Bill Text: IA HF849 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to Iowa's urban renewal law by modifying the duration of ordinances providing for a division of revenue from taxation and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 194.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-20 - Referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 1203. [HF849 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF849-Introduced.html
House File 849 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 849 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 194) A BILL FOR An Act relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the 1 duration of ordinances providing for a division of revenue 2 from taxation and including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2264HV (3) 89 md/jh
H.F. 849 Section 1. Section 260E.4, Code 2021, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 260E.4 Incremental property taxes. 3 If an agreement provides that all or part of program costs 4 are to be paid for by incremental property taxes, the board 5 of directors shall provide by resolution that taxes levied 6 on the employer’s taxable business property, where new jobs 7 are created as a result of a project, each year by or for 8 the benefit of the state, city, county, school district, 9 or other taxing district after the effective date of the 10 resolution shall be divided as provided in section 403.19, 11 subsections 1 and 2 , in the same manner as if the employer’s 12 business property, where new jobs are created as a result of a 13 project, was taxable property in an urban renewal project and 14 the resolution was an ordinance within the meaning of those 15 subsections. The taxes received by the board of directors 16 shall be allocated to and when collected be paid into a special 17 fund of the community college and may be irrevocably pledged 18 by the community college to pay the principal of and interest 19 on the certificates issued by the community college to finance 20 or refinance, in whole or in part, the project. However, 21 with respect to any urban renewal project as to which an 22 ordinance is in effect under section 403.19 , the collection 23 of incremental property taxes authorized by this chapter are 24 suspended in favor of collection of incremental taxes under 25 section 403.19 . As used in this section , “taxes” includes, but 26 is not limited to, all levies on an ad valorem basis upon land 27 or real property of the employer’s business, where new jobs are 28 created as a result of a project. The duration limitations for 29 ordinances providing for a division of revenue under section 30 403.18A and the limitations on the duration of ordinances under 31 section 403.19, subsection 3A, shall not apply to resolutions 32 adopted under this section. 33 Sec. 2. Section 357H.9, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 34 by adding the following new paragraph: 35 -1- LSB 2264HV (3) 89 md/jh 1/ 5
H.F. 849 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0f. The duration limitations for ordinances 1 providing for a division of revenue under section 403.18A and 2 the limitations on the duration of ordinances under section 3 403.19, subsection 3A, shall not apply to resolutions adopted 4 under this section. 5 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 403.18A Division of revenue ordinance 6 limitations. 7 1. An urban renewal area in existence on the effective date 8 of this Act for which an ordinance providing for a division of 9 revenue under section 403.19 was adopted before the effective 10 date of this Act and that is not limited in duration under 11 either section 403.17, subsection 10, or section 403.22, 12 subsection 5, shall be subject to the ordinance duration 13 limitation in subsection 2. 14 2. Each such ordinance described in subsection 1 shall 15 continue in effect under this chapter, until such time that 16 the ordinance is repealed by the municipality or July 1, 2041, 17 whichever occurs first. At that time, the ordinance shall 18 terminate and be of no further force or effect. 19 Sec. 4. Section 403.19, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 20 to read as follows: 21 1. a. Unless otherwise provided in this section , that 22 portion of the taxes which would be produced by the rate 23 at which the tax is levied each year by or for each of the 24 taxing districts upon the total sum of the assessed value 25 of the taxable property in the urban renewal area, as shown 26 on the assessment roll as of January 1 of the calendar year 27 preceding the first calendar year in which the municipality 28 certifies to the county auditor the amount of loans, advances, 29 indebtedness, or bonds payable from the division of property 30 tax revenue resulting from the ordinance , or , for division 31 of revenue ordinances adopted before the effective date of 32 this Act, on the assessment roll last equalized prior to the 33 date of initial adoption of the urban renewal plan if the plan 34 was adopted prior to July 1, 1972, shall be allocated to and 35 -2- LSB 2264HV (3) 89 md/jh 2/ 5
