1. A personal property tax replacement fund is established as a permanent fund in the office of the treasurer of state, for the purpose of reimbursing the taxing districts for their loss of revenue from personal property taxes due to the provisions of this chapter, determined as provided in this section.
2. On or before January 15, 1974, the county auditor of each county shall prepare a statement listing for each taxing district in the county:
a. The total assessed value of all personal property assessed for taxation as of January 1, 1973, excluding livestock but including other personal property eligible for tax credits granted by this chapter.
b. The millage rate of each taxing district levied in 1972 and payable in 1973.
c. The personal property tax replacement base for each taxing district, which shall be equal to the amount determined pursuant to paragraph "a" of this subsection multiplied by the millage rate specified in paragraph "b".
3. The county auditor shall certify and forward one copy each of the statement to the state comptroller and to the director of revenue not later than January 15, 1974. The director of revenue shall make any necessary corrections and certify to the state comptroller the amount of the personal property tax replacement base for each taxing district in the state, determined pursuant to subsection 2.
4. The personal property tax replacement base for each taxing district is permanent and shall not be adjusted, except that the department of management shall make any necessary corrections and shall make appropriate adjustments to reflect mergers, annexations, and other changes in taxing districts or their boundaries.
5. For each state fiscal year ending with or before the year in which the ninth increase in the additional personal property tax credit under this division becomes effective, each taxing district shall be reimbursed from the personal property tax replacement fund in an amount equal to its personal property tax replacement base multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the total assessed value of all personal property, excluding livestock, in the taxing district, on which taxes are not payable during the fiscal year because of the various tax credits granted by this chapter, and the denominator of which is the total assessed value of all personal property in the taxing district, excluding livestock but including other personal property eligible for tax credits granted by this chapter. For the half year beginning January 1, 1974, and ending June 30, 1974, the amount of reimbursement shall be half the amount determined pursuant to this subsection. The county auditor shall certify and forward to the director of the department of management and the director of revenue and finance, at the times and in the form directed by the director of the department of management, any information needed for the purposes of this subsection. The director of the department of management shall make any necessary corrections and certify the appropriate information to the director of revenue and finance.
6. The amount due each taxing district shall be paid in the form of warrants payable to the respective county treasurers by the director of revenue and finance on May 15 of each fiscal year, taking into consideration the relative budget and cash position of the state resources. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1984 and ending June 30, 1985, one-half of the amount due each taxing district shall be paid to the respective county treasurers by the state comptroller on May 15, 1985. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1985 and ending June 30, 1986, and for each succeeding fiscal year the amount due each taxing district shall be paid in the form of warrants payable to the respective county treasurers by the director of revenue and finance on July 15 and May 15 of that fiscal year, taking into consideration the relative budget and cash position of the state resources. The July 15 payment shall be equal to the amount paid on May 15 of the preceding fiscal year and the payments received shall be an account receivable for each taxing district for the preceding fiscal year. The May 15 payment is equal to one-half of the amount of the additional personal property tax credit payable for the fiscal year. The county treasurer shall pay the proceeds to the various taxing districts in the county.
7. It is the intent of the general assembly that the amounts appropriated by this division shall be sufficient to pay in full the amounts due to all taxing districts. If, for any fiscal year the amount appropriated to the personal property tax replacement fund is insufficient to pay in full the amounts due to all taxing districts, then the amount of each payment shall be reduced by the same percentage, so that the aggregate payments to all taxing districts shall be equal to the amount appropriated for such payments.
[C71, 73, § 427A.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 427A.12]
83 Acts, ch 172, § 9; 84 Acts, ch 1298, § 1; 85 Acts, ch 32, §106; 88 Acts, ch 1134, § 82; 88 Acts, ch 1250, § 14
Referred to in § 405A.1
See also chapter 405A
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