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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.508, subsection 6, Code Supplement
  1  2 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    6.  Fee book A record of fees within the county system as
  1  4 provided in section 331.902.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 331.553, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
  1  6 by adding the following new subsections:
  1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  Require that payments be made by cash,
  1  8 check, or other form of legal tender or payment accepted by
  1  9 the federal internal revenue service.
  1 10    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Accept electronic transfers of funds
  1 11 in payment of moneys due to the county, including but not
  1 12 limited to, state credits, tax payments, and redemptions.
  1 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Require a payor or an agent of a payor
  1 14 who makes an aggregate payment of one hundred thousand dollars
  1 15 or more to make payment by electronic transfer of the funds.
  1 16    Sec. 3.  Section 331.607, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
  1 17 amended to read as follows:
  1 18    3.  A fee book record of fees within the county system as
  1 19 provided in section 331.902.
  1 20    Sec. 4.  Section 331.655, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
  1 21 amended to read as follows:
  1 22    3.  The sheriff shall keep an accurate record of the fees
  1 23 collected in a fee book within the county system, make a
  1 24 quarterly report of the fees collected to the board, and pay
  1 25 the fees belonging to the county into the county treasury as
  1 26 provided in section 331.902.
  1 27    Sec. 5.  Section 331.902, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1995,
  1 28 are amended to read as follows:
  1 29    2.  Each elective officer specified in subsection 1 shall
  1 30 keep a fee book record of fees within the county system as a
  1 31 part of the permanent county records of the office.  The book
  1 32 record shall be ruled in appropriate columns for include the
  1 33 date, kind of service, for whom rendered, and the amount of
  1 34 fee or charge collected and, when the fee is for recording an
  1 35 instrument, the names of the parties to the instrument.  The
  2  1 required information shall be recorded in the fee book when
  2  2 the service is rendered.
  2  3    3.  Each elective officer specified in subsection 1 shall
  2  4 make a quarterly report to the board showing, by type, the
  2  5 fees collected during the preceding quarter.  The officer
  2  6 shall pay at least quarterly to the county treasury the fees
  2  7 and charges collected, receive duplicate receipts for the
  2  8 payment, and file one of the receipts in the office of the
  2  9 auditor, except for the county auditor's transfer fees, which
  2 10 shall be paid directly to the county treasurer by the county
  2 11 recorder.  The officer shall note in the officer's fee book
  2 12 county system the date and amount of each payment into the
  2 13 county treasury.  This subsection does not apply to the county
  2 14 treasurer if the county treasurer credits the fees daily to
  2 15 the county treasury and reports the receipts on the monthly
  2 16 report to the auditor and the board of supervisors.
  2 17    Sec. 6.  Section 384.63, unnumbered paragraphs 2 and 4,
  2 18 Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
  2 19    The council shall, by resolution, provide that the
  2 20 deficiencies for the lots specially benefited by a public
  2 21 improvement shall be certified to the county treasurer, who
  2 22 shall record them in a separate book entitled "Special
  2 23 Assessment Deficiencies" the county system, and to the
  2 24 appropriate city official charged with the responsibility of
  2 25 issuing building permits, who shall notify the council when a
  2 26 private improvement is subsequently constructed on any lot
  2 27 subject to a deficiency.  Certification to the county
  2 28 treasurer shall include a legal description of each lot.  The
  2 29 period of amortization for a public improvement for which
  2 30 there are deficiencies shall commence with the adoption of the
  2 31 resolution of necessity and extend for the same period for
  2 32 which installments of assessments for the project are made
  2 33 payable.  Deficiencies may be assessed only during the period
  2 34 of amortization, which shall also be certified to the county
  2 35 treasurer and the city official charged with the
  3  1 responsibility of issuing building permits.  Certification to
  3  2 the county treasurer shall include a legal description of each
  3  3 lot.
  3  4    An owner may appeal from the amount of the assessment
  3  5 within thirty days of the date notice is mailed.  County
  3  6 officials shall collect a deficiency assessment, commencing in
  3  7 the year following the assessment, in the manner provided for
  3  8 the collection of other special assessments.  Upon collection,
  3  9 the county treasurer shall make the appropriate credit entries
  3 10 in the "Special Assessment Deficiencies" book county system,
  3 11 and shall credit the amounts collected as provided for other
  3 12 special assessments on the same public improvement, or to the
  3 13 city, to the extent that the deficiency has been previously
  3 14 paid from other city funds.
