Bills › 88th General Assembly
Prohibiting cities from annexing certain agricultural land, and providing applicability provisions
Topics:Cities & counties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Cities would be stopped from adding certain farmland into their boundaries if the soil is rated as highly suitable for growing corn. When people ask to bring land into a city against a landowner's will, they must now include a statement proving the land meets these rules. These changes apply to all annexation requests made on or after July 1, 2020.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the annexation of certain agricultural property. The bill prohibits a city from approving the annexation of land if the land has a corn suitability rating of or higher calculated using the methodology recognized by Iowa state university in 2013. The bill requires a petition for involuntary annexation to include a statement that the proposed annexation does not violate the bill. The bill applies to applications or petitions for annexation filed on or after July 1, 2020.
House subcommittee
Named February 13, 2020. On February 17, 2020 it recommended passage.
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