Senate Amendment 5211


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2645, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 18, by inserting after line 3 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 24.3, Code 2007, is amended by
     1  6 adding the following new subsection:
     1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  The amounts proposed to be
     1  8 expended pursuant to collective bargaining agreements
     1  9 negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 and a comparison of
     1 10 such amounts so proposed to be expended with the
     1 11 amounts expended for like purposes for the two
     1 12 preceding years.
     1 13    Sec.    .  Section 331.434, subsection 1, Code
     1 14 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 15    1.  The budget shall show the amount required for
     1 16 each class of proposed expenditures, a comparison of
     1 17 the amounts proposed to be expended with the amounts
     1 18 expended for like purposes for the two preceding
     1 19 years, the amounts proposed to be expended pursuant to
     1 20 collective bargaining agreements negotiated pursuant
     1 21 to chapter 20 and a comparison of such amounts so
     1 22 proposed to be expended with the amounts expended for
     1 23 like purposes for the two preceding years, the
     1 24 revenues from sources other than property taxation,
     1 25 and the amount to be raised by property taxation, in
     1 26 the detail and form prescribed by the director of the
     1 27 department of management.  For each county that has
     1 28 established an urban renewal area, the budget shall
     1 29 include estimated and actual tax increment financing
     1 30 revenues and all estimated and actual expenditures of
     1 31 the revenues, proceeds from debt and all estimated and
     1 32 actual expenditures of the debt proceeds, and
     1 33 identification of any entity receiving a direct
     1 34 payment of taxes funded by tax increment financing
     1 35 revenues and shall include the total amount of loans,
     1 36 advances, indebtedness, or bonds outstanding at the
     1 37 close of the most recently ended fiscal year, which
     1 38 qualify for payment from the special fund created in
     1 39 section 403.19, including interest negotiated on such
     1 40 loans, advances, indebtedness, or bonds.  For purposes
     1 41 of this subsection, "indebtedness" includes written
     1 42 agreements whereby the county agrees to suspend,
     1 43 abate, exempt, rebate, refund, or reimburse property
     1 44 taxes, provide a grant for property taxes paid, or
     1 45 make a direct payment of taxes, with moneys in the
     1 46 special fund.  The amount of loans, advances,
     1 47 indebtedness, or bonds shall be listed in the
     1 48 aggregate for each county reporting.  The county
     1 49 finance committee, in consultation with the department
     1 50 of management and the legislative services agency,
     2  1 shall determine reporting criteria and shall prepare a
     2  2 form for reports filed with the department pursuant to
     2  3 this section.  The department shall make the
     2  4 information available by electronic means.
     2  5    Sec.    .  Section 384.16, subsection 1, unnumbered
     2  6 paragraph 2, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read
     2  7 as follows:
     2  8    A budget must show comparisons between the
     2  9 estimated expenditures in each program in the
     2 10 following year, the latest estimated expenditures in
     2 11 each program in the current year, and the actual
     2 12 expenditures in each program from the annual report as
     2 13 provided in section 384.22, or as corrected by a
     2 14 subsequent audit report.  In addition, the budget
     2 15 shall show the amounts proposed to be expended
     2 16 pursuant to collective bargaining agreements
     2 17 negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 and a comparison of
     2 18 such amounts so proposed to be expended with the
     2 19 amounts expended for like purposes for the two
     2 20 preceding years.  Wherever practicable, as provided in
     2 21 rules of the committee, a budget must show comparisons
     2 22 between the levels of service provided by each program
     2 23 as estimated for the following year, and actual levels
     2 24 of service provided by each program during the two
     2 25 preceding years.  For each city that has established
     2 26 an urban renewal area, the budget shall include
     2 27 estimated and actual tax increment financing revenues
     2 28 and all estimated and actual expenditures of the
     2 29 revenues, proceeds from debt and all estimated and
     2 30 actual expenditures of the debt proceeds, and
     2 31 identification of any entity receiving a direct
     2 32 payment of taxes funded by tax increment financing
     2 33 revenues and shall include the total amount of loans,
     2 34 advances, indebtedness, or bonds outstanding at the
     2 35 close of the most recently ended fiscal year, which
     2 36 qualify for payment from the special fund created in
     2 37 section 403.19, including interest negotiated on such
     2 38 loans, advances, indebtedness, or bonds.  For purposes
     2 39 of this subsection, "indebtedness" includes written
     2 40 agreements whereby the city agrees to suspend, abate,
     2 41 exempt, rebate, refund, or reimburse property taxes,
     2 42 provide a grant for property taxes paid, or make a
     2 43 direct payment of taxes, with moneys in the special
     2 44 fund.  The amount of loans, advances, indebtedness, or
     2 45 bonds shall be listed in the aggregate for each city
     2 46 reporting.  The city finance committee, in
     2 47 consultation with the department of management and the
     2 48 legislative services agency, shall determine reporting
     2 49 criteria and shall prepare a form for reports filed
     2 50 with the department pursuant to this section.  The
     3  1 department shall make the information available by
     3  2 electronic means.>
     3  3 #2.  Page 18, by inserting after line 17 the
     3  4 following:
     3  5    <Sec.    .  Section 445.5, subsection 1, paragraph
     3  6 i, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     3  7    i.  The total amount of taxes levied by each taxing
     3  8 authority in the previous fiscal year and the current
     3  9 fiscal year and the difference between the two
     3 10 amounts, expressed as a percentage increase or
     3 11 decrease and a description of those items in a
     3 12 collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to
     3 13 chapter 20 that significantly accounted for the
     3 14 increase or decrease.>
     3 15 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     3 19 BRAD ZAUN
     3 20 HF 2645.747 82
     3 21 ec/rj/20929

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