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LR 891
Item 1

 
factor under this section, the county must rely on the total
valuation and increased valuation calculations of all the member
municipalities under section 5721-A, subsection 1 for its most
recently concluded fiscal year.

 
2.__Transition; extraordinary events.__The appropriation limit
established in subsection 1 must become effective for a county
for its first full fiscal year following the effective date of
this section.

 
A.__For purposes of determining the assessment limit for the
first fiscal year for which this section is effective, the
limit must be set at the amount assessed by the county on
its member municipalities during the prior fiscal year
multiplied by the following sum: one plus the income growth
factor set forth in subsection 3 plus the annual property
growth factor for its member municipalities set forth in
subsection 1.

 
B.__In the event the prior year's assessment reflects the
effect of extraordinary, nonrecurring events, the county may
submit a written notice to the State Tax Assessor requesting
an adjustment in the assessment calculation, which
adjustment must be determined in a reasonable amount of
time.

 
3.__Income growth factor.__The income growth factor applicable
to fiscal years following the effective date of this section is
the base growth factor, which for purposes of this section means
the average real personal income growth rate as defined in Title
5, section 1665, subsection 1, which rate may not exceed 2.75%.__
For fiscal years commencing after such time as the state tax
burden ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, the growth factor
must become the personal income growth factor as defined in Title
5, section 1664.__For purposes of this section, "state tax
burden" has the same meaning as set forth in Title 5, section
1664.__For any fiscal year thereafter, if the State Tax Assessor
determines pursuant to Title 5, section 1664 that the state tax
burden has increased to the highest 1/3 of all states, the growth
factor for the following fiscal year must be the base growth
factor.__In all other fiscal years when the state tax burden
ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, the growth factor must be
the personal income growth factor.

 
4.__Adjustment for new state funding.__In addition to
subsection 3, if the State provides net new funds to a county for
existing services funded in whole or in part by assessments,
other than required state mandate funds pursuant to section 5685
that do not displace current assessment-based expenditures, the
county must lower its assessment limit in that year in an amount
equal to the net new funds.__For purposes of


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