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House Study Bill 696

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 404.2, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code
  1  2 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    f.  A statement specifying whether the revitalization is
  1  4 applicable to none, some, or all of the property assessed as
  1  5 residential, agricultural, commercial or industrial property
  1  6 within the designated area or a combination thereof and
  1  7 whether the revitalization is for rehabilitation and additions
  1  8 to existing buildings or new construction or both.  If
  1  9 revitalization is made applicable only to some property within
  1 10 an assessment classification, the definition of that subset of
  1 11 eligible property must be by uniform criteria which further
  1 12 some planning objective identified in the plan.  The city
  1 13 shall state how long it is estimated that the area shall
  1 14 remain a designated revitalization area which time shall be
  1 15 longer than one year from the date of designation and shall
  1 16 state any plan by the city to issue revenue bonds for
  1 17 revitalization projects within the area.  For a county, a
  1 18 revitalization area shall include only property which will be
  1 19 used as industrial property, commercial property, commercial
  1 20 property consisting of three eight or more separate living
  1 21 quarters with at least seventy-five percent of the space used
  1 22 for residential purposes, or residential property.  However, a
  1 23 county shall not provide a tax exemption under this chapter to
  1 24 commercial property, commercial property consisting of three
  1 25 eight or more separate living quarters with at least seventy-
  1 26 five percent of the space used for residential purposes, or
  1 27 residential property which is located within the limits of a
  1 28 city.
  1 29    Sec. 2.  Section 404.3, subsection 4, Code 1997, is amended
  1 30 to read as follows:
  1 31    4.  All qualified real estate assessed as residential
  1 32 property or assessed as commercial property, if the commercial
  1 33 property consists of three eight or more separate living
  1 34 quarters with at least seventy-five percent of the space used
  1 35 for residential purposes, is eligible to receive a one hundred
  2  1 percent exemption from taxation on the actual value added by
  2  2 the improvements.  The exemption is for a period of ten years.
  2  3    Sec. 3.  Section 441.21, subsection 11, Code Supplement
  2  4 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2  5    11.  a.  Beginning with valuations established on or after
  2  6 January 1, 1995, as used in this section, "residential
  2  7 property" includes all land and buildings of multiple housing
  2  8 cooperatives organized under chapter 499A and includes land
  2  9 and buildings used primarily for human habitation which land
  2 10 and buildings are owned and operated by organizations that
  2 11 have received tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the
  2 12 Internal Revenue Code and rental income from the property is
  2 13 not taxed as unrelated business income under section 422.33,
  2 14 subsection 1A.
  2 15    b.  Beginning with valuations established on or after
  2 16 January 1, 1999, as used in this section, "commercial
  2 17 property" includes buildings and structures used as commercial
  2 18 ventures, which buildings and structures contain eight or more
  2 19 separate living quarters intended for human habitation.
  2 20    c.  Beginning with valuations established on or after
  2 21 January 1, 1999, as used in this section, "residential
  2 22 property" shall include a residential mobile home park as
  2 23 defined in section 435.1.  
  2 24                           EXPLANATION
  2 25    This bill provides that buildings and structures which
  2 26 contain eight or more separate living quarters intended for
  2 27 human habitation and which are used as commercial ventures
  2 28 shall be considered commercial property for property tax
  2 29 assessment purposes.
  2 30    The bill also provides that a residential mobile home park
  2 31 housing three or more mobile, manufactured, or modular homes
  2 32 shall be classified as residential property for purposes of
  2 33 property tax assessment.
  2 34    The bill applies to property valuations established on or
  2 35 after January 1, 1999.  
  3  1 LSB 3627HC 77
  3  2 sc/cf/24
     

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