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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-06-09 Info Packet City Council I nformation Packet J une 9, 2022 IP1.Council Tentative Meeting S chedule Miscellaneous IP2.Memo from Assistant City Manager: 2022 L egislative Session S ummary Report IP3.Article from Mayor Pro Tem Alter: 7 Community-led initiatives to address gun violence in cities - report IP4.Civil S ervice E xamination: Outreach & E ngagement S pecialist Draft Minutes IP5.Historic P reservation Commission: May 12 June 9, 2022 City of Iowa City Page 1 Item Number: 1. J une 9, 2022 Council Ten tative Meeting Sched u l e AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Council Tentative Meeting S chedule City Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Subject to change June 9, 2022 Date Time Meeting Location Tuesday, June 21, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, July 12, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Monday, July 18, 2022 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting TBD Hosted by City of Coralville Tuesday, August 2, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, August 16, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, September 6, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, September 20, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Monday, October 3, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Monday, October 17, 2022 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall Hosted by City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, October 18, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, November 1, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, November 15, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, December 6, 2022 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Item Number: 2. J une 9, 2022 Memo from Assistan t City Man ager: 2022 Leg islative Session Summary Report AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Memo from Assistant City Manager: 2022 L egislative Session S ummary Report Date: June 8, 2022 To: Mayor and City Council From: Rachel Kilburg, Assistant City Manager Re: 2022 State Legislative Session Adjournment The 2022 State of Iowa Legislative Session Adjourned on May 25, 2022. This marked the close of the biennium, the 89th Iowa General Assembly. Accompanying this memo is a session summary prepared by the City’s contracted lobbyist, Carney & Appleby. The City is contracted with Carney & Appleby to provide consultant and lobbying services on state legislative issues. Page 1 of 12 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE City of Iowa City Carney & Appleby, PLC. – Legislative Counsel The Iowa General Assembly adjourned on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 12:16 AM. The Governor, through the Iowa Constitution, is provided 30 days from adjournment to act on legislation received within 3 days of adjournment. The Governor has until June 24th to act on outstanding legislation. The state fiscal year begins July 1, 2022. This is also the default effective date of any legislation that does not expressly state a different effective date. Although we discussed the following legislation with you in real-time throughout the legislative session, we still wanted to provide you with a follow-up summary of all the bills we followed for the city and whether they passed or died. The 2022 session was the second year of the 89th General Assembly. All bills that were not acted on by both chambers and the Governor are dead and would need to be refiled in 2023 to be considered but the next 90th General Assembly. Issues that were of concern to the City during the 2022 session that we expect to be see again next session include: • Tax Increment Financing – HF 849 • Changes to 411 – HF 797 • Land Banks – SF 590 • Racial Profiling/Policing Reform – SSB 3141 • Local Government Stormwater Regulation – HSB 536 • Cost of Building Code Changes – SF 2098 • City Zoning and Building Codes – HF 2527/SF 2361 • Entertainment Surcharge – HF 2236 We greatly appreciate the opportunity to represent the City and look forward to continuing to represent your interests at the Capitol. While we experienced a few disappointments, including the change in funding of the business property tax credit and the loss of the ability to regulate the sale of fireworks through zoning ordinances, we believe the City had a successful year with the legislature. Below we have included a list of key legislation we lobbied for and against for the City. As always, we welcome any questions you may have about the session and any of the legislation. Thank you, Thank you, Doug, Jim, and Jenny Page 2 of 12 Budget and Funding Levels The Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) met on March 10, to review/update their estimates from their December 2021 meeting and to provide the revised estimates for FY 2022 and FY 2023. The December