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Senate Study Bill 3081

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 359.43, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The township trustees may shall levy an annual tax of
  1  4 not exceeding less than forty and one-half cents per thousand
  1  5 dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the
  1  6 township, excluding property within a benefited fire district
  1  7 or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of
  1  8 exercising the powers and duties specified in section 359.42.
  1  9 However, in a township having a fire protection service or
  1 10 emergency medical service agreement or both service agreements
  1 11 with a special charter city having a paid fire department, the
  1 12 township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding fifty-
  1 13 four cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of the
  1 14 taxable property for the services authorized or required under
  1 15 section 359.42 and in a township which is located within a
  1 16 county having a population of three hundred thousand or more,
  1 17 the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding
  1 18 sixty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars of
  1 19 assessed value of taxable property for the services authorized
  1 20 or required under section 359.42.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to taxes due and
  1 22 payable in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.  
  1 23                           EXPLANATION 
  1 24    Current law allows townships to levy an amount not
  1 25 exceeding 60 3/4 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of the
  1 26 taxable property in the township for fire protection and
  1 27 emergency medical services.  In townships that contract with a
  1 28 special charter city to provide these services, the levy limit
  1 29 is 74 1/4 cents per $1,000 of value.  And, in townships
  1 30 located in a county with a population of 300,000 or more, the
  1 31 levy limit is 87 3/4 cents per $1,000 of value.
  1 32    The bill requires all townships to impose a minimum levy of
  1 33 40 1/2 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of the taxable
  1 34 property in the township for fire protection and emergency
  1 35 medical services.
  2  1    The bill applies to taxes due and payable in the fiscal
  2  2 year beginning July 1, 2003.  
  2  3 LSB 6590SC 79
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