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IA SSB3009
SB
Status
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Local Government
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AI Summary
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Transfers fence viewer duties from township trustees to county-appointed fence viewers, requiring county boards of supervisors to appoint five eligible electors from different townships to serve as fence viewers for resolving fence disputes.
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Reconstitutes the county animal board of health from township trustees to the newly appointed fence viewers, who must report breeding cattle brought from outside the county by April 1 annually.
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Shifts responsibility for enforcing fence erection and maintenance requirements from township trustees to county boards of supervisors, including authority to erect fences, order payment from defaulting parties, and certify amounts due to the county treasurer.
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Requires hedge fence trimming agreements to be filed with the county recorder instead of the township clerk.
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Includes transition and effective date provisions for implementing these changes to political subdivision duties.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to duties of certain political subdivisions, including duties of fence viewers, stewardship of certain cemeteries, and provision of fire protection and emergency medical services, and including transition and effective date provisions.(See SF 2431.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2431.
2/19/2026