Bills › 91st General Assembly
Concerning the duties of county commissioners and county auditors
Sponsored by the House Local Government Committee
Topics:Cities & counties
Same legislation: HSB 250
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 27, 202561–32
- Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the duties of county commissioners and county auditors. Under current law, the county commissioner must take bids for goods and services when the cost of the goods or services to be purchased will exceed $1,000. The bill raises the threshold to an amount exceeding $50,000 and, if the anticipated cost is equal to or less than $50,000, the commissioner may use an informal bid process to solicit written bids from at least three qualified contractors that either sell the needed goods or provide the needed services.
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The secretary of state, each county auditor, district court clerk, and each auditor or clerk of a city must keep a book known as the “Record of Official Bonds”. The bill eliminates the requirement that the bonds be indexed in the book by the name of the principal and the date the bond is filed. The bill eliminates a variety of duties assigned to county auditors including: attesting to anticipatory warrants issued by the board for the operation of a county limestone quarry; carrying out duties relating to the determination of residency, collection of funds due the county, and support of persons with intellectual disabilities; collecting the costs relating to the treatment and care of private patients at the state psychiatric hospital; carrying out duties relating to the hospitalization and support of persons with mental illness; issuing warrants and maintaining a permanent record of persons receiving veteran assistance; ordering the county treasurer to transfer tuition payments from the account of the debtor school corporation to the creditor school corporation; ordering the county treasurer to transfer transportation service fees from the account of the debtor school corporation to the creditor school corporation; apportioning school taxes, rents, and other money dedicated for public school purposes; carrying out duties relating to school lands and funds; carrying out duties relating to the establishment, alteration, and vacation of public highways; carrying out duties relating to the establishment and maintenance of secondary roads; notifying the state department of transportation of claims filed for improvements on public roads payable from the primary road fund; acknowledging satisfaction of the mortgage by execution of a written instrument referring to the mortgage for payment of a permanent school fund mortgage; and receiving moneys recovered from a person willfully committing waste or trespass on real estate and recording in a book kept for that purpose. The bill eliminates certain books and records kept by county auditors including an account book and index of persons receiving mental health treatment and a permanent record of the names and addresses of persons receiving veteran assistance.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named April 1, 2025. On April 2, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§331.502§331.508§47.5§64.24
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Lobbying
2 for · 6 against · 11 undecided · Who →
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