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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 364.7, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    364.7  DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.
  1  4    1.  A city may shall not dispose of an interest in real
  1  5 property by sale, lease for a term of more than three years,
  1  6 or gift, except in accordance with the following procedure:
  1  7    1. a.  The council shall set forth its proposal in a
  1  8 resolution and shall publish notice as provided in section
  1  9 362.3, of the resolution and of a date, time and place of a
  1 10 public hearing on the proposal.
  1 11    2. b.  After the public hearing, the council may make a
  1 12 final determination on the proposal by resolution.
  1 13    3. c.  A city may shall not dispose of real property by
  1 14 gift except to a governmental body for a public purpose.
  1 15 However, a city may dispose of real property for use in an
  1 16 Iowa homesteading program under section 16.14 for a nominal
  1 17 consideration, including but not limited to property in an
  1 18 urban renewal area.
  1 19    2.  Transfer of title by a city of a parcel acquired by tax
  1 20 deed shall comply with this subsection.
  1 21    a.  When title to a parcel acquired by tax deed is
  1 22 transferred, the auditor shall immediately record the deed and
  1 23 the assessor shall enter on the tax list the parcel to be
  1 24 assessed following the assessment date.
  1 25    b.  A parcel the city holds by tax deed shall not be
  1 26 assessed or taxed until transferred.
  1 27    c.  The transfer by a city of a parcel acquired by tax deed
  1 28 gives the purchaser free title as to previously levied taxes.
  1 29    d.  The proceeds of the sale shall be credited to the
  1 30 general fund of the city.
  1 31    e.  If the amount in paragraph "d" after deduction of all
  1 32 other costs incurred is not sufficient to pay the cost
  1 33 incurred by the city for repairs and rehabilitation work
  1 34 required and undertaken in order to make the parcel meet
  1 35 applicable building or housing code standards, tax collections
  2  1 on the property, once it returns to the property tax rolls,
  2  2 shall not be distributed to the other tax certifying bodies of
  2  3 the taxing districts in which the parcel is located, but shall
  2  4 be deposited in the general fund of the city until such costs
  2  5 are reimbursed.
  2  6    Sec. 2.  Section 569.8, Code 1997, is amended by adding the
  2  7 following new subsection:
  2  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  If the amount in subsection 5 after
  2  9 deduction of all other costs incurred is not sufficient to pay
  2 10 the cost incurred by the county for repairs and rehabilitation
  2 11 work required and undertaken in order to make the parcel meet
  2 12 applicable building or housing code standards, tax collections
  2 13 on the property, once it returns to the tax rolls, shall not
  2 14 be distributed to the other tax certifying bodies of the
  2 15 taxing districts in which the parcel is located, but shall be
  2 16 deposited in the general fund of the county until such costs
  2 17 are reimbursed.  
  2 18                           EXPLANATION
  2 19    This bill provides that when a parcel acquired by tax deed
  2 20 by a city or county is transferred and placed back on the tax
  2 21 rolls, the tax collections shall not be distributed to the
  2 22 other tax-certifying bodies until the costs incurred for
  2 23 repair and rehabilitation of the parcel are reimbursed to the
  2 24 city or county.  
  2 25 LSB 2256SS 77
  2 26 sc/cf/24
     

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