REC is what the Governor and the legislature must base their budget on unless the March 2022 REC for FY 2023 is lower than the December 2021 REC. If the March REC is greater than the December REC, the legislature is bound by the December Estimate. Net Receipts Plus Transfers: FY 2019 Actual $7.859 billion FY 2020 Actual $7.931 billion (0.9%) FY 2021 Actual $8.801 billion (10.97% or $870 million) FY 2022 December REC $9.061 billion (3.0% or $260 million) FY 2022 March REC $9.171 billion (4.2% or $371 million) FY 2023 December REC $9.211 billion (1.7% or $150 million) FY 2023 March REC $9.156 billion (-0.2% or -$14.8 million) The REC continued to acknowledge the 10.97% growth in state revenue for FY 2021 and incorporated the growth into both FY 2022 and FY 2023 estimates with additional growth. FY 2022 - The REC increased their FY 2022 estimate by $110 million from December estimating $371 million (4.2%) in growth over FY 2021. This incorporated the significant growth experienced in state revenues in FY 2021 bringing the total revenue to $9.171 billion. FY 2023 - The REC decreased their December FY 2023 estimate by $55 million totaling a $14.8 million (0.2%) decrease compared to FY 2022. This brings the total net receipts for FY 2023 to $9.156 billion. The estimated changes compared to the revised FY 2022 level include a decrease of 1.6% in gross personal income tax, an increase of 4.2% in gross sales/use tax, and a decrease of 6.3% in gross corporate income tax receipts. This totals a reduction of $263.3 million. Net Appropriations for FY 2020 $7.819 billion Net Appropriations for FY 2021 $7.823 billion Total Appropriations for FY 2022 $8.124 billion Estimated FY 2023 revenues exceed the FY 2022 enacted budget by $1.032 billion. Additionally, the state still has reserve funds in the following areas: (Estimated FY 2022) Cash Reserve Fund $612.6 million Economic Emergency Fund $204.2 million Taxpayer Relief Fund $1.054 billion Estimated Ending Balance FY 2022 $1.284 billion Total $3.156 billion FY 2024 - The preliminary FY 2024 General Fund revenues are expected to be $8.966 billion (-2.1% vs 2023) due to the tax cuts in HF 2317 signed by the Governor March 1, 2022. Based on the latest REC and the status of the reserve funds, the state budget and state finances are in a strong position. Page 3 of 12 Key Legislative Victories • HF 849 - TIF Reform o This proposed legislation would have amended Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the duration of ordinances and providing for a division of revenue from taxation. More specifically, this legislation would have established two new duration limits for city and county ordinances establishing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) areas. o Did not advance out of subcommittee in the House. • HF 2256 – Executive Orders o The proposed legislation would have allowed the Legislative Council to review presidential executive orders and to refer such orders to the Governor and the AG. Additionally, this bill would have required the AG to determine if the order is constitutional and if the AG found that the order was not constitutional, this bill would have prohibited local governments and publicly funded groups from enforcing unconstitutional orders that relate to pandemics, agricultural and land rights, the right to bear arms, natural resources and financial regulations related to the environment or social regulations. o Died via second funnel. • HF 2296/SF 2189 – Utility Access o This proposed legislation would have required an agency in control of a road to give non-discriminatory access to an agency conduit to utilities for broadband deployment. Additionally, this bill would have prohibited such agencies from requiring the placement within an agency-owned conduit as a condition for accessing the road. o Was not taken up by the Senate but passed by House. • HF 2302 – Cybersecurity Defenses o This bill would have established an affirmative defense for the use of various cybersecurity defense measures, including the use of accepted standard. o Died in the Senate. • HF 2340 – Public Nuisance o This legislation relates to public safety nuisances concerning licensed premises where alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed. This legislation deems that a bar (licensed premises not including food establishments) a public nuisance if guns have been unlawfully fired, persons have assaulted other persons with dangerous weapons, or the establishment has had 3 or more riots in a 12-month period. Sets the burden as clear and convincing evidence. Additionally, this bill allows the city or county attorney to file an action to abate the nuisance and allows the court to order remedial action necessary to abate the nuisance. Finally, this legislation requires the ABD to reduce hours of operation of the establishment to 600 AM to 1000 PM. o Awaiting Governor’s Signature. Page 4 of 12 • HF2384 – Pharmaceutical Benefits Managers o