House File 458 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MERTZ and SANDS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to drainage and levee districts, by providing for
  2    administrative assessments.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2858HH 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.553, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The treasurer may do any of the following:
  1  4    Sec. 2.  Section 331.553, subsection 4, Code 2005, is
  1  5 amended to read as follows:
  1  6    4.  Charge five dollars, as an administrative expense, for
  1  7 every rate, charge, rental, or special assessment certified as
  1  8 a lien to the treasurer for collection.  This amount shall be
  1  9 added to the amount of the lien, collected at the time of
  1 10 payment from the payor, and credited to the county general
  1 11 fund.  If the amount of the lien is paid in annual
  1 12 installments, an administrative expense charge shall be added
  1 13 to each annual installment.  However, this charge shall not be
  1 14 added to an assessment, including a tax or levy, which is
  1 15 levied, collected, or paid under chapter 468.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill amends provisions which govern the relationship
  1 18 between counties and drainage districts or levee districts as
  1 19 established under Code chapter 468.  Generally, a county board
  1 20 of supervisors is the governing body of a district.  In the
  1 21 case of an intercounty district, the governing body is the
  1 22 board of supervisors in both jurisdictions which may meet in
  1 23 joint session and which have common voting rights.  There are
  1 24 also instances in which a board of trustees manages a
  1 25 district.
  1 26    Code section 331.553 establishes a $5 surcharge payable to
  1 27 a county treasurer for special assessments certified as liens
  1 28 which is used to pay for administrative expenses.  The bill
  1 29 provides that the charge shall not be added to an assessment
  1 30 or other tax levied to pay for improvements within a drainage
  1 31 district.
  1 32 LSB 2858HH 81
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