House File 258 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 258 BY ZABNER A BILL FOR An Act relating to regional transit districts. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 1794YH (3) 91 ll/js
H.F. 258 Section 1. Section 28M.2, subsection 1, Code 2025, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A county with a population in excess of one hundred 3 seventy-five fifty thousand and participating cities may 4 create, by chapter 28E agreement, a regional transit district 5 in the county pursuant to this chapter . Two or more contiguous 6 counties and participating cities may create, by chapter 7 28E agreement, a regional transit district pursuant to this 8 chapter if one of the counties has a population in excess of 9 one hundred seventy-five fifty thousand. A district shall 10 consist of the unincorporated area of any participating county 11 and the incorporated area of any city in the county that does 12 not have an urban transit system. However, a city without an 13 urban transit system may decline, by resolution forwarded to 14 the board of supervisors, to participate in a regional transit 15 district. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 A regional transit district is a public transit district 20 created pursuant to Code chapter 28E by one or more counties 21 and participating cities to provide support for transportation 22 of passengers by one or more public transit systems that may 23 be designated as a public transit system under Code chapter 24 324A. Under current law, a regional transit district can be 25 created by one or more counties if at least one of the counties 26 has a population in excess of 175,000 and participating cities 27 through a Code chapter 28E agreement. This bill lowers the 28 county population threshold to 150,000 to be able to create a 29 regional transit district with participating cities. 30 -1- LSB 1794YH (3) 91 ll/js 1/ 1