Bill Text: IA HF141 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the time for certifying school district budgets and submitting area education agency budgets and including applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF141 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-HF141-Introduced.html
House File 141 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 141 BY HEIN , SHEETS , KLEIN , ALONS , GRASSLEY , BYRNES , S. OLSON , MAXWELL , JORGENSEN , L. MILLER , HEATON , STANERSON , PETTENGILL , MOORE , and KAUFMANN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the time for certifying school district 1 budgets and submitting area education agency budgets and 2 including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1832YH (3) 85 md/sc
H.F. 141 Section 1. Section 257.8, Code 2013, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. If a bill establishing a state percent 3 of growth or a categorical state percent of growth for the 4 budget year is enacted after March 15 of the base year, the 5 date required for certifying a school district budget for the 6 budget year under section 24.17 or for submitting an area 7 education agency budget to the state board of education for the 8 budget year under section 273.3 or 273.23 shall be extended to 9 the date thirty days following the date of enactment of the 10 bill establishing the state percent of growth for the budget 11 year or the categorical state percent of growth for the budget 12 year, whichever is later, and all other deadlines applicable to 13 school districts for the certification of taxes for levy and 14 to area education agencies for approval of a budget shall be 15 extended to correspond to the extension of the date required 16 for certifying school district budgets and submitting area 17 education agency budgets. 18 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budgets 19 and area education agency budgets for school budget years 20 beginning on or after July 1, 2014. 21 EXPLANATION 22 Current Code section 24.17 requires a school district 23 to certify its budget to the county auditor not later than 24 April 15 of each year. This bill provides that if a bill 25 establishing a state percent of growth or a categorical state 26 percent of growth for the budget year is enacted after March 27 15 of the base year, the date required for certifying a school 28 district budget for the budget year under Code section 24.17 29 or for submitting an area education agency budget to the state 30 board of education for approval for the budget year under Code 31 section 273.3 or 273.23 shall be extended to the date 30 days 32 following the date of enactment of the bill establishing the 33 state percent of growth for the budget year or the categorical 34 state percent of growth for the budget year, whichever is 35 -1- LSB 1832YH (3) 85 md/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 141 later, and all other deadlines applicable to school districts 1 and area education agencies for the certification of taxes for 2 levy or for approval of an area education agency budget shall 3 be extended to correspond to the extension of the date required 4 for certifying school district budgets and submitting area 5 education agency budgets. 6 The bill applies to school district budgets and area 7 education agency budgets for school budget years beginning on 8 or after July 1, 2014. 9 -2- LSB 1832YH (3) 85 md/sc 2/ 2
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