SSB 1063 (LSB 2368XC (1) 91)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SWEENEY)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the disclosure of lead service lines in real estate disclosures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 558A.1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  “Lead service line” means a service line which is made of lead. For the purposes of this subsection, a galvanized service line is considered a lead service line if the line ever was or is currently downstream of any lead service line or service line of unknown material.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  “Service line” means the pipe connecting the water main to the interior plumbing in a building.
    Sec. 2.  Section 558A.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The disclosure statement shall include information relating to the condition and important characteristics of the property and structures located on the property, including significant defects in the structural integrity of the structure and the presence of lead service lines, as provided in rules which shall be adopted by the real estate commission pursuant to section 543B.9. The rules may require the disclosure to include information relating to the property’s zoning classification; the condition of plumbing, heating, or electrical systems; or the presence of pests.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law requires a person interested in transferring real property to deliver a written disclosure statement to persons interested in being transferred the real property. This bill provides for the inclusion of the presence of lead service lines in these disclosures. The bill adds the definitions “service line”, meaning a pipe connecting the water main to interior plumbing, and “lead service line”, meaning a service line which is made of lead, downstream of any lead service line, or a service line of unknown material, to Code chapter 558A (real estate disclosures).