Senate
File
2212
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2212
BY
BEALL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
disclosure
of
certain
amphetamine
and
1
methamphetamine
information
in
real
estate
transactions
and
2
making
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2212
Section
1.
Section
558A.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2009,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
disclosure
statement
shall
include
information
3
relating
to
the
condition
and
important
characteristics
4
of
the
property
and
structures
located
on
the
property,
5
including
significant
defects
in
the
structural
integrity
of
6
the
structure,
as
provided
in
rules
which
shall
be
adopted
7
by
the
real
estate
commission
pursuant
to
section
543B.9.
8
The
rules
may
require
the
disclosure
to
include
information
9
relating
to
the
property’s
zoning
classification;
the
10
condition
of
plumbing,
heating,
or
electrical
systems;
or
the
11
presence
of
pests.
The
rules
shall
require
the
disclosure
12
to
include
information
relating
to
the
previous
manufacture
13
of
amphetamine,
its
salts,
isomers,
or
salts
of
isomers,
or
14
methamphetamine,
its
salts,
isomers,
or
salts
of
isomers,
on
15
the
property
in
violation
of
section
124.401,
subsection
1.
16
EXPLANATION
17
This
bill
requires
the
disclosure
statement
for
real
estate
18
transactions
under
Code
section
558A.4
to
include
information
19
relating
to
the
previous
manufacture
of
amphetamine,
its
salts,
20
isomers,
or
salts
of
isomers,
or
methamphetamine,
its
salts,
21
isomers,
or
salts
of
isomers,
on
the
property
in
violation
of
22
Code
section
124.401.
23
Code
section
714.8
provides
that
a
contract
seller
who
24
intentionally
provides
inaccurate
information
with
regard
25
to
any
matter
required
to
be
disclosed
under
Code
section
26
558A.4
is
guilty
of
a
fraudulent
practice.
The
amount
of
27
money
or
value
of
property
or
services
involved
determines
the
28
applicable
criminal
penalty,
ranging
from
a
simple
misdemeanor
29
to
a
class
“C”
felony.
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