Bill Text: IA SF514 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to specific circumstances requiring the submission of a groundwater hazard statement with the declaration of value submitted to a county recorder in order to grant, assign, transfer, or convey real property. (Formerly SSB 1125; See SF 626.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 626. S.J. 1010. [SF514 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF514-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1125)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
specific
circumstances
requiring
the
1
submission
of
a
groundwater
hazard
statement
with
the
2
declaration
of
value
submitted
to
a
county
recorder
in
order
3
to
grant,
assign,
transfer,
or
convey
real
property.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
558.69,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
With
For
each
declaration
of
value
submitted
to
the
county
3
recorder
under
chapter
428A
,
there
shall
be
submitted
a
4
groundwater
hazard
statement
stating
shall
be
prepared
that
5
discloses
all
of
the
following:
6
Sec.
2.
Section
558.69,
subsections
3,
4,
7,
and
8,
Code
7
2019,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
3.
The
county
recorder
shall
refuse
to
record
If
a
known
9
private
burial
site,
a
known
well,
a
known
disposal
site
for
10
solid
waste,
a
known
underground
storage
tank,
known
hazardous
11
waste,
or
a
known
private
sewage
disposal
system
is
disclosed
12
pursuant
to
subsection
1,
the
groundwater
hazard
statement
13
shall
be
submitted
to
the
county
recorder
with
any
deed,
14
instrument,
or
writing
for
which
a
declaration
of
value
is
15
required
under
chapter
428A
unless
the
groundwater
hazard
16
statement
required
by
this
section
has
been
submitted
to
the
17
county
recorder
.
The
county
recorder
shall
collect
a
fee
of
18
twelve
dollars
for
each
groundwater
hazard
statement
submitted
19
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
20
4.
A
buyer
of
property
shall
be
provided
with
a
copy
of
the
21
submitted
groundwater
hazard
statement
by
the
seller.
22
7.
The
county
recorder
shall
transmit
the
a
submitted
23
groundwater
hazard
statements
statement
to
the
department
of
24
natural
resources
at
times
a
time
and
in
a
manner
directed
by
25
the
director
of
the
department.
26
8.
The
owner
of
the
property
is
responsible
for
the
accuracy
27
of
the
information
submitted
disclosed
on
the
groundwater
28
hazard
statement.
The
owner’s
agent
shall
not
be
liable
for
29
the
accuracy
of
information
provided
by
the
owner
of
the
30
property.
The
provisions
of
this
subsection
do
not
limit
31
liability
which
may
be
imposed
under
a
contract
or
under
any
32
other
law.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
the
specific
circumstances
requiring
2
submission
of
a
groundwater
hazard
statement
with
a
declaration
3
of
value
submitted
to
a
county
recorder
in
order
to
grant,
4
assign,
transfer,
or
convey
real
property.
5
Current
law
requires
that
a
groundwater
hazard
statement
6
be
submitted
with
each
declaration
of
value
submitted
to
the
7
county
recorder
under
Code
chapter
428A
(real
estate
transfer
8
tax).
The
bill
requires
that
a
groundwater
hazard
statement
be
9
prepared
for
each
declaration
of
value
submitted
to
the
county
10
recorder
under
Code
chapter
428A.
However,
the
groundwater
11
hazard
statement
only
needs
to
be
submitted
to
the
county
12
recorder
if
a
known
private
burial
site,
a
known
well,
a
known
13
disposal
site
for
solid
waste,
a
known
underground
storage
14
tank,
known
hazardous
waste,
or
a
known
private
sewage
disposal
15
system
is
disclosed
on
the
groundwater
hazard
statement.
16
The
bill
requires
that
the
buyer
of
a
property
be
provided
17
with
a
copy
of
the
prepared
groundwater
hazard
statement
and
18
provides
that
the
owner
of
the
property
is
responsible
for
the
19
accuracy
of
the
information
disclosed
on
the
statement.
20
If
the
groundwater
hazard
statement
is
submitted
to
the
21
county
recorder,
the
county
recorder
must
transmit
a
copy
to
22
the
department
of
natural
resources
as
directed
by
the
director
23
of
the
department.
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