House File 656 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 656 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 195) A BILL FOR An Act relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by excluding the 1 school foundation property tax from certain divisions of 2 tax revenue and including effective date and applicability 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2339HV (1) 87 md/sc/jh
H.F. 656 Section 1. Section 403.19, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. That portion of the taxes each year in excess of such 3 amount shall be allocated to and when collected be paid into a 4 special fund of the municipality to pay the principal of and 5 interest on loans, moneys advanced to, or indebtedness, whether 6 funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise, including bonds 7 issued under the authority of section 403.9, subsection 1 , 8 incurred by the municipality to finance or refinance, in whole 9 or in part, an urban renewal project within the area, and to 10 provide assistance for low and moderate income family housing 11 as provided in section 403.22 . However, except as provided 12 in paragraph “b” , taxes for the regular and voter-approved 13 physical plant and equipment levy of a school district imposed 14 pursuant to section 298.2 , and taxes for the instructional 15 support program of a school district imposed pursuant to 16 section 257.19 , foundation property taxes of a school district 17 imposed under section 257.3, taxes for the payment of bonds 18 and interest of each taxing district, and taxes imposed under 19 section 346.27, subsection 22 , related to joint county-city 20 buildings shall be collected against all taxable property 21 within the taxing district without limitation by the provisions 22 of this subsection . 23 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 25 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to property taxes 26 due and payable in fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 27 2018, that are levied against any of the following: 28 1. Property located in an urban renewal area for which the 29 ordinance providing for a division of revenue takes effect on 30 or after the effective date of this Act. 31 2. Property annexed or otherwise included in an urban 32 renewal area after the effective date of the ordinance 33 providing for a division of revenue if the annexation or 34 inclusion occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. 35 -1- LSB 2339HV (1) 87 md/sc/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 656 EXPLANATION 1 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 This bill excludes the school district foundation property 4 tax imposed under Code section 257.3 from the division of 5 revenue under Code section 403.19 (tax increment financing). 6 Under the bill, the foundation property tax is not divided 7 and paid into the municipality’s special fund for the payment 8 of urban renewal indebtedness but instead is required to be 9 levied, collected, and paid to the school district in the same 10 manner as all other property taxes. 11 Under Iowa’s urban renewal law, “municipality” includes 12 cities and counties. In addition, by operation of law, the 13 bill applies to divisions of revenue adopted by a community 14 college under Code section 260E.4 and rural improvement zones 15 under Code section 357H.9. 16 The bill takes effect upon enactment. The bill applies 17 to property taxes due and payable in fiscal years beginning 18 on or after July 1, 2018, that are levied against any of the 19 following: (1) property located in an urban renewal area 20 for which the ordinance providing for a division of revenue 21 takes effect on or after the effective date of the bill; or 22 (2) property annexed or otherwise included in an urban renewal 23 area after the effective date of the ordinance providing for a 24 division of revenue if the annexation or inclusion occurs on or 25 after the effective date of the bill. 26 -2- LSB 2339HV (1) 87 md/sc/jh 2/ 2