House File 2072 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2072 BY MAY A BILL FOR An Act providing for the increased use of physical plant and 1 equipment levy funds by school districts and including 2 repeal and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5695HH (3) 83 ak/sc
H.F. 2072 Section 1. Section 298.3, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. (1) The purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of a single 3 unit of equipment or technology exceeding five hundred dollars 4 in value per unit. 5 (2) The purchase of computer software for classroom use. 6 This subparagraph is repealed effective July 1, 2013. 7 Sec. 2. Section 298.3, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code 8 Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows: 9 i. (1) Purchase of transportation equipment for 10 transporting students. 11 (2) Purchase of fuel for transportation equipment for 12 transporting students. This subparagraph is repealed effective 13 July 1, 2013. 14 Sec. 3. Section 298.3, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2009, 15 is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 16 NEW PARAGRAPH . n. The cost of the repair of any equipment 17 purchased by the school district with funds from this section. 18 This paragraph is repealed effective July 1, 2013. 19 EXPLANATION 20 This bill provides for the increased use of physical plant 21 and equipment levy (PPEL) funds by school districts. The funds 22 may be used to pay for the purchase of classroom computer 23 software, the purchase of fuel for student transportation 24 equipment, and for the cost of repairs to any equipment 25 purchased by a school district with PPEL funds. The provisions 26 apply to the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2010, and ending 27 June 30, 2013, and are repealed effective July 1, 2013. 28 -1- LSB 5695HH (3) 83 ak/sc 1/ 1