HSB 717 (LSB 6293YC (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN)

A BILL FOR

An Act exempting certain cities from public hearing requirements related to proposed property taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 24.2A, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  This subsection shall not apply to a city with a population less than one thousand.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, each school district, county, and city (political subdivision) of the state must set a time and place for a public hearing on the political subdivision’s proposed property tax amount for a budget year. This public hearing must be separate from any other meeting of the governing body of the political subdivision, including any other meeting or public hearing relating to the political subdivision’s budget, and other business of the political subdivision that is not related to the proposed property tax shall not be conducted at the public hearing.
   This bill exempts each city with a population of less than 1,000 from the requirement to hold a hearing relating to a proposed property tax for a budget year.
   The bill applies to budgets for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.