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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 441.2, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 441.2 CONFERENCE BOARD. 1 4 In each county and each city having an assessor there shall 1 5 be established a conference board. In counties the conference 1 6 board shall consist of the mayors of all incorporated cities 1 7 in the county whose property is assessed by the county 1 8 assessor, one representative from the board of directors of 1 9 each high school district of the county, who is a resident of 1 10 the county, said board of directors appointing said 1 11 representative for a one-year term and notifying the clerk of 1 12 the conference board as to their representative, and members 1 13 of the board of supervisors. In cities having an assessor the 1 14 conference board shall consist of the members of the city 1 15 council, school board, and county board of supervisors. In 1 16 the counties the chairperson of the board of supervisors shall 1 17 act as chairperson of the conference board, in cities having 1 18 an assessor the mayor of the city council shall act as 1 19 chairperson of the conference board. In any action taken by 1 20 the conference board, the mayors of all incorporated cities in 1 21 the county whose property is assessed by the county assessor 1 22 shall constitute one voting unit, the members of the city 1 23 board of education or one representative from the board of 1 24 directors of each high school district of the county shall 1 25 constitute one voting unit, the members of the city council 1 26 shall constitute one voting unit, and the county board of 1 27 supervisors shall constitute one voting unit, each unit having 1 28 a single vote and no action shall be valid except by the vote 1 29 of not less than two out of the three units. The majority 1 30 vote of the members present of each unit shall determine the 1 31 vote of the unit. A majority of the members of each voting 1 32 unit must be in attendance for purposes of constituting a 1 33 quorum to conduct business and take action under this chapter. 1 34 The assessor shall be clerk of the conference board. 1 35 Sec. 2. Section 441.16, Code 2003, is amended to read as 2 1 follows: 2 2 441.16 BUDGET. 2 3 1. All expenditures under this chapter shall be paid as 2 4hereinafterprovided in this section. 2 5 2. Not later than January 1 of each year the assessor, the 2 6 examining board, and the board of review, shall each prepare a 2 7 proposed budget of all expenses for the ensuing fiscal year. 2 8 The assessor shall include in the proposed budget the probable 2 9 expenses for defending assessment appeals.SaidThe budgets 2 10 shall be combined by the assessor and copiesthereofof the 2 11 combined budgets forthwith filed by the assessor in triplicate 2 12 with the chairperson of the conference board. 2 13SuchThe combined budgets shall contain an itemized list of 2 14 the proposed salaries of the assessor and each deputy, the 2 15 amount required for field personnel and other personnel, their 2 16 number and their compensation; the estimated amount needed for 2 17 expenses, printing, mileage and other expenses necessary to 2 18 operate the assessor's office, the estimated expenses of the 2 19 examining board and the salaries and expenses of the local 2 20 board of review. 2 21 3. Each fiscal year the chairperson of the conference 2 22 board shall, by written notice, call a meeting of the 2 23 conference board to consider the proposed budget and to comply 2 24 with section 24.9. 2 25 Atsuchthe meeting the conference board shall authorize: 2 261.a. The number of deputies, field personnel, and other 2 27 personnel of the assessor's office. 2 282.b. The salaries and compensation of members of the 2 29 board of review, the assessor, chief deputy, other deputies, 2 30 field personnel, and other personnel, and determine the time 2 31 and manner of payment. When authorizing the annual salary of 2 32 the assessor, the conference board shall take into account the 2 33 annual salaries of the county auditor, the county treasurer, 2 34 and the county recorder. The annual salary of the chief 2 35 deputy shall be an amount not to exceed eighty percent of the 3 1 annual salary of the assessor. In offices where more than one 3 2 deputy is required, each additional deputy shall be paid an 3 3 amount not to exceed seventy-five percent of the assessor's 3 4 salary. The conference board shall not authorize a deputy's 3 5 salary which exceeds the limitations of this paragraph. 