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HOUSE BILL NO. 319 – School bond levy equaliztn/payments

HOUSE BILL NO. 319

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H0319..........................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOOL BOND LEVY EQUALIZATION - Amends existing law relating to the school
bond levy equalization support program to change the time limitations which
govern certain bond levy amounts; to provide a special application of state
payment provisions; and to require reports by school districts.
                                                                        
03/04    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/05    Rpt prt - to Educ
03/11    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17    3rd rdg - PASSED - 69-1-0
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
      Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
      Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest,
      Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
      McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Naccarato, Nielsen,
      Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali,
      Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
      Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Moyle
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Denney
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/27    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/28    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/01    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett(Roberts),
      Burtenshaw, Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge,
      Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk,
      Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Noh
    Title apvd - to House
04/02    To enrol
04/03    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/04    Pres signed
04/07    To Governor
04/08    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 268
         Effective: 07/01/03

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 319
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE SCHOOL BOND LEVY EQUALIZATION SUPPORT PROGRAM;  AMENDING  SEC-
  3        TION 33-802A, IDAHO CODE, TO CHANGE THE TIME LIMITATIONS WHICH GOVERN LEVY
  4        AMOUNTS;  AND  AMENDING   SECTION 33-906, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A SPECIAL
  5        APPLICATION OF STATE PAYMENT PROVISIONS AND TO REQUIRE SPECIFIED  REPORTS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Section 33-802A, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        33-802A.  COMPUTATION  OF BOND AND BOND INTEREST LEVIES. When the board of
 10    trustees of any school district determines and makes the levy required by sec-
 11    tion 33-802, Idaho Code, and incorporates such levy as a part  of  the  school
 12    district's  budget to service all maturing bond and bond interest payments for
 13    the ensuing fiscal year, it shall take into consideration any state bond  levy
 14    equalization  funds  provided  pursuant to section 33-906, Idaho Code, and any
 15    balances remaining or that may remain in its bond interest and redemption fund
 16    after meeting its bond and bond interest obligations for  its  current  fiscal
 17    year.  The  levy so made for the ensuing fiscal year shall be an amount which,
 18    together with any state bond levy equalization funds provided pursuant to sec-
 19    tion 33-906, Idaho Code, and the balance in its bond interest  and  redemption
 20    fund  remaining  after  meeting its current fiscal year bond and bond interest
 21    obligations, shall satisfy all maturing bond and bond interest payments for at
 22    least the ensuing twelve (12) months, and not to exceed the  ensuing  nineteen
 23    twenty-one (219) months counted from July 1 of the current calendar year.
                                                                        
 24        SECTION  2.  That  Section  33-906, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 25    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 26        33-906.  BOND LEVY  EQUALIZATION  SUPPORT  PROGRAM.  Pursuant  to  section
 27    33-906B,  Idaho  Code, school districts with a value index below one (1) shall
 28    be eligible to receive additional state financial assistance for the  cost  of
 29    annual  bond interest and redemption payments made on bonds passed on or after
 30    September 15, 2002. However, any school district shall receive  no  less  than
 31    ten percent (10%) of the interest cost portion of the annual bond interest and
 32    redemption  payment for bonds passed on or after September 15, 2002. The state
 33    department of education shall disburse such funds  to  school  districts  from
 34    moneys appropriated from the bond levy equalization fund. The department shall
 35    disburse  the  funds by no later than September 1 of each year for school dis-
 36    tricts in which voters have approved the issuance of qualifying  bonds  by  no
 37    later  than January 1 of that calendar year, and which are certifying a quali-
 38    fying bond interest and redemption payment for the fiscal year  in  which  the
 39    disbursement is made. For districts with a value index below one (1), the per-
 40    centage  of  each  annual bond interest and redemption payment that is paid by
 41    the state shall be determined by dividing the difference between one  (1)  and
                                                                        
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  1    the school district's value index by one (1) provided that the state shall pay
  2    for  no  more  than  the interest cost portion of the annual bond interest and
  3    redemption payment, and each school district shall receive no  less  than  ten
  4    percent (10%) of the interest cost portion of the qualifying bond interest and
  5    redemption payment.
  6        For  the purposes of this section, the annual bond interest and redemption
  7    payment shall be determined by dividing the total payment amounts by the  num-
  8    ber  of  fiscal years in which payments are to be made. The interest cost por-
  9    tion of the annual bond  interest and redemption payment shall  be  determined
 10    by  dividing  the  total  interest paid by the number of fiscal years in which
 11    payments are to be made. For school districts not qualifying for a state  pay-
 12    ment  in  the first year of the bond interest and redemption payment schedule,
 13    due solely to the January 1 eligibility deadline, the state department of edu-
 14    cation shall distribute an additional payment in the next fiscal year, in  the
 15    amount  of  such funds that the school district would have otherwise qualified
 16    for in the current fiscal year.
 17        The provisions of this section may not be utilized to  refinance  existing
 18    debt.
 19        School  districts shall annually report the status of all qualifying bonds
 20    to the state department of education by January  1  of  each  year,  including
 21    bonds  approved by the voters, but not yet issued. Information submitted shall
 22    include the following:
 23        (1)  The actual or estimated bond interest and redemption  payment  sched-
 24    ule;
 25        (2)  Any qualifying bond that has been paid off;
 26        (3)  Other  information as may be required by the state department of edu-
 27    cation.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 12745
This legislation makes technical corrections to SB 1474, which
was passed last year.  These corrections will make it easier to
administer SB 1474.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact


Contact
Name:     Rep. Lawerence Denney 
Phone:    (208) 332-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE      H 319