House Amendment 2063


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 601, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 47, by inserting after line 12 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 296.7, subsection 3, Code 2007,
     1  6 is amended to read as follows:
     1  7    3.  A Except as provided in section 298.4, a school
     1  8 district, providing an insurance program as described
     1  9 in subsection 2, shall not contract indebtedness and
     1 10 issue general obligation bonds or enter into insurance
     1 11 agreements obligating the school district to make
     1 12 payments beyond its current budget year for that
     1 13 employee benefit plan.  A school district may,
     1 14 however, apply to the school budget review committee
     1 15 for relief if necessitated by the expenses in the
     1 16 school district's insurance program as described in
     1 17 subsection 2.
     1 18    Sec.    .  Section 298.4, Code 2007, is amended by
     1 19 adding the following new subsection:
     1 20    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  To pay the cost of employee
     1 21 health benefits.  For the purposes of this subsection,
     1 22 employee health benefits means costs for hospital and
     1 23 surgical, medical expense, major medical, dental, or
     1 24 prescription drug benefits.  In authorizing a levy
     1 25 pursuant to this subsection, the board may, and upon
     1 26 the written request of not less than one hundred
     1 27 eligible electors or thirty percent of the number of
     1 28 eligible electors voting at the last regular school
     1 29 election, whichever is greater, shall direct the
     1 30 county commissioner of elections to provide for
     1 31 submitting the proposition of utilizing the management
     1 32 levy for employee health benefits in the notice of the
     1 33 regular school election.  The proposition is adopted
     1 34 if a majority of those voting on the proposition at
     1 35 the election approves it.  The district management
     1 36 levy may, in the board's discretion, be utilized to
     1 37 fund all, or a portion, of the district's employee
     1 38 health benefit costs.  Authorization to levy pursuant
     1 39 to this subsection shall be in the board's discretion
     1 40 and shall not be subject to or imposed by arbitrator
     1 41 decision.>
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     1 45 FREVERT of Palo Alto
     1 46 SF 601.230 82
     1 47 mg/es/10028
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