  3 15    Sec. 7.  Section 425.2, unnumbered paragraphs 2 and 6, Code
  3 16 1995, are amended to read as follows:
  3 17    Upon the filing and allowance of the claim, the claim shall
  3 18 be allowed on that homestead for successive years without
  3 19 further filing as long as the property is legally or equitably
  3 20 owned and used as a homestead by that person or that person's
  3 21 spouse on July 1 of each of those successive years, and the
  3 22 owner of the property being claimed as a homestead declares
  3 23 residency in Iowa for purposes of income taxation, and the
  3 24 property is occupied by that person or that person's spouse
  3 25 for at least six months in each of those calendar years in
  3 26 which the fiscal year begins.  When the property is sold or
  3 27 transferred, the buyer or transferee who wishes to qualify
  3 28 shall refile for the credit.  However, when the property is
  3 29 transferred as part of a distribution made pursuant to chapter
  3 30 598, the transferee who is the spouse retaining ownership of
  3 31 the property is not required to refile for the credit.
  3 32 Property divided pursuant to chapter 598 shall not be modified
  3 33 following the division of the property.  An owner who ceases
  3 34 to use a property for a homestead or intends not to use it as
  3 35 a homestead for at least six months in a calendar year shall
  4  1 provide written notice to the assessor by July 1 following the
  4  2 date on which the use is changed.  If the written notice is
  4  3 not provided to the assessor by the appropriate July 1, the
  4  4 owner forfeits the right to file a belated claim on another
  4  5 homestead for the year the notice should have been given.  A
  4  6 person who sells or transfers a homestead or the personal
  4  7 representative of a deceased person who had a homestead at the
  4  8 time of death, shall provide written notice to the assessor
  4  9 that the property is no longer the homestead of the former
  4 10 claimant.
  4 11    The failure of a person to file a claim under this section
  4 12 on or before July 1 of the year for which the person is first
  4 13 claiming the credit or to have the evidence of ownership
  4 14 recorded in the office of the county recorder does not
  4 15 disqualify the claim if the person claiming the credit or
  4 16 through whom the credit is claimed is otherwise qualified.
  4 17 The belated claim shall be filed with the appropriate assessor
  4 18 on or before December 31 of the following calendar year and,
  4 19 if approved by the board of supervisors, the county treasurer
  4 20 shall submit the belated claim to the director of revenue and
  4 21 finance who shall send payment to the claimant.  The payment
  4 22 shall be made from funds appropriated to the homestead credit
  4 23 fund.
  4 24    Sec. 8.  Section 425.20, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1995,
  4 25 is amended to read as follows:
  4 26    A claim for credit for property taxes due shall not be paid
  4 27 or allowed unless the claim is filed with the county treasurer
  4 28 between January 1 and June 1, both dates inclusive,
  4 29 immediately preceding the fiscal year during which the
  4 30 property taxes are due.  However, in case of sickness,
  4 31 absence, or other disability of the claimant, or if in the
  4 32 judgment of the county treasurer good cause exists, the county
  4 33 treasurer may extend the time for filing a claim for credit
  4 34 through September 30 of the same calendar year.  The county
  4 35 treasurer shall submit the claim certify to the director of
  5  1 revenue and finance on or before August May 1 of each year the
  5  2 total amount of dollars due for claims allowed.
  5  3    Sec. 9.  Section 425.20, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1995,
  5  4 is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph.
  5  5    Sec. 10.  Section 425.23, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  5  6 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  5  7    a.  A person who is eligible to file a claim for credit for
  5  8 property taxes due and who has a household income of six
  5  9 thousand dollars or less and who has an unpaid special
  5 10 assessment levied against the homestead may file a claim for
  5 11 special assessment credit with the county treasurer that the
  5 12 claimant had a household income of six thousand dollars or
  5 13 less and that an unpaid special assessment is presently levied
  5 14 against the homestead.  The department shall provide to the
  5 15 respective treasurers the forms necessary for the
  5 16 administration of this subsection.  The claim shall be filed
  5 17 not later than September 30 of each year.  Upon the filing of
  5 18 the claim, interest for late payment shall not accrue against
  5 19 the amount of the unpaid special assessment due and payable.
