House File 98 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 98 BY WOLFE and S. OLSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to county mental health and disability services 1 fund levies and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1571YH (5) 85 jp/sc

H.F. 98 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, if the amount in paragraph “a” 13 is greater than the amount in this paragraph and the board 14 of supervisors adopts a resolution declaring that additional 15 funding is necessary for the county to maintain the funding for 16 the service populations or for the level of services specified 17 in the county’s approved management plan for the county’s 18 mental health, intellectual disability, and developmental 19 disabilities services system under section 331.439, the amount 20 in paragraph “a” shall apply. 21 Sec. 2. FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 SERVICES FUND LEVIES. If 22 this Act is enacted after a county has adopted the budget 23 and certificate of taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 24 1, 2013, in accordance with section 331.434, the county may 25 amend the budget to increase expenditures of county revenues 26 from taxes as authorized in section 331.424A, subsection 7, 27 as enacted in this Act, and recertify taxes to reflect the 28 increased amount to be credited to the county’s services fund, 29 as provided in section 331.424A, subsection 7, as enacted 30 in this Act. A budget amendment and tax recertification 31 undertaken pursuant to this section is not subject to the 32 provisions of section 331.435 or 331.436 or any other provision 33 in law authorizing a county to exceed or increase a property 34 tax levy limit. 35 -1- LSB 1571YH (5) 85 jp/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 98 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 EXPLANATION 3 This bill relates to the mental health and disability 4 services (MH/DS) fund levy for FY 2013-2014 and FY 2014-2015. 5 Under current law in Code section 331.424A, as amended by 2012 6 Iowa Acts, chapter 1120 (S.F. 2315), the county levy for the 7 MH/DS services fund for the two fiscal years cannot exceed 8 the lower of the following two amounts: the county’s base 9 year expenditures for MH/DS, as adjusted for state property 10 tax relief paid in FY 2008-2009 or the statewide expenditure 11 target amount of $47.28 multiplied by the county’s general 12 population. The bill allows a county that adopts a resolution 13 declaring that additional funding is necessary for the county 14 to maintain the funding for service populations or for the 15 level of services specified in the county’s approved management 16 plan for the county’s MH/DS services system to use the higher 17 of the two amounts. 18 The bill takes effect upon enactment. If the enactment 19 date is after a county has adopted its budget and certificate 20 of taxes for FY 2013-2014, the county may amend its budget to 21 apply the new levy limitation, and the amendment is not subject 22 to protest or to the statutory time periods otherwise applied 23 to a county budget amendment. 24 -2- LSB 1571YH (5) 85 jp/sc 2/ 2