House File 516 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for a transportation levy for certain school
  2    districts.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2034YH 83
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  298.25  SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
  1  2 LEVY.
  1  3    1.  a.  The board of directors of a school district may
  1  4 submit for voter approval a five=year transportation levy on
  1  5 all taxable property in the school district to be used each
  1  6 school budget year that a district's average transportation
  1  7 per pupil costs for the base year exceed by one hundred
  1  8 twenty=five percent the state average transportation per pupil
  1  9 costs for the base year as determined in the same manner
  1 10 provided in section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph "c".  The
  1 11 ballot proposition shall specify that the tax levy is
  1 12 authorized for five years and the budget year for which the
  1 13 tax may first be levied.
  1 14    b.  The question of imposition of a transportation levy
  1 15 shall be submitted at an election held on a date specified in
  1 16 section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph "c".  If the vote in
  1 17 favor of the proposition is equal to at least a majority of
  1 18 the total votes cast for and against the proposition, the
  1 19 proposition is deemed adopted, and the board shall certify the
  1 20 results of the election to the department of management.
  1 21    c.  For purposes of this subsection, "base year" means the
  1 22 same as defined in section 257.2.
  1 23    2.  The district may use the transportation levy as needed
  1 24 only to pay for the district's transportation per pupil costs
  1 25 above the one hundred twenty=five percent of the state average
  1 26 transportation per pupil costs as determined annually by the
  1 27 department of education.
  1 28    3.  The board may renew the transportation levy without
  1 29 voter approval after the initial five=year imposition if the
  1 30 district's transportation per pupil costs have exceeded the
  1 31 state average transportation per pupil costs by more than one
  1 32 hundred twenty=five percent as determined in the same manner
  1 33 provided in section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph "c",
  1 34 during three of the past five years as determined by the
  1 35 department of education.  The levy may be renewed for five
  2  1 years.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill establishes a voter=approved five=year school
  2  4 transportation levy for districts whose transportation per
  2  5 pupil costs exceed 125 percent of the state average
  2  6 transportation per pupil costs as determined in Code section
  2  7 257.31(17) and calculated annually by the department of
  2  8 education.
  2  9    The board may renew the transportation levy after five
  2 10 years without voter approval if the district's transportation
  2 11 per pupil costs have exceeded the state average transportation
  2 12 per pupil costs by more than 125 percent during three of the
  2 13 past five years.  The levy may be renewed for five years.
  2 14 LSB 2034YH 83
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