Bill Text: IA HF2566 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to tax collections for buildings or improvements erected or made by a person on land owned by another person.(Formerly HSB 685; See HF 2654.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-02 - Withdrawn. H.J. 713. [HF2566 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2566-Introduced.html
House File 2566 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2566 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 685) (COMPANION TO SF 2124 BY ROWLEY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to tax collections for buildings or 1 improvements erected or made by a person on land owned by 2 another person. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5824HV (1) 90 dg/jh
H.F. 2566 Section 1. Section 445.32, Code 2024, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 445.32 Liens on buildings or improvements. 3 1. If a building or improvement is erected or made by a 4 person other than the owner of the land on which the building 5 or improvement is located, as provided for in section 428.4 , 6 and the actual value of the building or improvement is 7 less than five thousand dollars, the taxes on the building 8 or improvement are and remain a lien on the building or 9 improvement from the date of levy until paid. If the taxes on 10 the building or improvement become delinquent, as provided in 11 section 445.37 , the county treasurer shall collect the tax as 12 provided in sections 445.3 and 445.4 . This section subsection 13 does not apply to special assessments, or rates or charges. 14 2. If a building or improvement is erected or made 15 by a person other than the owner of the land on which the 16 building or improvement is located, as provided for in section 17 428.4, and the actual value of the building or improvement 18 is five thousand dollars or more, the taxes on the building 19 or improvement are and remain a lien on the building or 20 improvement from the date of levy until paid. If the taxes on 21 the building or improvement become delinquent, as provided in 22 section 445.37, the county treasurer shall collect the tax as 23 provided in sections 445.3 and 445.4 or pursuant to chapter 24 446. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 When property adjacent to a public improvement benefits from 29 the improvement, a special assessment may be levied against the 30 adjacent properties that received the benefit to pay for all 31 or a portion of the improvement. Under current law, principal 32 and interest due and delinquent because of a special assessment 33 cannot be collected on a building or improvement erected or 34 made by a person on land owned by another person pursuant to 35 -1- LSB 5824HV (1) 90 dg/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2566 Code sections 445.3 and 445.4. This bill allows collections 1 pursuant to Code sections 445.3 and 445.4 or Code chapter 446 2 (tax sales) relating to buildings or improvements, with an 3 actual value of $5,000 or more, erected or made by a person on 4 land owned by another person to include principal and interest 5 due and delinquent because of special assessment levies. 6 -2- LSB 5824HV (1) 90 dg/jh 2/ 2
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