Mike Bohacek
- Republican
- Senator
- District 8
Author
Provides that an examination of the accounts and financial affairs of a school corporation must include an examination of any revenue spending plan and applicable fund for an operating referendum tax levy or school safety referendum tax levy to determine whether the school corporation is using the revenue collected from the levy in the amounts and for the purposes established in the applicable revenue spending plan. Provides that a contract entered into between the governing body of a school corporation and a school administrator may not provide for the awarding of a monetary bonus or other incentive that is based on the approval of a public question concerning the imposition of a property tax levy. Specifies requirements for a school corporation that adopts a revenue spending plan for a proposed referendum tax levy. Provides that a school corporation shall specify in its proposed budget the school corporation's revenue spending plan and present the revenue spending plan at its public hearing on the proposed budget. Provides that an ordinance or resolution making a preliminary determination to issue bonds or enter into leases that is considered for certain controlled projects must include a statement of: (1) the maximum annual debt service for the controlled project for each year in which the debt service will be paid; and (2) the schedule of the estimated annual tax levy and rate over a 10 year period; factoring in changes that will occur to the debt service levy and tax rate during the period on account of any outstanding bonds or lease obligations that will mature or terminate during the period. Provides that a governing body may not increase the debt service fund levy to pay for the interest on warrants unless the warrants have been authorized by the governing body in a resolution adopted at a public meeting in the year immediately preceding the year in which the warrants will be issued. Requires a school corporation that imposes certain property taxes to provide information to the department of local government finance before a public hearing held for the purpose of determining the school corporation's budget.
Public Law 136
Signed by the Governor
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the Speaker
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Representative Thompson added as conferee
Representative Smith V removed as conferee
Representative Thompson removed as advisor
Senator Zay added as advisor
Senator Doriot added as conferee
Senator Doriot removed as advisor
Senator Qaddoura removed as conferee
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 499: yeas 91, nays 0
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 483: yeas 45, nays 4
CCR # 1 filed in the House
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
House advisors appointed: Thompson, Jordan and DeLaney
House conferees appointed: Teshka and Smith V
Senate conferees appointed: Bohacek and Qaddoura
Senate advisors appointed: Doriot and Melton
Senate dissented from House amendments
Motion to dissent filed
Returned to the Senate with amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 96, nays 0
Amendment #2 (Harris) motion withdrawn
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Referred to the House
Senator Doriot added as second author
House sponsor: Representative Teshka
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 43, nays 6
Senator Randolph added as coauthor
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
Authored by Senator Bohacek
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| Fiscal Note: SB0055.05.ENRH.FN001 |
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