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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 441

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Relating to: changes to the local levy limit calculation for a political subdivision that transfers responsibility to provide a governmental service to another governmental unit. (FE)

Municipality Property tax

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Generally under current law, local levy limits are applied to the property tax

levies that are imposed by a political subdivision in December of each year. Current

law prohibits any political subdivision from increasing its levy by a percentage that

exceeds its “valuation factor," which is defined as the greater of either zero percent

or the percentage change in the political subdivision's equalized value due to new

construction, less improvements removed.

Also under current law, if a political subdivision transfers to another

governmental unit the responsibility to provide a service that it provided in the

previous year, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable in the current year is

decreased to reflect the cost that the political subdivision would have incurred to

provide that service. This bill repeals that provision.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Darling (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Wanggaard (R)

21 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , Katsma (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petersen (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Snyder (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Full history

  1. Sep 23, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Miller, Petrowski, Wanggaard and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Hesselbein, Katsma, Gundrum, Allen, Anderson, Ballweg, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Ohnstad, Petersen, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Snyder, Subeck, Tusler, Zimmerman and Steffen

  2. Sep 23, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development

  3. Oct 9, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 12, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Hesselbein withdrawn as a cosponsor

  5. Dec 13, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor

  6. Dec 13, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Anderson withdrawn as a cosponsor

  7. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Miller withdrawn as a coauthor

  8. Jan 9, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Subeck withdrawn as a cosponsor

  9. Jan 14, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Petrowski withdrawn as a coauthor

  10. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1