3 63.c. The miscellaneous expenses of the assessor's office, 3 7 the board of review and the examining board, including office 3 8 equipment, records, supplies, and other required items. 3 94.d. The estimated expense of assessment appeals. All 3 10 such expense items shall be included in the budget adopted for 3 11 the ensuing year. 3 12 4. All tax levies and expenditures provided forhereinin 3 13 this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 24 3 14 and the conference board is hereby declared to be the 3 15 certifying board. 3 16 5. Any tax for the maintenance of the office of assessor 3 17 and other assessment procedure shall be levied only upon the 3 18 property in the area assessed by said assessor and such tax 3 19 levy shall not exceed forty and one-half cents per thousand 3 20 dollars of assessed value in assessing areas where the 3 21 valuation upon which the tax is levied does not exceed ninety- 3 22 two million, six hundred thousand dollars; thirty-three and 3 23 three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in 3 24 assessing areas where the valuation upon which the tax is 3 25 levied exceeds ninety-two million, six hundred thousand 3 26 dollars and does not exceed one hundred eleven million, one 3 27 hundred twenty thousand dollars; twenty-seven cents per 3 28 thousand dollars of assessed value in assessing areas where 3 29 the valuation upon which the tax is levied exceeds one hundred 3 30 eleven million, one hundred twenty thousand dollars. The 3 31 county treasurer shall credit the sums received from such levy 3 32 to a separate fund to be known as the "assessment expense 3 33 fund" and from which fund all expenses incurred under this 3 34 chapter shall be paid. In the case of a county where there is 3 35 more than one assessor the treasurer shall maintain separate 4 1 assessment expense funds for each assessor. 4 2 6. The county auditor shall keep a complete record ofsaid4 3 the separate assessment expense funds and shall issue warrants 4 4thereonon a fund only on requisition of the assessor. 4 5 7. The assessor shall not issue requisitions so as to 4 6 increase the total expenditures budgeted for the operation of 4 7 the assessor's office. However, for purposes of promoting 4 8 operational efficiency, the assessor shall have authority to 4 9 transfer funds budgeted for specific items for the operation 4 10 of the assessor's office from one unexpended balance to 4 11 another; such transfer shall not be made so as to increase the 4 12 total amount budgeted for the operation of the office of 4 13 assessor, and no funds shall be used to increase the salary of 4 14 the assessor or the salaries of permanent deputy assessors. 4 15 The assessor shall issue requisitions for the examining board 4 16 and for the board of review on order of the chairperson of 4 17 each board and for costs and expenses incident to assessment 4 18 appeals, only on order of the city legal department, in the 4 19 case of cities and of the county attorney in the case of 4 20 counties. 4 21 8. Unexpended funds remaining in the assessment expense 4 22 fund at the end of a year shall be carried forward into the 4 23 next year. 4 24 EXPLANATION 4 25 This bill sets certain requirements for local conference 4 26 boards. 4 27 Current law provides that the local conference board for 4 28 counties shall consist of the mayors of all the cities in the 4 29 county, one director from the board of each high school 4 30 district in the county, and the members of the board of 4 31 supervisors. For cities, the conference board consists of all 4 32 the members of the city council, all the members of the school 4 33 board located in the city, and all the members of the board of 4 34 supervisors. For city and county conference boards, each of 4 35 these three groups constitutes one voting unit on the board. 5 1 The bill provides that a quorum of the conference board 5 2 necessary to conduct business and take action shall be 5 3 achieved when a majority of the members of each voting unit 5 4 are present. 5 5 The bill provides that when a conference board authorizes 5 6 the salary of a city or county assessor, the board is to 5 7 consider the salaries of the county auditor, treasurer, and 5 8 recorder. The bill also provides that the salary authorized 5 9 by the board for the chief deputy assessor shall not exceed 80 5 10 percent of the assessor's salary and the salaries authorized 5 11 for additional deputies shall not exceed 75 percent of the 5 12 assessor's salary. 5 13 The bill also amends Code section 441.16 to number 5 14 subsections and to remove archaic language. 5 15 LSB 2332YH 80 5 16 sc/cf/24
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