SF 569: Relating to local government property taxes, financial authority, operations, and budgets, modifying certain transit funding, property tax credits and exemptions, and appropriations, requiring certain information related to property taxation to be provided to property owners and taxpayers, modifying provisions relating to fees for driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards, modifying provisions relating to certain writing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date, retroactive applicability, and applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to local government property taxes, financial authority, and budgets, requires certain information related to property taxation to be provided to property owners and taxpayers, modifies provisions relating to fees for driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards, modifying provisions relating to certain writing fees, and modifies certain transit funding, property tax credits and exemptions, and appropriations. DIVISION I —— COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES AND BUDGETS.301(10) governs a county’s authority to enter into leases and lease-purchase contracts and, in part, subjects leases and lease-purchase agreements for real property to procedures for approval at an election following a petition if the principal amount of the contract exceeds specified thresholds categorized by county population.

Lobbying · 5 for, 4 against

For: Association of Iowa Fairs; Iowa Greenhouse Growers Association; Iowa Taxpayers Association; KWIK Trip, Inc.; Self Storage Association

Against: American Planning Association Iowa Chapter; City of Cedar Falls; City of Coralville; Iowa League of Cities

In plain words

1. April 18, 2023Filed in the Senate
2. April 18, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
3. April 19, 2023Passed the Senate, 48–1
4. April 24, 2023Arrived in the House
5. April 26, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted