Senate File 281 - Introduced



                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1215)


    Passed Senate, Date                Passed House,  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 2215SV 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 a late
  1  5 payment fee of twenty=five dollars plus interest of up to one
  1  6 and one=half percent per month if a penalty or fine imposed
  1  7 under this paragraph is not paid within thirty days of the
  1  8 date that the penalty or fine is due.  Any unpaid penalty,
  1  9 fine, fee, or interest shall constitute a lien on the real
  1 10 property and shall be collected in the same manner as general
  1 11 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 a late payment penalty of twenty=five dollars plus
  1 17 interest of up to one and one=half percent per month if a fee
  1 18 imposed under this subsection is not paid within thirty days
  1 19 of the date that the fee is due.  Any unpaid fee, penalty, or
  1 20 interest shall constitute a lien on the real property and
  1 21 shall be collected in the same manner as general taxes.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    Under current law civil penalties and criminal fines may be
  1 24 imposed for the violation of city housing codes; cities may
  1 25 also impose fees for inspection and enforcement procedures.
  1 26 This bill allows a city to impose late payment and interest
  1 27 charges on owners for the late payment of these penalties,
  1 28 fines, and fees.  If these penalties, fines, and fees remain
  1 29 unpaid, they shall constitute a lien on the property.
  1 30 LSB 2215SV 81
  1 31 eg:rj/sh/8