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Senate Study Bill 1075

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 347.7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    If a county hospital is established, the board of
  1  4 supervisors, at the time of levying ordinary taxes, shall levy
  1  5 a tax at the rate voted not to exceed fifty-four cents per
  1  6 thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year for the
  1  7 erection and equipment of the hospital, and also a tax not to
  1  8 exceed twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of value for
  1  9 the improvement, maintenance, and replacements of the
  1 10 hospital, as certified by the board of hospital trustees.
  1 11 However, in counties having a population of two hundred
  1 12 twenty-five thousand or over, the levy for taxes payable in
  1 13 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996 2001, and for
  1 14 subsequent fiscal years, for improvements and maintenance of
  1 15 the hospital shall not exceed one dollar two dollars and
  1 16 seventy-five five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value
  1 17 in any one year.  The proceeds of the taxes constitute the
  1 18 county public hospital fund and the fund is subject to review
  1 19 by the board of supervisors in counties over having a
  1 20 population of two hundred twenty-five thousand or over.
  1 21 However, the board of trustees of a county hospital, where
  1 22 funds are available in the county public hospital fund of the
  1 23 county which are unappropriated, may use the unappropriated
  1 24 funds for erecting and equipping hospital buildings and
  1 25 additions thereto to the hospital buildings without authority
  1 26 from the voters of the county.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  1 29                              EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill increases the maximum property tax levy for the
  1 31 county hospital fund in counties having a population of
  1 32 225,000 or more from $1.75 per $1,000 of assessed valuation of
  1 33 taxable property to $2.05 per $1,000 of assessed valuation of
  1 34 taxable property.  The revenue may be used for the improvement
  1 35 and maintenance of the county hospital.  The tax levy increase
  2  1 applies to taxes payable in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  2  2 2001, and subsequent fiscal years.
  2  3    The bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  2  4 LSB 1982SC 79
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