of the following:
  9 10    (a)  Care and treatment of persons at the The
  9 11 alcoholic treatment center at Oakdale.  However, the
  9 12 county may require that an admission to the center
  9 13 shall be reported to the board by the center within
  9 14 five days as a condition of the payment of county
  9 15 funds for that admission.
  9 16    (b)  A state mental health institute, or a
  9 17 community-based public or private facility or service.
  9 18    Sec.    .  Section 331.424A, subsection 4, Code
  9 19 Supplement 1995, as amended by 1996 Iowa Acts, Senate
  9 20 File 2030, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
  9 21    4.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
  9 22 for each subsequent fiscal year, the county shall
  9 23 certify a levy for payment of services.  Unless
  9 24 otherwise provided by state law, for For each fiscal
  9 25 year, county revenues from taxes imposed by the county
  9 26 credited to the services fund shall not exceed an
  9 27 amount equal to the amount of base year expenditures
  9 28 for services as defined in section 331.438, less the
  9 29 amount of property tax relief to be received pursuant
  9 30 to section 426B.2, subsections 1 and 3, in the fiscal
  9 31 year for which the budget is certified.  The county
  9 32 auditor and the board of supervisors shall reduce the
  9 33 amount of the levy certified for the services fund by
  9 34 the amount of property tax relief to be received.  A
  9 35 levy certified under this section is not subject to
  9 36 the appeal provisions of sections 331.426 and 444.25B
  9 37 or to any other provision in law authorizing a county
  9 38 to exceed, increase, or appeal a property tax levy
  9 39 limit.
  9 40    Sec.    .  Section 426B.1, Code Supplement 1995, is
  9 41 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  9 42    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  There is annually appropriated
  9 43 from the property tax relief fund to the department of
  9 44 human services to supplement the medical assistance
  9 45 appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  9 46 1997, and for succeeding fiscal years, six million six
  9 47 hundred thousand dollars to be used for the nonfederal
  9 48 share of the costs of services provided to minors with
  9 49 mental retardation under the medical assistance
  9 50 program to meet the requirements of section 249A.12,
 10  1 subsection 4.  The appropriation in this subsection
 10  2 shall be charged to the property tax relief fund prior
 10  3 to the distribution of moneys from the fund under
 10  4 section 426B.2 and the amount of moneys available for
 10  5 distribution shall be reduced accordingly.  However,
 10  6 the appropriation in this subsection shall be
 10  7 considered to be a property tax relief payment for
 10  8 purposes of the combined amount of payments required
 10  9 to achieve fifty percent of the counties' base year
 10 10 expenditures as provided in section 426B.2, subsection
 10 11 3.
 10 12    Sec.    .  Section 444.25A, subsection 2, paragraph
 10 13 e, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code Supplement 1995, is
 10 14 amended to read as follows:
 10 15    For purposes of this paragraph, the price index for
 10 16 government purchases by type for state and local
 10 17 governments is defined by the bureau of economic
 10 18 analysis of the United States department of commerce
 10 19 and published in table 7.11 of the national income and
 10 20 products accounts.  For the fiscal years beginning
 10 21 July 1, 1995, and July 1, 1996, the price index used
 10 22 shall be the revision published in the November 1994
 10 23 and November 1995 issues, respectively, of the United
 10 24 States department of commerce publication, "survey of
 10 25 current business".  For purposes of this paragraph,
 10 26 tax dollars levied in the fiscal years beginning July
 10 27 1, 1994, and July 1, 1995, shall not include funds
 10 28 levied for paragraphs "a", "b", and "c", and "d" of
 10 29 this subsection.
