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House Study Bill 758

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 427.1, subsection 2, Code Supplement
  1  2 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  a.  MUNICIPAL AND MILITARY PROPERTY.  The property of a
  1  4 county, township, city, school corporation, levee district, or
  1  5 drainage district or military company of the state of Iowa,
  1  6 when devoted to public use and not held for pecuniary profit,
  1  7 except property of a municipally owned electric utility held
  1  8 under joint ownership and property of an electric power
  1  9 facility financed under chapter 28F which shall be subject to
  1 10 taxation under chapter 437A and facilities of a municipal
  1 11 utility that are used for the provision of local exchange
  1 12 services pursuant to chapter 476, but only to the extent such
  1 13 facilities are used to provide such services, which shall be
  1 14 subject to taxation under chapter 433, except that section
  1 15 433.11 shall not apply.  The exemption for property owned by a
  1 16 city or county also applies to property which is operated by a
  1 17 city or county as a library, art gallery or museum,
  1 18 conservatory, botanical garden or display, observatory or
  1 19 science museum, or as a location for holding athletic
  1 20 contests, sports or entertainment events, expositions,
  1 21 meetings or conventions, or leased from the city or county for
  1 22 any such purposes, or leased from the city or county by the
  1 23 Iowa national guard when devoted for public use and not for
  1 24 pecuniary profit.  Food and beverages may be served at the
  1 25 events or locations without affecting the exemptions, provided
  1 26 the city has approved the serving of food and beverages on the
  1 27 property if the property is owned by the city or the county
  1 28 has approved the serving of food and beverages on the property
  1 29 if the property is owned by the county.
  1 30    b.  The property of the Iowa national guard, including
  1 31 property leased by or for the benefit of the Iowa national
  1 32 guard, when devoted to public use and not held for pecuniary
  1 33 profit.  If property leased by or for the benefit of the Iowa
  1 34 national guard is part of a larger piece of property that is
  1 35 assessed as a single unit, the exemption in this paragraph
  2  1 applies to that portion of the larger piece of property which
  2  2 is primarily used by the Iowa national guard for a public
  2  3 purpose and not for pecuniary profit.  
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    The bill provides that property of the Iowa national guard,
  2  6 including property leased by or for the benefit of the Iowa
  2  7 national guard, is exempt from property tax when it is devoted
  2  8 for public use and not for pecuniary gain.  Property leased to
  2  9 the Iowa national guard which is exempt includes property
  2 10 leased from a city or county.  
  2 11 LSB 7045HC 78
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