Bill Text: IA HF2027 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the displacement and relocation of a business or farm and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-11 - Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 456. [HF2027 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2027-Introduced.html
House File 2027 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY PAULSEN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the displacement and relocation of 2 a business or farm and including effective date and 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5393YH (4) 86 md/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 316.4, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency 1 4 will result in the displacement of a person, the displacing 1 5 agency shall make a payment to the displaced person, upon 1 6 proper application as approved by the displacing agency, for 1 7 actual reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in moving the 1 8 person, the person's family, business, farm operation, or other 1 9 personal property subject to rules and limits established by 1 10 the department. The payment may also provide for actual direct 1 11 losses of tangible personal property, purchase of substitute 1 12 personal property, business reestablishment expenses, storage 1 13 expenses, and expenses incurred in searching for a replacement 1 14 business or farm. If relocation of a business or farm 1 15 operation is not economically feasible, the displaced person 1 16 may also apply for payment of the loss of existing business 1 17 relationships because of the inability to relocate the business 1 18 or farm operation to a location similar in economic advantage 1 19 to the location from which the business or farm operation was 1 20 moved. 1 21 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 1 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 23 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to relocations of 1 24 businesses and farms on or after the effective date of this 1 25 Act. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 28 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 29 Code chapter 316 establishes a uniform policy for relocation 1 30 assistance and benefits for persons displaced by programs and 1 31 projects undertaken by a state agency, including a political 1 32 subdivision of the state, or a person who has the authority 1 33 to acquire property by eminent domain under state law. By 1 34 operation of Code section 6B.42, an acquiring agency under 1 35 Code chapter 6B is subject to the payment and assistance 2 1 requirements of Code chapter 316 as if the acquiring agency 2 2 were a displaced agency under that chapter. 2 3 This bill provides that if relocation of a business or 2 4 farm operation is not economically feasible, the displaced 2 5 person may apply for payment of the loss of existing business 2 6 relationships because of the inability to relocate the business 2 7 or farm operation to a location similar in economic advantage 2 8 to the location from which the business or farm operation was 2 9 moved. 2 10 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to 2 11 relocations of businesses and farms on or after the effective 2 12 date of the bill. LSB 5393YH (4) 86 md/sc
