House
File
2296
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2296
BY
SWAIM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
special
1
elections
and
including
effective
date
and
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
298.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
Supplement
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
board
may
on
its
own
motion,
and
upon
the
written
3
request
of
not
less
than
one
hundred
eligible
electors
or
4
thirty
percent
of
the
number
of
eligible
electors
voting
5
at
the
last
regular
school
election,
whichever
is
greater,
6
shall,
direct
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
provide
7
for
submitting
the
proposition
of
levying
the
voter-approved
8
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
for
a
period
of
time
9
authorized
by
the
voters
in
at
the
notice
of
election,
not
10
to
exceed
ten
years
,
in
the
notice
of
the
regular
school
11
election
.
The
election
shall
be
held
on
a
date
specified
in
12
section
39.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“c”
.
The
proposition
is
13
adopted
if
a
majority
of
those
voting
on
the
proposition
at
the
14
election
approves
it.
The
voter-approved
physical
plant
and
15
equipment
levy
shall
be
funded
either
by
a
physical
plant
and
16
equipment
property
tax
or
by
a
combination
of
a
physical
plant
17
and
equipment
property
tax
and
a
physical
plant
and
equipment
18
income
surtax,
as
determined
by
the
board.
However,
if
the
19
board
intends
to
enter
into
a
rental
or
lease
arrangement
under
20
section
279.26,
or
intends
to
enter
into
a
loan
agreement
under
21
section
297.36,
only
a
property
tax
shall
be
levied
for
those
22
purposes.
Subject
to
the
limitations
of
section
298.14,
if
23
the
board
uses
a
combination
of
a
physical
plant
and
equipment
24
property
tax
and
a
physical
plant
and
equipment
surtax,
for
25
each
fiscal
year
the
board
shall
determine
the
percent
of
26
income
surtax
to
be
imposed
expressed
as
full
percentage
27
points,
not
to
exceed
twenty
percent.
28
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT
AND
APPLICABILITY.
This
29
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
30
enactment
and
applies
to
elections
held
on
or
after
that
date.
31
EXPLANATION
32
This
bill
specifies
that
the
proposition
to
approve
a
33
physical
plant
and
equipment
levy
(PPEL),
which
may
include
an
34
income
surtax,
may
be
submitted
on
one
of
the
special
election
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dates
prescribed
by
law
for
schools.
1
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
2
elections
held
on
or
after
that
date.
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