437B.1 Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are to replace property taxes imposed on rate-regulated water utilities with a system of taxation which will remove fluctuations in property taxes by imposing a system of taxation based on the delivery of water, to preserve revenue neutrality and debt capacity for local governments and taxpayers, to preserve neutrality in the allocation and cost impact of any replacement tax among and upon consumers of rate-regulated water utilities in this state, and to provide a system of taxation which reduces existing administrative burdens on state government.
2013 Acts, ch 94, §10, 35, 36