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House Study Bill 261

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  1  1    Section 1.  All acts and proceedings relating to Ordinance
  1  2 No. 2002-20 passed by the City Council for the City of
  1  3 Urbandale on December 10, 2002, approving a partial exemption
  1  4 from property taxation of the actual value added to industrial
  1  5 real estate in accordance with chapter 427B for the property
  1  6 legally described as lot 2, Crossroads Business Park, plat 4,
  1  7 according to the official plat in and forming a part of the
  1  8 City of Urbandale, Polk County, Iowa, are legalized,
  1  9 validated, and confirmed.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  The acts and proceedings relating to the ordinance
  1 11 as legalized, validated, and confirmed pursuant to section 1
  1 12 are deemed to constitute prior approval as provided in section
  1 13 427B.4 entitling the industrial real estate described in
  1 14 section 1 to the partial exemption from property taxation as
  1 15 otherwise provided in section 427B.3 as set forth in the
  1 16 ordinance.
  1 17    Sec. 3.  This Act is effective upon enactment and is
  1 18 retroactively applicable on and after December 10, 2002.  In
  1 19 accordance with the ordinance, the amount of actual value
  1 20 added which is eligible to be exempt from taxation shall be
  1 21 calculated in accordance with the schedule provided in section
  1 22 427B.3 beginning on and after January 3, 2003.  This Act shall
  1 23 not be construed to entitle a person to a refund or adjustment
  1 24 of property taxes paid prior to January 3, 2003.  
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill legalizes acts and proceedings relating to an
  1 27 ordinance passed by the Urbandale city council on December 10,
  1 28 2002, approving a partial exemption from property taxation of
  1 29 the actual value added to industrial real estate located in
  1 30 Urbandale in accordance with Code chapter 427B.  According to
  1 31 Code section 427B.4, an application for the property tax
  1 32 exemption must be filed with a city council prior to
  1 33 construction.  In this case, the city council approved the tax
  1 34 exemption after construction.
  1 35    The bill provides that the exemption must be calculated in
  2  1 accordance with the schedule provided in Code section 427B.3
  2  2 beginning on and after the effective date of the city
  2  3 council's ordinance (January 3, 2003).  The bill also provides
  2  4 that its provisions are not to be construed to entitle a
  2  5 person to a refund or adjustment of property taxes paid prior
  2  6 to that date.
  2  7    The bill is effective upon enactment and is retroactively
  2  8 applicable to the date that the city council passed the
  2  9 ordinance.  
  2 10 LSB 1704HC 80
  2 11 da/pj/5.1
     

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