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SCHOOL FINANCE AMENDMENTS

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2011 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Merlynn T. Newbold

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions of the Minimum School Program Act relating to certain
             10      property tax levies and the funding of public school programs.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    increases the voted leeway and board guarantees each year by .0005 times the value
             14      of the prior year's weighted pupil unit subject to the Legislature appropriating funds
             15      for an increase in the guarantee; and
             16          .    makes technical changes.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23          53A-17a-133, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 399
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             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             26          Section 1. Section 53A-17a-133 is amended to read:
             27           53A-17a-133. State-supported voted leeway program authorized -- Election
             28      requirements -- State guarantee -- Reconsideration of the program.
             29          (1) An election to consider adoption or modification of a voted leeway program is


             30      required if initiative petitions signed by 10% of the number of electors who voted at the last
             31      preceding general election are presented to the local school board or by action of the board.
             32          (2) (a) (i) To establish a voted leeway program, a majority of the electors of a district
             33      voting at an election in the manner set forth in Section 53A-16-110 must vote in favor of a
             34      special tax.
             35          (ii) The tax rate may not exceed .002 per dollar of taxable value.
             36          (b) The district may maintain a school program which exceeds the cost of the program
             37      referred to in Section 53A-17a-145 with this voted leeway.
             38          (c) In order to receive state support the first year, a district must receive voter approval
             39      no later than December 1 of the year prior to implementation.
             40          (3) (a) Under the voted leeway program, the state shall contribute an amount sufficient
             41      to guarantee $25.25 per weighted pupil unit for each .0001 of the first .0016 per dollar of
             42      taxable value.
             43          (b) The same dollar amount guarantee per weighted pupil unit for the .0016 per dollar
             44      of taxable value under Subsection (3)(a) shall apply to the board-approved leeway authorized
             45      in Section 53A-17a-134 , so that the guarantee shall apply up to a total of .002 per dollar of
             46      taxable value if a school district levies a tax rate under both programs.
             47          (c) (i) Beginning July 1, 2011, the $25.25 guarantee under Subsections (3)(a) and (b)
             48      shall be indexed each year to the value of the weighted pupil unit by making the value of the
             49      guarantee equal to.010544 times the value of the prior year's weighted pupil unit.
             50          (ii) The guarantee shall increase by .0005 times the value of the prior year's weighted
             51      pupil unit for each succeeding year subject to the Legislature appropriating funds for an
             52      increase in the guarantee.
             53          (d) (i) The amount of state guarantee money to which a school district would otherwise
             54      be entitled to under this Subsection (3) may not be reduced for the sole reason that the district's
             55      levy is reduced as a consequence of changes in the certified tax rate under Section 59-2-924
             56      pursuant to changes in property valuation.
             57          (ii) Subsection (3)(d)(i) applies for a period of five years following any such change in


             58      the certified tax rate.
             59          (e) The guarantee provided under this section does not apply to the portion of a voted
             60      leeway rate that exceeds the voted leeway rate that was in effect for the previous fiscal year,
             61      unless an increase in the voted leeway rate was authorized in an election conducted on or after
             62      July 1 of the previous fiscal year and before December 2 of the previous fiscal year.
             63          (4) (a) An election to modify an existing voted leeway program is not a reconsideration
             64      of the existing program unless the proposition submitted to the electors expressly so states.
             65          (b) A majority vote opposing a modification does not deprive the district of authority to
             66      continue an existing program.
             67          (c) If adoption of a leeway program is contingent upon an offset reducing other local
             68      school board levies, the board must allow the electors, in an election, to consider modifying or
             69      discontinuing the program prior to a subsequent increase in other levies that would increase the
             70      total local school board levy.
             71          (d) Nothing contained in this section terminates, without an election, the authority of a
             72      school district to continue an existing voted leeway program previously authorized by the
             73      voters.
             74          (5) Notwithstanding Section 59-2-919 , a school district may budget an increased
             75      amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from a voted leeway imposed under this
             76      section in addition to revenue from new growth as defined in Subsection 59-2-924 (4), without
             77      having to comply with the notice requirements of Section 59-2-919 , if:
             78          (a) the voted leeway is approved:
             79          (i) in accordance with Section 53A-16-110 on or after January 1, 2003; and
             80          (ii) within the four-year period immediately preceding the year in which the school
             81      district seeks to budget an increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from
             82      the voted leeway; and
             83          (b) for a voted leeway approved or modified in accordance with this section on or after
             84      January 1, 2009, the school district complies with the requirements of Subsection (7).
             85          (6) Notwithstanding Section 59-2-919 , a school district may levy a tax rate under this


             86      section that exceeds the certified tax rate without having to comply with the notice
             87      requirements of Section 59-2-919 if:
             88          (a) the levy exceeds the certified tax rate as the result of a school district budgeting an
             89      increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from a voted leeway imposed
             90      under this section;
             91          (b) the voted leeway was approved:
             92          (i) in accordance with Section 53A-16-110 on or after January 1, 2003; and
             93          (ii) within the four-year period immediately preceding the year in which the school
             94      district seeks to budget an increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from
             95      the voted leeway; and
             96          (c) for a voted leeway approved or modified in accordance with this section on or after
             97      January 1, 2009, the school district complies with requirements of Subsection (7).
             98          (7) For purposes of Subsection (5)(b) or (6)(c), the proposition submitted to the
             99      electors regarding the adoption or modification of a voted leeway program shall contain the
             100      following statement:
             101          "A vote in favor of this tax means that (name of the school district) may increase
             102      revenue from this property tax without advertising the increase for the next five years."


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