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House Amendment 5896

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2464, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 4, by inserting after line 34 the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  358C.24  DISCLOSURE OF
  1  6 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
  1  7    The seller of property in a real estate improvement
  1  8 district or a person acting on behalf of a seller
  1  9 shall disclose the amount of any special assessment
  1 10 under this chapter against the property during
  1 11 negotiations for the sale of the property."
  1 12    #2.  Page 12, line 7, by striking the words
  1 13 "twenty-five" and inserting the following:  "ten".
  1 14    #3.  Page 12, by striking lines 9 through 17 and
  1 15 inserting the following:
  1 16    "For a municipality with a population of fifteen
  1 17 thousand or less, the amount to be provided for low
  1 18 and moderate income family housing shall be the same
  1 19 as for a municipality of over fifteen thousand in
  1 20 population, except that a municipality of fifteen
  1 21 thousand or less in population is not subject to the
  1 22 requirement to provide not less than an amount equal
  1 23 to ten percent of the original project cost for low
  1 24 and moderate income family housing."
  1 25    #4.  Page 13, by inserting after line 26 the
  1 26 following:
  1 27    "6.  A municipality shall not prohibit or restrict
  1 28 the construction of manufactured homes in any project
  1 29 for which public improvements were finalized under
  1 30 this section.  As used in this subsection,
  1 31 "manufactured home" means the same as under section
  1 32 435.1, subsection 2."
  1 33    #5.  By striking page 13, line 27, through page 19,
  1 34 line 2.
  1 35    #6.  Page 21, by inserting after line 29 the
  1 36 following:
  1 37    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  446.19A  PURCHASE BY
  1 38 COUNTY OR CITY FOR LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING.
  1 39    Notwithstanding section 446.18, a city or county
  1 40 may purchase abandoned property assessed as
  1 41 residential or commercial multifamily housing which
  1 42 did not sell at an annual tax sale under section 446.7
  1 43 for the total amount due.  Money shall not be paid by
  1 44 the county or other tax-levying or tax-certifying body
  1 45 for the purchase, but each of the tax-levying and tax-
  1 46 certifying bodies having any interest in the taxes
  1 47 shall be charged with the total amount due the tax-
  1 48 levying or tax-certifying body as its just share of
  1 49 the purchase price.  Prior to the purchase the city or
  1 50 county shall file with the county treasurer a verified
  2  1 statement that a parcel to be purchased is abandoned
  2  2 and deteriorating in condition or is, or is likely to
  2  3 become, a public nuisance, and that the parcel is
  2  4 suitable for use for low or moderate income housing
  2  5 following rehabilitation.
  2  6    The city or county may sell the certificate of
  2  7 purchase.  Preference shall be given to purchasers who
  2  8 are low or moderate income families or organizations
  2  9 which assist low and moderate income families to
  2 10 obtain housing.  For the purpose of this section, "low
  2 11 or moderate income families" has the same meaning as
  2 12 in section 403.17.  All persons who purchase
  2 13 certificates under this section shall demonstrate the
  2 14 intent to rehabilitate the property for habitation if
  2 15 the property is not redeemed.  In the alternative, the
  2 16 county may, if title to the property has vested in the
  2 17 county under section 447.9, dispose of the property in
  2 18 accordance with section 331.361."
  2 19    #7.  By striking page 21, line 35, through page 24,
  2 20 line 13, and inserting the following:
  2 21    "Sec.    .  Section 16.100, Code 1995, is amended
  2 22 by adding the following new subsection:
  2 23    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  a.  Moneys transferred to the
  2 24 housing improvement fund pursuant to section 428A.8,
  2 25 subsection 1, paragraph "b", shall be distributed, on
  2 26 a per capita basis according to the 1990 federal
  2 27 census, to each county.
  2 28    b.  In order to receive moneys under this
  2 29 subsection, a county shall be a member of a housing
  2 30 council.  The housing council shall consist of the
  2 31 supervisors of the county and the mayor of each city
  2 32 in the county, or their designees.  A housing council
  2 33 may represent more than one county and the cities
  2 34 within each county and may be an entity formed under
  2 35 chapter 28E or an entity under chapter 28H.
  2 36    c.  The function of the housing council shall be to
  2 37 coordinate housing programs in the county including
  2 38 having housing needs assessments completed if not
  2 39 already done, developing or coordinating a housing
  2 40 plan approved by the department of economic
  2 41 development, encouraging the formation of partnerships
  2 42 with other governmental entities and public-private
  2 43 partnerships regarding housing, and recommending
  2 44 funding for projects under the housing plan from
  2 45 moneys received under this subsection.
  2 46    d.  Moneys received under this subsection shall
  2 47 only be used for housing programs which facilitate
  2 48 housing development, including housing trust funds or
  2 49 programs for the rehabilitation or construction of
  2 50 housing.  The cost of the housing needs assessment may
  3  1 be paid from moneys received under this subsection.
  3  2 Moneys not obligated for a project recommended by the
  3  3 housing council within one year of transfer shall
  3  4 revert to the general fund of the state.
  3  5    e.  Counties receiving moneys under this subsection
  3  6 shall track the use of the funds by project, program,
  3  7 or activity and shall provide a report to the
  3  8 department of economic development and the Iowa
  3  9 finance authority regarding the use of the funds by
  3 10 December 15 of each year.
  3 11    f.  Moneys provided under this subsection shall not
  3 12 be used to supplant funding for housing programs
  3 13 provided by a city or county.
  3 14    g.  The authority shall adopt rules to administer
  3 15 this subsection.
  3 16    Sec.    .  Section 428A.8, Code 1995, is amended to
  3 17 read as follows:
  3 18    428A.8  REMITTANCE TO STATE TREASURER – PORTION
  3 19 RETAINED IN COUNTY.
