House File 112

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  DOLECHECK, TYMESON, BOGGESS,
                                           UPMEYER, TJEPKES, HAHN,
                                           ROBERTS, BOAL, CARROLL,
                                           and DE BOEF


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act changing the annual deadline for establishing the state
  2    percent of growth for school district budgets, and providing
  3    an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1349HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.8, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  STATE PERCENT OF GROWTH.  The state percent of growth
  1  4 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2002, is one percent.
  1  5 The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July
  1  6 1, 2003, is two percent.  The state percent of growth for each
  1  7 subsequent budget year shall be established by statute which
  1  8 shall be enacted within thirty days of the submission during
  1  9 the thirty=day period immediately preceding the last calendar
  1 10 date on which per=day expenses of office would be payable
  1 11 during a regular session of the general assembly as provided
  1 12 in section 2.10, in the year preceding the base year of the
  1 13 governor's budget under section 8.21.  The establishment of
  1 14 the state percent of growth for a budget year shall be the
  1 15 only subject matter of the bill which enacts the state percent
  1 16 of growth for a budget year.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 18 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill changes the deadline by which the state percent
  1 21 of growth for school district budgets is annually required to
  1 22 be established by statute.  Code section 257.8 currently
  1 23 provides that the state percent of growth shall be enacted
  1 24 within 30 days of the submission of the governor's budget in
  1 25 the year preceding the base year.  The bill provides that for
  1 26 the purposes of determining the state percent of growth for
  1 27 the budget year beginning July 1, 2004, and succeeding budget
  1 28 years, the deadline shall be changed to enactment during the
  1 29 30=day period immediately preceding the last calendar date on
  1 30 which per=day expenses of office would be payable during a
  1 31 regular session of the general assembly as specified in Code
  1 32 section 2.10 in the year preceding the base year.  The
  1 33 practical effect of this change would be to delay the
  1 34 requirement for establishing the state percent of growth from
  1 35 the initial 30 days of each legislative session to the final
  2  1 30 days.
  2  2    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2  3 LSB 1349HH 80
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