  5 20 The claim filed by the claimant constitutes a claim for credit
  5 21 of an amount equal to the actual amount due upon the unpaid
  5 22 special assessment, plus interest, payable during the fiscal
  5 23 year for which the claim is filed against the homestead of the
  5 24 claimant.  However, where the claimant is an individual
  5 25 described in section 425.17, subsection 2, paragraph "b", and
  5 26 the tentative credit is determined according to the schedule
  5 27 in section 425.23, subsection 1, paragraph "b", subparagraph
  5 28 (2), the claim filed constitutes a claim for credit of an
  5 29 amount equal to one-half of the actual amount due and payable
  5 30 during the fiscal year.  The department of revenue and finance
  5 31 shall, upon the filing of the claim with the department by the
  5 32 treasurer, pay that amount of the unpaid special assessment
  5 33 during the current fiscal year to the treasurer.  The
  5 34 treasurer shall submit the claims certify to the director of
  5 35 revenue and finance not later than October 15 of each year the
  6  1 total amount of dollars due for the claims allowed.  The
  6  2 director of revenue and finance shall certify the amount of
  6  3 reimbursement due each county for unpaid special assessment
  6  4 credits allowed under this subsection.  The amount of
  6  5 reimbursement due each county shall be paid by the director of
  6  6 revenue and finance on October 20 by November 15 of each year,
  6  7 drawn upon warrants payable to the respective treasurer.
  6  8 There is appropriated annually from the general fund of the
  6  9 state to the department of revenue and finance an amount
  6 10 sufficient to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
  6 11 The treasurer shall credit any moneys received from the
  6 12 department against the amount of the unpaid special assessment
  6 13 due and payable on the homestead of the claimant.
  6 14    Sec. 11.  Section 427.1, subsection 27, Code Supplement
  6 15 1995, is amended by striking the subsection.
  6 16    Sec. 12.  Section 428A.1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  6 17 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  6 18    There is imposed on each deed, instrument, or writing by
  6 19 which any lands, tenements, or other realty in this state are
  6 20 granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed, a tax
  6 21 determined in the following manner:  When there is no
  6 22 consideration or when the deed instrument or writing is
  6 23 executed and tendered for recording as an instrument
  6 24 corrective of title, and so states, there is no tax.  When
  6 25 there is consideration and the actual market value of the real
  6 26 property transferred is in excess of five hundred dollars, the
  6 27 tax is eighty cents for each five hundred dollars or
  6 28 fractional part of five hundred dollars in excess of five
  6 29 hundred dollars.  The term "consideration", as used in this
  6 30 chapter, means the full amount of the actual sale price of the
  6 31 real property involved, paid or to be paid, including the
  6 32 amount of an encumbrance or lien on the property, whether if
  6 33 assumed or not by the grantee.  It is presumed that the sale
  6 34 price so stated includes the value of all personal property
  6 35 transferred as part of the sale unless the dollar value of
  7  1 personal property is stated on the instrument of conveyance.
  7  2 When the dollar value of the personal property included in the
  7  3 sale is so stated, it shall be deducted from the consideration
  7  4 shown on the instrument for the purpose of determining the
  7  5 tax.
  7  6    Sec. 13.  Section 435.1, subsection 5, Code Supplement
  7  7 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  7  8    5.  "Modular home" means a factory-built structure built on
  7  9 a permanent chassis which is manufactured to be used as a
  7 10 place of human habitation, is constructed to comply with the
  7 11 Iowa state building code for modular factory-built structures,
  7 12 and must display the seal issued by the state building code
  7 13 commissioner.  If a modular home is placed in a mobile home
  7 14 park, the home is subject to the annual tax as required by
  7 15 section 435.22.  If a modular home is placed outside a mobile
  7 16 home park, the home shall be considered real property and is
  7 17 to be assessed and taxed as real estate.
