House File 534 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 173) 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, fee, 2 and interest charges imposed for the late payment of building 3 code penalties, fines, and inspection and enforcement fees. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2215HV 81 6 eg/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 364.17, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2005, 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 fee of twenty=five 1 6 dollars plus interest of up to one and one=half percent per 1 7 month if a penalty or fine imposed under this paragraph is not 1 8 paid within thirty days of the date that the penalty or fine 1 9 is due. Any unpaid penalty, fine, fee, or interest 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 2005, 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 fee, penalty, or interest 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 shall constitute a lien on the 1 31 property. 1 32 LSB 2215HV 81 1 33 eg:rj/sh/8