Bill Text: IA HF380 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(Formerly HF 20.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 317. [HF380 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF380-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
380
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
20)
(COMPANION
TO
SF
97
BY
LOFGREN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
designating
the
acquisition
of
certain
vehicles
or
1
vehicle
equipment
as
a
general
county
purpose.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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380
Section
1.
Section
331.441,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(11)
Acquisition
of
vehicles
or
vehicle
3
equipment
for
a
county
sheriff,
county
attorney,
county
jail
4
facility,
county
maintenance
department,
county
conservation
5
department,
or
county
public
health
department.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
amends
the
definition
of
general
county
purpose
10
to
include
the
acquisition
of
vehicles
or
vehicle
equipment
11
for
a
county
sheriff,
county
attorney,
county
jail
facility,
12
county
maintenance
department,
county
conservation
department,
13
or
county
public
health
department.
14
Under
Code
chapter
331,
a
county
board
of
supervisors
15
generally
must
receive
the
approval
of
voters
at
an
election
16
in
order
to
contract
indebtedness
and
issue
general
obligation
17
bonds
to
carry
out
a
general
county
purpose.
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