SF0058 Community colleges-property tax expenditures.

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for SF0058

Bill No.:
SF0058
Drafter:

DRN

LSO No.:
07LSO-0231
Effective Date:

2/15/2007

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0017

Chapter No.:
46

Prime Sponsor:
Joint
Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Community
colleges-property tax expenditures.

Subject:
Additional 5-mill community college district
property tax.

Summary/Major Elements:

Applies to the additional
voter-approved five-mill community college district property tax above the
four-mill required levy to participate in state aid and dedicated to district
support and operations;

Removes the restriction
imposed upon the use of revenues collected from the additional optional
district five-mill levy;

Under current law, proceeds
from the additional levy are restricted to emergency needs of the district,
covering unanticipated revenue shortfalls, expenses associated with an
unexpected variation in student enrollment and specific district program needs;

Under the bill, revenues from
any additional levy may be used for district support and operations and upon
approval of the Community College Commission and legislature, for district
capital outlay needs;

The expanded use of levy
proceeds applies to mills approved by voters on and after April 1, 2007;

Revenues generated under the
additional levy are required to be included within the district's reported
revenues in its biennial funding report to the Commission.

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0058

ENROLLED ACT NO. 17, SENATE

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to community colleges; removing restrictions on use of revenues from additional mill levies; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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311(f)(intro), (i), (g)(intro) and by creating a new subsection (h) is amended to read:

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311.

Election for increase of tax mill levy; additional levy in excess of four mills; distribution of additional levy revenues.

(f)

If the qualified electors of any community college district have previously approved a tax levy of four (4) mills for the regular support and operation of a community college, the community college district board may submit to the electors of the district a proposition calling for an additional levy of not to exceed five (5) mills on the assessed value of the district for
community college purposes.
For elections held pursuant to this subsection on or after April 1, 2007, the additional mills may be used for the regular support and operation and for the capital outlay needs of a community college as provided under subsection (h) of this section.
The proposition shall be submitted at an election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22
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103. Subsections (b) and (c) of this section apply to any election held under this subsection. At the election, the ballot shall contain the words "for the additional .... mill levy (not to exceed five (5) mills) of the .... Community College District" and "against the additional .... mill levy (not to exceed five (5) mills) of the .... Community College District". Following the election, each county clerk of the counties involved shall immediately give notice of the election result to the county commissioners and:

(i)

If the additional levy is approved by the district electors, each involved board of county commissioners shall levy the additional tax and the same proposition shall be submitted at each second general election following approval of the additional levy until the proposition is defeated. The tax shall be levied and collected separate from the four (4) mill levy imposed under W.S. 21
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304(a)(vii), and any levy imposed under W.S. 21
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303(b), and
for elections held pursuant to this subsection before April 1, 2007,
shall be distributed in accordance with subsection (g) of this section;

(g)

The county treasurer shall distribute revenues collected under any additional levy authorized under subsection (f) of this section
at an election held before April 1, 2007,
to the treasurer of the appropriate community college district board of trustees, who shall deposit the revenue collections as follows:

(h)

The county treasurer shall distribute revenues collected under any additional levy authorized under subsection (f) of this section at an election held on or after April 1, 2007, to the treasurer of the appropriate community college district board of trustees
in the same manner as revenues from the levy imposed under W.S. 21
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304(a)(vii).
Revenues distributed pursuant to this subsection shall be included within the district's estimated and reportable revenues for purposes of the biennial funding report of the district under W.S. 21
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205(b) but shall not be restricted by the commission in any manner. The revenues may be used for the regular support and operation of a community college and subject to approval of the commission and legislature pursuant to W.S. 21
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205(g), for purposes of capital outlay for district capital facility repair, maintenance, construction and renovation needs.

Section 2.

This act is effective
immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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