Senate File 23 



                                       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 the funding of a unified law enforcement
  2    district by a cost=sharing agreement.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1438SS 82
  5 eg/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 28E.22, unnumbered paragraph 5, Code
  1  2 2007, 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 either of the following:
  1  9    1.  An average of revenues raised for law enforcement
  1 10 purposes by the county or city for the three previous years.
  1 11 The amount of revenues raised for law enforcement purposes by
  1 12 the county for the three previous years shall be computed
  1 13 separately for the unincorporated portion of the district and
  1 14 for each city in the district.
  1 15    2.  A method of cost sharing, which method is agreed to
  1 16 unanimously by each county and city member of the district.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  28E.24A  ALTERNATIVE FUNDING BY
  1 18 UNANIMOUS COST=SHARING AGREEMENT.
  1 19    The amount of revenue deemed necessary for the operation of
  1 20 the district may, in lieu of the methods in section 28E.23, be
  1 21 based upon a method of cost sharing, which method is agreed to
  1 22 unanimously by each county and city member in the district.
  1 23 The public safety commission shall compute the amount of
  1 24 revenue deemed necessary for the operation of the district and
  1 25 to be contributed by the county and by each city in the
  1 26 district based upon such agreement.  Revenues based upon a
  1 27 method of cost sharing shall be certified, deposited, and
  1 28 otherwise treated the same as an average of revenues under
  1 29 section 28E.24 for all purposes including determining the
  1 30 source of additional revenue needed for unified law
  1 31 enforcement services.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill allows the county board of supervisors and the
  1 34 city councils in a unified law enforcement district the option
  1 35 to either raise moneys based upon an average of revenues
  2  1 raised for law enforcement purposes in the county or city for
  2  2 the three previous years or to raise moneys based upon a
  2  3 method of cost sharing, which method is agreed to unanimously
  2  4 by each county and city member in the district.  If the
  2  5 revenues are based upon a unanimous cost=sharing agreement,
  2  6 the public safety commission shall compute the amount of
  2  7 revenue deemed necessary for the operation of the district and
  2  8 to be contributed by the members of the district based upon
  2  9 such agreement.  The bill provides that revenues based upon a
  2 10 unanimous cost=sharing agreement shall be treated the same as
  2 11 revenues based upon an average of revenues for tax levy
  2 12 purposes.  If additional moneys are needed for law enforcement
  2 13 services in the district, the county board of supervisors and
  2 14 the city councils in the district may levy a tax.
  2 15 LSB 1438SS 82
  2 16 eg:sc/gg/14