HF 2442: Allowing cities to impose a tax to fund a public library

What it does

12 (additional taxes) to eliminate several taxes a city may levy subject to voter approval at an election.1(3)(b)(2), which allows cities to levy the same amounts the eliminated taxes could have levied as a part of the cities’ general fund levy. One levy that was eliminated by HF 718 was a levy to support a public library up to a maximum amount of cents per $1,000 of assessed value. This bill allows cities to impose a tax for the support of a public library in an amount not to exceed the amount levied by the city in FY 2022-2023 for the same purpose.

House subcommittee · named February 21, 2024

• Rep. Austin Harris (R) · austin.harris@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Kenan Judge (D) · kenan.judge@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. John H. Wills (R) · john.wills@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Iowa League of Cities; Iowa Library Association (ILA); League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 12, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
2. February 21, 2024House subcommittee named: Harris, Judge, Wills and J
3. February 27, 2024Subcommittee recommended against it