A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, and prescription drug benefits, and including applicability provisions. o Awaiting Governor’s Signature. • HSB 536 – Local Stormwater Laws o This proposed legislation would have prohibited local governments from adopting stormwater ordinances that exceeded the requirements of state or federal law. o Did not advance out of subcommittee in the House • HSB 694 – Utility Crossing Fee o This proposed legislation would have increased the utility crossing fee over railroads to $1,500 if the right-of-way is owned by the successor in interest to the railroad. Additionally, this bill would have required crossing fees to be paid in 60 days and required the utility to pay an additional $4,500, plus reasonable attorney fees and costs, if the utility fails to make a timely payment of the crossing fee. o Did not advance out of subcommittee in the House • HSB 726 – Local Government Budget Notice o This proposed legislation would have required cities and counties, township trustees and certain municipalities to direct the Department of Management to send notices with specified property tax information related to the city or county budget by mail to each property owner. o Did not advance out of subcommittee. • SF 183 – Public Improvement Contracts o This legislation relates to the construction-manager-at-risk (CMAR) construction alternative delivery method and prohibits certain other alternative delivery methods in the public sector and includes other effective dates and applicability provisions. This legislation authorizes a governmental entity to enter into a guaranteed maximum price contract for the construction of a public improvement project, unless that public improvement project relates to a highway, bridge, or culvert construction. For those construction projects, CMAR is strictly prohibited. Additionally, this legislation adopts procedures and requirements for public entities that use CMAR contracts, including public disclosures, a request for qualifications, a request for proposal, and the selection of bid winners. This legislation also prohibits governmental entities from utilizing the fee-based selection of an architect, landscape architect, or engineer for a public improvement. Finally, this legislation prohibits all governmental entities from entering into a design-build contract for the construction of a public improvement. This prohibition includes the Board of Regents. o Awaiting Governor’s signature. • SF 333 – Expanded Immunity Protections for Emergency Vehicle Use o This legislation allows the driver of an emergency vehicle to disobey certain traffic laws in the pursuit of a perpetrator who has committed a misdemeanor. More specifically, this legislation allows drivers of fire and EMS vehicles, and police officers on bikes, to go through red lights or stop signs without stopping in pursuit. The bill also allows for ambulances to transport a patient at speeds over the speed limit without using a siren or lights in specific circumstances. Additionally, this bill authorizes a peace officer or reserve peace officers operating an authorized emergency vehicle without using an audible warning Page 5 of 12 device or visual signaling device if such action occurs over the shortest distance necessary, does not recklessly endanger persons or property, or if the officer reasonably believes based on the facts and circumstances at the time that a suspected violator’s knowledge of the officer’s proximity may cause the suspected violator to destroy evidence of a suspected felony or aggravated misdemeanor, evade apprehension, or endanger the public or the officer. This law also includes provisions that authorizes the use of drivers of emergency use vehicles in parades and funeral processions, so long as they act with due regard to the safety of all persons at these events . Finally, this legislation provides that in each of these circumstances the driver of the authorized emergency vehicle, so long as they have successfully completed any required training for their emergency vehicle, is immune from liability unless they acted with reckless disregard to persons or property. Moreover, If a person brings a tort claim against the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, a municipality, as defined in section 670.1, this state, or any other entity on whose behalf the driver is operating the authorized emergency vehicle, for any injury or loss arising from the operation of the authorized emergency vehicle, the court shall determine, on motion by any party or on its own motion, whether the person has presented sufficient, admissible evidence to support a prima facie finding of recklessness before the matter proceeds to trial. This legislation became effective upon enactment. o Signed by Governor. • SF 479 – Defunding Police o The proposed legislation would have provided that a local entity, including any entity under the jurisdiction of the local entity, shall