House File 2026 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY PAULSEN Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the property tax exemption for certain 2 dwelling units owned by a nonprofit organization and providing 3 a retroactive applicability date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5062YH 81 6 sc/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 427.1, subsection 21A, Code Supplement 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 21A. DWELLING UNIT PROPERTY OWNED BY NONPROFIT 1 4 ORGANIZATIONS. Dwelling unit property owned and managed by a 1 5 nonprofit organization if the nonprofit organization owns and 1 6 manages more than forty dwelling units that are located in a 1 7citycounty with a population of more than one hundredten1 8 eighty thousand but less than two hundred seventy=five 1 9 thousand which has a public housing authority that does not 1 10 own or manage housing stock for the purpose of low=rent 1 11 housing. 1 12 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act, 1 13 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 1 14 enactment and applies retroactively to assessment years 1 15 beginning on or after January 1, 2005. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 Current law provides an exemption from property taxation 1 18 for dwelling unit property owned by a nonprofit organization 1 19 if the organization owns more than 40 dwelling units located 1 20 in a city with a population of more than 110,000. This bill 1 21 changes the dwelling unit location requirement to a county 1 22 with a population over 180,000 but less than 275,000. The 1 23 bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to 1 24 assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2005. 1 25 LSB 5062YH 81 1 26 sc:nh/je/5