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House
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156
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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:
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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
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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.
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