Bill Text: IA SF2140 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to Iowa's urban renewal law by modifying provisions relating to the duration of urban renewal areas and ordinances providing for a division of revenue, requiring voter approval for ordinances establishing a division of revenue, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-08 - Subcommittee, Bolkcom, Feenstra, and Quirmbach. S.J. 215. [SF2140 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2140-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
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BY
CHELGREN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
Iowa’s
urban
renewal
law
by
modifying
1
provisions
relating
to
the
duration
of
urban
renewal
2
areas
and
ordinances
providing
for
a
division
of
revenue,
3
requiring
voter
approval
for
ordinances
establishing
4
a
division
of
revenue,
and
including
effective
date
5
provisions.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
403.17,
subsection
10,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
10.
“Economic
development
area”
means
an
area
of
a
3
municipality
designated
by
the
local
governing
body
as
4
appropriate
for
commercial
and
industrial
enterprises,
public
5
improvements
related
to
housing
and
residential
development,
6
or
construction
of
housing
and
residential
development
for
low
7
and
moderate
income
families,
including
single
or
multifamily
8
housing.
If
an
urban
renewal
plan
for
an
urban
renewal
area
9
adopted
on
or
after
January
1,
1995,
but
before
the
effective
10
date
of
this
Act,
is
based
upon
a
finding
that
the
area
is
an
11
economic
development
area
and
that
no
part
contains
slum
or
12
blighted
conditions,
then
the
division
of
revenue
provided
13
in
section
403.19
,
if
adopted
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
14
this
Act,
and
stated
in
the
plan
shall
be
limited
to
twenty
15
years
from
the
calendar
year
following
the
calendar
year
in
16
which
the
municipality
first
certifies
to
the
county
auditor
17
the
amount
of
any
loans,
advances,
indebtedness,
or
bonds
which
18
qualify
for
payment
from
the
division
of
revenue
provided
in
19
section
403.19
.
Such
designated
An
economic
development
area
20
shall
not
include
agricultural
land,
including
land
which
is
21
part
of
a
century
farm,
unless
the
owner
of
the
agricultural
22
land
or
century
farm
agrees
to
include
the
agricultural
land
23
or
century
farm
in
the
urban
renewal
area.
For
the
purposes
of
24
this
subsection
,
“century
farm”
means
a
farm
in
which
at
least
25
forty
acres
of
such
farm
have
been
held
in
continuous
ownership
26
by
the
same
family
for
one
hundred
years
or
more.
27
Sec.
2.
Section
403.19,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
by
28
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
29
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
An
ordinance
adopted
by
a
municipality
30
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
providing
for
31
a
division
of
revenue
under
this
section
shall
not
become
32
effective
within
the
boundaries
of
a
school
district
or
33
effective
against
any
property
tax
levied
by
any
public
body
34
on
real
property
within
the
boundaries
of
that
school
district
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unless
approved
by
the
voters
of
the
school
district
at
the
1
next
general
election.
The
ordinance
shall
be
submitted
by
2
the
governing
body
of
the
municipality
on
its
own
motion
to
3
the
voters
of
each
school
district
located
in
whole
or
in
part
4
within
the
area
proposed
to
be
subject
to
the
division
of
5
revenue.
If
a
majority
of
those
voting
on
the
question
within
6
the
school
district
approves
the
ordinance,
the
ordinance
shall
7
become
effective
within
the
boundaries
of
the
school
district
8
that
has
approved
the
ordinance
and
shall,
subject
to
the
9
limitations
of
subsection
2,
be
effective
against
all
property
10
taxes
levied
by
any
public
body
on
real
property
within
the
11
boundaries
of
that
school
district.
Notice
of
the
election
12
shall
be
given
by
publication
as
prescribed
in
section
49.53
13
in
a
newspaper
of
general
circulation
within
each
local
school
14
district
where
voting
is
to
occur.
15
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2B.
Except
as
provided
in
section
403.22,
16
an
ordinance
providing
for
a
division
of
revenue
under
this
17
section
that
is
adopted
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
18
this
Act
shall
be
limited
to
twenty
years
from
the
calendar
19
year
following
the
calendar
year
in
which
the
municipality
20
first
certifies
to
the
county
auditor
the
amount
of
any
21
loans,
advances,
indebtedness,
or
bonds,
which
qualify
for
22
payment
from
the
division
of
revenue.
The
urban
renewal
23
area,
including
all
applicable
urban
renewal
plans,
projects,
24
and
ordinances
shall
terminate
and
be
of
no
further
force
25
and
effect
following
the
twenty-year
period
provided
in
this
26
subsection.
27
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2C.
An
ordinance
providing
for
a
division
28
of
revenue
in
effect
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
that
is
29
not
limited
in
duration
under
either
section
403.17,
subsection
30
10,
or
section
403.22,
subsection
5,
shall
terminate
and
be
31
of
no
further
force
and
effect
not
later
than
June
30,
2032.
32
The
urban
renewal
area,
including
all
applicable
urban
renewal
33
plans,
projects,
and
ordinances,
shall
terminate
and
be
of
no
34
further
force
and
effect
on
the
date
the
division
of
revenue
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ordinance
terminates
under
this
subsection.
1
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
2
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
3
EXPLANATION
4
This
bill
provides
that
an
ordinance
adopted
by
a
5
municipality
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
6
providing
for
a
division
of
revenue
under
Code
section
403.19
7
(tax
increment
financing)
shall
not
become
effective
within
8
the
boundaries
of
a
school
district
or
effective
against
9
any
property
tax
levied
by
any
public
body
on
real
property
10
within
the
boundaries
of
that
school
district
unless
approved
11
by
the
voters
of
the
school
district
at
the
next
general
12
election.
Under
the
bill,
if
a
majority
of
those
voting
on
the
13
question
within
the
school
district
approves
the
ordinance,
14
the
ordinance
shall
become
effective
within
the
boundaries
of
15
the
school
district
that
has
approved
the
ordinance
and
shall
16
be
effective
against
all
property
taxes
levied
by
any
public
17
body
on
real
property
within
the
boundaries
of
that
school
18
district,
except
those
levies
excluded
under
current
Code
19
section
403.19(2).
20
The
bill
provides
that
except
for
certain
divisions
of
21
revenue
for
public
improvements
related
to
housing
and
22
residential
development,
an
ordinance
providing
for
a
division
23
of
revenue
that
is
adopted
on
or
after
the
effective
date
24
of
the
bill
is
limited
to
20
years
from
the
calendar
year
25
following
the
calendar
year
in
which
the
municipality
first
26
certifies
to
the
county
auditor
the
amount
of
any
loans,
27
advances,
indebtedness,
or
bonds,
which
qualify
for
payment
28
from
the
division
of
revenue.
Following
the
expiration
of
the
29
20-year
limitation
period,
the
urban
renewal
area,
including
30
all
applicable
urban
renewal
plans,
projects,
and
ordinances
31
shall
terminate
and
be
of
no
further
force
and
effect.
32
The
bill
also
provides
that
a
division
of
revenue
ordinance
33
in
effect
on
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
that
is
not
limited
34
in
duration
under
either
Code
section
403.17(10)(20-year
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limitation),
or
Code
section
403.22(5)(10-year
limitation),
1
shall
terminate
and
be
of
no
further
force
and
effect
not
2
later
than
June
30,
2032.
The
urban
renewal
area,
including
3
all
applicable
urban
renewal
plans,
projects,
and
ordinances,
4
related
to
such
ordinance
shall
terminate
and
be
of
no
further
5
force
and
effect
on
the
date
the
division
of
revenue
ordinance
6
terminates.
7
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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