Bill Text: IA HF101 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the sale of bonds by limiting the amount offered for sale.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-23 - Subcommittee: Meggers, Wichtendahl and Wills, J. H.J. 123. [HF101 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2025-HF101-Introduced.html
House File 101 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 101 BY MEGGERS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the sale of bonds by limiting the amount 1 offered for sale. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1262YH (3) 91 jm/md
H.F. 101 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 75.1A Bond issuance —— limitation. 1 For projects for which a proposition to issue bonds was 2 approved at an election held after July 1, 2025, the total 3 amount of bonds issued for the project under any provision of 4 law shall not exceed an amount equal to eighty percent of the 5 total cost of the project. The remaining costs of the project 6 shall be funded from sources other than from the sale of bonds. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill relates to the sale of bonds by limiting the amount 11 offered for sale for certain projects. Under the bill, for 12 projects for which a proposition to issue bonds was approved at 13 an election held after July 1, 2025, the total amount of bonds 14 issued for the project under any provision of law shall not 15 exceed an amount equal to 80 percent of the total cost of the 16 project. The remaining costs of the project shall be funded 17 from sources other than from the sale of bonds. 18 -1- LSB 1262YH (3) 91 jm/md 1/ 1
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