Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF45: An Act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts
Status: In committee, May 9, 2025
An Act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts.
From the introduced text, January 15, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1152XS (4) ll/js S.F. DIVISION I LAND REDEVELOPMENT TRUSTS Section 1. NEW SECTION. 358A.1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Iowa Land Redevelopment Trust Act". Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 358A.2 Legislative intent. The general assembly finds and declares all of the following: 1. Iowa's communities are important to the social and economic vitality of this state. Whether urban, suburban, or rural, many communities are struggling with dilapidated, abandoned, blighted, and tax-delinquent properties. 2. Citizens of Iowa are affected adversely by dilapidated, abandoned, blighted, and tax-delinquent properties, including properties that have been abandoned due to mortgage foreclosure. 3. Dilapidated, abandoned, blighted, and tax-delinquent properties impose significant costs on neighborhoods and communities by lowering property values, increasing fire and police protection costs, decreasing tax revenues, and undermining community cohesion. 4. There is an overwhelming public need to confront the problems caused by dilapidated, abandoned, blighted, and tax-delinquent properties; to return properties that are in non-revenue-generating, non-tax-producing status to productive status in order to revitalize urban, suburban, and rural areas, provide affordable housing, and attract new industry; and to create jobs for the citizens of this state through the establishment …
Sponsors
- Mark Lofgren (R, 48) · primary sponsor
- Dan Dawson (R, 10)
- Michael Klimesh (R, 32)
- Jeffrey Reichman (R, 50)
- Carrie Koelker (R, 33)
- Scott Webster (R, 47)
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 655 . S.J. 956 .
- : Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 1:30PM Senate Lounge.
- : Subcommittee reassigned: Klimesh, Koelker, and Quirmbach. S.J. 392 .
- : Subcommittee: Koelker, Klimesh, and Quirmbach. S.J. 125 .
- : Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 88 .
Common questions
- What is SF45?
- SF45 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): An Act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts.
- What does SF45 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts.
- What is the status of SF45?
- In committee as of May 9, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 655 . S.J. 956 . (May 9, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF45?
- Mark Lofgren (R, 48), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF45?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0045&ga=91
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