Senate stalls plan to end farmland tax break
A Senate Ways and Means panel rejected ending a tax loophole that lets city farmland be taxed at about 33 cents per $1,000, far below the county road tax level and city levy. Proponents say the break funds city services while opponents call it unfair to city farmers.
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Des Moines
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Roger Shaff
Comanche
Lowell Norland
D-Kensett
Shaff
Cedar Rapids
Warren Curtis
Ways-Means Committee
Farmland Tax Break Sparks Senate Debate
The committee backed a 6 to 3 special assessment break for farmland, approving the bill for floor debate. Norland challenged the move, arguing city farmers and county farmers share unequal hits, and urged broader property tax reform rather than targeting a single special assessment issue.
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Norland
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Legislative notes urge attendance as lobbyists overwhelm House
State Rep Arthur Small urges Commerce Committee to attend meetings as lobbyists outnumber lawmakers four to one. Rep John Patchett invites the February Legislative Town Meeting at the Educational Services Center in Linn County, inviting the public to raise questions and engage with legislators.
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Arthur Small
Iowa City
Mike
Iowa House
Commerce Committee
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North Liberty
Linn County
Senate bill shields patients from hospital payment delays
DES MOINES AP Hospitals would be barred from denying emergency treatment to those with critical injuries or illnesses under a Senate bill introduced Thursday. Senator Willard Hansen Cedar Falls said the measure stops treatment delays while checking finances that could worsen outcomes including permanent disability or death.
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Senate
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
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