be ineligible to receive any state funds if the local entity reduces the budget of their law enforcement agency unless the total budget of the local entity is reduced by an equal or larger percentage, or the local entity provides sufficient justification for the reduction. o Died in House Public Safely. • SF 513 – Mental Health, Substance Abuse or Housing Crisis Police Reports o This legislation deems a crisis intervention report about a person experiencing a Substance Abuse Disorder, Mental Health, or housing crisis to be confidential. Additionally, this legislation gives the person who is the subject of the report access to the report and deems that these reports are not police investigative reports. However, this legislation deems, the time, date, location and specific facts and circumstances surrounding the crime or incident are not confidential unless the release of such information would pose a clear danger to the safety of the person subject to the report or others. This legislation also provides definitions for crisis intervention report and housing crisis. Finally, this legislation allows for individuals who are experiencing a mental health, substance related disorder or housing crisis to be held for up of up to 12 hours without a court order by a magistrate, but these holds may be extended by the Magistrate with a probable cause finding. o Signed by Governor. • SF 2018 – Building Design Element Regulation o A bill for an act relating to building design element regulation by governmental subdivisions, and including effective date provisions. o Subcommittee did not meet. • SF 2098 – Residential Rule Cost Page 6 of 12 o This proposed legislation would have required agencies and local governments to submit an estimated cost to the State Building Commissioner of new or changed rules on residential housing. This Included requirements for getting the costs estimates and required the State Building Commissioner to adopt rules and implement the bill. o Did not advance out of subcommittee. • SF 2278 – Civil Service Disciplinary Proceedings o A bill for an act relating to disciplinary proceedings under civil service. o Rereferred back to Senate Local Government. • SF 2279 – Electronic Bids o This legislation allows governments to accept electronic bids for public improvements. Many governmental subdivisions were already doing this. o Signed by Governor. • SF 2383 – Governor’s Workforce Bill o A bill for an act relating to various matters under the purview of the state, including city and county inspections, work-based learning, recruitment of health care professionals, regulations affecting veterans and military spouses, insurance producer temporary licenses, and including applicability provisions. o The original versions impacted zoning (Division I) and building codes (Division X). The portions of Division I impacting zoning were removed from the bill along with all of Division X. o Signed by Governor Other Bills Monitored • HF 797 – 411 Changes o An Act relating to benefits concerning members of the municipal fire and police retirement system. o Stakeholder workgroup being convened over the summer to try and find acceptable path forward. o Died in Senate State Government. • HF 822 – Government Lobbying o This bill would have required local governments that use lobbyists to hire a lobbyist through an RFP. Additionally, this bill would have established reporting requirements if a lobbyist is hired or if anyone with the local government spends more than 10 hours a month in lobbying and required local governments or schools to preserve documents and makes such documents public records unless the documents were attorney work records, those would remain confidential without a court order stipulating otherwise. o Died by second funnel. • HF 2288/SSB 3068 – Cyber Security Funding o This proposed legislation would have defined protecting information from cyber-attacks as an essential county/corporate purpose for the purpose of bonding. o House File did not advance out of Senate Commerce Committee. Page 7 of 12 • HF 2236 - Entertainment Surcharges o This legislation would have allowed cities to establish entertainment zones and to charge entertainment surcharges in those zones. Additionally, this proposed legislation established requirements that the zone be at least 75 acres of contiguous parcels and have an annual attendance of 500,000 visitors to establishments in the zone and prohibited the area encompassing the entire city. Finally, this bill set the surcharge at 3% provided procedures for adopting or repealing the surcharge and for the uses of the surcharge. o Did not advance from subcommittee. • HF 2241, SF 2225, SF 533, SF 406, SF 407 – Marijuana Legislation o Miscellaneous Acts relating to the possession of marijuana and providing penalties. o No activity by legislative committees this session. • HF 2317 – Omnibus Tax Bill o Division VIII - Changes to Existing Tax Credit Programs  Tax