House File 2309

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HOGG


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the assessment and collection of penalty and
  2    interest charges imposed for the late payment of building code
  3    penalties, fines, and inspection and enforcement fees.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5554YH 80
  6 jr/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 364.17, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  A schedule of civil penalties or criminal fines for
  1  4 violations.  A city may charge the owner of housing, which is
  1  5 not occupied by the owner, a late payment penalty of twenty=
  1  6 five dollars plus interest of up to one and one=half percent
  1  7 per month if a penalty or fine imposed under this paragraph is
  1  8 not paid within thirty days of the date that the penalty or
  1  9 fine is due.  Any unpaid penalty, interest, or other fee shall
  1 10 constitute a lien on the real property and shall be collected
  1 11 in the same manner as general taxes.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 364.17, subsection 5, Code 2003, is
  1 13 amended to read as follows:
  1 14    5.  Cities may establish reasonable fees for inspection and
  1 15 enforcement procedures.  A city may charge the owner of
  1 16 housing, which is not occupied by the owner, a late payment
  1 17 penalty of twenty=five dollars plus interest of up to one and
  1 18 one=half percent per month if a fee imposed under this
  1 19 subsection is not paid within thirty days of the date that the
  1 20 fee is due.  Any unpaid penalty, interest, or other fee shall
  1 21 constitute a lien on the real property and shall be collected
  1 22 in the same manner as general taxes.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    Under current law civil penalties and criminal fines may be
  1 25 imposed for the violation of city housing codes; cities may
  1 26 also impose fees for inspection and enforcement procedures.
  1 27 This bill allows a city to impose late payment and interest
  1 28 charges for nonresident owners for the late payment of these
  1 29 penalties, fines, and fees.  If these penalties, fines, and
  1 30 fees remain unpaid, they will constitute a lien on the
  1 31 property.
  1 32 LSB 5554YH 80
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