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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 403.19, subsection 2, Code Supplement
  1  2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  That portion of the taxes each year in excess of such
  1  4 amount shall be allocated to and when collected be paid into a
  1  5 special fund of the municipality to pay the principal of and
  1  6 interest on loans, moneys advanced to, or indebtedness,
  1  7 whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise, including
  1  8 bonds issued under the authority of section 403.9, subsection
  1  9 1, incurred by the municipality to finance or refinance, in
  1 10 whole or in part, an urban renewal project within the area,
  1 11 and to provide assistance for low and moderate income family
  1 12 housing as provided in section 403.22, except that taxes for
  1 13 the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment
  1 14 levy of levied by a school district imposed pursuant to
  1 15 section 298.2 and taxes for the payment of bonds and interest
  1 16 of each taxing district must be collected against all taxable
  1 17 property within the taxing district without limitation by the
  1 18 provisions of this subsection.  However, all or a portion of
  1 19 the taxes for the physical plant and equipment levy school
  1 20 district revenue shall be paid by the school district to the
  1 21 municipality if the auditor certifies to the school district
  1 22 by July 1 the amount of such levy school district revenue that
  1 23 is necessary to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued
  1 24 by the municipality to finance an urban renewal project, which
  1 25 bonds were issued before July 1, 2001.  Indebtedness incurred
  1 26 to refund bonds issued prior to July 1, 2001, shall not be
  1 27 included in the certification.  Such school district shall pay
  1 28 over the amount certified by November 1 and May 1 of the
  1 29 fiscal year following certification to the school district.
  1 30 Unless and until the total assessed valuation of the taxable
  1 31 property in an urban renewal area exceeds the total assessed
  1 32 value of the taxable property in such area as shown by the
  1 33 last equalized assessment roll referred to in subsection 1,
  1 34 all of the taxes levied and collected upon the taxable
  1 35 property in the urban renewal area shall be paid into the
  2  1 funds for the respective taxing districts as taxes by or for
  2  2 the taxing districts in the same manner as all other property
  2  3 taxes.  When such loans, advances, indebtedness, and bonds, if
  2  4 any, and interest thereon, have been paid, all moneys
  2  5 thereafter received from taxes upon the taxable property in
  2  6 such urban renewal area shall be paid into the funds for the
  2  7 respective taxing districts in the same manner as taxes on all
  2  8 other property.
  2  9    Sec. 2.  Section 403.19, subsection 7, Code Supplement
  2 10 2001, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
  2 11 lieu thereof the following:
  2 12    7.  For any fiscal year, a municipality may certify to the
  2 13 county auditor for school district revenue necessary for
  2 14 payment of principal and interest on bonds issued prior to
  2 15 July 1, 2001.  The municipality may receive physical plant and
  2 16 equipment revenue only if the municipality certified for such
  2 17 revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000.  The
  2 18 municipality may receive school district revenue other than
  2 19 physical plant and equipment revenue only if the municipality
  2 20 certified for such revenue for the fiscal year beginning July
  2 21 1, 2002.  A municipality shall not certify more than the sum
  2 22 of the amount the municipality certified for the fiscal years
  2 23 beginning July 1, 2000, and July 1, 2002.  If for any fiscal
  2 24 year a municipality fails to certify to the county auditor for
  2 25 a school district by July 1 the amount of school district
  2 26 revenue necessary for payment of principal and interest on
  2 27 such bonds, as provided in subsection 2, the school district
  2 28 is not required to pay over the revenue to the municipality.
  2 29    If in any fiscal year a school district and a municipality
  2 30 are unable to agree on the amount of school district revenue
  2 31 for which a municipality may certify, either party may request
  2 32 that the state appeal board review and finally pass upon the
  2 33 amount that may be certified.  Such appeals must be presented
  2 34 in writing to the state appeal board no later than July 31
  2 35 following certification.  The burden shall be on the
  3  1 municipality to prove that the school district revenue is
  3  2 necessary to pay principal and interest on bonds issued prior
  3  3 to July 1, 2001.  A final decision must be issued by the state
  3  4 appeal board no later than the following October 1.
  3  5    Sec. 3.  Section 403.19, Code Supplement 2001, is amended
  3  6 by adding the following new subsection:
  3  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  For purposes of this section, "school
  3  8 district revenue" means revenue generated by school district
  3  9 property tax levies, except for those levies authorized
  3 10 pursuant to sections 257.3 and 257.4.
  3 11    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  3 13                           EXPLANATION
  3 14    This bill provides that the revenues from school district
  3 15 property taxes imposed in an urban renewal area that is
  3 16 utilizing tax increment financing shall not be paid to the
  3 17 municipality implementing the urban renewal plan, but shall be
  3 18 paid to the school district imposing the taxes unless the
  3 19 school district revenue is needed to pay indebtedness for the
  3 20 urban renewal area incurred before July 1, 2001.  The
  3 21 municipality must have certified for physical plant and
  3 22 equipment revenue by July 1, 2000, and for the remaining
  3 23 school revenue by July 1, 2002.  School district revenue is
  3 24 defined as school district property taxes except for the
  3 25 foundation level property tax levy ($5.40 per $1,000 of value)
  3 26 and the additional foundation property tax levy.  The amount
  3 27 certified is to be paid to the municipality by November 1 and
  3 28 May 1 following certification.
  3 29    The bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  3 30 LSB 5793HH 79
  3 31 sc/hk/91
     

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