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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 663 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 25 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 298.2A PHYSICAL PLANT 1 5 AND EQUIPMENT LEVY STATE FUND DISTRIBUTION. 1 6 1. A physical plant and equipment levy state fund 1 7 is created as a separate and distinct fund in the 1 8 state treasury under the control of the department of 1 9 education. Moneys in the fund include revenues 1 10 deposited into the fund pursuant to subsection 2, 1 11 appropriations made to the fund, and other moneys 1 12 deposited into the fund. Any moneys disbursed from 1 13 the fund shall be used as provided in section 298.3. 1 14 2. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 1 15 2004, and for each succeeding budget year, the county 1 16 treasurer shall remit to the department of education 1 17 for deposit into the physical plant and equipment levy 1 18 state fund the property tax revenues received from the 1 19 collection during the school budget year of the 1 20 regular physical plant and equipment levy. 1 21 3. The amount deposited in the physical plant and 1 22 equipment levy state fund in a budget year shall be 1 23 distributed as follows: 1 24 a. A school district that imposed during the 1 25 budget year beginning July 1, 2003, the regular 1 26 physical plant and equipment levy and that has an 1 27 infrastructure tax capacity per student above the 1 28 guaranteed school infrastructure amount shall receive 1 29 an amount equal to the amount raised by its regular 1 30 physical plant and equipment levy. 1 31 b. (1) A school district that imposed during the 1 32 budget year beginning July 1, 2003, the regular 1 33 physical plant and equipment levy and that has an 1 34 infrastructure tax capacity per student below its 1 35 guaranteed school infrastructure amount shall receive 1 36 an amount equal to the amount raised by its regular 1 37 physical plant and equipment levy plus an amount equal 1 38 to its supplemental school infrastructure amount. 1 39 (2) A school district that did not impose during 1 40 but imposed after the budget year beginning July 1, 1 41 2003, the regular physical plant and equipment levy 1 42 shall receive an amount equal to the amount raised by 1 43 the regular physical plant and equipment levy, not to 1 44 exceed its guaranteed school infrastructure amount. 1 45 However, if the amount raised is less than its 1 46 guaranteed school infrastructure amount, the district 1 47 shall receive an additional amount equal to its 1 48 supplemental school infrastructure amount. 1 49 (3) A school district that had not imposed during 1 50 the prior budget year the regular physical plant and 2 1 equipment levy shall receive an amount equal to the 2 2 amount raised by the regular physical plant and 2 3 equipment levy not to exceed its guaranteed school 2 4 infrastructure amount. However, if the amount raised 2 5 is less than its guaranteed school infrastructure 2 6 amount, the district shall receive an additional 2 7 amount equal to its supplemental school infrastructure 2 8 amount. 2 9 (4) The amount distributed under this paragraph 2 10 "b" which a school district receives shall not exceed 2 11 the guaranteed school infrastructure amount. A school 2 12 district qualifying for a supplemental school 2 13 infrastructure amount pursuant to this paragraph "b" 2 14 shall not receive more than the guaranteed school 2 15 infrastructure amount in any subsequent year. 2 16 4. a. The department of education by June 1 2 17 preceding each budget year shall compute the 2 18 guaranteed school infrastructure amount for each 2 19 school district, each school district's infrastructure 2 20 tax capacity per student, the statewide tax revenues 2 21 per student, and the supplemental school 2 22 infrastructure amount for the coming budget year. 2 23 b. For purposes of distributions under subsection 2 24 2: 2 25 (1) "Guaranteed school infrastructure amount" 2 26 means for a school district the statewide tax revenues 2 27 per student, multiplied by the quotient of the regular 2 28 physical plant and equipment levy rate per thousand 2 29 dollars imposed in the school district, divided by 2 30 thirty-three cents per thousand dollars. 2 31 (2) "Infrastructure tax capacity per student" 2 32 means for a school district the estimated amount of 2 33 revenues that a school district receives or would 2 34 receive if the regular physical plant and equipment 2 35 levy of thirty-three cents per thousand dollars is 2 36 imposed divided by the school district's actual 2 37 enrollment as determined in section 257.6, subsection 2 38 1. 2 39 (3) "Statewide tax revenues per student" means the 2 40 amount determined by estimating the total revenues 2 41 that would be generated by a regular physical plant 2 42 and equipment levy of thirty-three cents per thousand 2 43 dollars if imposed by all the school districts during 2 44 the budget year and dividing this estimated revenue 2 45 amount by the sum of the combined actual enrollment 2 46 for all school districts as determined in section 2 47 257.6, subsection 1. 2 48 (4) "Supplemental school infrastructure amount" 2 49 means the guaranteed school infrastructure amount for 2 50 the school district less the amount raised by its 3 1 regular physical plant and equipment levy. 3 2 5. In the case of a deficiency in the fund to pay 3 3 the supplemental school infrastructure amounts in 3 4 full, the amount available in the fund less the amount 3 5 raised by the regular levy attributed to each school 3 6 district should be allocated based on the proportion 3 7 of actual enrollment in the district to the combined 3 8 actual enrollment of the school districts that qualify 3 9 for the supplemental school infrastructure amount. 3 10 6. A school district with less than two hundred 3 11 fifty actual enrollment or less than one hundred 3 12 actual enrollment in the high school shall not expend 3 13 the supplemental school infrastructure amount received 3 14 for new construction or for payments for bonds issued 3 15 for new construction against the supplemental school 3 16 infrastructure amount without prior application to the 3 17 department of education and receipt of a certificate 3 18 of need pursuant to this subsection. However, a 3 19 certificate of need is not required for the payment of 3 20 outstanding bonds issued for new construction pursuant 3 21 to section 296.1, before April 1, 2003. A 3 22 certification of need is also not required for 3 23 repairing schoolhouses or buildings, equipment, 3 24 technology, or transportation equipment for 3 25 transporting students as provided in section 298.3, or 3 26 for construction necessary for compliance with the 3 27 federal Americans With Disabilities Act pursuant to 42 3 28 U.S.C. } 12101-12117. In determining whether a 3 29 certificate of need shall be issued, the department 3 30 shall consider all of the following: 3 31 a. Enrollment trends in the grades that will be 3 32 served at the new construction site. 3 33 b. The infeasibility of remodeling, 3 34 reconstructing, or repairing existing buildings. 3 35 c. The fire and health safety needs of the school 3 36 district. 3 37 d. The distance, convenience, cost of 3 38 transportation, and accessibility of the new 3 39 construction site to the students to be served at the 3 40 new construction site. 3 41 e. Availability of alternative, less costly, or 3 42 more effective means of serving the needs of the 3 43 students. 3 44 f. Any other criteria deemed appropriate as set by 3 45 rules of the state board of education. 3 46 7. This section does not apply to the collection 3 47 and distribution of any voter-approved physical plant 3 48 and equipment levy." 3 49 #2. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the 3 50 word "purposes" the following: "and the regular 4 1 physical plant and equipment levies". 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 WENDT of Woodbury 4 6 HF 663.501 80 4 7 mg/pj
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