  7 18    Sec. 14.  Section 435.22, subsection 5, unnumbered
  7 19 paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  7 20    A claim for credit for home tax due shall not be paid or
  7 21 allowed unless the claim is actually filed with the county
  7 22 treasurer between January 1 and June 1, both dates inclusive,
  7 23 immediately preceding the fiscal year during which the home
  7 24 taxes are due and, with the exception of a claim filed on
  7 25 behalf of a deceased claimant by the claimant's legal
  7 26 guardian, spouse, or attorney, or by the executor or
  7 27 administrator of the claimant's estate, contains an affidavit
  7 28 of the claimant's intent to occupy the home for six months or
  7 29 more during the fiscal year beginning in the calendar year in
  7 30 which the claim is filed.  However, in case of sickness,
  7 31 absence, or other disability of the claimant, or if in the
  7 32 judgment of the county treasurer good cause exists, the county
  7 33 treasurer may extend the time for filing a claim for credit
  7 34 through September 30 of the same calendar year.  The county
  7 35 treasurer shall submit the claim certify to the director of
  8  1 revenue and finance on or before August 1 November 15 each
  8  2 year the total dollar amount due for claims allowed.
  8  3    Sec. 15.  Section 445.37, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  8  4 Supplement 1995, is amended by striking the unnumbered
  8  5 paragraph and inserting the following:
  8  6    If the semiannual installment of any tax has not been paid
  8  7 before October 1 succeeding the levy, that amount becomes
  8  8 delinquent from October 1 after due unless the last day of
  8  9 September is a Saturday or Sunday in which case the amount of
  8 10 those taxes becomes delinquent from the following Tuesday.  If
  8 11 the second installment is not paid before April 1 succeeding
  8 12 its maturity, it becomes delinquent from April 1 after due
  8 13 unless the last day of March is a Saturday or Sunday in which
  8 14 case the amount of that installment becomes delinquent from
  8 15 the following Tuesday.  This paragraph does not apply to
  8 16 special assessments or rates or charges.
  8 17    Sec. 16.  Section 445.57, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  8 18 follows:
  8 19    445.57  MONTHLY APPORTIONMENT.
  8 20    On or before the tenth day of each month, the county
  8 21 treasurer shall apportion all taxes collected during the
  8 22 preceding month, and those taxes collected before the first
  8 23 Tuesday of the current month if the delinquency date is
  8 24 extended as provided in section 445.37, except partial payment
  8 25 amounts collected pursuant to section 445.36A, subsection 1
  8 26 and section 435.24, subsection 6, paragraph "a", among the
  8 27 several funds to which they belong according to the amount
  8 28 levied for each fund, and shall apportion the interest, fees,
  8 29 and costs on the taxes to the general fund, and shall enter
  8 30 those amounts upon the treasurer's cash account, and report
  8 31 the amounts to the county auditor.
  8 32    Sec. 17.  Section 446.16, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
  8 33 to read as follows:
  8 34    1.  The person who offers to pay the total amount due,
  8 35 which is a lien on any parcel, for the smallest percentage of
  9  1 the parcel is the purchaser, and when the purchaser designates
  9  2 the percentage of any parcel for which the purchaser will pay
  9  3 the total amount due, the percentage thus designated shall
  9  4 give the person an undivided interest upon the issuance of a
  9  5 treasurer's deed, as provided in chapter 448.  If two or more
  9  6 persons have placed an equal bid and the bids are the smallest
  9  7 percentage offered, the county treasurer shall use a random
  9  8 selection process to select the bidder to whom a certificate
  9  9 of purchase will be issued.
  9 10    2.  To ensure that the process is fair to all bidders, an
  9 11 individual or agent acting on behalf of another individual
  9 12 shall not contract with or offer anything of value to another
  9 13 individual to place a bid on a parcel as provided in
  9 14 subsection 1 for the purpose of transferring the certificate
  9 15 of purchase to the contractor or offeror.  An individual or
  9 16 agent acting on behalf of another individual in violation of
  9 17 this subsection may be disqualified by a county treasurer from
  9 18 bidding at a tax sale in this state for three years.
  9 19    3.  The delinquent tax liens transfers with the tax sale
  9 20 certificate, whether held by the county or purchased by an
  9 21 individual, through assignment or direct purchase at the tax
  9 22 sale.  The delinquent tax sale lien expires when the tax sale
  9 23 certificate expires.
  9 24    Sec. 18.  Section 446.39, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  9 25 follows:
  9 26    446.39  IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY STATEMENT.
