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1 1 Section 1. Section 357B.3, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The board of trustees may purchase, own, rent, or
1 4 maintain fire apparatus or equipment within the state or
1 5 outside the territorial jurisdiction and boundary limits of
1 6 this state and provide housing for such apparatus or
1 7 equipment. The board of trustees may contract with any public
1 8 or private agency under chapter 28E for the purpose of
1 9 providing fire protection under this chapter. The board of
1 10 trustees may levy an annual tax of not less than twenty cents
1 11 per thousand dollars of assessed value and not exceeding forty
1 12 and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value for
1 13 the purpose of exercising the powers granted in this section.
1 14 The board of trustees may purchase material and employ persons
1 15 to provide for the maintenance and operation of the benefited
1 16 fire district. The trustees shall be allowed reimbursement
1 17 for any necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
1 18 their duties, but they shall not receive any other
1 19 compensation for their services.
1 20 Sec. 2. Section 359.43, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
1 21 amended to read as follows:
1 22 1. The township trustees may levy an annual tax of not
1 23 less than twenty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value
1 24 and not exceeding forty and one-half cents per thousand
1 25 dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the
1 26 township, excluding property within a benefited fire district
1 27 or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of
1 28 exercising the powers and duties specified in section 359.42.
1 29 However, in a township having a fire protection service or
1 30 emergency medical service agreement or both service agreements
1 31 with a special charter city having a paid fire department, the
1 32 township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding fifty-
1 33 four cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the
1 34 taxable property for the services authorized or required under
1 35 section 359.42 and in a township which is located within a
2 1 county having a population of three hundred thousand or more,
2 2 the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding
2 3 sixty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars of
2 4 assessed value of taxable property for the services authorized
2 5 or required under section 359.42.
2 6 EXPLANATION
2 7 This bill provides that trustees of benefited fire
2 8 districts and townships shall initially fund fire protection
2 9 and related emergency medical services within a minimum and
2 10 maximum property tax rate range. The minimum rate is 20 cents
2 11 per $1,000 of assessed value and the maximum rate is 40.5
2 12 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.
2 13 LSB 2519HH 77
2 14 tj/sc/14
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