House File 2443 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2443
BY RINKER
A BILL FOR
1 An Act raising the limit certain townships may levy for fire
2 protection service and emergency medical service.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 359.43, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 1. The township trustees may levy an annual tax not
4 exceeding forty and one-half ninety-one cents per thousand
5 dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the
6 township, excluding property within a benefited fire district
7 or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of
8 exercising the powers and duties specified in section 359.42.
9 However, in a township having a fire protection service or
10 emergency medical service agreement or both service agreements
11 with a special charter city having a paid fire department,
12 the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding
13 fifty-four cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of
14 the taxable property for the services authorized or required
15 under section 359.42 and in a township which is located within
16 a county having a population of three hundred thousand or more,
17 the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding
18 sixty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed
19 value of taxable property for the services authorized or
20 required under section 359.42.
21 EXPLANATION
22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
24 Under current law, a township may levy taxes to provide
25 for fire and emergency medical services. Townships with a
26 population of 300,000 or more may levy an annual tax not to
27 exceed 67.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of taxable
28 property. Townships with a fire protection service agreement,
29 an emergency medical service agreement, or both with a special
30 charter city may levy an annual tax not to exceed 54 cents
31 per $1,000 of assessed value of taxable property. All other
32 townships may levy an annual tax not to exceed 40.5 cents per
33 $1,000 of assessed value of taxable property.
34 This bill raises the maximum a township without a fire
35 protection or emergency medical service agreement with a
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1 special charter city, and with a population below 300,000, may
2 levy for providing fire and emergency medical services from
3 40.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of taxable property
4 in the township to 91 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of
5 taxable property in the township.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 359.43