HSB 227 (LSB 1260YC (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to dates for elections to levy a tax for the payment of a bond issued by a school corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph c, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Except as provided in paragraph “d”, for a school district or merged area, in the odd-numbered year, the first Tuesday in March, the second Tuesday in September, or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. For a school district or merged area, in the even-numbered year, the first Tuesday in March, or the second Tuesday in September.  In addition, for a school district or merged area, in the even-numbered year, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, if the special election is for the levying of a tax pursuant to section 298.18 or the adjustment of a levy pursuant to section 298.18A.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows a special election for a levy or levy adjustment to pay for a bond issued by a school corporation to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an even-numbered year, in addition to the dates authorized under current law.