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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the Senate amendment, H-8899, to House File 1 2 2378, as passed by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 28 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 272.12, Code 1999, as amended 1 6 by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2146, section 5, if 1 7 enacted, is amended to read as follows:: 1 8 272.12 PARA-EDUCATOR CERTIFICATES. 1 9 The board of educational examiners shall adopt 1 10 rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to a voluntary 1 11 certification system for para-educators. The rules 1 12 shall specify rights, responsibilities, levels, and 1 13 qualifications for the certificate. Applicants shall 1 14 be disqualified for any reason specified in section 1 15 272.6 or in administrative rule. Notwithstanding 1 16 section 272.6, subsection 1, paragraph "a", the board 1 17 may issue a para-educator certificate to a person who 1 18 is at least eighteen years of age. A person holding a 1 19 para-educator certificate shall not perform the duties 1 20 of a licensed practitioner. A certificate issued 1 21 pursuant to this chapter shall not be considered a 1 22 teacher or administrator license for any purpose 1 23 specified by law, including the purposes specified 1 24 under this chapter or chapter 279." 1 25 #2. Page 1, by striking lines 28 through 39. 1 26 #3. Page 1, by striking lines 40 and 41. 1 27 #4. Page 1, by inserting after line 42 the 1 28 following: 1 29 "# . Page 3, by inserting before line 35 the 1 30 following: 1 31 "Sec. ___. Section 296.1, Code 1999, is amended to 1 32 read as follows: 1 33 296.1 INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED. 1 34 Subject to the approval of the voters thereof, 1 35 school districts are hereby authorized to contract 1 36 indebtedness and to issue general obligation bonds to 1 37 provide funds to defray the cost of purchasing, 1 38 building, furnishing, reconstructing, repairing, 1 39 improving, or remodeling a schoolhouse or schoolhouses 1 40 and additions thereto, gymnasium, stadium, field 1 41 house, school bus garage, teachers' or 1 42 superintendent's home or homes, and procuring a site 1 43 or sites therefor, or purchasing land to add to a site 1 44 already owned, or procuring and improving a site for 1 45 an athletic field, or improving a site already owned 1 46 for an athletic field, and for any one or more of such 1 47 purposes. Taxes for the payment of said bonds shall 1 48 be levied in accordance with chapter 76, andsaidsuch 1 49 bonds shall mature within a period not exceeding 1 50 twenty years from date of issue, shall bear interest 2 1 at a rate or rates not exceeding that permitted by 2 2 chapter 74A, and shall be of such form as the board of 2 3 directors of such school district shall by resolution 2 4 provide, but the aggregate indebtedness of any school 2 5 district shall not exceed five percent of the actual 2 6 value of the taxable property withinsaidthe school 2 7 district, as ascertained by the last preceding state 2 8 and county tax lists. The bonds may be sold at public 2 9 or private sale at a price as may be determined by the 2 10 board of directors. Such bonds may be sold at not 2 11 less than ninety-eight percent of par or may be 2 12 exchanged for other bonds at not less than ninety- 2 13 eight percent of par." 2 14 # . Page 4, by inserting after line 13 the 2 15 following: 2 16 "Sec. . Section 298.22, unnumbered paragraph 1, 2 17 Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 18 All of said bonds shall be substantially in the 2 19 form provided for county bonds, but subject to changes 2 20 that will conform them to the action of the board 2 21 providing therefor; shall run not more than twenty 2 22 years, and may be sooner paid if so nominated in the 2 23 bond; bear a rate of interest not exceeding that 2 24 permitted by chapter 74A, payable semiannually; be 2 25 signed by the president and countersigned by the 2 26 secretary of the board of directors; andshall not be2 27disposed of for less than par value, nor issued for2 28other purposes than this chapter providesbe sold at 2 29 public or private sale at a price as may be determined 2 30 by the board of directors. Such bonds may be sold at 2 31 not less than ninety-eight percent of par or may be 2 32 exchanged for other bonds at not less than ninety- 2 33 eight percent of par."" 2 34 #5. Page 1, by striking lines 43 and 44. 