HF753 • 2026

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of hazardous material response vehicles and hazardous material response vehicle equipment as an essential corporate purpose.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: CROKEN
Last action: 2025-03-05
Official status: Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 513 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act designating the acquisition of hazardous material response vehicles and hazardous material response vehicle equipment as an essential corporate purpose.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of hazardous material response vehicles and hazardous material response vehicle equipment as an essential corporate purpose.

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Bill History

2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 513 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of hazardous material response vehicles and hazardous material response vehicle equipment as an essential corporate purpose.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

753

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

753

BY

CROKEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

designating

the

acquisition

of

hazardous

material

1

response

vehicles

and

hazardous

material

response

vehicle

2

equipment

as

an

essential

corporate

purpose.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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753

Section

1.

Section

384.24,

subsection

3,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0l.

The

acquisition

of

hazardous

material

3

response

vehicles

and

hazardous

material

response

vehicle

4

equipment.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

amends

the

definition

of

“essential

corporate

9

purpose”

to

include

the

acquisition

of

hazardous

material

10

response

vehicles

and

hazardous

material

response

vehicle

11

equipment.

12

Under

Code

chapter

384,

a

city

council

may

generally

13

contract

indebtedness

and

approve

the

issuance

of

general

14

obligation

bonds

to

carry

out

an

essential

corporate

purpose

15

without

approval

by

voters

at

an

election,

while

the

issuance

16

of

general

obligation

bonds

to

carry

out

a

general

corporate

17

purpose

generally

requires

approval

by

voters

at

election.

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