CHAPTER 21
FILING FEES
81—21.1(11) Filing fee. A filing fee, as provided for under Iowa Code section 11.6, subsection 10, shall be paid by governmental subdivisions, listed in Iowa Code section 11.6, subsections 1 to 3, for the filing of each audit performed in accordance with those subsections.
	21.1(1) The fee shall be remitted according to a fee schedule using six strata based on the budgeted expenditures of the certified budget as last adopted or amended of the governmental subdivision for the fiscal year of the report being filed.
	21.1(2) The designated strata and applicable fees are as follows:

Budgeted Expenditures
in Millions of Dollars	 	Fee Amount	
Under 1	 	$100	
At least 1 but less than 3	 	175	
At least 3 but less than 5	 	250	
At least 5 but less than 10	 	425	
At least 10 but less than 25	 	625	
25 and over	 	850	
	21.1(3) The annual fee shall pertain to the fiscal year of the report being filed and not the fiscal year in which the report is filed.
	21.1(4) The fee should be remitted to the auditor of state at the same time the report is filed.
	21.1(5) Governmental subdivisions shall be notified annually by July 30 of the amount of the fee for reports filed in the fiscal year.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 11.6, subsection 10.
[Filed 9/13/91, Notice 3/20/91—published 10/2/91, effective 11/6/91]
[Filed 1/15/93, Notice 10/28/92—published 2/3/93, effective 3/10/93]
[Filed 5/9/03, Notice 4/2/03—published 5/28/03, effective 7/2/03]