2 35 #6. Page 2, by inserting after line 22 the 2 36 following: 2 37 "Sec. . Section 403.19, subsection 2, Code 2 38 1999, as amended by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2089, 2 39 section 2, is amended to read as follows: 2 40 2. That portion of the taxes each year in excess 2 41 of such amount shall be allocated to and when 2 42 collected be paid into a special fund of the 2 43 municipality to pay the principal of and interest on 2 44 loans, moneys advanced to, or indebtedness, whether 2 45 funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise, including 2 46 bonds issued under the authority of section 403.9, 2 47 subsection 1, incurred by the municipality to finance 2 48 or refinance, in whole or in part, an urban renewal 2 49 project within the area, and to provide assistance for 2 50 low and moderate income family housing as provided in 3 1 section 403.22, except that taxes for the regular and 3 2 voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy of a 3 3 school district imposed pursuant to section 298.2 and 3 4 taxes for the payment of bonds and interest of each 3 5 taxing district must be collected against all taxable 3 6 property within the taxing district without limitation 3 7 by the provisions of this subsection. However, all or 3 8 a portion of the taxes for the physical plant and 3 9 equipment levy shall be paid by the school district to 3 10 the municipality if the municipality certifies to the 3 11school district by July 1county auditor the amount of 3 12 such levy that is necessary to pay the principal and 3 13 interest on indebtedness incurred by the municipality 3 14 to finance an urban renewal project, which 3 15 indebtedness was incurred before July 1, 2000. If the 3 16 county auditor concurs with the certification, the 3 17 auditor shall notify the school district by July 1. 3 18SuchThe school district shall pay over the amount 3 19 certified by November 1 followingcertification3 20 notification to the school district. Unless and until 3 21 the total assessed valuation of the taxable property 3 22 in an urban renewal area exceeds the total assessed 3 23 value of the taxable property in such area as shown by 3 24 the last equalized assessment roll referred to in 3 25 subsection 1, all of the taxes levied and collected 3 26 upon the taxable property in the urban renewal area 3 27 shall be paid into the funds for the respective taxing 3 28 districts as taxes by or for the taxing districts in 3 29 the same manner as all other property taxes. When 3 30 such loans, advances, indebtedness, and bonds, if any, 3 31 and interest thereon, have been paid, all moneys 3 32 thereafter received from taxes upon the taxable 3 33 property in such urban renewal area shall be paid into 3 34 the funds for the respective taxing districts in the 3 35 same manner as taxes on all other property. 3 36 Sec. . Section 422E.4, unnumbered paragraph 1, 3 37 Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 38 The board of directors of a school district shall 3 39 be authorized to issue negotiable, interest-bearing 3 40 school bonds, without election, and utilize tax 3 41 receipts derived from the sales and services tax for 3 42 school infrastructure purposes for principal and 3 43 interest repayment. Proceeds of the bonds issued 3 44 pursuant to this section shall be utilized solely for 3 45 school infrastructure needs as school infrastructure 3 46 is defined in section 422E.1, subsection 3. Issuance 3 47 of bonds pursuant to this section shall be permitted 3 48 only in a district which has imposed a local sales and 3 49 services tax for school infrastructure purposes 3 50 pursuant to section 422E.2. The provisions of 4 1 sections 298.22 through 298.24 shall apply regarding 4 2 the form, rate of interest, registration, redemption, 4 3 and recording of bond issues pursuant to this section, 4 4 with the exception that the maximum period during 4 5 which principal on the bonds is payable shall not 4 6 exceed a ten-year period, or the date of repeal stated 4 7 on the ballot proposition. Bonds issued pursuant to 4 8 this section may be sold at public or private sale at 4 9 a price as may be determined by the board of directors 4 10 of the school district. Such bonds may be sold at not 4 11 less than ninety-eight percent of par or may be 4 12 exchanged for other bonds at not less than ninety- 4 13 eight percent of par."" 4 14 #7. By renumbering as necessary. 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 GRUNDBERG of Polk 4 19 HF 2378.303 78 4 20 kh/cf
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