House File 820 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 820 BY JACOBY A BILL FOR An Act relating to the lease of state property, and making 1 appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2136YH (3) 91 sc/ns
H.F. 820 Section 1. Section 8A.321, subsection 8, Code 2025, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. Disposition of real property under this 3 subsection may include leasing the property to a religious 4 organization for the construction of a building to be used 5 for religious purposes. If real property leased under 6 this paragraph has been purchased or acquired from moneys 7 appropriated by the general assembly, the lease payments shall 8 be deposited with the treasurer of state and credited to the 9 general fund of the state or other fund from which the moneys 10 were appropriated. There is appropriated from that same 11 fund, with the prior approval of the executive council and in 12 cooperation with the director, a sum equal to the amount of 13 moneys so deposited and credited to the state agency to which 14 the leased real property belongs. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 Under current law, the department of administrative services 19 (DAS) may dispose of real property belonging to the state with 20 the authorization of a constitutional majority of each house 21 of the general assembly and approval by the governor. If the 22 property is not on the capitol complex and the general assembly 23 is not in session, DAS may instead dispose of the property with 24 the approval of the legislative council and the governor. If 25 the property belongs to another state agency with the express 26 statutory power to dispose of the property, that agency must 27 also approve the disposition. 28 This bill provides that disposing of state property may 29 include leasing the property to a religious organization 30 for the construction of a building to be used for religious 31 purposes. If the property had been purchased or acquired with 32 appropriated moneys, any payments derived from the leasing of a 33 state-owned property must be deposited with the treasurer of 34 state and credited to the general fund of the state or the fund 35 -1- LSB 2136YH (3) 91 sc/ns 1/ 2
H.F. 820 from which the moneys were appropriated. The bill appropriates 1 from that same fund a sum equal to the deposited proceeds to be 2 credited to the state agency that owns the leased property, in 3 accordance with the procedures under current law for handling 4 proceeds from the disposition of state-owned real property. 5 -2- LSB 2136YH (3) 91 sc/ns 2/ 2