Bill Text: IA SF355 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to requirements for the split and consolidation of parcels.(Formerly SSB 1093.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. []. [SF355 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF355-Introduced.html
Senate
File
355
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
355
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1093)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
requirements
for
the
split
and
consolidation
1
of
parcels.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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355
Section
1.
Section
354.2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4A.
“Consolidation”
means
merging
two
or
3
more
tracts
or
parcels
of
land
into
one
parcel
of
land.
4
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16A.
“Split”
means
dividing
a
parcel
of
5
land
into
two
or
more
parcels
of
land
when
a
plat
of
survey
or
6
acquisition
plat
is
not
required.
7
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
354.28
Split
or
consolidation
not
8
requiring
plat
of
survey
or
acquisition
plat.
9
The
county
assessor
or
county
auditor,
as
applicable,
10
shall
not
approve
a
split
or
consolidation
for
which
a
plat
11
of
survey
or
acquisition
plat
is
not
required,
unless
each
12
parcel
involved
in
the
split
or
consolidation
is
not
within
the
13
redemption
period
under
chapter
447
or
the
period
specified
14
in
section
448.12
following
a
tax
sale
under
chapter
446
and
15
is
free
from
unpaid
property
taxes,
special
assessments,
and
16
drainage
assessments
for
which
a
waiver
or
abatement
has
not
17
been
approved.
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
provides
that
a
county
assessor
or
county
auditor,
22
as
applicable,
shall
not
approve
a
split
or
consolidation,
as
23
each
is
defined
in
the
bill,
for
which
a
plat
of
survey
or
24
acquisition
plat
is
not
required,
unless
each
parcel
involved
25
in
the
split
or
consolidation
is
not
within
the
redemption
26
period
under
Code
chapter
447
or
the
period
specified
in
Code
27
section
448.12
following
a
tax
sale
and
is
free
from
unpaid
28
property
taxes,
special
assessments,
and
drainage
assessments
29
for
which
a
waiver
or
abatement
has
not
been
approved.
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