Local Government
March 1, 2012
SF 2146 – Rural water districts meeting requirements SF 2240 – County Treasurer clean-up FLOOR ACTION: SF 2146 involves rural water districts meeting requirements. The bylaws of each rural water district are required to include provision for an annual meeting of members by July 31 of each year following the incorporation of the district. Current [...]
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February 23, 2012
SF 2137 – Property taxes SSB 3138 – County Treasurer clean-up SSB 3096 – Natural gas extension bonding SSB 3180 – Ankeny legalizing bill HF 2101 – Surveyor land certificate COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2137 changes the tax levy for joint county-city buildings from being a specific levy under 384.12(15) to being under the debt service [...]
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February 9, 2012
HF 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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April 14, 2011
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]
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April 7, 2011
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 [...]
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April 4, 2011
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 [...]
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March 17, 2011
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 [...]
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March 10, 2011
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 [...]
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March 3, 2011
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 [...]
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February 24, 2011
STAFF CONTACT: Kerry Wright SSB 1061 – Emergency management technical bill SSB 1062 – County building projects w/ judicial branch COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 1061 is intended to clean up inconsistent terminology with other parts of Iowa Code and administrative rule, make clarifications in Code regarding emergency management commissions and their makeup, and to address changes [...]
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