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1 1 Amend Senate File 2330 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 331.386 REGIONAL
1 5 TRANSIT DISTRICT AUTHORIZED – DEFINITION – FINANCE
1 6 AUTHORITY.
1 7 1. DEFINITION. As used in this section, unless
1 8 the context otherwise requires, "regional transit
1 9 district" means a public transit district created
1 10 pursuant to an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E by
1 11 one or more counties or cities to provide support for
1 12 transportation passengers by one or more public
1 13 transit systems designated under chapter 324A.
1 14 2. REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT CREATED.
1 15 a. One or more counties may create a regional
1 16 transit district consisting of the area of any
1 17 participating county outside cities served by an urban
1 18 transit system and the incorporated area of any
1 19 participating city. The areas included in a regional
1 20 transit district need not be contiguous, but the
1 21 parties to a chapter 28E agreement creating a regional
1 22 transit district shall include at least one county,
1 23 plus any of the following:
1 24 (1) Any contiguous counties which choose to
1 25 participate.
1 26 (2) Any cities which choose to participate,
1 27 provided the cities are located within a participating
1 28 county or within a county contiguous to a
1 29 participating county or to a county with at least one
1 30 participating city.
1 31 b. The governing body of a regional transit
1 32 district has all the rights, powers, privileges, and
1 33 immunities of a local government relating to the
1 34 purpose for which the regional transit district is
1 35 created. In exercising its powers, the governing body
1 36 may establish a schedule of fares and collect fares
1 37 for the transportation of passengers.
1 38 3. TAX AUTHORITY. The governing body of a
1 39 regional transit district may impose a tax levy which
1 40 shall not exceed the rate of ninety-five cents per
1 41 thousand dollars of the assessed value of all taxable
1 42 property in the regional transit district. The
1 43 proceeds of the tax levy shall be used for works and
1 44 facilities useful for the transportation of passengers
1 45 who present themselves for transportation without
1 46 discrimination up to the capacity of each public
1 47 transit vehicle. The governing body of a regional
1 48 transit district may divide a regional transit
1 49 district into separate service areas and impose a
1 50 separate levy not to exceed the maximum rate
2 1 authorized in this subsection in each service area.
2 2 If a city is included in a regional transit district,
2 3 the tax levy authorized pursuant to section 384.12,
2 4 subsection 10, shall be reduced by the tax levy
2 5 imposed by the regional transit district within the
2 6 city or part of the city pursuant to this subsection.
2 7 A tax levy imposed pursuant to section 384.12,
2 8 subsection 10, and this subsection shall not exceed
2 9 the aggregate of ninety-five cents per thousand
2 10 dollars of the assessed value of all taxable property
2 11 in a participating city.
2 12 4. BONDING AUTHORITY.
2 13 a. The establishment, construction,
2 14 reconstruction, repair, equipping, remodeling,
2 15 extension, maintenance, and operation of works,
2 16 vehicles, and facilities of a regional transit
2 17 district may be financed by revenue bonds as a county
2 18 enterprise pursuant to division IV, part 4.
2 19 b. The establishment, construction,
2 20 reconstruction, repair, equipping, remodeling,
2 21 extension, maintenance, and operation of works,
2 22 vehicles, and facilities of a regional transit
2 23 district may be financed by general obligation bonds
2 24 as an essential county purpose pursuant to division
2 25 IV, part 3.
2 26 Sec. . Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph
2 27 b, Code Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the
2 28 following new subparagraph:
2 29 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (15) The establishment,
2 30 construction, reconstruction, repair, equipping,
2 31 remodeling, extension, maintenance, and operation of
2 32 works, vehicles, and facilities of a regional transit
2 33 district.
2 34 Sec. . Section 331.461, subsection 2, Code
2 35 Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the following
2 36 new paragraph:
2 37 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. A regional transit district
2 38 including the establishment, construction,
2 39 reconstruction, repair, equipping, remodeling,
2 40 extension, maintenance, and operation of its works,
2 41 vehicles, and facilities.
2 42 Sec. . Section 384.12, subsection 10, Code
2 43 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2 44 10. A tax for the operation and maintenance of a
2 45 municipal transit system, and for the creation of a
2 46 reserve fund for the system, in an amount not to
2 47 exceed ninety-five cents per thousand dollars of
2 48 assessed value each year less the rate of tax levied
2 49 for a regional transit district, when the revenues
2 50 from the transit system are insufficient for such
3 1 purposes, but proceeds of the tax may not be used to
3 2 pay interest and principal on bonds issued for the
3 3 purposes of the transit system."
3 4 #2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
3 5 word "counties," the following: "authorizing the
3 6 imposition of a limited tax levy,".
3 7 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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3 11 JEFF LAMBERTI
3 12 SF 2330.701 79
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