24.17 Budgets certified.
1. The local budgets of the various political subdivisions shall be certified by the chairperson of the certifying board or levying board, as the case may be, in duplicate to the county auditor not later than March 15 of each year on forms, and pursuant to instructions, prescribed by the department of management. However, if the political subdivision is a county or a city, its budget shall be certified not later than March 31 of each year, and if the political subdivision is a school district, as defined in section 257.2, its budget shall be certified not later than April 15 of each year.
2. One copy of the budget shall be retained on file in the office by the county auditor and the other shall be certified by the county auditor to the state board. The department of management shall certify the taxes back to the county auditor by June 15.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §383; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §24.17]
92 Acts, ch 1227, §14; 97 Acts, ch 206, §13, 24; 2019 Acts, ch 165, §1, 17; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Referred to in §20.19, 20.20, 24.20, 137.112, 257.7, 331.403, 331.434, 331.907, 384.22
2019 amendment to subsection 1 applies to city and county budgets and taxes for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2020; 2019 Acts, ch 165, §17
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Section 24.2 - Definition of terms.
Section 24.3 - Requirements of local budget.
Section 24.4 - Time of filing estimates.
Section 24.5 - Estimates itemized.
Section 24.6 - Emergency fund — levy.
Section 24.7 - Supplemental estimates.
Section 24.8 - Estimated tax collections.
Section 24.9 - Filing estimates — notice of hearing — amendments.
Section 24.11 - Meeting for review.
Section 24.12 - Record by certifying board.
Section 24.13 - Procedure by levying board.
Section 24.15 - Further tax limitation.
Section 24.16 - Expenses — how paid.
Section 24.17 - Budgets certified.
Section 24.18 - Summary of budget.
Section 24.19 - Levying board to spread tax.
Section 24.20 - Tax rates final.
Section 24.21 - Transfer of inactive funds.
Section 24.22 - Transfer of funds.
Section 24.23 - Supervisory power of state board.
Section 24.26 - State appeal board.
Section 24.27 - Protest to budget.
Section 24.28 - Hearing on protest.
Section 24.30 - Review by and powers of board.
Section 24.31 - Rules of procedure — record.
Section 24.32 - Decision certified.
Section 24.34 - Unliquidated obligations.
Section 24.48 - Appeal to state board for suspension of limitations.