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

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  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