Bill Text: IA HF2058 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to requirements for the transfer of township funds raised for purposes of acquiring a public hall. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2180)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Withdrawn. H.J. 199. [HF2058 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2058-Introduced.html

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House File 2058 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  PETTENGILL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to requirements for the transfer of township
  2    funds raised for purposes of acquiring a public hall.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 360.3, Code 2016, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    360.3  Transfer of fund.
  1  4    When there are funds in under the hands control of a township
  1  5 clerk, raised under this chapter which are not desired for the
  1  6 purposes for which they were raised, the funds trustees may,
  1  7 by majority vote, order that the funds be transferred to the
  1  8 general fund of a school district or districts pro rata in
  1  9 which the funds were raised, when a petition is presented to
  1 10 the trustees, signed by a majority of the registered voters of
  1 11 the township, as shown by the election register or registers
  1 12 of the last preceding primary or general election held in the
  1 13 township. The transfer of funds shall be made by the township
  1 14 clerk upon order of the trustees after the filing of the
  1 15 petition with the clerk.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    This bill relates to requirements for the transfer of
  1 20 township funds collected for purposes of purchasing or
  1 21 lease=purchasing a public hall. Under current law, public hall
  1 22 funds that are not needed for purposes of acquiring a public
  1 23 hall may be transferred by order of the trustees to the general
  1 24 funds of the school districts where the funds were raised upon
  1 25 receipt of a petition presented by registered voters of the
  1 26 township. Under the bill, such funds may be transferred to
  1 27 school district general funds by order of the trustees upon a
  1 28 majority vote of the township trustees.
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