House Journal: Page 1804: Wednesday, April 28, 1999

RULES SUSPENDED

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent to 
suspend the rules for the immediate consideration of Senate File 458.
Ways and Means Calendar
Senate File 458, a bill for an act relating to information required 
to be placed on property tax statements, with report of committee 
recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for considera-
tion.
Houser of Pottawattamie offered amendment H-1842 filed by the 
committee on ways and means as follows:
H-1842
 1     Amend Senate File 458, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
 4   following:
 5     "Section 1.  Section 441.49, unnumbered paragraph
 6   3, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 7     On or before October 15 the county auditor shall
 8   cause to be published in official newspapers of
 9   general circulation the final equalization order. The
10   publication shall include, in type larger than the
11   remainder of the publication, the following statement:
12   "Assessed values are equalized by the department of
13   revenue and finance every two years.  This action will
14   not automatically result in higher taxes.  Local
15   taxing authorities determine the final tax levies and
16   may reduce property tax rates to compensate for any
17   increase in valuation due to equalization."  Failure
18   to publish the equalization order has no effect upon
19   the validity of the orders."
20     2.  Page 1, line 1, by striking the words
21   "paragraphs h, and" and inserting the following:
22   "paragraph".
23     3.  Page 1, line 2, by striking the word "are" and
24   inserting the following:  "is".
25     4.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 6.
26     5.  By renumbering as necessary.
Myers of Johnson offered the following amendment H?1849, to the 
committee amendment H?1842, filed by him and moved its adoption:

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