Bill Text: IA HF323 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to property taxes levied by a township for the improvement and maintenance of certain cemeteries.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF323 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF323-Introduced.html
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BY
KEARNS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
property
taxes
levied
by
a
township
for
the
1
improvement
and
maintenance
of
certain
cemeteries.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
359.33,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
359.33
Tax
for
nonowned
cemetery.
3
They
may
levy
a
tax
not
to
exceed
six
and
three-fourths
cents
4
per
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
value
of
taxable
property
5
sufficient
to
improve
and
maintain
any
cemetery
located
in
the
6
township
and
not
owned
by
the
township,
provided
the
same
is
7
devoted
to
general
public
use.
8
EXPLANATION
9
Current
Code
section
359.33
authorizes
a
township
to
levy
10
a
property
tax
of
six
and
three-fourths
cents
per
$1,000
of
11
assessed
value
of
taxable
property
in
the
township
to
pay
for
12
the
improvement
and
maintenance
of
any
cemetery
that
is
not
13
owned
by
the
township
if
the
cemetery
is
devoted
to
general
14
public
use.
This
bill
strikes
the
six
and
three-fourths
cents
15
per
$1,000
levy
rate
and
authorizes
the
township
to
levy
an
16
amount
sufficient
to
maintain
any
cemetery
located
in
the
17
township
and
not
owned
by
the
township
if
the
cemetery
is
18
devoted
to
general
public
use.
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