Senate File 2222 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2222 BY KLIMESH A BILL FOR An Act relating to county board of supervisors’ approval of 1 sanitary district tax levies, and including applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5975XS (4) 90 dg/jh
S.F. 2222 Section 1. Section 358.18, subsection 1, Code 2024, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. The board of trustees of any sanitary district 3 organized under this chapter shall , subject to the approval 4 of the board of supervisors of each county that is within the 5 territorial limits of the sanitary district, have the power 6 by ordinance to levy annually for the purpose of paying the 7 administrative costs of such district, or for the payment 8 of deficiencies in special assessments, or for both, a tax 9 upon property within the territorial limits of such sanitary 10 district not exceeding fifty-four cents per thousand dollars 11 of the adjusted taxable valuation of the property within such 12 district for the preceding fiscal year. A sanitary district 13 located in more than one county may divide property within the 14 sanitary district into sanitary district divisions according 15 to the county in which the property is located. The sanitary 16 district may levy different rates in each sanitary district 17 division. 18 b. The board of trustees shall submit the proposed levy 19 to each county board of supervisors of every county in which 20 the sanitary district has territory, and each county board 21 of supervisors shall review and approve, modify, or reject 22 the proposed levy prior to the sanitary district adopting the 23 ordinance to levy the tax. 24 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to fiscal years 25 beginning on or after July 1, 2025. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 Under current law, a board of trustees for a sanitary 30 district (board of trustees) has the power to levy annual taxes 31 by ordinance not to exceed 54 cents per $1,000 of the adjusted 32 taxable valuation. 33 This bill requires the board of trustees to submit the levy 34 proposed by the board of trustees for adoption by ordinance to 35 -1- LSB 5975XS (4) 90 dg/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2222 each county board of supervisors for the counties in which the 1 sanitary district has territory. The bill requires the county 2 boards of supervisors to review and approve, modify, or reject 3 the proposed levy prior to the sanitary district adopting the 4 levy by ordinance. 5 The bill allows a sanitary district located in more than 6 one county to divide property within the sanitary district 7 into sanitary district divisions according to the county in 8 which the property is located. The sanitary district may levy 9 different rates in each sanitary district division. 10 The bill applies to fiscal years beginning on or after July 11 1, 2025. 12 -2- LSB 5975XS (4) 90 dg/jh 2/ 2