Senate File 2010     



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  SCHOENJAHN

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act relating to the uses of physical plant and equipment
     2    levy funds by school districts.
     3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 298.3, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.(1)  The purchase, lease, or lease=purchase of a single
  1  4 unit of equipment or technology exceeding five hundred dollars
  1  5 in value per unit, or computers or computer=related equipment
  1  6 regardless of value per unit.
  1  7    (2)  The funding for technical support, including technical
  1  8 support services provided by contractual agreement and
  1  9 technical support training of school district personnel.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 298.3, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code
  1 11 Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    i.  Purchase of transportation equipment for transporting
  1 13 students and for transportation equipment parts essential to
  1 14 the operation of such transportation equipment.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill modifies the purposes for which physical plant and
  1 17 equipment levy (PPEL) funds may be used by school districts.
  1 18    The bill expands the authorized uses of the funds to include
  1 19 the purchase of computers and computer=related equipment;
  1 20 payment of technical support, including contractual support
  1 21 and in=house technical support training; and purchase of
  1 22 transportation equipment parts essential to the operation of
  1 23 such transportation equipment.
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