Credit Refundability — The Bill reduces the refundability (tax credits amounts in excess of taxpayer liability that are refunded to the taxpayer) of certain tax credits by five percentage points each year for five years. The first reduction would occur in TY 2023. This process will result in tax credit refundability of 75.0% for TY 2027 and after. The tax credits included are: • Assistive Device Tax Credit • Historic Preservation Tax Credit • Redevelopment Tax Credit • Research Activities Tax Credit • Third-Party Developer Tax Credit o Signed by Governor. • HF 2437/SF 2284 – Free Exercise of Religion o This proposed legislation would have prohibited governments from treating religious conduct more restrictively than secular conduct. Additionally, the proposed bill allowed a person whose free exercise of religion has been violated to seek damages, attorney fees and other appropriate relief, including injunctions. o Passed the House but was not debated by the Senate. • HF 2471 – Tenant Checklist o A bill for an act relating to the use of inventory checklists upon commencement and termination of residential tenancies and including applicability provisions. o Did not advance from the Senate Local Government. • HF 2496 – Brady-Giglio List o This legislation requires prosecuting agencies that maintain a Brady-Giglio list to have a policy that includes the criteria used to place an officer on the list; that gives the officer the right to receive notice before being placed on the list and notice of the decision, the right of the officer to request Page 8 of 12 reconsideration and to submit supporting evidence and the right to notice on a final decision. This legislation does not limit the duty of the prosecuting agency to produce all Brady-Giglio discovery evidence and material as required by the United States Constitution, the Constitution of Iowa and the rules of Criminal Procedure including the placement of the officer’s name on the Brady-Giglio List, while the decision or request for reconsideration is still being considered. Additionally, this legislation does not create a new private cause of action against a prosecuting agency or their employees. o Was amended by the Senate to limit the impact and sunsets July 1, 2023. o Awaiting Governor’s Signature. • HF 2562 – Mobile Home Park Omnibus o A bill for an act relating to property law, including mobile homes and manufactured housing, rental agreements, landlord and tenant remedies for retaliation, wrongful failure to provide essential services, rent increases, the sale of manufactured home community or mobile home park, regulation by counties and cities of continuing nonconforming uses of manufactured, modular, and mobile homes, forcible entry and detainer actions, abandoned mobile homes, and including effective date and applicability. o Bill was amended to include language from SF 469 (2021) impacting non-conforming uses. Language was similar to SF 469 but amendment to require a substantial increase in risk to the safety of life or property to replace a preexisting home. o Signed by Governor. • HSB 670 – Cybersecurity Unit o This bill would have established a cyber-security unit in the CIO to deal with cyber security and security incidents for state and local governments. This Included procedures for making reports to the unit and for reports by the unit. o Did not advance out of subcommittee. • HSB 691/SF 2207 – Ransomware Attacks o This bill would have prohibited local governments from making payments to persons who make a ransomware attack and required notice to the CIO. This legislation would have also allowed the CIO to adopt notification rules and to allow payments in situations determined to be critical by the DHS/EM. o Did not advance out of subcommittee. • HSB 772/HF 565 o Expands hate crimes to include any public offense done for reasons that constitute a hate crime. o Authorizes pre-sentencing investigations for public offense hate crimes and enhanced penalties. o Bill did not advance out of subcommittee because of concerns with expansiveness. o Changes being considered based on Iowa City 2022 Legislative Priorities: 729A.2 Violation of individual rights — hate crime. “Hate crime” means one of the following public offenses when committed against a person or a person’s property because of the person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person’s association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability: 1. Assault in violation of individual rights under section 708.2C. 2. Violations of individual rights under section 712.9. Page 9 of 12 3. Criminal mischief in violation of individual rights under section 716.6A. 4. Trespass in violation of individual rights under section 716.8, subsections 3 and 4. 