Relating to a city’s or county’s duty to enforce orders to vacate, and providing remedies

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2024
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires cities and counties to enforce an order to vacate an unsafe structure issued by the chief of a fire department or an authorized subordinate who is trained in fire prevention. An order to vacate a structure for health or safety concerns shall be enforced by the city or county within days of the written and oral order. The city or county shall assist all displaced persons in relocating to a different structure. An aggrieved owner or tenant affected by a city’s or county’s failure to enforce an order to vacate a structure may bring action for civil damages against the city or county.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§10A.514

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