Bills › 91st General Assembly
Allowing cities to certify taxes for a general fund levy for libraries
Sponsored by Rep. David Jacoby (D)
Topics:Cities & countiesTaxes
Same legislation: SF 439
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Cities can now ask voters to approve a specific tax to fund public libraries. This tax would be set at a maximum of 27 cents for every $1,000 of property value. The process for notifying the public and getting voter approval remains the same as it was before.1
Read the official explanation
2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71 (HF 718), amended Code section 384.12 (additional taxes) to eliminate several taxes a city may levy subject to voter approval at an election. In lieu thereof, HF 718 allowed cities to levy the same amounts the eliminated taxes could have levied as a part of the general fund levy under Code section 384.1. This bill reestablishes the tax levy for a public library eliminated by HF 718 in an amount not to exceed 27 cents per $1,000. The tax imposed under the bill is subject to the same voter approval and notice requirements that existed prior to the enactment of HF 718.
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