Bill Text: IA SF384 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act allowing counties to enter into agreements to jointly share a county assessor. (Formerly SF 133.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-21 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 813. [SF384 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF384-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
384
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Enrolled
Senate
File
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AN
ACT
ALLOWING
COUNTIES
TO
ENTER
INTO
AGREEMENTS
TO
JOINTLY
SHARE
A
COUNTY
ASSESSOR.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
441.1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
441.1
Office
of
assessor
created.
1.
In
every
county
in
the
state
of
Iowa
the
office
of
assessor
is
hereby
created.
2.
A
city
having
a
population
of
ten
thousand
or
more,
according
to
the
latest
federal
census,
may
by
ordinance
provide
for
the
selection
of
a
city
assessor
and
for
the
assessment
of
property
in
the
city
under
the
provisions
of
this
chapter
.
A
city
desiring
to
provide
for
assessment
under
the
provisions
of
this
chapter
shall,
not
less
than
sixty
days
before
the
expiration
of
the
term
of
the
assessor
in
office,
notify
the
taxing
bodies
affected
and
proceed
to
establish
a
conference
board,
examining
board,
and
board
of
review
and
select
an
assessor,
all
as
provided
in
this
chapter
.
A
city
desiring
to
abolish
the
office
of
city
assessor
shall
repeal
the
ordinance
establishing
the
office
of
city
assessor,
notify
the
county
conference
board
and
the
affected
taxing
districts,
provide
for
the
transfer
of
appropriate
records
and
other
matters,
and
provide
for
the
abolition
of
the
respective
boards
and
the
termination
of
the
terms
of
office
of
the
assessor
and
members
of
the
respective
boards.
The
abolition
of
the
Senate
File
384,
p.
2
city
assessor’s
office
shall
take
effect
on
July
1
following
notification
of
the
abolition
unless
otherwise
agreed
to
by
the
affected
conference
boards.
If
notification
of
the
proposed
abolition
is
made
after
January
1,
sufficient
funds
shall
be
transferred
from
the
city
assessor’s
budget
to
fund
the
additional
responsibilities
transferred
to
the
county
assessor
for
the
next
fiscal
year.
3.
a.
The
conference
boards
of
two
or
more
counties
may
enter
into
an
agreement
under
chapter
28E
to
share
the
services
of
an
assessor,
chief
deputy
assessor,
and
professional
and
clerical
assistants
for
the
assessor.
The
agreement
shall
be
written
and
entered
into
the
board’s
respective
minutes.
The
assessor
shall
be
appointed
under
section
441.6
in
all
of
the
counties
the
assessor
will
serve
as
provided
in
the
written
agreement.
The
assessor
shall
serve
for
a
term
as
provided
in
section
441.8.
b.
The
written
agreement
shall
provide
for
the
determination
of
the
cost
of
the
shared
assessor
and
staff
and
the
manner
of
allocation
of
the
cost
to
each
county
for
inclusion
in
the
respective
budgets.
The
written
agreement
shall
designate
one
conference
board
to
make
payments
for
salaries
and
other
costs
of
the
shared
assessor
and
staff.
The
conference
board
shall
be
reimbursed
by
the
other
conference
boards
in
accordance
with
the
agreement.
The
written
agreement
may
provide
for
the
methods
of
abolishing
the
shared
assessor
agreement
and
the
procedure
to
resolve
a
tie
vote
in
any
action
taken
by
the
conference
boards.
c.
Unless
the
context
otherwise
requires,
an
assessor
serving
multiple
counties
under
this
subsection
shall
have
all
of
the
same
powers
and
duties,
and
be
subject
to
the
same
restrictions,
as
a
county
assessor
as
set
forth
in
this
chapter
and
as
otherwise
provided
by
law.
However,
an
assessor
serving
multiple
counties
as
provided
in
this
subsection
shall
not
be
considered
to
be
in
violation
of
section
441.17,
subsection
1,
by
serving
the
multiple
counties
that
have
agreed
to
share
the
assessor.
d.
The
provisions
of
chapter
28E
are
applicable
to
this
section.
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p.
3
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
384,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