  3 20    1.  On or before the tenth day of each month the
  3 21 county recorder shall determine and pay to the
  3 22 treasurer of state eighty-two and three-fourths
  3 23 percent of the receipts from the real estate transfer
  3 24 tax collected during the preceding month and the
  3 25 treasurer of state shall deposit ninety-five the
  3 26 receipts as follows:
  3 27    a.  Twenty percent of the receipts in the general
  3 28 fund of the state and transfer five percent of the
  3 29 receipts shall be transferred to the Iowa finance
  3 30 authority for deposit in the housing improvement fund
  3 31 created in section 16.100.
  3 32    b.  Of the remaining receipts, fifty percent shall
  3 33 be deposited in the general fund of the state and
  3 34 fifty percent shall be transferred to the Iowa finance
  3 35 authority for deposit in the housing improvement fund
  3 36 created in section 16.100 for the purposes of section
  3 37 16.100, subsection 1A.
  3 38    2.  The county recorder shall deposit the remaining
  3 39 seventeen and one-fourth percent of the receipts in
  3 40 the county general fund.
  3 41    3.  The county recorder shall keep records and make
  3 42 reports with respect to the real estate transfer tax
  3 43 as the director of revenue and finance prescribes."
  3 44    #8.  Page 24, by striking lines 33 and 34 and
  3 45 inserting the following:
  3 46    "1.  The board of supervisors of a county with a
  3 47 population of less than twenty thousand may adopt an
  3 48 ordinance providing that property acquired and
  3 49 subdivided for development of".
  3 50    #9.  Page 25, by striking lines 7 and 8 and
  4  1 inserting the following:
  4  2    "2.  The board of supervisors of a county with a
  4  3 population of twenty thousand or more may adopt an
  4  4 ordinance providing that property acquired and
  4  5 subdivided for development of".
  4  6    #10.  Page 25, by striking lines 17 through 20 and
  4  7 inserting the following:  
  4  8                      "DIVISION 101
  4  9    Sec.    .  Section 404.2, subsection 2, paragraph
  4 10 f, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to
  4 11 read as follows:
  4 12    A statement specifying whether the revitalization
  4 13 is applicable to none, some, or all of the property
  4 14 assessed as residential, agricultural, commercial or
  4 15 industrial property within the designated area or a
  4 16 combination thereof and whether the revitalization is
  4 17 for rehabilitation and additions to existing buildings
  4 18 or new construction or both.  If revitalization is
  4 19 made applicable only to some property within an
  4 20 assessment classification, the definition of that
  4 21 subset of eligible property must be by uniform
  4 22 criteria which further some planning objective
  4 23 identified in the plan.  The city shall state how long
  4 24 it is estimated that the area shall remain a
  4 25 designated revitalization area which time shall be
  4 26 longer than one year from the date of designation and
  4 27 shall state any plan by the city to issue revenue
  4 28 bonds for revitalization projects within the area.
  4 29 For a county, a revitalization area shall include only
  4 30 property which will be used as industrial property
  4 31 only.
  4 32    Sec.    .  Section 404.2, subsection 6, Code 1995,
  4 33 is amended to read as follows:
  4 34    6.  The city or county has adopted the proposed or
  4 35 amended plan for the revitalization area after the
  4 36 requisite number of hearings.  The city or county may
  4 37 subsequently amend this plan after a hearing.  Notice
  4 38 of the hearing shall be published as provided in
  4 39 section 362.3 or 331.305, except that at least seven
  4 40 days' notice must be given and the public hearing
  4 41 shall not be held earlier than the next regularly
  4 42 scheduled city council or board of supervisors meeting
  4 43 following the published notice.  A city which has
  4 44 adopted a plan for a revitalization area which covers
  4 45 all property within the city limits may amend that
  4 46 plan at any time, pursuant to this section, to include
  4 47 property which has been or will be annexed to the
  4 48 city.  The provisions of the original plan shall be
  4 49 applicable to the property which is annexed and the
  4 50 property shall be considered to have been part of the
  5  1 revitalization area as of the effective date of its
  5  2 annexation to the city.
  5  3    Sec.    .  Section 404.5, Code 1995, is amended by
  5  4 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  5  5    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  For the purposes of this
  5  6 section, the actual value of the property upon which
  5  7 the value of improvements in the form of
  5  8 rehabilitation or additions to existing structures
  5  9 shall be determined shall be the lower of either the
  5 10 amount listed on the assessment rolls in the
  5 11 assessment year in which such improvements are first
  5 12 begun or the price paid by the owner if the
  5 13 improvements in the form of rehabilitation or
  5 14 additions to existing structures were begun within one
  5 15 year of the date the property was purchased and the
  5 16 sale was a fair and reasonable exchange between a
  5 17 willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being
  5 18 under any compulsion to buy or sell and each being
  5 19 familiar with all the facts relating to the particular
  5 20 property.
  5 21    Sec.    .  APPLICABILITY.  This amendment in this
  5 22 division to section 404.5 applies to tax exemptions
  5 23 granted under chapter 404 for improvements to real
  5 24 property first begun on or after January 1, 1995.  
  5 25                      DIVISION 102
  5 26    Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATES.  Divisions I, II, and
  5 27 101 of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
  5 28 take effect upon enactment.  Division V of this Act
  5 29 takes effect July 1, 1997."
  5 30    #11.  Title page, line 3, by striking the word
  5 31 "date" and inserting the following:  "and
  5 32 applicability dates".
  5 33    #12.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  5 34 
  5 35 
  5 36                              
  5 37 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
  5 38 MILLAGE of Scott, Chairperson
  5 39 SF 2464.304 76
  5 40 mk/cf
     

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