House File 111 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  GASKILL


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring an election to approve the use of increased
  2    local sales and services tax revenues to fund urban renewal
  3    projects.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1422HH 83
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 423B.1, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, a
  1  4 change in use of the local sales and services tax revenues for
  1  5 purposes of funding an urban renewal project pursuant to
  1  6 section 423B.10 does not require requires an election pursuant
  1  7 to section 423B.10, subsection 2.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 423B.10, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  9 amended to read as follows:
  1 10    2.  a.  An eligible city may by ordinance of the city
  1 11 council provide for the use of a designated amount of the
  1 12 increased local sales and services tax revenues collected
  1 13 under this chapter which are attributable to retail
  1 14 establishments in an urban renewal area to fund urban renewal
  1 15 projects located in the area.  The designated amount may be
  1 16 all or a portion of such increased revenues.
  1 17    b.  An ordinance shall only be adopted pursuant to this
  1 18 section after an election at which a majority of those voting
  1 19 on the question favors the proposed use or change in use of a
  1 20 designated amount of the increased local sales and services
  1 21 tax revenues collected under this chapter for purposes of
  1 22 funding urban renewal projects.
  1 23    c.  An eligible city shall within thirty days of proposing
  1 24 an ordinance pursuant to this section direct the county
  1 25 commissioner of elections to submit the question to the
  1 26 registered voters of the city.
  1 27    d.  The county commissioner of elections shall submit the
  1 28 question of whether to fund urban renewal projects using a
  1 29 designated amount of the increased local sales and services
  1 30 tax revenues collected under this chapter at an election held
  1 31 on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph
  1 32 "b".
  1 33    e.  If a majority of those voting on the proposition votes
  1 34 in favor of the proposition, the city council shall adopt the
  1 35 ordinance as provided in paragraph "a".
  2  1                           EXPLANATION
  2  2    Current law allows the governing body of a city to provide
  2  3 by ordinance for the use of a designated amount of any
  2  4 increased revenues collected from the imposition of a local
  2  5 option sales and services tax to fund urban renewal projects.
  2  6 This bill requires the city to submit the question of whether
  2  7 to fund urban renewal projects with these revenues to a vote
  2  8 of the residents of the city at an election held on one of the
  2  9 statutorily prescribed special election dates.
  2 10 LSB 1422HH 83
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