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SF 365Withdrawn · HF 418 became law instead · February 23, 2021

Relating to property tax classifications, assessment limitations, and administration, and including effective date and applicability provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Ways and Means Committee

Topics:TaxesProperty taxes

Same legislation: HSB 93, SSB 1085, HF 418

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2021
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 11, 2021
  4. Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 23, 202148–0
  5. Skipped: House committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 17, 2021
  7. Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
  8. Done: Signed into lawMarch 8, 2021

HF 418 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 418, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 418 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to property tax classifications, assessment limitations, and administration.21 provides that for assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, property can be classified as multiresidential property. Multiresidential property largely includes property that prior to the assessment year beginning January 1, 2015, was classified as commercial property and includes mobile home parks, manufactured home communities, land-leased communities, assisted living facilities, and property primarily used or intended for human habitation containing three or more separate dwelling units.

Read the full explanation

The percentage of actual value at which multiresidential property is subject to tax has been reduced each assessment year beginning with the 2015 assessment year. The percentage of actual value is reduced by law until the percentage is equal to or below the percentage that is applicable to residential property, at which time the two classifications are subject to the same percentage, but not later than the assessment year beginning January 1, 2022. The bill eliminates the classification of multiresidential property for assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. The bill also provides that the types of property previously classified as multiresidential will, for assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, be classified as residential property. The bill makes corresponding changes to various other provisions of law to reflect the elimination of the multiresidential property classification. The bill takes effect January 1, 2022, and applies to assessment years beginning on or after that date. The bill does not affect the operation of, or prohibit the application of, prior provisions of the Code sections amended by the bill, or rules adopted to administer such prior provisions, for assessment years beginning before January 1, 2022, and for duties, powers, protests, appeals, proceedings, actions, or remedies attributable to an assessment year beginning before January 1, 2022.

Changed since by amendment S-3032; see Amendments.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed1

Senate subcommittee

Named January 25, 2021 (as SSB 1085). On February 3, 2021 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§404.2§404.3§441.21§558.46

How the Code works2

Lobbying

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