House File 200 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 200 BY WOLFE A BILL FOR An Act relating to county mental health and disabilities 1 services fund levies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2 2013, and including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1573YH (2) 85 jp/sc

H.F. 200 Section 1. Section 331.424A, subsection 7, as enacted by 1 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1120, section 132, is amended to read 2 as follows: 3 7. Notwithstanding subsection 5 , for the fiscal years 4 beginning July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, county revenues from 5 taxes levied by the county and credited to the county services 6 fund shall not exceed the lower of the following amounts: 7 a. The amount of the county’s base year expenditures for 8 mental health and disabilities services. 9 b. The amount equal to the product of the statewide per 10 capita expenditure target for the fiscal year beginning July 11 1, 2013, multiplied by the county’s general population for the 12 same fiscal year. However, for the fiscal year beginning July 13 1, 2013, if the amount in paragraph “a” is greater than the 14 amount in this paragraph and the board of supervisors adopts a 15 resolution declaring that additional funding is necessary for 16 the county to maintain the funding for the service populations 17 or for the level of services specified in the county’s approved 18 management plan for the county’s mental health, intellectual 19 disability, and developmental disabilities services system 20 under section 331.439 for the fiscal year, the amount in 21 paragraph “a” shall apply. 22 Sec. 2. FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 SERVICES FUND LEVIES. If 23 this Act is enacted after a county has adopted the budget 24 and certificate of taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 25 1, 2013, in accordance with section 331.434, the county may 26 amend the budget to increase expenditures of county revenues 27 from taxes as authorized in section 331.424A, subsection 7, 28 as enacted in this Act, and recertify taxes to reflect the 29 increased amount to be credited to the county’s services fund, 30 as provided in section 331.424A, subsection 7, as enacted 31 in this Act. A budget amendment and tax recertification 32 undertaken pursuant to this section is not subject to the 33 provisions of section 331.435 or 331.436 or any other provision 34 in law authorizing a county to exceed or increase a property 35 -1- LSB 1573YH (2) 85 jp/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 200 tax levy limit. 1 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 2 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 EXPLANATION 4 This bill relates to the mental health and disabilities 5 services (MH/DS) fund levy for FY 2013-2014. Under Code 6 section 331.424A, as amended by 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1120 7 (S.F. 2315), the county levy for the MH/DS services fund for 8 FY 2013-2014 and FY 2014-2015 cannot exceed the lower of the 9 following two amounts: the county’s base year expenditures for 10 MH/DS, as adjusted for state property tax relief paid in FY 11 2008-2009 or the statewide expenditure target amount of $47.28 12 multiplied by the county’s general population. 13 For FY 2013-2014 the bill allows a county that adopts a 14 resolution declaring that additional funding is necessary for 15 the county to maintain the funding for service populations or 16 for the level of services specified in the county’s approved 17 management plan for the county’s MH/DS services system to use 18 the higher of the two amounts. 19 The bill takes effect upon enactment. If the enactment 20 date is after a county has adopted its budget and certificate 21 of taxes for FY 2013-2014, the county may amend its budget to 22 apply the new levy limitation, and the amendment is not subject 23 to protest or to the statutory time periods otherwise applied 24 to a county budget amendment. 25 -2- LSB 1573YH (2) 85 jp/sc 2/ 2