Iowa § 357J.5 Time of hearing

Iowa Statutes

§ 357J.5 — Time of hearing

Iowa § 357J.5

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 357JEMERGENCY RESPONSE DISTRICTS

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Iowa Code § 357J.5 (2026).

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357J.10 Approval of district property tax levy.
Annually, the commission shall propose the levy of a tax of not more than one dollar and
sixty and three-quarters cents per one thousand dollars of assessed value on all taxable
property within the district. A proposed property tax levy rate shall not be approved by
the commission unless two-thirds of the commission’s members are present when the
proposed property tax levy rate is approved. The commission shall hold a public hearing
within thirty days of the commission’s approval of a proposed property tax levy rate to
receive public comment. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper
of general circulation within the district and shall be posted in a public place in each city
within the district no less than ten days 

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357J.10 Approval of district property tax levy.
Annually, the commission shall propose the levy of a tax of not more than one dollar and
sixty and three-quarters cents per one thousand dollars of assessed value on all taxable
property within the district. A proposed property tax levy rate shall not be approved by
the commission unless two-thirds of the commission’s members are present when the
proposed property tax levy rate is approved. The commission shall hold a public hearing
within thirty days of the commission’s approval of a proposed property tax levy rate to
receive public comment. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper
of general circulation within the district and shall be posted in a public place in each city
within the district no less than ten days before the public hearing. The notice shall include
the commission’s proposed property tax levy rate, the reason for the tax, and the time
when and the place where the hearing shall be held. The commission shall be considered a
municipality for purposes of adopting and certifying a budget pursuant to chapter 24 and
shall set the property tax levy rate no more than ten days following the public hearing.
The tax shall be set to raise only the amount needed. The commission shall have exclusive
tax-levying authority for the district.