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House Amendment 1832

Amendment Text

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  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 the twenty twenty-two and one-fourth three-
  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 exceeding twenty
  1 28 twenty-two and one-fourth three-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 exceeding three five 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 the three five 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 of nine eleven 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
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