Bill Text: IA HSB239 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the county zoning exemption for property used for agricultural purposes.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Subcommittee: Kaufmann, Mitchell and Steckman. H.J. 402. [HSB239 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB239-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
239
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
county
zoning
exemption
for
property
1
used
for
agricultural
purposes.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
335.2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
335.2
Farms
exempt.
3
1.
Except
to
the
extent
required
to
implement
section
4
335.27
,
no
ordinance
adopted
under
this
chapter
applies
to
5
land,
farm
houses,
farm
barns,
farm
outbuildings
or
other
6
buildings
or
structures
which
are
primarily
adapted,
by
reason
7
of
nature
and
area,
for
use
for
agricultural
purposes,
while
8
so
used.
However,
the
ordinances
may
apply
to
any
structure,
9
building,
dam,
obstruction,
deposit
or
excavation
in
or
on
the
10
flood
plains
of
any
river
or
stream.
11
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
a
property
is
used
for
12
agricultural
purposes
if
at
least
fifty-one
percent
of
the
13
annual
gross
revenue
derived
from
the
property
comes
from
the
14
growing,
harvesting,
or
selling
of
crops
and
livestock
raised
15
and
produced
on
the
property
or
brought
to
the
property
and
16
not
more
than
forty-nine
percent
of
the
annual
gross
revenue
17
derived
from
the
property
comes
from
the
sale
of
agricultural
18
experiences
and
other
farm-related
activities.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
the
exemption
to
county
zoning
23
regulations
for
property
that
is
used
for
agriculture
purposes.
24
The
bill
provides
that
property
is
used
for
agricultural
25
purposes
if
at
least
51
percent
of
the
annual
gross
revenue
26
derived
from
the
property
comes
from
the
growing,
harvesting,
27
or
selling
of
crops
and
livestock
raised
and
produced
on
the
28
property
or
brought
to
the
property
and
not
more
than
49
29
percent
of
the
annual
gross
revenue
derived
from
the
property
30
comes
from
the
sale
of
agricultural
experiences
and
other
31
farm-related
activities.
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