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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.15, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. Regular elections held annually by the merged area for 1 4 the election of members of the board of directors as required 1 5 by section 260C.11, for the renewal of thetwenty and one-1 6fourthforty and one-half cents per thousand dollars of 1 7 assessed valuation levy authorized in section 260C.22, or for 1 8 any other matter authorized by law and designated for election 1 9 by the board of directors of the merged area, shall be held on 1 10 the date of the school election as fixed by section 277.1. 1 11 The election notice shall be made a part of the local school 1 12 election notice published as provided in section 49.53 in each 1 13 local school district where voting is to occur in the merged 1 14 area election and the election shall be conducted by the 1 15 county commissioner of elections pursuant to chapters 39 to 53 1 16 and section 277.20. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 260C.22, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 18 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 19 a. (1) In addition to the tax authorized under section 1 20 260C.17, the voters in any merged area may at the annual 1 21 school election vote a tax not exceedingtwenty and one-fourth1 22 forty and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed 1 23 value in any one year for a period not to exceed ten years for 1 24 the purchase of grounds, construction of buildings, payment of 1 25 debts contracted for the construction of buildings, purchase 1 26 of buildings and equipment for buildings, and the acquisition 1 27 of libraries, for the purpose of paying costs of utilities, 1 28 and for the purpose of maintaining, remodeling, improving, or 1 29 expanding the community college of the merged area. If the 1 30 tax levy is approved under this section, the costs of 1 31 utilities shall be paid from the proceeds of the levy. The 1 32 tax shall be collected by the county treasurers and remitted 1 33 to the treasurer of the merged area as provided in section 1 34 331.552, subsection 29. The proceeds of the tax shall be 1 35 deposited in a separate and distinct fund to be known as the 2 1 voted tax fund, to be paid out upon warrants drawn by the 2 2 president and secretary of the board of directors of the 2 3 merged area district for the payment of costs incurred in 2 4 providing the school facilities for which the tax was voted. 2 5 (2) If the voters in a merged area have authorized a tax 2 6 not exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars 2 7 of assessed valuation prior to July 1, 1998, pursuant to 2 8 subparagraph (1), the levy shall continue for the period 2 9 authorized, and the maximum levy that can be authorized by the 2 10 voters on or after July 1, 1998, under this paragraph, is an 2 11 additional twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of 2 12 assessed valuation to coincide with the period for which the 2 13 initial levy was approved. 2 14 EXPLANATION 2 15 This bill increases the maximum community college 2 16 facilities levy, which the voters of the merged area may 2 17 impose, from 21.25 cents per $1,000 of assessed value to 40.50 2 18 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. It provides for 2 19 continuation of levies previously approved. 2 20 LSB 4113YH 77 2 21 rn/jw/5.1
Text: HF02430 Text: HF02432 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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