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House File 343 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to county funding of mental health and
2disability services and the mental health and disability
3services property tax levy and including effective date
4provisions.
5BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 222.73, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
22017, is amended to read as follows:
3b. The per diem costs billed to each mental health and
4disability services region shall not exceed the per diem costs
5billed to the county in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996.
6However, the per diem costs billed to a county may be adjusted
7for a fiscal year to reflect increased costs to the extent of
8the percentage increase in the statewide per capita expenditure
9target amount, if any per capita growth amount is authorized by
10the general assembly for that fiscal year in accordance with
11section 331.424A 426B.3.
12 Sec. 2. Section 331.424A, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017,
13are amended to read as follows:
146. For each fiscal year, the county shall certify a levy
15for payment of services. For each fiscal year, county revenues
16from taxes imposed by the county credited to the services fund
17shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of base year
18expenditures for mental health and disability services. A
19levy certified under this section is not subject to the appeal
20provisions of section 331.426or to any other provision in law
21authorizing a county to exceed, increase, or appeal a property
22tax levy limit.
238. Notwithstanding subsection 6, for the fiscal years
24beginning July 1, 2013, July 1, 2014, July 1, 2015, July 1,
252016, and July 1, 2017, For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
262017, and each fiscal year thereafter, county revenues from
27taxes levied by the county and credited to the county services
28fund shall not exceed the lower of the following amounts:
29a. The amount of the county’s base year expenditures for
30mental health and disabilities services.
31b. The an amount equal to the product of the statewide per
32capita expenditure target amount established in section 426B.3
33 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, multiplied by the
34county’s general population as determined by the state for the
35same fiscal year.
-1-1 Sec. 3. COUNTY BUDGET RECERTIFICATION. If this Act is
2enacted on or after March 15, 2017, notwithstanding section
324.17, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, a county may
4recertify the county’s budget as necessary to implement the
5provisions of this Act. A budget recertified pursuant to this
6section must be recertified in duplicate to the county auditor
7not later than April 15, 2017, and protests to the budget shall
8be filed not later than April 25, 2017.
9 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of
10immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
11EXPLANATION
12The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
13the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
14Under current law, for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
152013, and ending June 30, 2018, county revenues from property
16taxes levied by the county and credited to a county mental
17health and disabilities services fund shall not exceed the
18lower of the amount of the county’s base year expenditures for
19mental health and disability services or the amount equal to
20the product of the statewide per capita expenditure target
21established in Code section 462B.3, subsection 2, for the
22fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, multiplied by the county’s
23general population for the same fiscal year. After June 30,
242017, current law provides that county revenues from property
25taxes levied and credited to the services fund shall not exceed
26an amount equal to the county’s base year expenditures for
27these services.
28This bill establishes, for FY 2017-2018 and subsequent
29fiscal years, a statewide standard property tax levy for mental
30health and disability services based upon the per capita
31expenditure target of $47.28 established in FY 2013-2014
32multiplied by the county’s general population as determined by
33the state for the same fiscal year.
34The bill provides that, notwithstanding the deadline for
35certifying a county budget, for the fiscal year beginning
-2-1July 1, 2017, a county may recertify the county’s budget as
2necessary to implement the bill if the bill is enacted after
3the budget certification deadline. A budget recertified
4pursuant to the bill must be recertified to the county auditor
5no later than April 15, 2017, and protests to the budget must
6be filed no later than April 25, 2017.
7The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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2disability services and the mental health and disability
3services property tax levy and including effective date
4provisions.
5BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 222.73, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
22017, is amended to read as follows:
3b. The per diem costs billed to each mental health and
4disability services region shall not exceed the per diem costs
5billed to the county in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996.
6However, the per diem costs billed to a county may be adjusted
7for a fiscal year to reflect increased costs to the extent of
8the percentage increase in the statewide per capita expenditure
9target amount, if any per capita growth amount is authorized by
10the general assembly for that fiscal year in accordance with
11section 331.424A 426B.3.
12 Sec. 2. Section 331.424A, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017,
13are amended to read as follows:
146. For each fiscal year, the county shall certify a levy
15for payment of services. For each fiscal year, county revenues
16from taxes imposed by the county credited to the services fund
17shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of base year
18expenditures for mental health and disability services. A
19levy certified under this section is not subject to the appeal
20provisions of section 331.426or to any other provision in law
21authorizing a county to exceed, increase, or appeal a property
22tax levy limit.
238. Notwithstanding subsection 6, for the fiscal years
24beginning July 1, 2013, July 1, 2014, July 1, 2015, July 1,
252016, and July 1, 2017, For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
262017, and each fiscal year thereafter, county revenues from
27taxes levied by the county and credited to the county services
28fund shall not exceed the lower of the following amounts:
29a. The amount of the county’s base year expenditures for
30mental health and disabilities services.
31b. The an amount equal to the product of the statewide per
32capita expenditure target amount established in section 426B.3
33 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, multiplied by the
34county’s general population as determined by the state for the
35same fiscal year.
-1-1 Sec. 3. COUNTY BUDGET RECERTIFICATION. If this Act is
2enacted on or after March 15, 2017, notwithstanding section
324.17, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, a county may
4recertify the county’s budget as necessary to implement the
5provisions of this Act. A budget recertified pursuant to this
6section must be recertified in duplicate to the county auditor
7not later than April 15, 2017, and protests to the budget shall
8be filed not later than April 25, 2017.
9 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of
10immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
11EXPLANATION
12The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
13the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
14Under current law, for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
152013, and ending June 30, 2018, county revenues from property
16taxes levied by the county and credited to a county mental
17health and disabilities services fund shall not exceed the
18lower of the amount of the county’s base year expenditures for
19mental health and disability services or the amount equal to
20the product of the statewide per capita expenditure target
21established in Code section 462B.3, subsection 2, for the
22fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, multiplied by the county’s
23general population for the same fiscal year. After June 30,
242017, current law provides that county revenues from property
25taxes levied and credited to the services fund shall not exceed
26an amount equal to the county’s base year expenditures for
27these services.
28This bill establishes, for FY 2017-2018 and subsequent
29fiscal years, a statewide standard property tax levy for mental
30health and disability services based upon the per capita
31expenditure target of $47.28 established in FY 2013-2014
32multiplied by the county’s general population as determined by
33the state for the same fiscal year.
34The bill provides that, notwithstanding the deadline for
35certifying a county budget, for the fiscal year beginning
-2-1July 1, 2017, a county may recertify the county’s budget as
2necessary to implement the bill if the bill is enacted after
3the budget certification deadline. A budget recertified
4pursuant to the bill must be recertified to the county auditor
5no later than April 15, 2017, and protests to the budget must
6be filed no later than April 25, 2017.
7The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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