Iowa-2017-HF343-Introduced
House File 343 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY KAUFMANN
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to county funding of mental health and
2 disability services and the mental health and disability
3 services property tax levy and including effective date
4 provisions.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 222.73, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
1 2 2017, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 b. The per diem costs billed to each mental health and
1 4 disability services region shall not exceed the per diem costs
1 5 billed to the county in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996.
1 6 However, the per diem costs billed to a county may be adjusted
1 7 for a fiscal year to reflect increased costs to the extent of
1 8 the percentage increase in the statewide per capita expenditure
1 9 target amount, if any per capita growth amount is authorized by
1 10 the general assembly for that fiscal year in accordance with
1 11 section 331.424A 426B.3.
1 12 Sec. 2. Section 331.424A, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2017,
1 13 are amended to read as follows:
1 14 6. For each fiscal year, the county shall certify a levy
1 15 for payment of services. For each fiscal year, county revenues
1 16 from taxes imposed by the county credited to the services fund
1 17 shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of base year
1 18 expenditures for mental health and disability services. A
1 19 levy certified under this section is not subject to the appeal
1 20 provisions of section 331.426 or to any other provision in law
1 21 authorizing a county to exceed, increase, or appeal a property
1 22 tax levy limit.
1 23 8. Notwithstanding subsection 6, for the fiscal years
1 24 beginning July 1, 2013, July 1, 2014, July 1, 2015, July 1,
1 25 2016, and July 1, 2017, For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 26 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, county revenues from
1 27 taxes levied by the county and credited to the county services
1 28 fund shall not exceed the lower of the following amounts:
1 29 a. The amount of the county's base year expenditures for
1 30 mental health and disabilities services.
1 31 b. The an amount equal to the product of the statewide per
1 32 capita expenditure target amount established in section 426B.3
1 33 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, multiplied by the
1 34 county's general population as determined by the state for the
1 35 same fiscal year.
2 1 Sec. 3. COUNTY BUDGET RECERTIFICATION. If this Act is
2 2 enacted on or after March 15, 2017, notwithstanding section
2 3 24.17, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, a county may
2 4 recertify the county's budget as necessary to implement the
2 5 provisions of this Act. A budget recertified pursuant to this
2 6 section must be recertified in duplicate to the county auditor
2 7 not later than April 15, 2017, and protests to the budget shall
2 8 be filed not later than April 25, 2017.
2 9 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of
2 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
2 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
2 14 Under current law, for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
2 15 2013, and ending June 30, 2018, county revenues from property
2 16 taxes levied by the county and credited to a county mental
2 17 health and disabilities services fund shall not exceed the
2 18 lower of the amount of the county's base year expenditures for
2 19 mental health and disability services or the amount equal to
2 20 the product of the statewide per capita expenditure target
2 21 established in Code section 462B.3, subsection 2, for the
2 22 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, multiplied by the county's
2 23 general population for the same fiscal year. After June 30,
2 24 2017, current law provides that county revenues from property
2 25 taxes levied and credited to the services fund shall not exceed
2 26 an amount equal to the county's base year expenditures for
2 27 these services.
2 28 This bill establishes, for FY 2017=2018 and subsequent
2 29 fiscal years, a statewide standard property tax levy for mental
2 30 health and disability services based upon the per capita
2 31 expenditure target of $47.28 established in FY 2013=2014
2 32 multiplied by the county's general population as determined by
2 33 the state for the same fiscal year.
2 34 The bill provides that, notwithstanding the deadline for
2 35 certifying a county budget, for the fiscal year beginning
3 1 July 1, 2017, a county may recertify the county's budget as
3 2 necessary to implement the bill if the bill is enacted after
3 3 the budget certification deadline. A budget recertified
3 4 pursuant to the bill must be recertified to the county auditor
3 5 no later than April 15, 2017, and protests to the budget must
3 6 be filed no later than April 25, 2017.
3 7 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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