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House Study Bill 235

Bill Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8.54, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  "Annual price index" means the change,
  1  4 computed to two decimal places, between the preliminary price
  1  5 index for the third quarter of the calendar year preceding the
  1  6 calendar year in which the fiscal year starts and the revised
  1  7 price index for the third quarter of the previous calendar
  1  8 year as published in the same issue in which such preliminary
  1  9 price index is first published.  The price index used shall be
  1 10 the state and local government chain-type price index used in
  1 11 the quantity and price indexes for gross domestic product as
  1 12 published by the United States department of commerce.  The
  1 13 annual price index shall not be less than zero and shall not
  1 14 exceed four hundredths.  The change shall then be added to one
  1 15 to create a multiplier for the annual price index.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 8.54, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended
  1 17 to read as follows:
  1 18    3.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the state
  1 19 general fund expenditure limitation for a fiscal year shall be
  1 20 ninety-nine percent of the adjusted revenue estimate.
  1 21 Commencing with the state general fund expenditure limitation
  1 22 calculated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, the
  1 23 initial expenditure limitation established for a fiscal year
  1 24 shall not exceed the product of the prior fiscal year's final
  1 25 expenditure limitation times the annual price index.  
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill establishes a growth rate limit for the state
  1 28 general fund expenditure limitation under Code section 8.54.
  1 29    The term "annual price index" is defined using the state
  1 30 and local government chain-type price index used in the
  1 31 quantity and price indexes for the gross domestic product as
  1 32 published by the United States department of commerce.  The
  1 33 change in the index is then used to develop a multiplier that
  1 34 is limited to a maximum increase of four percent.
  1 35    Commencing with the state general fund expenditure
  2  1 limitation calculated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  2  2 2002, the initial expenditure limitation established for a
  2  3 fiscal year prior to adjustment under law shall not exceed the
  2  4 product of the prior fiscal year's final expenditure
  2  5 limitation times the annual price index, as defined in the
  2  6 bill.
  2  7    Under current law, this initial amount may be adjusted to
  2  8 incorporate any eligible ending balance carried forward from
  2  9 the previous fiscal year and for new revenues and new
  2 10 transfers.  
  2 11 LSB 3259HC 79
  2 12 jp/cls/14
     

Text: HSB00234                          Text: HSB00236
Text: HSB00200 - HSB00299               Text: HSB Index
Bills and Amendments: General Index     Bill History: General Index

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