 10 30    Sec.    .  Section 444.25B, subsection 1,
 10 31 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1995, is
 10 32 amended to read as follows:
 10 33    The maximum amount of property tax dollars which
 10 34 may be certified by a county for taxes payable in the
 10 35 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, shall not exceed
 10 36 the amount of property tax dollars certified by the
 10 37 county for taxes payable in the fiscal year beginning
 10 38 July 1, 1996, minus the amount by which the property
 10 39 tax relief moneys to be received by the county in the
 10 40 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, pursuant to
 10 41 section 426B.2, subsections 1 and 3, exceed the amount
 10 42 of the property tax relief moneys received in the
 10 43 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, for each of the
 10 44 levies for the following, except for the levies on the
 10 45 increase in taxable valuation due to new construction,
 10 46 additions or improvements to existing structures,
 10 47 remodeling of existing structures for which a building
 10 48 permit is required, annexation, and phasing out of tax
 10 49 exemptions, and on the increase in valuation of
 10 50 taxable property as a result of a comprehensive
 11  1 revaluation by a private appraiser under a contract
 11  2 entered into prior to January 1, 1992, or as a result
 11  3 of a comprehensive revaluation directed or authorized
 11  4 by the conference board prior to January 1, 1992, with
 11  5 documentation of the contract, authorization, or
 11  6 directive on the revaluation provided to the director
 11  7 of revenue and finance, if the levies are equal to or
 11  8 less than the levies for the previous year, levies on
 11  9 that portion of the taxable property located in an
 11 10 urban renewal project the tax revenues from which are
 11 11 no longer divided as provided in section 403.19,
 11 12 subsection 2, or as otherwise provided in this
 11 13 section:
 11 14    Sec.    .  Section 444.25B, subsection 2, Code
 11 15 Supplement 1995, is amended by adding the following
 11 16 new paragraph after paragraph d and relettering the
 11 17 subsequent paragraph:
 11 18    NEW PARAGRAPH.  dd.  Mental health, mental
 11 19 retardation, and developmental disabilities services
 11 20 fund under section 331.424A.
 11 21    Sec.    .  Section 444.25B, subsection 2, paragraph
 11 22 e, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2, Code Supplement
 11 23 1995, are amended to read as follows:
 11 24    Unusual need for additional moneys to finance
 11 25 existing programs which would provide substantial
 11 26 benefit to county residents or compelling need to
 11 27 finance new programs which would provide substantial
 11 28 benefit to county residents.  The increase in taxes
 11 29 levied under this exception for the fiscal year
 11 30 beginning July 1, 1997, is limited to no more than the
 11 31 product of the total tax dollars levied in the fiscal
 11 32 year beginning July 1, 1996, and the percent change,
 11 33 computed to two decimal places, in the price index for
 11 34 government purchases by type for state and local
 11 35 governments computed between the preliminary price
 11 36 index for the third quarter of calendar year 1996 from
 11 37 that computed and the revised price index for the
 11 38 third quarter of calendar year 1995 as published in
 11 39 the same issue in which the preliminary 1996 third
 11 40 quarter price index is first published.
 11 41    For purposes of this paragraph, the price index for
 11 42 government purchases by type for state and local
 11 43 governments is defined by the bureau of economic
 11 44 analysis of the United States department of commerce
 11 45 and published in table 7.11 of the national income and
 11 46 products accounts.  For the fiscal year beginning July
 11 47 1, 1997, the price index used shall be the revision
 11 48 published in the November 1996 edition of the United
 11 49 States department of commerce publication, "survey of
 11 50 current business" state and local government chain-
 12  1 type price index used in the quantity and price
 12  2 indexes for gross domestic product, as published by
 12  3 the bureau of economic analysis of the United States
 12  4 department of commerce in the national income and
 12  5 products accounts as published in "survey of current
 12  6 business".  For purposes of this paragraph, tax
 12  7 dollars levied in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 12  8 1996, shall not include funds levied for paragraphs
 12  9 "a", "b", and "c", "d", and "dd" of this subsection.
 12 10    Sec.    .  Section 444.25B, Code Supplement 1995,
 12 11 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
 12 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  MH/MR/DD LEVY ADJUSTMENT.  A
 12 13 county which did not certify the maximum levy
 12 14 authorized for the county's mental health, mental
 12 15 retardation, and developmental disabilities services
 12 16 fund under section 331.424A, subsection 4, for the
 12 17 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, may certify up to
 12 18 the maximum authorized levy under the services fund
 12 19 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997.  However,
 12 20 any amount of increase in the certified services fund
 12 21 levy under this subsection over the amount certified
 12 22 for the services fund in the previous fiscal year
 12 23 shall be offset by an equivalent decrease in the
 12 24 amount certified by the county for general county
 12 25 services.
 12 26    Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 100 of this
 12 27 division of this Act, relating to substance abuse
 12 28 treatment costs, being deemed of immediate importance,
 12 29 takes effect upon enactment."
 12 30    #30.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words
 12 31 "state expenditure" and inserting the following:
 12 32 "public levy, expenditure,".
 12 33    #31.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
 12 34 and correcting internal references as necessary.  
 12 35 
 12 36 
 12 37                               
 12 38 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
 12 39 MILLAGE of Scott, Chairperson
 12 40 SF 2470.315 76
 12 41 jp/cf
     

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