Bill Text: IA SF73 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing the use of revenues from the physical plant and equipment levy for school safety and security equipment and including effective date and applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-23 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Celsi, and Zaun. S.J. 158. [SF73 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF73-Introduced.html
Senate File 73 - Introduced SENATE FILE 73 BY MATHIS A BILL FOR An Act authorizing the use of revenues from the physical plant 1 and equipment levy for school safety and security equipment 2 and including effective date and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1811XS (3) 88 md/jh
S.F. 73 Section 1. Section 298.3, subsection 1, Code 2019, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . n. The purchase and installation of 3 school safety and security equipment in schoolhouses, school 4 buildings, or school buses. For purposes of this paragraph, 5 “school safety and security equipment” includes remote entry 6 technology and equipment, security camera or monitoring 7 systems, access control systems, school visitor control 8 systems, emergency detection and alert equipment, door and 9 window locks or emergency response measures, communication 10 systems with access to fire and police emergency frequencies, 11 and remodeling of or improvements to schoolhouses, school 12 buildings, or school buses designed to protect students and 13 school employees. 14 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 15 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 16 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies July 1, 2019, for 17 school budget years beginning on or after that date. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 The physical plant and equipment levy consists of the 22 regular physical plant and equipment levy of not exceeding 23 $0.33 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in the district and 24 a voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy of not 25 exceeding $1.34 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation in the 26 district. This bill authorizes revenue from the regular and 27 voter-approved physical plant and equipment levies to be used 28 for school safety and security equipment. 29 The bill defines “school safety and security equipment” to 30 include remote entry technology and equipment, security camera 31 or monitoring systems, access control systems, school visitor 32 control systems, emergency detection and alert equipment, door 33 and window locks or emergency response measures, communication 34 systems with access to fire and police emergency frequencies, 35 -1- LSB 1811XS (3) 88 md/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 73 and remodeling of or improvements to schoolhouses, school 1 buildings, or school buses designed to protect students and 2 school employees. 3 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies July 1, 4 2019, for school budget years beginning on or after that date. 5 -2- LSB 1811XS (3) 88 md/jh 2/ 2
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