5. Harassment in violation of individual rights under section 707.7A New Subsection 707.7A 707.7A Criminal mischief in violation of individual rights. A violation of sections 708.7 and 708.11 which is also a hate crime as defined in section 729A.2, shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense. • SF 590 – Land Banks o This proposed legislation related to land bank. This proposal would have authorized municipalities to establish land banks to deal with abandoned, blighted and tax-delinquent properties. Additionally, this legislation made such a land bank a government body in terms of public meetings and public records; set the membership and the powers of the board; and required the board to establish bylaws. This proposal also allowed actions to quiet title and extinguish tax liens but prohibited eminent domain actions. Finally, this bill proposal included procedures for land banks to acquire land through tax sales. o Passed out of Senate Ways & Means. • SF 2206 – Senate Tax Proposal – IWLL & LOST o A bill for an act relating to state and local revenue and finances by modifying sales and use taxes, individual and corporate income taxes, the franchise tax, the insurance premiums tax, the equipment tax, the automobile rental excise tax, the water service tax, and local option taxes, crediting moneys to the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, and including effective date and applicability provisions. o Was not taken by House. • SF 2322 – Open Records Request o A bill for an act relating to the assessment of fees when a person requests examination and copying of public records. o Bill was significantly amended over the past two sessions to address concerns raised by local governments. o Signed by Governor. • SF 2374 – Alcohol Licensure Omnibus o This legislation related to Iowa’s alcohol licensure laws. The following is a short synopsis of each division  Division I: replaces liquor control licenses with retail alcohol licenses and modifies the classes within the new category of retail alcohol licenses. The Division also updates the retail alcohol license application process. Division I is effective January 1, 2023.  Division II: establishes new fee structures for the retail alcohol licenses created in Division I, as well as amends existing license fees for manufacturing and wholesaling licenses. Division II is effective January 1, 2023. Page 10 of 12  Division III: makes conforming changes relative to the creation of the new retail alcohol licenses and the elimination of certain native distilled spirits, beer, and wine permits in the Bill. Division III is effective January 1, 2023.  Division IV: makes conforming changes to Iowa Code chapters 7D, 12, and 99B. This Division also amends Iowa Code section 137F.1 to conform with the repeal of a class “B” wine permit and provides that a food establishment does not include only a premises covered by a class “A” wine permit. Division IV is effective January 1, 2023.  Division V: Creates a new Iowa Code chapter regarding restaurant food delivery and provides for civil penalties. This division also places certain prohibitions and requirements on food delivery platforms. Division V also places certain requirements on agreements between food delivery platforms and a restaurant and provides that an aggrieved restaurant or the Attorney General may seek judicial enforcement of the requirements provided for in this Division in the county in which the violation occurred.  Section 30 creates an auto renewal for Class E licensees. Cities have the ability to stop the auto renewal of particular licensee due to concerns of the city. o Awaiting Governor’s Signature. • SF 2378 – Bottle Bill Update o This legislation relates to Iowa’s Bottle Bill. Below is a short synopsis of the changes this legislation makes:  Raises handling fees to 3 cents.  Allows a dealer (retailer) to refuse to accept bottles if the retailer has a food establishment license, a food protection manager, sells temperature-controlled food and has a mobile redemption center or is within set distances (10 miles in a county over 30,000, 15 miles in a county under 30,000).  Requires refunds to be paid out in 10 days.  Allows beer distributors to receive a refund of the beer excise (barrel) tax, up to 1 cent. (Language clarified in the standing bill to exempt on premises sales)  Requires the AG to take actions to ensure compliance. Establishes reporting requirements by 2026 for the Legislative Fiscal Committee.  