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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 331.386 COUNTY URBAN PUBLIC
1 2 TRANSIT DISTRICT AUTHORIZED – DEFINITIONS – TAX AND FINANCE
1 3 AUTHORITY.
1 4 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this section, unless the
1 5 context otherwise requires:
1 6 a. "Transit district" means a county urban public transit
1 7 district which is created by one or more counties to provide
1 8 for the transportation of passengers who present themselves
1 9 for transportation without discrimination up to the limit of
1 10 the capacity of each public transit vehicle. A "transit
1 11 district" shall include only the urbanized areas of a county
1 12 and the territory of any participating city.
1 13 b. "Urbanized area" means any area of land within two
1 14 miles of the boundaries of a city.
1 15 2. TRANSIT DISTRICT CREATED.
1 16 a. One or more counties may create a transit district
1 17 consisting of any urbanized areas in the county and all or
1 18 part of the territory of any city which agrees to participate.
1 19 A city may join a transit district by agreement adopted
1 20 pursuant to chapter 28E. The territories of urbanized areas
1 21 and cities included in a transit district need not be
1 22 contiguous. The board of supervisors of a county included in
1 23 a transit district may serve as the governing body of the
1 24 transit district or a separate entity may be created pursuant
1 25 to a chapter 28E agreement to serve as the governing body.
1 26 b. The governing body of a transit district has all the
1 27 rights, powers, privileges, and immunities of a local
1 28 government relating to the purpose for which the transit
1 29 district is created. In exercising its powers, the governing
1 30 body may establish a schedule of fares and collect fares for
1 31 the transportation of passengers.
1 32 3. TAX AUTHORITY. The governing body of a transit
1 33 district may impose a tax levy which shall not exceed the rate
1 34 of ninety-five cents per thousand dollars of the assessed
1 35 value of all taxable property in the transit district. The
2 1 proceeds of the tax levy shall be used for works and
2 2 facilities useful for the transportation of passengers who
2 3 present themselves for transportation without discrimination
2 4 up to the capacity of each public transit vehicle. The
2 5 governing body of a transit district may divide a transit
2 6 district into separate service areas and impose a separate
2 7 levy not to exceed the maximum rate authorized in this
2 8 subsection in each service area. If a city is included in a
2 9 transit district, the tax levy authorized pursuant to section
2 10 384.12, subsection 10, shall be reduced by the tax levy
2 11 imposed by the transit district within the city or part of the
2 12 city pursuant to this subsection. A tax levy imposed pursuant
2 13 to section 384.12, subsection 10, and this subsection shall
2 14 not exceed the aggregate of ninety-five cents per thousand
2 15 dollars of the assessed value of all taxable property in a
2 16 participating city.
2 17 4. BONDING AUTHORITY.
2 18 a. The establishment, construction, reconstruction,
2 19 repair, equipping, remodeling, extension, maintenance, and
2 20 operation of works, vehicles, and facilities of a transit
2 21 district may be financed by revenue bonds as a county
2 22 enterprise pursuant to division IV, part 4.
2 23 b. The establishment, construction, reconstruction,
2 24 repair, equipping, remodeling, extension, maintenance, and
2 25 operation of works, vehicles, and facilities of a transit
2 26 district may be financed by general obligation bonds as an
2 27 essential county purpose pursuant to division IV, part 3.
2 28 Sec. 2. Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2 29 Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the following new
2 30 subparagraph:
2 31 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (15) The establishment, construction,
2 32 reconstruction, repair, equipping, remodeling, extension,
2 33 maintenance, and operation of works, vehicles, and facilities
2 34 of a county urban public transit district.
2 35 Sec. 3. Section 331.461, subsection 2, Code Supplement
3 1 2001, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
3 2 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. A county urban public transit district
3 3 including the establishment, construction, reconstruction,
3 4 repair, equipping, remodeling, extension, maintenance, and
3 5 operation of its works, vehicles, and facilities.
3 6 Sec. 4. Section 384.12, subsection 10, Code 2001, is
3 7 amended to read as follows:
3 8 10. A tax for the operation and maintenance of a municipal
3 9 transit system, and for the creation of a reserve fund for the
3 10 system, in an amount not to exceed ninety-five cents per
3 11 thousand dollars of assessed value each year less the rate of
3 12 tax levied for a county urban public transit district pursuant
3 13 to section 331.386, when the revenues from the transit system
3 14 are insufficient for such purposes, but proceeds of the tax
3 15 may not be used to pay interest and principal on bonds issued
3 16 for the purposes of the transit system.
3 17 EXPLANATION
3 18 This bill authorizes the establishment of a county urban
3 19 public transit district by one or more counties. The transit
3 20 district may include urbanized areas of the county
3 21 (unincorporated territory of a county within two miles of the
3 22 boundaries of a city) and all or part of a city which agrees
3 23 to participate. The purpose of a transit district is to
3 24 provide for the transportation of passengers for an
3 25 established fare who present themselves for transportation
3 26 without discrimination up to the limit of the capacity of each
3 27 transit vehicle. The board of supervisors of a county
3 28 included in a transit district may serve as the governing body
3 29 of the transit district or a separate entity may be created
3 30 pursuant to a Code chapter 28E agreement.
3 31 A transit district may impose a tax levy up to $.95 per
3 32 $1,000 of the assessed value of the taxable property of the
3 33 transit district to finance the transit district and its
3 34 transportation services. However, if a city is included in
3 35 the transit district, the supplemental levy for municipal
4 1 transit purposes shall be reduced by the tax levy imposed in
4 2 the city by the governing body of the transit district. The
4 3 aggregate amount of any tax imposed by a city and a transit
4 4 district on the taxable property in the city shall not exceed
4 5 $.95 per $1,000 of the assessed value of the taxable property
4 6 in the city. The governing body of a transit district may
4 7 also establish a schedule of fares and collect fares for its
4 8 transportation services.
4 9 The bill also amends the county bonding laws to provide
4 10 that a transit district is a county enterprise for the purpose
4 11 of issuing revenue bonds and an essential county purpose for
4 12 the purpose of issuing general obligation bonds to finance its
4 13 works, equipment, and facilities.
4 14 LSB 5628SC 79
4 15 tj/cls/14
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