Senate File 88 - Introduced





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                                       BY  HATCH


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the amount of county hospital tax levy
  2    proceeds available for a specified period for distribution for
  3    the IowaCare program, and providing effective and retroactive
  4    applicability dates.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1969XS 83
  7 pf/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  IOWACARE ACCOUNT == DISTRIBUTION AND DEPOSIT OF
  1  2 PROCEEDS OF HOSPITAL TAX LEVY.  Notwithstanding the total
  1  3 amount of proceeds distributed pursuant to section 249J.24,
  1  4 subsection 6, paragraph "a", and notwithstanding the amount
  1  5 collected and distributed for deposit in the IowaCare account
  1  6 pursuant to section 249J.24, subsection 6, paragraph "a",
  1  7 subparagraph (2), the first $21,000,000 in proceeds collected
  1  8 pursuant to section 347.7 between January 1, 2009, and June
  1  9 30, 2009, shall be distributed to the treasurer of state for
  1 10 deposit in the IowaCare account and collections during this
  1 11 time period in excess of $21,000,000 shall be distributed to
  1 12 the acute care teaching hospital identified in section
  1 13 249J.24, subsection 6.
  1 14    Sec 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE == RETROACTIVITY.  This Act, being
  1 15 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment
  1 16 and is retroactively applicable to January 1, 2009.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill provides that notwithstanding the amounts
  1 19 specified in law regarding the total ($34 million) and
  1 20 biannual amounts ($17 million) of the county hospital tax levy
  1 21 specified under the IowaCare program for distribution to the
  1 22 treasurer of state for deposit in the IowaCare account, the
  1 23 county treasurer of a county with a population over 350,000
  1 24 (Polk) is required to distribute $21 million of the amount
  1 25 collected between January 1, 2009, and June 30, 2009, to the
  1 26 treasurer of state for deposit in the IowaCare account, with
  1 27 any amount in excess of the $21 million being distributed to
  1 28 the publicly owned acute care teaching hospital in such county
  1 29 (Broadlawns medical center).
  1 30    The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
  1 31 applicable to January 1, 2009.
  1 32 LSB 1969XS 83
  1 33 pf/rj/8