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  1  1                                              SENATE FILE 308
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE LEVY RATE FOR FIRE PROTECTION IMPOSED IN AN
  1  5    AREA OF A BENEFITED FIRE DISTRICT AND INCLUDING AN
  1  6    EFFECTIVE DATE.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  Section 357B.5, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    2.  If a benefited fire district is dissolved that has been
  1 13 providing fire protection by contract, direct levy, or
  1 14 combination of both, to a city within the district for at
  1 15 least twenty years and the city's annual payments by contract
  1 16 or levy for the fire protection comprise seventy-five percent
  1 17 or more of the district's annual budget, the board of
  1 18 supervisors, in lieu of the disposal of property as provided
  1 19 in subsection 1, shall transfer to the city all of the
  1 20 district's real and personal property.  The city shall assume
  1 21 all of the outstanding obligations of the district.  If the
  1 22 district provides fire protection outside of the city's
  1 23 boundaries, the city shall continue to provide fire protection
  1 24 to this area until it is assigned to another fire protection
  1 25 district by the board of supervisors.  If the city continues
  1 26 the fire protection outside its boundaries, the city shall
  1 27 certify to the board of supervisors the cost of providing this
  1 28 service, which shall be at the same rate as contained in the
  1 29 budget for property within the city, but not exceeding forty
  1 30 sixty and one-half three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of
  1 31 assessed value of all taxable property in the area.  The board
  1 32 of supervisors shall levy the amount of tax certified as
  1 33 provided in section 357B.3.  The tax shall be collected and
  1 34 allocated in the same manner as other property taxes and paid
  1 35 to the city.
  2  1    Sec. 2.  Section 357B.8, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  2  2 amended to read as follows:
  2  3    2.  a.  In lieu of subsection 1, a benefited fire district
  2  4 that includes a city within the boundaries of the fire
  2  5 district may certify an annual tax levy not exceeding forty
  2  6 and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation
  2  7 of the taxable property within the city for the purpose of
  2  8 fire protection.
  2  9    b.  If the levy authorized under paragraph "a" is
  2 10 insufficient to provide fire protection services, the
  2 11 benefited fire district may certify an additional annual tax
  2 12 levy not exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand
  2 13 dollars of assessed valuation of the taxable property within
  2 14 the city to provide fire protection services.
  2 15    c.  The benefited fire district shall certify the tax levy
  2 16 as provided in this subsection only after agreement granted by
  2 17 resolution of the city council.  The amount of the tax rate
  2 18 levied under this subsection shall reduce by an equal amount
  2 19 the maximum tax levy authorized for the general fund of that
  2 20 city under section 384.1.  If the district levies directly
  2 21 against property within a city to provide fire protection for
  2 22 that city, the city shall not be responsible for providing
  2 23 fire protection as provided in section 364.16, and shall have
  2 24 no liability for the method, manner, or means in which the
  2 25 district provides the fire protection.
  2 26    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2 27 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  2 28 
  2 29 
  2 30                                                             
  2 31                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 32                               President of the Senate
  2 33 
  2 34 
  2 35                                                             
  3  1                               RON J. CORBETT
  3  2                               Speaker of the House
  3  3 
  3  4    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  3  5 is known as Senate File 308, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  3  6 
  3  7 
  3  8                                                             
  3  9                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  3 10                               Secretary of the Senate
  3 11 Approved                , 1999
  3 12 
  3 13 
  3 14                               
  3 15 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  3 16 Governor
     
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