Iowa HF 60: A bill for an act relating to the use of electronic communication devices to write, send, or read text messages while driving as a primary offense.

Status: Withdrawn. (as of 2017-04-10)

State: Iowa · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: HF 60

Subjects: driving, motor vehicles, telecommunications, text messaging, transportation, vehicles

Sponsors: Anderson, Brown-Powers, Gaskill, Hall, Hanson, Kacena, McKean, Nielsen, Oldson, Staed

Bill Text

House
File
60
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
60

BY
JONES

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
budget
adjustments
by
school
districts
1

affected
by
a
natural
disaster.
2

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3

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H.F.
60

Section
1.
Section
257.14,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1

amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

1.
a.

For
the
budget
year
commencing
July
1,
2016,
and
3

succeeding
budget
years,
a
school
district
shall
be
eligible
4

for
a
budget
adjustment
in
an
amount
equal
to
the
difference
5

between
the
regular
program
district
cost
for
the
budget
year
6

and
one
hundred
one
percent
of
the
regular
program
district
7

cost
for
the
base
year.
8

b.

If
a
school
district
receives
a
budget
adjustment
under
9

this
section
in
the
base
year
and
during
such
base
year
or
10

the
budget
year
preceding
the
base
year
a
natural
disaster

11

impacts
the
school
district
for
which
a
major
disaster
has
12

been
declared
to
exist
by
the
president
of
the
United
States
13

or
for
which
the
governor
has
proclaimed
a
state
of
disaster

14

emergency,
the
school
district
shall
be
eligible
for
a
budget
15

adjustment
in
an
amount
equal
to
the
amount
of
the
school
16

district’s
budget
adjustment
for
the
base
year.
17

EXPLANATION
18

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20

This
bill
relates
to
budget
adjustments
by
school
districts
21

affected
by
a
natural
disaster.
22

Currently,
a
school
district
is
eligible
for
a
budget
23

adjustment
in
an
amount
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
24

regular
program
district
cost
for
the
budget
year
and
101
25

percent
of
the
regular
program
district
cost
for
the
base
year.
26

The
bill
provides
for
an
additional
year
of
budget
27

adjustment
if,
during
the
base
year
or
the
budget
year
28

preceding
the
base
year,
a
natural
disaster
impacts
the
school
29

district
for
which
a
major
disaster
has
been
declared
to
exist
30

by
the
president
of
the
United
States
or
for
which
the
governor
31

has
proclaimed
a
state
of
disaster
emergency.
The
amount
of
32

such
additional
year
of
budget
adjustment
shall
be
equal
to
the
33

amount
of
the
school
district’s
budget
adjustment
for
the
base
34

year.
35

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