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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. BONDING AUTHORITY.
1 39 a. The establishment, construction,
1 40 reconstruction, repair, equipping, remodeling,
1 41 extension, maintenance, and operation of works,
1 42 vehicles, and facilities of a regional transit
1 43 district may be financed by revenue bonds as a county
1 44 enterprise pursuant to division IV, part 4.
1 45 b. The establishment, construction,
1 46 reconstruction, repair, equipping, remodeling,
1 47 extension, maintenance, and operation of works,
1 48 vehicles, and facilities of a regional transit
1 49 district may be financed by general obligation bonds
1 50 as an essential county purpose pursuant to division
2 1 IV, part 3.
2 2 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 331.424D REGIONAL TRANSIT
2 3 DISTRICT LEVY.
2 4 The board may levy annually a tax not to exceed
2 5 ninety-five cents per thousand dollars of the assessed
2 6 value of all taxable property in the county within a
2 7 regional transit district but not within the
2 8 incorporated area of a city. However, if a city
2 9 participating in a regional transit district
2 10 authorizes the board to levy a tax for the regional
2 11 transit district within the city, the tax levy
2 12 authorized pursuant to section 384.12, subsection 10,
2 13 shall be reduced by the tax levy imposed by the county
2 14 pursuant to the agreement. A tax levy imposed
2 15 pursuant to section 384.12, subsection 10, and this
2 16 section shall not exceed the aggregate of ninety-five
2 17 cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of
2 18 all taxable property in a participating city. The
2 19 proceeds of the tax levy shall be used for the
2 20 operation and maintenance of a regional transit
2 21 district and for the creation of a reserve fund. The
2 22 board may divide the territory of a regional transit
2 23 district outside the boundaries of a city into
2 24 separate service areas and impose a separate levy not
2 25 to exceed the maximum rate authorized in this section
2 26 in each service area.
2 27 Sec. . Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph
2 28 b, Code Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the
2 29 following new subparagraph:
2 30 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (15) The establishment,
2 31 construction, reconstruction, repair, equipping,
2 32 remodeling, extension, maintenance, and operation of
2 33 works, vehicles, and facilities of a regional transit
2 34 district.
2 35 Sec. . Section 331.461, subsection 2, Code
2 36 Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the following
2 37 new paragraph:
2 38 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. A regional transit district
2 39 including the establishment, construction,
2 40 reconstruction, repair, equipping, remodeling,
2 41 extension, maintenance, and operation of its works,
2 42 vehicles, and facilities.
2 43 Sec. . Section 384.12, subsection 10, Code
2 44 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2 45 10. A tax for the operation and maintenance of a
2 46 municipal transit system, and for the creation of a
2 47 reserve fund for the system, in an amount not to
2 48 exceed ninety-five cents per thousand dollars of
2 49 assessed value each year less the rate of tax levied
2 50 for a regional transit district pursuant to section
3 1 331.424D, when the revenues from the transit system
3 2 are insufficient for such purposes, but proceeds of
3 3 the tax may not be used to pay interest and principal
3 4 on bonds issued for the purposes of the transit
3 5 system."
3 6 #2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
3 7 word "counties," the following: "authorizing the
3 8 imposition of a limited tax levy,".
3 9 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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3 13 JEFF LAMBERTI
3 14 SF 2330.202 79
3 15 tj/sh
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