Senate File 402 - Reprinted SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 281) (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1215) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the assessment and collection of penalty, fee, 2 and interest charges imposed for the late payment of building 3 code penalties, fines, and inspection and enforcement fees. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2215SZ 81 6 eg/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 364.17, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. A schedule of civil penalties or criminal fines for 1 4 violations. A city may charge the owner of housing a late 1 5 payment fee of twenty=five dollars and may add interest of up 1 6 to one and one=half percent per month if a penalty or fine 1 7 imposed under this paragraph is not paid within thirty days of 1 8 the date that the penalty or fine is due. The city shall send 1 9 a notice of the late payment fee to such owner by first class 1 10 mail to the owner's personal or business mailing address. The 1 11 late payment fee and the interest shall not accrue if such 1 12 owner files an appeal with either the city, if the city has 1 13 established an appeals procedure, or the district court. Any 1 14 unpaid penalty, fine, fee, or interest shall constitute a lien 1 15 on the real property and may be collected in the same manner 1 16 as a property tax. However, before a lien is filed, the city 1 17 shall send a notice of intent to file a lien to the owner of 1 18 housing by first class mail to such owner's personal or 1 19 business mailing address. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 364.17, subsection 5, Code 2005, is 1 21 amended to read as follows: 1 22 5. Cities may establish reasonable fees for inspection and 1 23 enforcement procedures. A city may charge the owner of 1 24 housing a late payment penalty of twenty=five dollars and may 1 25 add interest of up to one and one=half percent per month if a 1 26 fee imposed under this subsection is not paid within thirty 1 27 days of the date that the fee is due. The city shall send a 1 28 notice of the late payment penalty to such owner by first 1 29 class mail to the owner's personal or business mailing 1 30 address. The late payment penalty and the interest shall not 1 31 accrue if such owner files an appeal with either the city, if 1 32 the city has established an appeals procedure, or the district 1 33 court. Any unpaid fee, penalty, or interest shall constitute 1 34 a lien on the real property and may be collected in the same 1 35 manner as a property tax. However, before a lien is filed, 2 1 the city shall send a notice of intent to file a lien to the 2 2 owner of housing by first class mail to such owner's personal 2 3 or business mailing address. 2 4 SF 402 2 5 eg:rj/cc/26