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House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
820
BY
JACOBY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
lease
of
state
property,
and
making
1
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.321,
subsection
8,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Disposition
of
real
property
under
this
3
subsection
may
include
leasing
the
property
to
a
religious
4
organization
for
the
construction
of
a
building
to
be
used
5
for
religious
purposes.
If
real
property
leased
under
6
this
paragraph
has
been
purchased
or
acquired
from
moneys
7
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly,
the
lease
payments
shall
8
be
deposited
with
the
treasurer
of
state
and
credited
to
the
9
general
fund
of
the
state
or
other
fund
from
which
the
moneys
10
were
appropriated.
There
is
appropriated
from
that
same
11
fund,
with
the
prior
approval
of
the
executive
council
and
in
12
cooperation
with
the
director,
a
sum
equal
to
the
amount
of
13
moneys
so
deposited
and
credited
to
the
state
agency
to
which
14
the
leased
real
property
belongs.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
Under
current
law,
the
department
of
administrative
services
19
(DAS)
may
dispose
of
real
property
belonging
to
the
state
with
20
the
authorization
of
a
constitutional
majority
of
each
house
21
of
the
general
assembly
and
approval
by
the
governor.
If
the
22
property
is
not
on
the
capitol
complex
and
the
general
assembly
23
is
not
in
session,
DAS
may
instead
dispose
of
the
property
with
24
the
approval
of
the
legislative
council
and
the
governor.
If
25
the
property
belongs
to
another
state
agency
with
the
express
26
statutory
power
to
dispose
of
the
property,
that
agency
must
27
also
approve
the
disposition.
28
This
bill
provides
that
disposing
of
state
property
may
29
include
leasing
the
property
to
a
religious
organization
30
for
the
construction
of
a
building
to
be
used
for
religious
31
purposes.
If
the
property
had
been
purchased
or
acquired
with
32
appropriated
moneys,
any
payments
derived
from
the
leasing
of
a
33
state-owned
property
must
be
deposited
with
the
treasurer
of
34
state
and
credited
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
or
the
fund
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from
which
the
moneys
were
appropriated.
The
bill
appropriates
1
from
that
same
fund
a
sum
equal
to
the
deposited
proceeds
to
be
2
credited
to
the
state
agency
that
owns
the
leased
property,
in
3
accordance
with
the
procedures
under
current
law
for
handling
4
proceeds
from
the
disposition
of
state-owned
real
property.
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