HSB 250 (LSB 2602YC (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON JONES)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the books, records, and duties of county auditors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.502, subsections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 30, 34, 35, and 36, Code 2025, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.508, subsections 3, 4, and 5, Code 2025, are amended by striking the subsections.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill eliminates a variety of duties assigned to county auditors including: attesting to anticipatory warrants issued by the board for the operation of a county limestone quarry; carrying out duties relating to the determination of residency, collection of funds due the county, and support of persons with intellectual disabilities; collecting the costs relating to the treatment and care of private patients at the state psychiatric hospital; carrying out duties relating to the hospitalization and support of persons with mental illness; issuing warrants and maintaining a permanent record of persons receiving veteran assistance; ordering the county treasurer to transfer tuition payments from the account of the debtor school corporation to the creditor school corporation; ordering the county treasurer to transfer transportation service fees from the account of the debtor school corporation to the creditor school corporation; apportioning school taxes, rents, and other money dedicated for public school purposes; carrying out duties relating to school lands and funds; carrying out duties relating to the establishment, alteration, and vacation of public highways; carrying out duties relating to the establishment and maintenance of secondary roads; notifying the state department of transportation of claims filed for improvements on public roads payable from the primary road fund; carrying out duties relating to lost property; acknowledging satisfaction of the mortgage by execution of a written instrument referring to the mortgage for payment of a permanent school fund mortgage; and receiving moneys recovered from a person willfully committing waste or trespass on real estate and recording in a book kept for that purpose.
   The bill eliminates several books and records kept by county auditors including: the lost property book; an account book and index of persons receiving mental health treatment; and a permanent record of the names and addresses of persons receiving veteran assistance.