Bill Text: IA HF2477 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a city's or county's duty to enforce orders to vacate, and providing remedies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-13 - Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 252. [HF2477 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2477-Introduced.html
House File 2477 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2477 BY CROKEN , LEVIN , ABDUL-SAMAD , WILBURN , BROWN-POWERS , and EHLERT A BILL FOR An Act relating to a city’s or county’s duty to enforce orders 1 to vacate, and providing remedies. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5472YH (3) 90 lh/js
H.F. 2477 Section 1. Section 10A.514, Code 2024, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 10A.514 Authority for inspection —— orders. 3 1. The chief of a fire department or an authorized 4 subordinate who is trained in fire prevention safety standards 5 may enter a building or premises at a reasonable hour to 6 examine the building or premises and its contents. The 7 examining official shall order the correction of a condition 8 which that is in violation of this chapter , a rule adopted 9 under this chapter , or a city or county fire safety ordinance. 10 The order shall be in writing or, if the danger is imminent, 11 orally followed by a written order. The examining official 12 shall enforce the order in accordance with the applicable law 13 or ordinance. At the request of the examining official the 14 director may assist in an enforcement action. 15 2. An order to vacate a structure due to health or safety 16 violations shall be enforced by the city or county having 17 jurisdiction over the structure within thirty days of the 18 written and oral order. The city or county shall assist in the 19 relocation of all persons displaced by the order to vacate. 20 3. An owner or tenant of a structure aggrieved by an 21 unenforced order to vacate the structure may bring an action 22 for civil damages against the city or county for failing to 23 enforce the order to vacate the structure. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill requires cities and counties to enforce an order 28 to vacate an unsafe structure issued by the chief of a fire 29 department or an authorized subordinate who is trained in fire 30 prevention. An order to vacate a structure for health or 31 safety concerns shall be enforced by the city or county within 32 30 days of the written and oral order. The city or county 33 shall assist all displaced persons in relocating to a different 34 structure. An aggrieved owner or tenant affected by a city’s 35 -1- LSB 5472YH (3) 90 lh/js 1/ 2
H.F. 2477 or county’s failure to enforce an order to vacate a structure 1 may bring action for civil damages against the city or county. 2 -2- LSB 5472YH (3) 90 lh/js 2/ 2
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