H.F. 849 when collected be paid into the fund for the respective taxing 1 district as taxes by or for the taxing district into which 2 all other property taxes are paid. However, the municipality 3 may choose to divide that portion of the taxes which would be 4 produced by levying the municipality’s portion of the total tax 5 rate levied by or for the municipality upon the total sum of 6 the assessed value of the taxable property in the urban renewal 7 area, as shown on the assessment roll as of January 1 of the 8 calendar year preceding the effective date of the ordinance and 9 if the municipality so chooses, an affected taxing entity may 10 allow a municipality to divide that portion of the taxes which 11 would be produced by levying the affected taxing district’s 12 portion of the total tax rate levied by or for the affected 13 taxing entity upon the total sum of the assessed value of the 14 taxable property in the urban renewal area, as shown on the 15 assessment roll as of January 1 of the calendar year preceding 16 the effective date of the ordinance. This choice to divide 17 a portion of the taxes shall not be construed to change the 18 effective date of the division of property tax revenue with 19 respect to an urban renewal plan in existence on July 1, 1994. 20 b. For the purpose of allocating taxes levied by or for 21 any taxing district which did not include the territory in an 22 urban renewal area on the effective date of the ordinance or 23 initial adoption of the plan , but to which the territory has 24 been annexed or otherwise included after the effective date, 25 the assessment roll applicable to property in the annexed 26 territory as of January 1 of the calendar year preceding the 27 effective date of the ordinance, which amends the plan to 28 include the annexed area, shall be used in determining the 29 assessed valuation of the taxable property in the annexed area. 30 Sec. 5. Section 403.19, Code 2021, is amended by adding the 31 following new subsection: 32 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. Except as provided in section 403.22, 33 an ordinance providing for a division of revenue under this 34 section that is adopted on or after the effective date of 35 -3- LSB 2264HV (3) 89 md/jh 3/ 5
H.F. 849 this Act, including an ordinance providing for a division 1 of revenue for an economic development area under section 2 403.17, subsection 10, shall be limited to twenty years from 3 the calendar year following the calendar year in which the 4 municipality first certifies to the county auditor the amount 5 of any loans, advances, indebtedness, or bonds that qualify 6 for payment from the division of revenue provided in this 7 section. The ordinance shall terminate and be of no further 8 force and effect following the twenty-year period provided in 9 this subsection. 10 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 11 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill relates to Iowa’s urban renewal law by providing 16 that each urban renewal area in existence on the effective date 17 of the bill for which an ordinance providing for a division 18 of revenue (tax increment financing) was adopted before the 19 effective date of the bill, and that is not limited in duration 20 under either Code section 403.17(10) (20 years), or Code 21 section 403.22(5) (10 years), is subject to the ordinance 22 duration limitation provided for in the bill. The bill 23 provides that each such ordinance shall continue in effect 24 under Code chapter 403, until such time that the ordinance is 25 repealed by the municipality or July 1, 2041, whichever occurs 26 first. At that time, the ordinance shall terminate and be of 27 no further force or effect. 28 The bill provides that except for certain divisions of 29 revenue authorized for certain housing and residential 30 development under Code section 403.22, an ordinance providing 31 for a division of revenue under Code section 403.19 that is 32 adopted on or after the effective date of the bill shall be 33 limited to 20 years from the calendar year following the 34 calendar year in which the municipality first certifies to the 35 -4- LSB 2264HV (3) 89 md/jh 4/ 5
H.F. 849 county auditor the amount of any loans, advances, indebtedness, 1 or bonds which qualify for payment from the division of 2 revenue provided in Code section 403.19. Under the bill, such 3 ordinances shall terminate and be of no further force and 4 effect following the 20-year period provided in the bill. 5 The bill specifies that the ordinance duration limitations 6 under new Code section 403.18A and Code section 403.19, 7 new subsection 3A, shall not apply to divisions of taxes 8 established by community colleges under Code chapter 260E or 9 rural improvement zones under Code chapter 357H. 10 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 11 -5- LSB 2264HV (3) 89 md/jh 5/ 5
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