Allows distributors to retain redemption funds left after various required payments have been made. o Awaiting Governor’s Signature. • SSB 3141 – Racial Profiling o This bill implemented the recommendations of the Governor’s FOCUS Taskforce. This legislative proposal would have prohibited disparate treatment by law enforcement, including racial and ethnic profiling. Additionally, this legislative proposal prohibited racial profiling in law enforcement stops, required law enforcement agencies to collect data, and requires the CJJP and the DHR to analyze the data. This bill also provided the duties to investigate disparate treatment to law enforcement agencies and the AG. This proposed legislation also included provisions on community policing by adding members to the Justice Advisory board, adding Community Policing to the name and giving he board additional advisory duties in regard to differential enforcement in traffic stops. Finally, this proposed bill would have required the DOT to request ethnic/racial information when issuing IDs/driver’s licenses and limited the release of such information to specified groups. o Did not advance out of subcommittee. Page 11 of 12 • SSB 3157 - IWLL & LOST o A bill for an act relating to state and local revenue and finances by modifying sales and use taxes, the charitable conservation contribution tax credit available against individual and corporate income taxes, the automobile rental excise tax, the water service tax, and local option taxes, crediting moneys to the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, making appropriations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. o Did not have a subcommittee. Adverse Outcomes • HF 2295 – Disaster Response Liability o The state and any of its officers or employees who are engaged in the removal of debris or wreckage on public property shall not be liable to the affected local government on account of any act or omission in good faith while so engaged or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection with the removal of debris or wreckage. o Signed by Governor. • HF 2431 – Home Based Businesses o This legislation relates to the regulation home-based business ordinances by counties and cities. The Bill adds a new section to Iowa Code chapter 335. The Bill permits the use of a residential property for a home-based business. The Bill defines a “home-based business” as any business for the manufacture, provision, or sale of goods or services that is owned and operated by the owner or tenant of the residential property on which the business operates. Additionally, the Bill defines a “no-impact home- based business” as a home-based business for which the number of on-site employees and clients does not exceed county occupancy limits for the residential property. Cities are prevented from requiring a no-impact home-based business to apply, register, or obtain any permit, license, variance, or other type of prior approval from the city to operate the no-impact home-based business. Additionally, the Bill prevents a city from requiring the home-based business to rezone the property for the purpose of commercial use. However, the Bill allows for regulations to be placed on the business for the purposes of public safety, public health, and other community-related issues. o Amendments: Changes home bakeries to home food establishments and defines homemade food. Includes home kitchens and B & B kitchens in home food establishments. Defines cottage food (production and sale of food from a home kitchen not subject to temperature control. Exempt cottage food from various regulations but includes labeling requirements. Sets fines for violations. Limits the visibility of the business from an adjacent street.) o Awaiting Governor’s Signature • HF 2552 – Department of Revenue Bill o This legislation enacted various changes related to administrative procedures on record retention, electronic filings, fees for copies of returns, electronic communications with taxpayers, tax remittances to the DOR, reviews by the Property Tax Board, increases the salary range for the board, appeals, wage assignments, pass-through tax credits, publication of interest rates, aviation and marine fuel taxes, reporting dates, makes changes to out-of-state collections and the inheritance tax, and changes to the Business Property Tax Credit and other matters. Page 12 of 12 o Signed by Governor. • SF 2285 – Planning and Zoning Board Changes – Fireworks Sales Locations o This legislation addresses composition of the planning and zoning commission and the board of adjustment if a city extends zoning in the two-mile halo. o This bill was amended to prohibit municipalities from adopting or enforcing a regulation to restrict, regulate, or prohibit the location of locations of the sale of consumer fireworks in any location zoned for commercial or industrial. o Signed by Governor. Item Number: 3. J une 9, 2022 Articl e from Mayor Pro Tem Al ter: 7 Community-led in itiatives to address gun violen ce in cities - report AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Article from Mayor Pro Tem Alter: 7 Community-led initiatives to address gun violence in cities - report [Submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Alter] Item Number: 4. J une 9, 2022 Civil Service Examin ation : O u treach & En g agement Sp ecialist AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Civil S ervice E xamination: Outreach & E ngagement S pecialist Item Number: 5. J une 9, 2022 Historic Preservation Commission : May 12 AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Historic P reservation Commission: May 12