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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.15, subsection 1, Code 1999, 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 thetwentyforty and 1 6one-fourthone-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed 1 7 valuation levy authorized in section 260C.22, or for any other 1 8 matter authorized by law and designated for election by the 1 9 board of directors of the merged area, shall be held on the 1 10 date of the school election as fixed by section 277.1. The 1 11 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 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 19 a. 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 exceedingtwentyforty andone-1 22fourthone-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value 1 23 in any one year for a period not to exceed ten years for the 1 24 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 Sec. 3. Section 260C.22, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 2 6 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 7 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. If the voters in a merged area have 2 8 authorized a tax pursuant to paragraph "a" not exceeding 2 9 twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed 2 10 value prior to July 1, 1999, the tax shall continue for the 2 11 period originally authorized under the voter-approved tax, and 2 12 the maximum tax that can be authorized by the voters on or 2 13 after July 1, 1999, under this section, for the period of the 2 14 original authorized tax, is an additional amount such that the 2 15 total amount of tax does not exceed forty and one-half cents 2 16 for a period to coincide with the remaining period for which 2 17 the initial tax in the merged area was approved. 2 18 EXPLANATION 2 19 This bill provides for an increase in the community college 2 20 facilities levy from 20.25 cents per $1,000 of accessed 2 21 property valuation to 40.50 cents per $1,000 of accessed 2 22 property valuation. The bill additionally provides that if an 2 23 existing tax has been authorized, a merged area will be 2 24 permitted to levy by a vote of the people an additional tax in 2 25 an amount which, when combined with the originally authorized 2 26 tax, does not exceed the new maximum of 40.50 cents per $1,000 2 27 of assessed valuation during the remaining period for which 2 28 the originally authorized tax was imposed. 2 29 LSB 2208SV 78 2 30 rn/sc/14
Text: SF00265 Text: SF00267 Text: SF00200 - SF00299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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