House File 2091 HOUSE FILE BY CARROLL Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to rural improvement zones. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5800HH 80 4 jr/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 357H.1, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. The board of supervisors of a countywith less than 1 4 eighteen thousand five hundred residents, based upon the 1990 1 5 certified federal census, andwith a private lake development 1 6 shall designate an area surrounding the lake, if it is an 1 7 unincorporated area of the county, a rural improvement zone 1 8 upon receipt of a petition pursuant to section 357H.2, and 1 9 upon the board's determination that the area is in need of 1 10 improvements. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 This bill eliminates language which limits rural 1 13 improvement zones to counties with less than 18,500 1 14 population. These zones are used as a funding mechanism to 1 15 finance improvements to real property surrounding a private 1 16 lake development. 1 17 LSB 5800HH 80 1 18 jr/gg/14 1 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35