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House Study Bill 163

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.421, Code 2003, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsections:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  "Budget year" is the fiscal year
  1  4 beginning during the calendar year in which a budget is first
  1  5 certified.
  1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  "Current fiscal year" is the fiscal
  1  7 year ending during the calendar year in which a budget is
  1  8 first certified.
  1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  "Fee-supported services" means those
  1 10 services provided to political subdivisions or residents of
  1 11 political subdivisions for a fee pursuant to an agreement
  1 12 entered into under chapter 28E regardless of whether such
  1 13 services are also provided to residents of the unincorporated
  1 14 area of the county providing the service.
  1 15    NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  "Previous fiscal year" is the fiscal
  1 16 year ending during the calendar year previous to the calendar
  1 17 year in which a budget is first certified.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 331.421, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
  1 19 amended to read as follows:
  1 20    7.  "General county services" means the services which are
  1 21 primarily intended to that benefit all residents of a the
  1 22 county, including secondary road services and fee-supported
  1 23 services, but excluding rural county services and services
  1 24 financed by other statutory funds.
  1 25    Sec. 3.  Section 331.421, subsection 8, Code 2003, is
  1 26 amended to read as follows:
  1 27    8.  "Rural county services" means the services which are
  1 28 primarily intended to that exclusively benefit those persons
  1 29 residing in the county outside of incorporated city areas,
  1 30 including and secondary road services, but excluding services
  1 31 financed by other statutory funds.
  1 32    Sec. 4.  Section 331.427, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
  1 33 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 34    NEW PARAGRAPH.  n.  Salary costs and expenses incurred in
  1 35 the performance of all law enforcement responsibilities
  2  1 including, but not limited to, the following:
  2  2    (1)  Law enforcement services provided by the sheriff, as
  2  3 defined in section 331.101.
  2  4    (2)  Expenses incurred by the sheriff pursuant to section
  2  5 331.322 or chapter 34.
  2  6    (3)  Salaries, benefits, and expenses related to law
  2  7 enforcement positions established pursuant to section 331.323,
  2  8 subsection 2, and section 331.904, subsection 2.
  2  9    (4)  Powers and duties performed by the sheriff pursuant to
  2 10 sections 331.651 through 331.661.
  2 11    (5)  Powers and duties performed by the sheriff pursuant to
  2 12 chapters 356 and 356A.
  2 13    Sec. 5.  Section 331.428, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
  2 14 amended to read as follows:
  2 15    3.  Appropriations specifically authorized to be made from
  2 16 the rural services fund shall not be made from the general
  2 17 fund, but may be made from other sources.  Appropriations for
  2 18 services made from the general fund for the current fiscal
  2 19 year or previous fiscal year shall not be made from the rural
  2 20 services fund for the budget year.
  2 21    Sec. 6.  Section 331.436, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  2 22 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  2 23    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  For purposes of a protest to the
  2 24 adopted budget, "item" means a budgeted expenditure,
  2 25 appropriation, or cash reserve from a fund for a service area,
  2 26 program, program element, or purpose.
  2 27    Sec. 7.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.  This Act,
  2 28 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  2 29 enactment and applies to the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  2 30 2003, and all subsequent fiscal years.  
  2 31                           EXPLANATION
  2 32    This bill makes changes relating to county budgets.
  2 33    The bill provides definitions for the following as they
  2 34 relate to county budgets:  "budget year", "current fiscal
  2 35 year", "fee-supported services", "item", and "previous fiscal
  3  1 year".  The bill amends the definition of "general county
  3  2 services" to include fee-supported services and to exclude
  3  3 rural county services.  The bill also amends the definition of
  3  4 "rural county services" to provide that rural county services
  3  5 are those that exclusively benefit those persons residing in
  3  6 the county outside of incorporated city areas.
  3  7    The bill adds salary costs and expenses incurred in the
  3  8 performance of all law enforcement responsibilities to the
  3  9 list of general county services for which a county board of
  3 10 supervisors may make appropriations from the general fund.
  3 11    The bill provides that services paid for from the general
  3 12 fund in the current fiscal year or in the previous fiscal year
  3 13 may not be transferred to the rural services fund.
  3 14    The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to fiscal
  3 15 years beginning on or after July 1, 2003.  
  3 16 LSB 1573YC 80
  3 17 sc/cl/14
     

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