Bill Text: IA HSB732 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to county hospital tax levies in certain counties, and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-12 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-0. [HSB732 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB732-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
732
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
hospital
tax
levies
in
certain
1
counties,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
347.7,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
If
a
county
hospital
is
established,
the
board
of
3
supervisors,
at
the
time
of
levying
ordinary
taxes,
shall
levy
4
a
tax
at
the
rate
voted
not
to
exceed
fifty-four
cents
per
5
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
value
in
any
one
year
for
the
6
erection
and
equipment
of
the
hospital,
and
also
a
tax
not
to
7
exceed
twenty-seven
cents
per
thousand
dollars
of
value
for
the
8
improvement,
maintenance,
and
replacements
of
the
hospital,
9
as
certified
by
the
board
of
hospital
trustees.
However,
10
in
counties
having
a
population
of
two
hundred
twenty-five
11
thousand
or
over,
the
levy
for
taxes
payable
in
the
fiscal
year
12
beginning
July
1,
2001,
and
for
subsequent
fiscal
years,
for
13
improvements
and
maintenance
of
the
hospital
shall
not
exceed
14
two
dollars
and
five
cents
per
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
15
value
in
any
one
year.
16
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
tax
years
17
beginning
on
and
after
January
1,
2025.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
the
maximum
rate
for
taxes
levied
for
22
purposes
related
to
county
hospitals.
Current
law
requires
23
counties
having
225,000
residents
or
more
to
levy
taxes
payable
24
for
improvements
and
maintenance
of
the
hospital
at
a
rate
not
25
to
exceed
$2.05
per
$1,000
of
assessed
value
in
any
one
year.
26
The
bill
strikes
the
maximum
tax
levy
rate
for
counties
that
27
have
a
population
of
225,000
or
more.
All
counties
in
which
28
a
county
hospital
has
been
established
shall
levy
a
tax
at
a
29
rate
not
to
exceed
54
cents
per
$1,000
of
assessed
value
for
30
hospital
erection
and
equipment
and
also
a
tax
at
a
rate
not
31
to
exceed
27
cents
per
$1,000
of
assessed
value
for
hospital
32
improvement,
maintenance,
and
replacements.
33
The
bill
applies
to
tax
years
beginning
on
and
after
January
34
1,
2025.
35
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