Senate Study Bill 3302 SENATE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DVORSKY) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to budget requirements by certain small cities 2 and providing an effective date. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6685SC 82 5 da/rj/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. BUDGET REQUIREMENTS BY CITIES == DEADLINE 1 2 EXTENSIONS. 1 3 1. As used in this section, "qualified city" means a city 1 4 in this state having a population of seventy=five persons or 1 5 less as shown by the 2000 certified federal census. 1 6 2. Notwithstanding any provision in section 384.22 to the 1 7 contrary, a qualified city that failed to publish an annual 1 8 report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and failed to 1 9 file a copy of the report with the auditor of state on or 1 10 before December 1, 2005, as provided in section 384.22, may 1 11 publish such annual report and file a copy of the report with 1 12 the auditor of state no later than July 1, 2008, as otherwise 1 13 provided in that section. A qualified city that meets the 1 14 extended publication and filing deadline as provided in this 1 15 subsection shall be deemed to have published the annual report 1 16 and filed a copy of the report with the auditor of state on 1 17 December 1, 2005. 1 18 3. a. Notwithstanding any provision in section 384.16 to 1 19 the contrary, a qualified city that failed to prepare and 1 20 submit a budget as provided in that section for the fiscal 1 21 year beginning July 1, 2006, including by showing income from 1 22 sources other than property taxation and by showing actual 1 23 expenditures and revenues from its annual report as provided 1 24 in section 384.22, or as corrected by a subsequent audit 1 25 report, by March 15, 2006, may comply with the requirements in 1 26 section 384.16 by submitting the budget no later than July 1, 1 27 2008, as otherwise provided by that section. 1 28 b. A qualified city that complies with the requirements of 1 29 paragraph "a" is not required to conduct a hearing as required 1 30 in section 384.16 or 384.18. In addition, the provisions 1 31 allowing persons affected by the budget to file a written 1 32 protest with the county auditor as provided in section 384.19 1 33 are inapplicable. 1 34 c. A qualified city that meets the extended submission 1 35 deadline as provided in this subsection shall be deemed to 2 1 have complied with the requirements of section 384.16 on March 2 2 15, 2006. 2 3 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 4 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill applies to a city, which has a population of 75 2 7 persons or less according to the 2000 federal census, that 2 8 failed to comply with state budgetary requirements relating to 2 9 preparing and submitting an annual report and a budget to a 2 10 county auditor and the department of management in 2005 and 2 11 2006. Such a city that complies with the requirements by July 2 12 1, 2008, is deemed to have complied with the statutory 2 13 requirements. The bill provides that statutory provisions 2 14 requiring a public hearing and allowing a written citizen 2 15 protest are inapplicable. 2 16 LSB 6685SC 82 2 17 da/rj/14