SF 593 (LSB 2739SV (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 593

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1178)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the preparation and filing of a district parcel record that identifies all parcels contained within a drainage or levee district that is part of a county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 468.27, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  a.  When the county auditor first receives either the survey and report, or a permanent survey, plat, and profile, as provided in subsection 2, the county auditor shall prepare and file with the county recorder a district parcel record that identifies all parcels contained within the district that is part of the county. The parcel record filed by the county auditor with the county recorder must also include the legal description, parcel identification number, if known, and names of the owners as shown in transfer books in the office of the auditor, for each forty-acre tract or fraction thereof.
   b.  (1)  A county auditor who has not filed a document described in paragraph “a” as a district parcel record with the county recorder before the effective date of this Act shall prepare and file the district parcel record on or before June 30, 2026.
   (2)  This paragraph “b” is repealed July 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires a county auditor (auditor) to prepare and file with the county recorder a district parcel record (record) that identifies all parcels contained within a drainage or levee district within the county. The auditor must file the record after first receiving either the survey and report, or a permanent survey, plat, and profile, that is filed with the auditor when the district is established. The parcel record must include the legal description, parcel identification number, and the names of the owners for each 40-acre tract or fraction of a tract. If an auditor has not filed a document described as a district parcel record with the county recorder before the effective date of the bill, the auditor must prepare and file the district parcel record on or before June 30, 2026.