Senate
Study
Bill
3090
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SMITH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
cities
and
counties
from
imposing
1
time-of-sale
requirements
on
transactions
involving
real
2
property.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.301,
subsection
6,
Code
2018,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
county
shall
not
adopt
an
ordinance,
3
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment,
or
use
any
other
means,
that
4
restricts
an
owner
of
real
property
from
refinancing
existing
5
debt
on,
selling,
or
otherwise
transferring
title
to
the
6
property
by
requiring
the
owner
to
take
or
show
compliance
with
7
any
action
with
respect
to
the
property
or
pay
any
fee
before,
8
during,
or
after
refinancing
existing
debt
on,
selling,
or
9
otherwise
transferring
title
to
the
property.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
364.3,
subsection
3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
11
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
12
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
an
ordinance,
13
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment,
or
use
any
other
means,
that
14
restricts
an
owner
of
real
property
from
refinancing
existing
15
debt
on,
selling,
or
otherwise
transferring
title
to
the
16
property
by
requiring
the
owner
to
take
or
show
compliance
with
17
any
action
with
respect
to
the
property
or
pay
any
fee
before,
18
during,
or
after
refinancing
existing
debt
on,
selling,
or
19
transferring
title
to
the
property.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
prohibits
cities
and
counties
from
restricting
24
a
person’s
ability
to
refinance,
sell,
or
transfer
title
25
to
property.
Under
the
bill,
a
city
or
county
cannot,
by
26
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
amendment,
or
other
means,
27
restrict
the
ability
of
an
owner
to
refinance,
sell,
or
28
otherwise
transfer
title
to
property
by
requiring
an
owner
29
to
take
or
show
compliance
with
any
action
with
respect
to
30
a
property
or
pay
any
fee
before,
at
the
time
of,
or
within
31
a
certain
period
of
time
after
refinancing,
selling,
or
32
transferring
title
to
the
property.
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