Bill Text: IA SF154 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth and including effective date provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Subcommittee: Behn, Chelgren, and Mathis. S.J. 172. [SF154 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF154-Introduced.html

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Senate File 154 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  TAYLOR

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing the state percent of growth and including
  2    effective date provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.8, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  State percent of growth.   The state percent of growth
  1  4 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent.
  1  5  The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July
  1  6 1, 2015, is one and twenty=five hundredths percent. The state
  1  7 percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2016,
  1  8 is two and twenty=five hundredths percent.  The state percent
  1  9 of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2017, is four
  1 10 percent. The state percent of growth for each subsequent
  1 11 budget year shall be established by statute which shall be
  1 12 enacted within thirty days of the submission in the year
  1 13 preceding the base year of the governor's budget under section
  1 14 8.21. The establishment of the state percent of growth for a
  1 15 budget year shall be the only subject matter of the bill which
  1 16 enacts the state percent of growth for a budget year.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  CODE SECTION 257.8 ==== IMPLEMENTATION.  The
  1 18 requirement of section 257.8, subsection 1, regarding the
  1 19 enactment of bills establishing the regular program state
  1 20 percent of growth within thirty days of the submission in the
  1 21 year preceding the base year of the governor's budget does not
  1 22 apply to this Act.
  1 23    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 28    This bill establishes a state percent of growth of 4 percent
  1 29 for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2017. The
  1 30 state percent of growth is used to calculate the amount of
  1 31 supplemental state aid as part of the state school foundation
  1 32 program for that budget year.
  1 33    The requirement of Code section 257.8(1) regarding the
  1 34 enactment of bills establishing the regular program state
  1 35 percent of growth within 30 days of the submission in the year
  2  1 preceding the base year of the governor's budget does not apply
  2  2 to the bill.
  2  3    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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