S.F. 2218 Section 1. Section 657A.10A, subsection 6, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 6. If a city files a petition under subsection 1 , naming the 3 holder of a tax sale certificate of purchase for the property 4 as a respondent, the city shall also file the petition, 5 along with a verified statement declaring that the property 6 identified in the petition contains an abandoned building, 7 with the county treasurer. Upon receiving the petition and 8 verified statement, If title is awarded to the city, the city 9 shall notify the county treasurer , who shall make an entry in 10 the county system canceling the sale of the property and shall 11 refund the purchase money to the tax sale certificate holder. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 Currently, when a city in which an abandoned building is 16 located petitions the court to enter a judgment awarding title 17 of an abandoned property to the city, the city must file its 18 petition and a verified statement declaring that the property 19 has an abandoned building with the county treasurer. Upon this 20 filing, the county treasurer enters a cancellation of the sale 21 of the property and refunds the purchase money to the tax sale 22 certificate holder. Under this bill, the county treasurer 23 instead cancels the sale and makes the refund when the title to 24 the property is awarded to the city. The bill requires a city 25 to notify the county treasurer of such an award. 26 -1- LSB 5975XS (1) 87 js/jh 1/ 1