HF 45 which contained the repeal of Smart Planning as it left the Iowa House of Representatives, was amended and passed by both the Senate and House without the Smart Planning repeal. Smart Planning lives.
Other recently introduced bills:
SF 269: A bill for an act relating to wastewater discharges by on=farm processing operations (companion bill is HF 295).
SF 246: increases penalties for knowing violations of the open records and open meetings laws, and creates the Iowa public information board.
HF 341: Eliminates the Climate Change Advisory Council and the requirement that the DNR provide the governor with an annual report on greenhouse gas emissions.
HF 319: Exempts 100-year old houses from residential property taxes if more than 50 percent of structure is original.
HF 305: Prohibits the DNR, any city, county, or other governnmental entity from using a FEMA floodplain map for any purpose unless that specific map has been approved by the state legislature.
HF 300: Provides that a platted lot will be assessed as acreage or unimproved property until the lot is actually improved with permanent construction (eliminates “or three years from recording of plat, whichever comes first” language from 441.72).