  9 27    A city or county, a city or county agency as authorized by
  9 28 the Iowa finance authority, or the Iowa finance authority may
  9 29 file with the county treasurer a verified statement that a
  9 30 parcel to be sold at tax sale is abandoned and deteriorating
  9 31 in condition, is inhabited but is not safe for human
  9 32 habitation, or is, or is likely to become, a public nuisance,
  9 33 and that the parcel is suitable for use and is to be used in
  9 34 an Iowa homesteading project under section 16.14.  Other
  9 35 information may be included.  Upon proper filing of the
 10  1 statement, and if the parcel is offered at a tax sale and no
 10  2 bid is received, or if the bid received is less than the total
 10  3 amount due, or if the parcel is to be transferred to the
 10  4 county under section 446.38, the city, county, city or county
 10  5 agency, or Iowa finance authority may bid for the parcel for
 10  6 use in an Iowa homesteading project, bidding a sum equal to
 10  7 the total amount due.  Each of the tax-levying and tax-
 10  8 certifying bodies having an interest in the taxes for which
 10  9 the parcel is sold shall be charged with its proportionate
 10 10 share of the purchase price.
 10 11    Sec. 19.  Section 447.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 10 12 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 10 13    After one year and nine months from the date of sale, or
 10 14 after nine months from the date of a sale made under section
 10 15 446.18, 446.38 or 446.39, the holder of the certificate of
 10 16 purchase may cause to be served upon the person in possession
 10 17 of the parcel, and also upon the person in whose name the
 10 18 parcel is taxed, in the manner provided for the service of
 10 19 original notices in R.C.P. 56.1, if the person resides in
 10 20 Iowa, or otherwise as provided in section 446.9, subsection 1,
 10 21 a notice signed by the certificate holder or the certificate
 10 22 holder's agent or attorney, stating the date of sale, the
 10 23 description of the parcel sold, the name of the purchaser, and
 10 24 that the right of redemption will expire and a deed for the
 10 25 parcel be made unless redemption is made within ninety days
 10 26 from the completed service of the notice.  The ninety-day
 10 27 redemption period begins as provided in section 447.12.  When
 10 28 the notice is given by a county as a holder of a certificate
 10 29 of purchase the notice shall be signed by the county treasurer
 10 30 or the county attorney, and when given by a city, it shall be
 10 31 signed by the city officer designated by resolution of the
 10 32 council.  When the notice is given by the Iowa finance
 10 33 authority or a city or county agency holding the parcel as
 10 34 part of an Iowa homesteading project, it shall be signed on
 10 35 behalf of the agency or authority by one of its officers, as
 11  1 authorized in rules of the agency or authority.
 11  2    Sec. 20.  Section 448.3, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
 11  3 to read as follows:
 11  4    448.3  EXECUTION AND EFFECT OF DEED.
 11  5    The deed shall be signed by the county treasurer as such,
 11  6 and acknowledged by the treasurer before some officer
 11  7 authorized to take acknowledgments, and when substantially
 11  8 thus executed and recorded in the proper record in the office
 11  9 of the recorder of the county in which the parcel is situated,
 11 10 shall vest in the purchaser all the right, title, interest,
 11 11 and claim of the state and county to the parcel, and all the
 11 12 right, title, interest, and estate of the former owner in and
 11 13 to the parcel conveyed,.  However, the deed is subject to all
 11 14 restrictive covenants, resulting from prior conveyances in the
 11 15 chain of title to the former owner, and subject to all the
 11 16 right and interest of a holder of a certificate of purchase
 11 17 from a tax sale occurring after the tax sale for which the
 11 18 deed was issued, and all the right, title, interest, and claim
 11 19 of the state and county to the parcel.  The issuance of the
 11 20 deed shall operate to cancel all suspended taxes.
 11 21    Sec. 21.  Section 468.57, subsection 2, unnumbered
 11 22 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
 11 23 follows:
 11 24    To pay the assessments in not less than ten nor more than
 11 25 twenty equal installments, with the number of payments and
 11 26 interest rate determined by the board, notwithstanding chapter
 11 27 74A.  The first installment of each assessment, or the total
 11 28 amount if less than one hundred dollars, is due and payable on
 11 29 July 1 next succeeding the date of the levy, unless the
 11 30 assessment is filed with the county treasurer after May 31 in
 11 31 any year.  The first installment shall bear interest on the
 11 32 whole unpaid assessment from the date of the levy as set by
 11 33 the board to the first day of December following the due date.
