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House File 689

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 28F.1, Code 1997, is amended by
  1  2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    28F.1  SCOPE OF CHAPTER.
  1  5    This chapter provides a means to reduce the cost of local
  1  6 government by assisting public agencies in the undertaking of
  1  7 joint financing and is intended to provide specific state
  1  8 legislation consistent with criteria established by
  1  9 regulations and rulings of the commissioner of internal
  1 10 revenue, United States department of treasury, in order for a
  1 11 separate joint financing entity to be treated as a constituted
  1 12 authority empowered to issue obligations on behalf of
  1 13 political subdivisions of this state.  This chapter provides a
  1 14 means for the joint financing by public agencies of works or
  1 15 facilities which are part of any city enterprise as defined in
  1 16 section 384.24, county enterprise as defined in section
  1 17 331.461, city utility as defined in section 362.2, joint water
  1 18 utility as defined in section 389.1, or sanitary district as
  1 19 defined in chapter 358.  This chapter applies to the
  1 20 acquisition, construction, reconstruction, ownership,
  1 21 operation, repair, extension, or improvement of the works or
  1 22 facilities, by a separate administrative or legal entity
  1 23 created pursuant to chapter 28E or chapter 389.  When the
  1 24 legal entity created under this chapter is comprised solely of
  1 25 cities, counties, or sanitary districts established under
  1 26 chapter 358 or any combination of these political
  1 27 subdivisions, or any combination of the public agencies
  1 28 previously specified in this section with other public
  1 29 agencies, the entity shall be both a corporation and a
  1 30 political subdivision with the name under which it was
  1 31 organized.  The legal entity may sue and be sued, contract,
  1 32 acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for
  1 33 corporate purposes, adopt a corporate seal and alter the seal
  1 34 at pleasure, and execute all powers conferred by this chapter.
  1 35    Sec. 2.  Section 28F.2, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  2  1 follows:
  2  2    28F.2  DEFINITIONS.
  2  3    The terms "public agency", "state", and "private agency"
  2  4 shall have the meanings prescribed by section 28E.2.  The term
  2  5 "project" or "projects" shall mean any works or facilities
  2  6 referred to in section 28F.1 and shall include all property
  2  7 real and personal, pertinent thereto or connected with such
  2  8 project or projects, and the existing works or facilities, if
  2  9 any, to which such project or projects are an extension,
  2 10 addition, betterment, or improvement.  "Electric power agency"
  2 11 means an entity financing or acquiring electric power
  2 12 facilities pursuant to this chapter or chapter 28E.
  2 13    Sec. 3.  Section 28F.3, Code 1997, is amended by adding the
  2 14 following new unnumbered paragraph:
  2 15    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  An entity created to carry out
  2 16 an agreement authorizing the joint exercise of powers
  2 17 enumerated in section 28F.1 with regard to electric power
  2 18 facilities shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of
  2 19 all its dealings.  These books, records, and accounts shall be
  2 20 open to inspection and audit by the representatives of any
  2 21 member of the agency and shall be audited annually by the
  2 22 auditor of state or a certified public accountant as provided
  2 23 in section 11.6.
  2 24    Sec. 4.  Section 28F.7, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1997,
  2 25 is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph.  
  2 26                           EXPLANATION
  2 27    This bill provides that specified public agencies and
  2 28 political subdivisions of this state which separately have the
  2 29 authority to undertake certain public works, as specified in
  2 30 the bill, may join other public agencies or political
  2 31 subdivisions to carry out those projects jointly and fund the
  2 32 projects or facilities through a separate joint financing
  2 33 entity acting on behalf of the political subdivisions.  The
  2 34 separate funding entities created under this chapter are to
  2 35 meet the regulations and rulings of the commissioner of
  3  1 internal revenue.
  3  2    The bill also strikes certain restrictions on cities' use
  3  3 of joint financing of public works and facilities, strikes a
  3  4 definition of electric power agency which is no longer needed,
  3  5 and strikes a requirement that a power facility operating
  3  6 under chapter 28F meet standards of the national electric
  3  7 safety code of 1968, as amended.
  3  8    The bill provides that an entity created to carry out an
  3  9 agreement authorizing the joint exercise of powers by public
  3 10 agencies or political subdivisions to undertake public works
  3 11 shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts which shall
  3 12 be open to inspection.  
  3 13 LSB 1734HV 77
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