Senate File 399 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY GRONSTAL and IVERSON Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for county eligibility for state payment of 2 property tax relief moneys and allowed growth funding for 3 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental 4 disabilities services and providing effective and retroactive 5 applicability dates. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 3509XS 81 8 jp/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. STATE PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. 1 2 Notwithstanding section 331.439, subsection 1, paragraph "a", 1 3 a county that accurately reported the county's expenditures 1 4 for mental health, mental retardation, and developmental 1 5 disabilities services for the previous fiscal year on the 1 6 forms prescribed by the department of human services, and the 1 7 report was received after December 1, 2004, and on or before 1 8 March 15, 2005, shall be eligible for state payment, as 1 9 defined in section 331.438, in accordance with section 331.439 1 10 and other law providing for the state payment in the fiscal 1 11 year beginning July 1, 2004. 1 12 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies 1 14 retroactively to December 2, 2004. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill provides for county eligibility for state payment 1 17 of property tax relief moneys and allowed growth funding for 1 18 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental 1 19 disabilities services. 1 20 Under current law, in order to be eligible to receive the 1 21 funding, a county must accurately report the county's 1 22 expenditures for such services for the previous fiscal year on 1 23 the forms prescribed by the department of human services by 1 24 December 1. The bill provides that a county is also eligible 1 25 if the report was received after December 1, 2004, and on or 1 26 before March 15, 2005. 1 27 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies 1 28 retroactively to December 2, 2004. 1 29 LSB 3509XS 81 1 30 jp:rj/cf/24