Bill Text: IA SSB3021 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to the use of the rural county services property tax levy for services and functions undertaken jointly by a county with certain cities and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - 9:45AM; Senate Lobbyist Lounge State Government. [SSB3021 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB3021-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3021
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DANIELSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
the
rural
county
services
1
property
tax
levy
for
services
and
functions
undertaken
2
jointly
by
a
county
with
certain
cities
and
including
3
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
28E.22,
subsection
4,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
Such
moneys
collected
pursuant
to
the
tax
levy
shall
3
be
expended
only
for
providing
additional
moneys
needed
for
4
unified
law
enforcement
services
in
the
district
and
shall
be
5
in
addition
to
the
revenues
raised
in
the
county
and
cities
in
6
the
district
from
their
general
funds
which
are
based
upon
an
7
average
of
revenues
raised
for
law
enforcement
purposes
by
the
8
county
or
city
for
the
three
previous
years.
The
amount
of
9
revenues
raised
for
law
enforcement
purposes
by
the
county
for
10
the
three
previous
years
shall
be
computed
separately
for
the
11
unincorporated
portion
of
the
district
and
for
each
city
in
the
12
district.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
28E.23,
subsection
1,
Code
2016,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
1.
The
public
safety
commission,
on
or
before
January
10
16
of
each
year,
shall
make
an
estimate
of
the
total
amount
of
17
revenue
deemed
necessary
for
operation
of
the
district
and,
18
in
conjunction
with
the
county
board
of
supervisors
and
city
19
councils
in
the
district,
determine
the
amounts
which
will
be
20
contributed
by
the
county
and
by
each
city
in
the
district
21
from
its
general
fund
which
are
based
upon
an
average
of
22
revenues
raised
for
law
enforcement
purposes
in
the
county
23
or
city
for
the
three
previous
years.
As
an
alternative
to
24
computing
average
revenues
raised
for
law
enforcement
purposes
25
for
the
three
previous
years,
a
public
safety
commission,
in
26
conjunction
with
the
county
board
of
supervisors
and
city
27
councils
in
the
district,
may
calculate
the
average
by
using
28
the
amounts
budgeted
for
the
three
previous
fiscal
years.
29
The
average
of
the
amounts
budgeted
for
the
three
previous
30
fiscal
years
may
be
adjusted
by
a
percentage
not
to
exceed
the
31
percentage
increase
in
the
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
32
consumers
for
the
last
available
twelve-month
period
published
33
in
the
federal
register
by
the
federal
department
of
labor,
34
bureau
of
labor
statistics.
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Sec.
3.
Section
28E.24,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
county
board
of
supervisors
shall
certify
to
the
3
public
safety
commission
the
amount
of
county
revenue
from
the
4
county
general
fund
credited
to
the
unincorporated
area
in
5
the
district
based
upon
an
average
of
revenues
raised
for
law
6
enforcement
purposes
in
the
unincorporated
area
for
the
three
7
previous
years.
The
public
safety
commission
shall
subtract
8
this
amount
from
the
amount
of
revenue
to
be
contributed
by
9
the
unincorporated
area.
The
difference
is
the
amount
of
10
additional
revenue
needed
for
unified
law
enforcement
purposes.
11
Sec.
4.
Section
28J.13,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
12
follows:
13
28J.13
Annual
budget
——
use
of
rents
and
charges.
14
The
board
shall
annually
prepare
a
budget
for
the
port
15
authority.
Revenues
received
by
the
port
authority
shall
be
16
used
for
the
general
expenses
of
the
port
authority
and
to
17
pay
interest,
amortization,
and
retirement
charges
on
money
18
borrowed.
Except
as
provided
in
section
28J.26
,
if
there
19
remains,
at
the
end
of
any
fiscal
year,
a
surplus
of
such
funds
20
after
providing
for
the
above
uses,
the
board
shall
pay
such
21
surplus
into
the
general
funds
of
the
political
subdivisions
22
comprising
the
port
authority
as
agreed
to
by
the
subdivisions.
23
Sec.
5.
Section
29C.17,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
24
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
25
b.
Per
capita
allocation
funded
from
city
general
funds
and
26
county
general
rural
services
funds
or
by
a
combination
of
city
27
and
county
special
levies
which
may
be
apportioned
among
the
28
member
jurisdictions.
29
Sec.
6.
Section
331.421,
subsection
8,
Code
2016,
is
amended
30
to
read
as
follows:
31
8.
“Rural
county
services”
means
the
services
which
are
32
primarily
intended
to
benefit
those
persons
residing
in
33
the
county
outside
of
incorporated
city
areas,
including
34
secondary
road
services,
but
excluding
services
financed
by
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other
statutory
funds.
“Rural
county
services”
also
means
1
any
service
provided
by
the
county
jointly
by
agreement
with
2
one
or
more
cities
located
in
the
county
and
under
which
the
3
county
contributes
revenue
for
provision
of
the
service
to
the
4
unincorporated
area
of
the
county,
including
but
not
limited
to
5
a
service
provided
pursuant
to
an
agreement
under
chapter
28E,
6
28F,
28G,
28J,
28M,
or
29C.
7
Sec.
7.
Section
331.427,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
8
2016,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
9
Sec.
8.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
fiscal
years
10
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2017.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
relates
to
the
definition
of
rural
county
services
15
and
the
use
of
rural
county
services
property
tax
revenue
for
16
services
and
functions
undertaken
jointly
by
a
county
with
one
17
or
more
cities.
18
Current
Code
section
331.421
defines
“rural
county
services”
19
to
mean
the
services
which
are
primarily
intended
to
benefit
20
those
persons
residing
in
the
county
outside
of
incorporated
21
city
areas,
including
secondary
road
services,
but
excluding
22
services
financed
by
other
statutory
funds.
Property
taxes
for
23
rural
county
services
are
levied
on
all
taxable
property
in
the
24
unincorporated
areas
of
the
county,
instead
of
being
levied
on
25
all
taxable
property
within
the
county.
26
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
“rural
county
services”
27
to
also
mean
any
service
provided
by
the
county
jointly
by
28
agreement
with
one
or
more
cities
located
in
the
county
for
29
which
the
county
contributes
revenue
for
provision
of
the
30
service
to
the
unincorporated
area
of
the
county.
Accordingly,
31
the
revenues
to
be
paid
by
a
county
under
such
an
agreement
for
32
the
joint
service
must
be
paid
from
the
rural
services
fund.
33
The
bill
makes
conforming
changes
to
provisions
relating
34
to
the
joint
provision
of
services
by
local
governments
under
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