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1 1 Section 1. MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND
1 2 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES FUND LEVY REVISIONS.
1 3 1. For the purposes of this section, "base year
1 4 expenditures" and "qualified mental health, mental
1 5 retardation, and developmental disabilities services" mean the
1 6 same as provided in section 331.438, and "services fund" means
1 7 the same as provided in section 331.424A.
1 8 2. A county may request approval of the county finance
1 9 committee in accordance with this section for revision of the
1 10 county's base year expenditures amount. A county is eligible
1 11 for a revision if the county made a major error in
1 12 establishing the county's base year expenditures amount by
1 13 underreporting the county's qualified mental health, mental
1 14 retardation, and developmental disabilities services
1 15 expenditures to the county finance committee and the
1 16 underreported expenditures amount was also included in the
1 17 county's final budget certified for the fiscal year beginning
1 18 July 1, 1995. For the purposes of this section, a major error
1 19 is a failure to include qualified mental health, mental
1 20 retardation, and developmental disabilities services
1 21 expenditures associated with the operation of a county care
1 22 facility, group home, or similar program.
1 23 3. A county's revision request shall be submitted to the
1 24 county finance committee which may approve or reject the
1 25 request in whole or in part, based upon the committee's
1 26 determination as to the extent to which an underreporting
1 27 error occurred. The revision request must be submitted within
1 28 ten days of the effective date of this Act, and a decision by
1 29 the county finance committee to approve or reject the revised
1 30 amount must be issued within twenty days of the effective date
1 31 of this Act. The decision of the county finance committee is
1 32 final.
1 33 4. If the county's request for revision of the county's
1 34 base year expenditures amount is approved under subsection 3,
1 35 the county board may by resolution provide for transfer of
2 1 moneys from the county's general fund to the county's services
2 2 fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996. The amount
2 3 of the transfer shall not exceed the net revision amount of
2 4 the request approved under subsection 3.
2 5 5. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, for a
2 6 county for which a revision is approved under this section, to
2 7 the extent the county uses the revision to increase the
2 8 maximum levy authorized for the services fund of the county in
2 9 excess of the services fund levy certified in the county's
2 10 final budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, the
2 11 amount of increase shall be offset by an equivalent decrease
2 12 in the levy amount certified by the county for general county
2 13 services.
2 14 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 15 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 16 EXPLANATION
2 17 This bill relates to the county mental health, mental
2 18 retardation, and developmental disabilities services fund levy
2 19 by providing a procedure for a county to make revisions
2 20 affecting the county's services fund levy and other levies.
2 21 The bill applies to counties which made a major error in
2 22 establishing the county's base year expenditures amount which
2 23 is used to establish the maximum levy for the county's
2 24 services fund. According to the bill, underreporting may
2 25 result from failure to include qualified expenditures
2 26 associated with the operation of a county care facility, group
2 27 home, or similar program.
2 28 To be eligible, a county must submit a revision request to
2 29 the county finance committee within 10 days of the bill's
2 30 effective date. Based upon the county finance committee's
2 31 determination as to the extent of an underreporting error, the
2 32 county finance committee may approve or reject the revision
2 33 request in whole or in part. The committee's decision must be
2 34 issued within 20 days of the bill's effective date. A county
2 35 is authorized to transfer up to the approved net revision
3 1 amount from the county's general fund to the county's services
3 2 fund for fiscal year 1996-1997.
3 3 To the extent a county approved for a revision increases
3 4 its levy askings for the services fund for fiscal year 1997-
3 5 1998 from the amount originally certified for the previous
3 6 year, the county must decrease its general fund levy askings
3 7 in an equivalent amount for that fiscal year.
3 8 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
3 9 LSB 2273HH 77
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