 11 34 The succeeding annual installments, with interest on the whole
 11 35 unpaid amount, to the first day of December following the due
 12  1 date, are respectively due on July 1 annually, and must be
 12  2 paid at the same time and in the same manner as the first
 12  3 semiannual payment of ordinary taxes.  All future installments
 12  4 of an assessment may be paid on any date by payment of the
 12  5 then outstanding balance plus interest accrued to the date of
 12  6 payment to the next December 1, or additional annual
 12  7 installments may be paid after the current installment has
 12  8 been paid before December 1 without interest.  A payment must
 12  9 be for the full amount of the next installment.  If
 12 10 installments remain to be paid, the next annual installment
 12 11 with interest added to December 1 will be due.  After December
 12 12 1, if a drainage assessment is not delinquent, a property
 12 13 owner may pay one-half or all of the next annual installment
 12 14 of principal and interest of a drainage assessment prior to
 12 15 the delinquency date of the installment.  When the next
 12 16 installment has been paid in full, successive principal
 12 17 installments may be prepaid.  The county treasurer shall
 12 18 accept the payments of the drainage assessment, and shall
 12 19 credit the next annual installment or future installments of
 12 20 the drainage assessment to the extent of the payment or
 12 21 payments, and shall remit the payments to the drainage fund.
 12 22 If a property owner elects to pay one or more principal
 12 23 installments in advance, the pay schedule shall be advanced by
 12 24 the number of principal installments prepaid.  Each
 12 25 installment of an assessment with interest on the unpaid
 12 26 balance is delinquent from October 1 after its due date,
 12 27 including those instances when the last day of September is a
 12 28 Saturday or Sunday, and bears the same delinquent interest as
 12 29 ordinary taxes.  When collected, the interest must be credited
 12 30 to the same drainage fund as the drainage special assessment.
 12 31    Sec. 22.  NEW SECTION.  509A.14A  IOWA INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
 12 32 BENEFIT REINSURANCE ASSOCIATION – ELECTION NOT TO
 12 33 PARTICIPATE.
 12 34    A political subdivision of the state or a school
 12 35 corporation providing health insurance or health benefits for
 13  1 employees pursuant to section 509A.14 may elect not to
 13  2 participate in the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance
 13  3 association established in section 513C.10 in accordance with
 13  4 and subject to the terms and conditions adopted by the board
 13  5 of the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association.
 13  6 Health insurance or health benefits provided by a political
 13  7 subdivision of the state or school corporation which elects
 13  8 not to participate in the Iowa individual health benefit
 13  9 reinsurance association shall not be considered qualifying
 13 10 existing coverage or qualifying previous coverage as defined
 13 11 in section 513C.3.
 13 12    Sec. 23.  Section 555B.4, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
 13 13 amended to read as follows:
 13 14    3.  If a tax lien exists on the mobile home or personal
 13 15 property at the time an action for abandonment is initiated,
 13 16 the real property owner shall notify the county treasurer of
 13 17 each county in which a tax lien appears by restricted
 13 18 certified mail sent not less than ten days before the hearing.
 13 19 The notice shall describe the mobile home and shall state the
 13 20 docket, case number, date and time at which the hearing is
 13 21 scheduled, and the county treasurer's right to assert a claim
 13 22 to the mobile home at the hearing.  The notice shall also
 13 23 state that failure to assert a claim to the mobile home is
 13 24 deemed a waiver of all right, title, claim, and interest in
 13 25 the mobile home and is deemed consent to the sale or disposal
 13 26 of the mobile home.
 13 27    Sec. 24.  Section 562B.7, subsection 6, Code 1995, is
 13 28 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
 13 29 thereof the following:
 13 30    6.  "Mobile home park" means a site, lot, field, or tract
 13 31 of land upon which three or more mobile homes, manufactured
 13 32 homes, or modular homes, or a combination of any of these
 13 33 homes are placed on developed spaces and operated as a for-
 13 34 profit enterprise with water, sewer or septic, and electrical
 13 35 services available.
 14  1    Sec. 25.  Section 444.28, Code 1995, is repealed.
 14  2    Sec. 26.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  Sections 8, 10, and 14 of
 14  3 this Act are retroactively applicable to claims filed on or
 14  4 after January 1, 1996.
 14  5    Sec. 27.  EFFECTIVE DATES.
 14  6    1.  This section and sections 17, 18, and 20 of this Act,
 14  7 being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
 14  8 enactment.
 14  9    2.  The remaining sections of this Act take effect on July
 14 10 1, 1996.  
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