Senate
File
397
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
397
BY
BOLKCOM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
city
inspections
of
rental
properties,
and
1
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
364.17,
subsection
3,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
A
city
rental
inspection
program
required
3
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
require
an
inspector
to
inspect
for
4
the
presence
of
mold.
A
rental
property
owner
who
has
been
5
ordered
to
mitigate
mold
discovered
during
a
rental
inspection
6
who
has
failed
to
correct
the
violation
within
a
reasonable
7
time,
as
prescribed
in
the
applicable
order,
commits
a
simple
8
misdemeanor.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
relates
to
city
inspections
of
rental
properties.
13
Under
current
law,
a
city
with
a
population
of
15,000
or
more
14
is
required
to
adopt
an
approved
housing
code
and
enforcement
15
procedures,
which
must
include
a
program
for
regular
rental
16
inspections,
rental
inspections
upon
receipt
of
complaints,
17
and
certification
of
inspected
rental
housing.
Current
law
18
authorizes
a
city
that
has
adopted
an
approved
housing
code
19
to
issue
orders
requiring
violations
to
be
corrected
within
20
a
reasonable
time
and
issue
citations
upon
the
failure
to
21
satisfactorily
remedy
a
violation.
22
The
bill
requires
a
city
rental
inspection
program
to
23
require
that
an
inspector
inspect
for
the
presence
of
mold.
24
Under
the
bill,
a
rental
property
owner
who
has
been
ordered
25
to
mitigate
mold
discovered
during
a
rental
inspection
who
26
has
failed
to
correct
the
violation
within
a
reasonable
27
time
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor.
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
28
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
days
and
a
fine
29
of
at
least
$105
but
not
more
than
$855.
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