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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 357B.5, Code 1997, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 357B.5 DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. 1 4 1. Upon petition of a number of registered voters residing 1 5 in a district at least equal to thirty-five percent of the 1 6 property taxpayers in the district, the board of supervisors 1 7 may dissolve a benefited fire district and dispose of any 1 8 remaining property, the proceeds of which shall first be 1 9 applied against any outstanding obligation of the district. 1 10 Any remaining balance shall be applied as a tax credit for the 1 11 property owners of the district. However, except as provided 1 12 in subsection 2, if all or a part of a district is annexed, 1 13 the board of supervisors may transfer the remaining property 1 14 and balance to the city which annexed the territory. The 1 15 board of supervisors shall continue to levy an annual tax 1 16 after the dissolution of a district, not to exceedforty and1 17one-halfsixty and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of 1 18 assessed value of the taxable property of the district, until 1 19 all outstanding obligations of the district are paid. 1 20 2. If a benefited fire district is dissolved that has been 1 21 providing fire protection by contract, direct levy, or 1 22 combination of both, to a city within the district for at 1 23 least twenty years and the city's annual payments by contract 1 24 or levy for the fire protection comprise seventy-five percent 1 25 or more of the district's annual budget, the board of 1 26 supervisors, in lieu of the disposal of property as provided 1 27 in subsection 1, shall transfer to the city all of the 1 28 district's real and personal property. The city shall assume 1 29 all of the outstanding obligations of the district. If the 1 30 district provides fire protection outside of the city's 1 31 boundaries, the city shall continue to provide fire protection 1 32 to this area until it is assigned to another fire protection 1 33 district by the board of supervisors. If the city continues 1 34 the fire protection outside its boundaries, the city shall 1 35 certify to the board of supervisors the cost of providing this 2 1 service, which shall be at the same rate as contained in the 2 2 budget for property within the city, but not exceedingforty2 3and one-halfsixty and three-fourths cents per thousand 2 4 dollars of assessed value of all taxable property in the area. 2 5 The board of supervisors shall levy the amount of tax 2 6 certified as provided in section 357B.3. The tax shall be 2 7 collected and allocated in the same manner as other property 2 8 taxes and paid to the city. 2 9 Sec. 2. Section 357B.8, subsection 2, Code 1997, is 2 10 amended to read as follows: 2 11 2. In lieu of subsection 1, a benefited fire district that 2 12 includes a city within the boundaries of the fire district may 2 13 certify an annual tax levy not exceedingforty and one-half2 14 sixty and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed 2 15 valuation of the taxable property within the city for the 2 16 purpose of fire protection. The benefited fire district shall 2 17 certify the tax levy as provided in this subsection only after 2 18 agreement granted by resolution of the city council. The 2 19 amount of the tax rate levied under this subsection shall 2 20 reduce by an equal amount the maximum tax levy authorized for 2 21 the general fund of that city under section 384.1. If the 2 22 district levies directly against property within a city to 2 23 provide fire protection for that city, the city shall not be 2 24 responsible for providing fire protection as provided in 2 25 section 364.16, and shall have no liability for the method, 2 26 manner, or means in which the district provides the fire 2 27 protection. 2 28 EXPLANATION 2 29 This bill changes from 40 1/2 cents per $1,000 of valuation 2 30 to 60 3/4 cents per $1,000 the amount a city located in a 2 31 benefited fire district may levy for fire protection, or the 2 32 amount a city which was located in a dissolved fire district 2 33 may levy if it takes over fire protection services from the 2 34 dissolved district. Current law allows a benefited fire 2 35 district to levy a maximum combined levy of 60 3/4 cents per 3 1 $1,000. 3 2 LSB 2670HV 77 3 3 sc/cf/24
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