If a person is a recipient of federal supplementary security income or state supplementary assistance, as defined in section 249.1, or is a resident of a health care facility, as defined by section 135C.1, which is receiving payment from the department of human services for the person's care, the person shall be deemed to be unable to contribute to the public revenue. The director of human services shall notify the board of supervisors of the county in which the assisted person owns parcels, as defined in section 445.1, of the fact, giving a statement of parcels owned, possessed, or upon which the person is paying taxes as a purchaser under contract. The board of supervisors so notified, without the filing of a petition and statement as specified in section 427.8, shall order the county treasurer to suspend the collection of all the taxes, special assessments, and rates or charges, including interest, fees, and costs, assessed against the parcels and remaining unpaid by the person or contractually payable by the person, for such time as the person remains the owner or contractually prospective owner of the parcels, and during the period the person receives assistance as described in this section. The director of human services shall advise the person that the person may apply for an additional property tax credit pursuant to sections 425.16 to 425.39 which shall be credited against the amount of the taxes suspended.
[C35, § 6950-g1; C39, § 6950.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 427.9]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 88 Acts, ch 1031, § 2; 91 Acts, ch 191, §21; 92 Acts, ch 1016, §15
Referred to in § 331.401, 420.207, 425.17, 427.10, 427.11, 445.1
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