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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 535, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 23, by inserting after line 21 the 1 4 following: 1 5 Sec. . Section 260C.15, subsection 1, Code 1 6 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 7 1. Regular elections held annually by the merged 1 8 area for the election of members of the board of 1 9 directors as required by section 260C.11, for the 1 10 renewal of thetwentytwenty-two andone-fourththree- 1 11 fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed 1 12 valuation levy authorized in section 260C.22, or for 1 13 any other matter authorized by law and designated for 1 14 election by the board of directors of the merged area, 1 15 shall be held on the date of the school election as 1 16 fixed by section 277.1. The election notice shall be 1 17 made a part of the local school election notice 1 18 published as provided in section 49.53 in each local 1 19 school district where voting is to occur in the merged 1 20 area election and the election shall be conducted by 1 21 the county commissioner of elections pursuant to 1 22 chapters 39 to 53 and section 277.20. 1 23 Sec. . Section 260C.22, subsection 1, paragraph 1 24 a, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 25 a. In addition to the tax authorized under section 1 26 260C.17, the voters in any merged area may at the 1 27 annual school election vote a tax not exceedingtwenty1 28 twenty-two andone-fourththree-fourths cents per 1 29 thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year for 1 30 a period not to exceed ten years for the purchase of 1 31 grounds, construction of buildings, payment of debts 1 32 contracted for the construction of buildings, purchase 1 33 of buildings and equipment for buildings, and the 1 34 acquisition of libraries, for the purpose of paying 1 35 costs of utilities, and for the purpose of 1 36 maintaining, remodeling, improving, or expanding the 1 37 community college of the merged area. If the tax levy 1 38 is approved under this section, the costs of utilities 1 39 shall be paid from the proceeds of the levy. The tax 1 40 shall be collected by the county treasurers and 1 41 remitted to the treasurer of the merged area as 1 42 provided in section 331.552, subsection 29. The 1 43 proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in a separate 1 44 and distinct fund to be known as the voted tax fund, 1 45 to be paid out upon warrants drawn by the president 1 46 and secretary of the board of directors of the merged 1 47 area district for the payment of costs incurred in 1 48 providing the school facilities for which the tax was 1 49 voted. 1 50 Sec. . Section 260C.22, subsection 1, Code 2 1 2001, is amended by adding the following new 2 2 paragraph: 2 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. If the voters in a merged area 2 4 have authorized a tax pursuant to paragraph "a" not 2 5 exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand 2 6 dollars of assessed value prior to July 1, 2001, the 2 7 tax shall continue for the period originally 2 8 authorized under the voter-approved tax, and the 2 9 maximum tax that can be authorized by the voters on or 2 10 after July 1, 2001, under this section, for the period 2 11 of the original authorized tax, is an additional 2 12 amount such that the total amount of tax does not 2 13 exceed twenty-two and three-fourths cents for a period 2 14 to coincide with the remaining period for which the 2 15 initial tax in the merged area was approved. 2 16 Sec. . Section 260C.28, subsection 1, Code 2 17 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 18 1. Annually, the board of directors may certify 2 19 for levy a tax on taxable property in the merged area 2 20 at a rate not exceedingthreefive and one-half cents 2 21 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for 2 22 equipment replacement for the community college. 2 23 Sec. . Section 260C.28, subsection 2, Code 2 24 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 25 2. However, the board of directors may annually 2 26 certify for levy a tax on taxable property in the 2 27 merged area at a rate in excess of thethreefive and 2 28 one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed 2 29 valuation specified under subsection 1 if the excess 2 30 tax levied does not cause the total rate certified to 2 31 exceed a rate ofnineeleven and one-half cents per 2 32 thousand dollars of assessed valuation, and the excess 2 33 revenue generated is used for purposes of program 2 34 sharing between community colleges or for the purchase 2 35 of instructional equipment. Programs that are shared 2 36 shall be designed to increase student access to 2 37 community college programs and to achieve efficiencies 2 38 in program delivery at the community colleges, 2 39 including, but not limited to, the programs described 2 40 under sections 260C.45 and 260C.46. Prior to 2 41 expenditure of the excess revenues generated under 2 42 this subsection, the board of directors shall obtain 2 43 the approval of the director of the department of 2 44 education." 2 45 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 46 2 47 2 48 2 49 MYERS of Johnson 2 50 SF 535.709 79 3 1 kh/cls
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