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HOUSE BILL NO. 104 – Library dist/budget increase/electn

HOUSE BILL NO. 104

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H0104...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
LIBRARY DISTRICTS - Amends existing law to provide for an election within a
library district to allow the library district to increase its budget from
property tax sources; to provide when the election may be held; and to
provide the required majority of sixty percent of the voters voting.

01/26    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax

Bill Text


H0104


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 104

                            BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON BUDGET REQUESTS;  AMENDING  SECTION  63-802,  IDAHO
 3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR AN ELECTION WITHIN A LIBRARY DISTRICT TO ALLOW THE
 4        LIBRARY DISTRICT TO INCREASE ITS BUDGET FROM PROPERTY TAX SOURCES, TO PRO-
 5        VIDE WHEN THE ELECTION MAY BE HELD AND TO PROVIDE THE  REQUIRED  MAJORITY;
 6        AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 8        SECTION  1.  That  Section  63-802, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 9    amended to read as follows:

10        63-802.  LIMITATION ON BUDGET REQUESTS -- LIMITATION  ON  TAX  CHARGES  --
11    EXCEPTIONS.  (1)  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section for tax
12    year 1995, and each year thereafter, no taxing district shall certify a budget
13    request for an amount of property tax revenues to  finance  an  annual  budget
14    that exceeds the greater of:
15        (a)  The  dollar  amount of property taxes certified for its annual budget
16        for any one (1) of the three (3) tax years preceding the current tax year,
17        whichever is greater, which amount may be increased by a growth factor  of
18        not  to  exceed  three  percent (3%) plus the amount of revenue that would
19        have been generated by applying the levy of the previous year, not includ-
20        ing any levy described in subsection (3) of this section, to any  increase
21        in  market  value  subject  to taxation resulting from new construction or
22        change of land use classification as evidenced by the value shown  on  the
23        new  construction  roll  compiled pursuant to section 63-301A, Idaho Code;
24        and by the value of annexation during the previous calendar year, as  cer-
25        tified by the state tax commission for market values of operating property
26        of public utilities and by the county assessor; or
27        (b)  The  dollar  amount of property taxes certified for its annual budget
28        during the last year in which a levy was made; or
29        (c)  The dollar amount of the actual budget request, if  the  taxing  dis-
30        trict is newly created; or
31        (d)  In  the  case of school districts, the restriction imposed in section
32        33-802, Idaho Code; or
33        (e)  In the case of a nonschool district for which less than  the  maximum
34        allowable  increase  in  the dollar amount of property taxes is  certified
35        for annual budget purposes in any one (1) year, such a  district  may,  in
36        any  following year, recover the foregone increase by certifying, in addi-
37        tion to any increase otherwise allowed, an amount not to exceed  one  hun-
38        dred  percent  (100%) of the increase originally foregone. Said additional
39        amount shall be included in future calculations for increases as  allowed;
40        or
41        (f)  In  the case of cities, if the immediately preceding year's levy sub-
42        ject to the limitation provided by this section, is less than  0.004,  the
43        city  may  increase  its  budget by an amount not to exceed the difference


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 1        between 0.004 and actual prior year's levy multiplied by the prior  year's
 2        market  value  for  assessment  purposes.  The  additional  amount must be
 3        approved by sixty percent (60%) of the voters voting on the question at an
 4        election called for that purpose and held on the date in May  or  November
 5        provided by law, and may  be included in the annual budget of the city for
 6        purposes of this section ; or
 7        (g)  A library district may submit to the electors within the district the
 8        question of whether the budget from property tax revenues may be increased
 9        beyond  the  amount  authorized  in  this section, but not beyond the levy
10        authorized in section 33-2724, Idaho Code. The additional amount  must  be
11        approved  by sixty percent (60%) or more of the voters voting on the ques-
12        tion at an election called for that purpose and held on the May or  Novem-
13        ber  dates  provided  by  section  34-106,  Idaho Code. If approved by the
14        required minimum sixty percent (60%) of the voters voting at the election,
15        the new budget amount shall be the base budget for the  purposes  of  this
16        section .
17        (2)  No  board  of  county  commissioners  shall set a levy, nor shall the
18    state tax commission approve a levy for annual budget purposes  which  exceeds
19    the  limitation imposed in subsection (1) of this section, unless authority to
20    exceed such  limitation  has  been  approved  by  a  majority  of  the  taxing
21    district's electors voting on the question at an election called for that pur-
22    pose  and  held pursuant to section 34-106, Idaho Code, provided however, that
23    such voter approval shall be for a period of not to exceed two (2) years.
24        (3)  The amount of property tax revenues to finance an annual budget  does
25    not  include revenues from nonproperty tax sources, and does not include reve-
26    nue from levies that are voter approved for bonds, override levies or  supple-
27    mental  levies,  plant  facilities  reserve fund levies, school emergency fund
28    levies or for levies applicable to newly annexed property or for levies appli-
29    cable to new construction as evidenced by the value of property subject to the
30    occupancy tax pursuant to section 63-317, Idaho Code, for  the  preceding  tax
31    year.

32        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
33    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
34    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS08541

Public libraries are facing increasing demands from the public to provide new and sophisticated
electronic services, including access to the Internet, CD-ROM databases, and video resources.
These services are important for both the education of the public and for economic development.
The legislature has recognized the importance of this kind of information through their funding of
the Educational Technology Initiative and the LiLI project. More sophisticated services require a
higher level of training for library staff members. The cost of traditional materials is also increasing
more rapidly than the cost of inflation. Most public library districts levy at less than half their
allowed levy limit. Their low base at the time the property tax limitation in 63-802, Idaho Code was
passed has made it impossible for many of them to adequately provide the new services that the
public demands while also maintaining traditional services.

The purpose of this legislation would be to amend 63-802, Idaho Code, to allow the electors of a
public library district to create a new base properly tax budget amount beyond the amount
authorized in 63-802, Idaho Code. The additional amount would have to approved by sixty percent
(60%) of the voters at an election for that purpose held on the uniform election date in May or
November.

Because a number of library districts have already experienced increased demands for service,
and expect more when the LiLI databases become available, they may need to use this legislation
at the May elections in 1999. Therefore, an emergency clause has been included.

                           FISCAL NOTE

There would be no fiscal impact on the State of Idaho. The dollar amount of property taxes within
the library district would be raised to the proposed amount if the required majority voting in the
election voted in favor of the increase.

CONTACT Name: Lynn Melton Agency: Idaho Library Association Phone: 939-0756

                                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE        H 104