Bill Text: IA HSB515 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing the use of electronic means for certain notices and information provided by local assessors and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-02-06 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HSB515 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB515-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
515
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HIGHFILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
the
use
of
electronic
means
for
certain
1
notices
and
information
provided
by
local
assessors
and
2
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
441.28A
Electronic
delivery
1
authorized.
2
1.
If
the
assessor
is
required
or
authorized
by
this
title
3
to
send
any
assessment,
notice,
or
any
other
information
to
4
persons
by
regular
mail,
the
assessor
may
instead
provide
the
5
assessment,
notice,
or
other
information
by
electronic
means
6
if
the
person
entitled
to
receive
the
assessment,
notice,
7
or
information
has
by
electronic
or
other
means,
authorized
8
the
assessor
to
provide
the
assessment,
notice,
or
other
9
information
in
that
manner.
An
authorization
to
receive
10
assessments,
notices,
or
other
information
by
electronic
11
means
does
not
require
the
assessor
to
provide
such
items
12
by
electronic
means
and
does
not
prohibit
an
assessor
from
13
providing
such
items
by
regular
mail.
14
2.
An
authorization
to
receive
assessments,
notices,
or
15
other
information
by
electronic
means
pursuant
to
this
section
16
shall
continue
until
revoked
in
writing
by
the
person.
Such
17
revocation
may
be
provided
to
the
assessor
electronically
in
a
18
manner
approved
by
the
assessor.
19
3.
Electronic
means
includes
delivery
to
an
electronic
mail
20
address
or
by
other
electronic
means
reasonably
calculated
to
21
apprise
the
person
of
the
information
that
is
being
provided,
22
as
designated
by
the
authorizing
person.
23
4.
Any
assessment,
notice,
or
other
information
provided
by
24
the
assessor
to
a
person
pursuant
to
this
section
is
deemed
to
25
have
been
mailed
by
the
assessor
and
received
by
the
person
on
26
the
date
that
the
assessor
electronically
sends
the
information
27
to
the
person
or
electronically
notifies
the
person
that
the
28
information
is
available
to
be
accessed
by
the
person.
29
5.
An
authorization
under
this
section
also
applies
to
30
information
that
is
not
expressly
required
by
law
to
be
31
sent
by
regular
mail,
but
that
is
customarily
sent
by
the
32
assessor
using
regular
mail,
to
persons
entitled
to
receive
the
33
information.
34
6.
Information
compiled
or
possessed
by
the
assessor
for
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the
purposes
of
complying
with
authorizations
for
delivery
1
by
electronic
means
under
this
title,
including
but
not
2
limited
to
taxpayer
electronic
mail
addresses,
waivers,
waiver
3
requests,
waiver
revocations,
and
passwords
or
other
methods
of
4
protecting
taxpayer
information
are
not
public
records
and
are
5
not
subject
to
disclosure
under
chapter
22.
6
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
assessments,
7
notices,
or
other
information
provided
by
assessors
on
or
after
8
July
1,
2018.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
provides
that
if
an
assessor
is
required
or
13
authorized
by
the
provisions
of
Title
X
of
the
Iowa
Code
to
14
send
any
assessment,
notice,
or
any
other
information
to
15
persons
by
regular
mail,
the
assessor
may
instead
provide
16
the
assessment,
notice,
or
other
information
by
electronic
17
means,
as
described
in
the
bill,
if
the
person
entitled
to
18
receive
such
items
has
by
electronic
or
other
means,
authorized
19
the
assessor
to
provide
the
items
in
that
manner.
However,
20
an
authorization
to
receive
assessments,
notices,
or
other
21
information
by
electronic
means
does
not
require
the
assessor
22
to
provide
such
items
by
electronic
means
and
does
not
prohibit
23
an
assessor
from
providing
such
items
by
regular
mail.
24
The
bill
specifies
that
an
authorization
to
receive
25
assessments,
notices,
or
other
information
by
electronic
means
26
continues
until
revoked
in
writing
by
the
person.
A
revocation
27
may
be
provided
to
the
assessor
electronically
in
a
manner
28
approved
by
the
assessor.
29
Under
the
bill,
any
assessment,
notice,
or
other
information
30
provided
by
the
assessor
to
a
person
is
deemed
to
have
been
31
mailed
by
the
assessor
and
received
by
the
person
on
the
32
date
that
the
assessor
electronically
sends
the
information
33
to
the
person
or
electronically
notifies
the
person
that
34
the
information
is
available
to
be
accessed
by
the
person.
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Information
compiled
or
possessed
by
the
assessor
for
the
1
purposes
of
complying
with
the
bill
are
not
public
records
and
2
are
not
subject
to
disclosure
under
Code
chapter
22.
3
The
bill
applies
to
assessments,
notices,
or
other
4
information
provided
by
assessors
on
or
after
July
1,
2018.
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