An act raising the limit certain townships may levy for fire protection service and emergency medical service, the official text

House File 156 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 156 BY RINKER A BILL FOR An Act raising the limit certain townships may levy for fire 1 protection service and emergency medical service. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1959YH (1) 91 jm/md H.F. 156 Section 1. Section 359.43, subsection 1, Code 2025, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The township trustees may levy an annual tax not 3 exceeding forty and one-half ninety-one cents per thousand 4 dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the 5 township, excluding property within a benefited fire district 6 or within the corporate limits of a city, for the purpose of 7 exercising the powers and duties specified in section 359.42 . 8 However, in a township having a fire protection service or 9 emergency medical service agreement or both service agreements 10 with a special charter city having a paid fire department, 11 the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding 12 fifty-four cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of 13 the taxable property for the services authorized or required 14 under section 359.42 and in a township which is located within 15 a county having a population of three hundred thousand or more, 16 the township trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding 17 sixty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed 18 value of taxable property for the services authorized or 19 required under section 359.42 . 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 Under current law, a township may levy taxes to provide 24 for fire and emergency medical services. Townships with a 25 population of 300,000 or more may levy an annual tax not to 26 exceed 67.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of taxable 27 property. Townships with a fire protection service agreement, 28 an emergency medical service agreement, or both with a special 29 charter city may levy an annual tax not to exceed 54 cents 30 per $1,000 of assessed value of taxable property. All other 31 townships may levy an annual tax not to exceed 40.5 cents per 32 $1,000 of assessed value of taxable property. 33 This bill raises the maximum a township without a fire 34 protection or emergency medical service agreement with a 35 -1- LSB 1959YH (1) 91 jm/md 1/ 2 H.F. 156 special charter city, and with a population below 300,000, may 1 levy for providing fire and emergency medical services from 2 40.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of taxable property 3 in the township to 91 cents per $1,000 of assessed value of 4 taxable property in the township. 5 -2- LSB 1959YH (1) 91 jm/md 2/ 2