RSSHF 524 – Appraiser Fund Consolidation SSB 3070 – Rural water districts meeting requirements COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 524 combines the special appraiser’s fund with the assessment expense fund in the office of local assessor and specifies that the levy rate for the assessment expense fund cannot exceed the rate of the previous combined two funds. [2/7: Short [...]
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The meeting is an opportunity for the public to hear directly from local government leaders on the use of TIF in Johnson County.
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The Legislature adjourned for the summer on June 30. The Senate Democratic Research staff has compiled a review to help you sort through the highlights, low-lights and missed opportunities of the 2011 legislative session. (Updated 8/1/11)
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Kerry Wright HF 516 – Subdivision improvement notice FLOOR ACTION: HF 516 requires a city to notify a contractor 48 hours in advance of when the city will consider the acceptance of subdivision improvements made by a contractor. [4/7: 50-0]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Kerry Wright HF 132 – Modifying urban renewal plans HF 454 — Delegation of Certification Authority HF 512 – Exemption from standards & requirements for cities FLOOR ACTION: HF 132 requires an ordinance for division of property taxes collected under an urban renewal plan to be filed with the county auditor in the [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Kerry Wright HF 132 – Modifying urban renewal plans HF 454 — Delegation of Certification Authority HF 512 – Exemption from standards & requirements for cities HF 516 – Subdivision improvement notice HF 569 – Vacancies in elected city offices COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 132 requires an ordinance for division of property taxes collected [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Kerry Wright SF 412 – Lake Delhi Benefitted Recreational Lake Districts FLOOR ACTION: SF 412 deals with Chapter 357E, which relates to benefitted or self-taxing lake districts formed in 1989, specifically Lake Delhi in Delaware County. The bill clarifies that the trustees are a public entity; expands the board of trustees from three [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Kerry Wright SF 315 – Emergency Management Planning SF 393 – Drainage District Notices SF 434 – County Treasurer Technical bill FLOOR ACTION: SF 315 is intended to clean up inconsistent terminology with other parts of Iowa Code and administrative rules, make clarifications in Code regarding emergency management commissions and their makeup, and [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Kerry Wright SF 98 – EMS Pilot Project SF 305 – Satellite Voting Locations SSB 1050 – Recorder Transactions SSB 1124 – Drainage District Notices SSB 1178 – County Treasurer Technical bill SSB 1181 – Lake Delhi Benefitted Recreational Lake Districts COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 98 gives Woodbury, Story and Jones counties an optional [...]
Read the full story >>The Senate remains focused on job creation. All seven job creation measures introduced so far by Senate Democrats survived the first legislative funnel.
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