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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 535 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 23, by inserting before line 35 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . Section 260C.15, subsection 1, Code 1 5 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 1. Regular elections held annually by the merged 1 7 area for the election of members of the board of 1 8 directors as required by section 260C.11, for the 1 9 renewal of thetwentytwenty-two andone-fourththree- 1 10 fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed 1 11 valuation levy authorized in section 260C.22, or for 1 12 any other matter authorized by law and designated for 1 13 election by the board of directors of the merged area, 1 14 shall be held on the date of the school election as 1 15 fixed by section 277.1. The election notice shall be 1 16 made a part of the local school election notice 1 17 published as provided in section 49.53 in each local 1 18 school district where voting is to occur in the merged 1 19 area election and the election shall be conducted by 1 20 the county commissioner of elections pursuant to 1 21 chapters 39 to 53 and section 277.20. 1 22 Sec. . Section 260C.22, subsection 1, paragraph 1 23 a, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 24 a. In addition to the tax authorized under section 1 25 260C.17, the voters in any merged area may at the 1 26 annual school election vote a tax not exceedingtwenty1 27 twenty-two andone-fourththree-fourths cents per 1 28 thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year for 1 29 a period not to exceed ten years for the purchase of 1 30 grounds, construction of buildings, payment of debts 1 31 contracted for the construction of buildings, purchase 1 32 of buildings and equipment for buildings, and the 1 33 acquisition of libraries, for the purpose of paying 1 34 costs of utilities, and for the purpose of 1 35 maintaining, remodeling, improving, or expanding the 1 36 community college of the merged area. If the tax levy 1 37 is approved under this section, the costs of utilities 1 38 shall be paid from the proceeds of the levy. The tax 1 39 shall be collected by the county treasurers and 1 40 remitted to the treasurer of the merged area as 1 41 provided in section 331.552, subsection 29. The 1 42 proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in a separate 1 43 and distinct fund to be known as the voted tax fund, 1 44 to be paid out upon warrants drawn by the president 1 45 and secretary of the board of directors of the merged 1 46 area district for the payment of costs incurred in 1 47 providing the school facilities for which the tax was 1 48 voted. 1 49 Sec. . Section 260C.22, subsection 1, Code 1 50 2001, is amended by adding the following new 2 1 paragraph: 2 2 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. If the voters in a merged area 2 3 have authorized a tax pursuant to paragraph "a" not 2 4 exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand 2 5 dollars of assessed value prior to July 1, 2001, the 2 6 tax shall continue for the period originally 2 7 authorized under the voter-approved tax, and the 2 8 maximum tax that can be authorized by the voters on or 2 9 after July 1, 2001, under this section, for the period 2 10 of the original authorized tax, is an additional 2 11 amount such that the total amount of tax does not 2 12 exceed twenty-two and three-fourths cents for a period 2 13 to coincide with the remaining period for which the 2 14 initial tax in the merged area was approved. 2 15 Sec. . Section 260C.28, subsection 1, Code 2 16 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 17 1. Annually, the board of directors may certify 2 18 for levy a tax on taxable property in the merged area 2 19 at a rate not exceedingthreefive and one-half cents 2 20 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for 2 21 equipment replacement for the community college. 2 22 Sec. . Section 260C.28, subsection 2, Code 2 23 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 24 2. However, the board of directors may annually 2 25 certify for levy a tax on taxable property in the 2 26 merged area at a rate in excess of thethreefive and 2 27 one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed 2 28 valuation specified under subsection 1 if the excess 2 29 tax levied does not cause the total rate certified to 2 30 exceed a rate ofnineeleven and one-half cents per 2 31 thousand dollars of assessed valuation, and the excess 2 32 revenue generated is used for purposes of program 2 33 sharing between community colleges or for the purchase 2 34 of instructional equipment. Programs that are shared 2 35 shall be designed to increase student access to 2 36 community college programs and to achieve efficiencies 2 37 in program delivery at the community colleges, 2 38 including, but not limited to, the programs described 2 39 under sections 260C.45 and 260C.46. Prior to 2 40 expenditure of the excess revenues generated under 2 41 this subsection, the board of directors shall obtain 2 42 the approval of the director of the department of 2 43 education." 2 44 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 45 2 46 2 47 2 48 JOHN P. KIBBIE 2 49 2 50 3 1 3 2 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 DENNIS H. BLACK 3 7 SF 535.703 79 3 8 rn/cls
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