Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF219: A BILL FOR An Act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee
Status: In committee, April 21, 2025
An Act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee.
From the introduced text, February 5, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2007XS (2) jm/md S.F. Section 1. NEW SECTION. 427C.14 Program fee. 1. Beginning January 1, 2026, each acre of forest and fruit-tree reservation that is exempt from tax pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a fee to be paid no later than September 1 of each year to the county treasurer of the county where the forest or fruit-tree reservation is located to be deposited into the county general fund. 2. Fee rates shall be in the following amounts: a. Subject to paragraph "c", for forest and fruit-tree reservations located in the county where the owner of the forest or fruit-tree reservation maintains a homestead for purposes of chapter 425, two dollars per acre. b. Subject to paragraph "c", for forest and fruit-tree reservations located in a county that is contiguous to the county where the owner of the forest or fruit-tree reservation maintains a homestead for purposes of chapter 425, three dollars per acre. c. (1) For forest and fruit-tree reservations not described by paragraph "a" or "b", and forest and fruit-tree reservations located inside the corporate limits of a city, a rate per acre equal to the …
Sponsors
- Michael Klimesh (R, 32) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 633 . S.J. 844 .
- : Fiscal note .
- : Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 03/25/2025 11:00AM Room 315.
- : Subcommittee: Klimesh, Bisignano, and Dawson. S.J. 243 .
- : Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 202 .
Common questions
- What is SF219?
- SF219 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee.
- What does SF219 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee.
- What is the status of SF219?
- In committee as of April 21, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 633 . S.J. 844 . (April 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF219?
- Michael Klimesh (R, 32).
- Where is the official record for SF219?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0219&ga=91
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