Senate File 2161 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY JOHNSON
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to funding for unified law enforcement districts.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 28E.22, unnumbered paragraph 5, Code
1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 Such moneys collected pursuant to the tax levy shall be
1 4 expended only for providing additional moneys needed for
1 5 unified law enforcement services in the district and shall be
1 6 in addition to the revenues raised in the county and cities in
1 7 the district from their general funds which are based upon an
1 8 or other available funds. In the first fiscal year following
1 9 establishment of the district, the amount of revenue that
1 10 shall be raised in addition to the tax levy authorized in this
1 11 section shall be an amount equal to the average of revenues
1 12 raised for law enforcement purposes by the county or city each
1 13 member political subdivision for the three previous years.
1 14 The amount of revenues raised for law enforcement purposes by
1 15 the county for the three previous years shall be computed
1 16 separately for the unincorporated portion of the district and
1 17 for each city in the district.
1 18 Sec. 2. Section 28E.23, Code 2005, is amended by striking
1 19 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 20 28E.23 BUDGET.
1 21 For the second fiscal year following establishment of the
1 22 district, and for each subsequent fiscal year, the public
1 23 safety commission shall annually determine the amount of
1 24 revenue deemed necessary for the operation of the district.
1 25 On or before January 10 of each year, the public safety
1 26 commission shall determine the amounts to be contributed to
1 27 the public safety fund by each member political subdivision,
1 28 pursuant to the allocation provisions in the agreement, and
1 29 shall certify that amount to the governing body of each member
1 30 political subdivision.
1 31 Sec. 3. Section 28E.24, Code 2005, is amended by striking
1 32 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 33 28E.24 REVENUE AND TAX LEVIES.
1 34 1. Not later than ten days after the allocation amounts
1 35 have been certified to a member political subdivision, the
2 1 member political subdivision shall certify to the public
2 2 safety commission the amounts of revenue from sources other
2 3 than the unified law enforcement levy in section 28E.22 that
2 4 are available to be contributed by the member political
2 5 subdivision.
2 6 2. The public safety commission shall subtract from the
2 7 amount of the proposed budget the sum of the amounts certified
2 8 by each member political subdivision as being available for
2 9 contribution pursuant to subsection 1. The difference is the
2 10 amount of the additional revenue needed for unified law
2 11 enforcement services. If the levy rate necessary to raise
2 12 such additional amount exceeds the maximum levy rate in
2 13 section 28E.22, the public safety commission and the member
2 14 political subdivisions shall resolve the funding issue
2 15 pursuant to the provisions of the agreement.
2 16 3. The governing body of each member political subdivision
2 17 shall certify to the county auditor the amount of revenue to
2 18 be raised by the political subdivision pursuant to subsection
2 19 2, including the amount to be raised by imposition within the
2 20 political subdivision of the tax levy authorized in section
2 21 28E.22. The amount certified by the county board of
2 22 supervisors of a county that is a member political subdivision
2 23 is the amount to be levied in the unincorporated area of the
2 24 county.
2 25 4. Taxes collected pursuant to the tax levies and other
2 26 moneys received from the county and cities in the district
2 27 shall be placed in a public safety fund and used only for the
2 28 operation of the district. Any unencumbered funds remaining
2 29 in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall carry over to
2 30 the next fiscal year and may be used for the operation of the
2 31 district.
2 32 EXPLANATION
2 33 This bill makes changes relating to how the operations of a
2 34 unified law enforcement district are financed.
2 35 The bill provides that the requirement that each member
3 1 political subdivision of a unified law enforcement district is
3 2 responsible for contributing an amount based on the average
3 3 revenues raised for law enforcement purposes in the three
3 4 previous years only applies to the fiscal year following
3 5 establishment of the district. For subsequent fiscal years,
3 6 the bill provides that the public safety commission shall
3 7 determine the amount to be contributed by each member
3 8 political subdivision pursuant to the allocation provisions of
3 9 the Code chapter 28E agreement establishing the unified law
3 10 enforcement district.
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