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IA Code § 468.523 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.523 - Vacancies.

468.523 Vacancies.   If any vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of trustees between the annual elections, the remaining members of the board shall have power to fill such vacancies by appointment of persons having the same qualifications as themselves. The persons so appointed shall qualify in the same manner and hold office until the next annual election when their successors shall be elected. In the event that all places on the board become vacant, then a new board shall be appointed by the auditor, or if more than one county, then by the auditor of the county in which the greater acreage of the district is located. The persons so appointed shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are elected and qualify.  [SS15, §1989-a68; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7697; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.24]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.523
IA Code § 468.524 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.524 - Bonds.

468.524 Bonds.   The trustees shall qualify by giving a bond in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars or more than five thousand dollars each, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties, said bond to be fixed and approved by the auditor of the county, and if more than one, then of the county in which the greater acreage of the district is located.  [SS15, §1989-a52f, -a71; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7698; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.25]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.524
IA Code § 468.525 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.525 - Organization.

468.525 Organization.   As soon as the trustees have qualified, they shall organize by electing one of their own number as chairperson and may select some other competent person as clerk of the board who shall serve during the pleasure of the board of trustees.  [SS15, §1989-a70; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7699; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.26]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.525
IA Code § 468.526 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.526 - Powers and duties of trustees.

468.526 Powers and duties of trustees.   Trustees shall have control, supervision, and management of the district for which they are elected and shall be clothed with all of the powers now conferred on the board or boards of supervisors for the control, management, and supervision of drainage and levee districts under the laws of the state, including the power to acquire lands by conveyance, lease, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided for in chapter 6B for right-of-way for levees, ditches and settling basins within or without the district and to annex lands to the district, except as provided in section 468.527. Such authority shall extend only to the district for which they are elected.  [SS15, §1989-a52f, -a71; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7700; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.27]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.526
IA Code § 468.526A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.526A - Liability.

468.526A Liability.   A trustee is not personally liable for a claim which is exempted under section 670.4, except a claim for punitive damages. A trustee is not liable for punitive damages as a result of acts in the performance of a duty under this chapter, unless actual malice or willful, wanton, and reckless misconduct is proven.  2014 Acts, ch 1075, §10
IA Code § 468.527 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.527 - Costs and expenses.

468.527 Costs and expenses.   All costs and expenses necessary to discharge the duties by this subchapter conferred upon trustees shall be levied and collected as provided by law and such levy shall be upon certificate by the trustees to the board or boards of supervisors of the amount necessary for such levy.  [SS15, §1989-a52f, -a71; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7701; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.28]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.527  Referred to in §468.216, 468.526
IA Code § 468.528 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.528 - Disbursement of funds.

468.528 Disbursement of funds.   Drainage and levee taxes when so levied and collected shall be kept by the treasurer of the county in a separate fund to the credit of the district for which it is collected. The county treasurer shall disburse the moneys in the fund only upon any of the following:   1. The orders of the board of trustees, signed by the president of the board, upon which warrants shall be drawn by the auditor upon the treasurer.   2. For drainage and levee districts with pumping stations, by orders of the board of trustees directing the treasurer to place all or any part of the moneys into a checking account established by the board in a bank or credit union as defined in section 12C.1.   a. The treasurer shall disburse the moneys only upon resolution duly adopted by the board. The board shall not expend moneys in the account for a purpose if the board could not order the county treasurer to expend moneys from the county’s separate fund for that same purpose.   b. The board shall file with the county auditor an annual financial statement that is accompanied by an unqualified opinion based upon an audit of the account performed by a certified public accountant licensed in this state. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, the board shall pay the costs associated with performing the audit out of the district’s moneys.  [SS15, §1989-a52f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7702; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.29]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.528  2011 Acts, ch 94, §2  Referred to in §468.54
IA Code § 468.529 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.529 - Certificates and bonds.

468.529 Certificates and bonds.   The board of trustees of any district shall have the same power to issue improvement certificates and levee and drainage bonds under the same conditions and with like tenor and effect as is provided by subchapter I, parts 1 through 5, for such issuance by the board of supervisors, except that in case of the issue of levee or drainage bonds, the same shall be approved by a judge of the district court in and for the county or counties in which such district lies, which approval shall be printed upon such bonds before the same are negotiated.  [SS15, §1989-a52f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7703; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.30]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.529
IA Code § 468.530 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.530 - Report to auditor.

468.530 Report to auditor.   Such trustees shall, from time to time, and with reasonable promptness, furnish the auditor of each county in which any part of said district is situated, with a correct report of their acts and proceedings, which report shall be signed by the chairperson and the clerk of the board and shall be recorded by the auditor in the drainage record, and shall be published in one official paper in the county having a general circulation in the district.  [S13, §1989-a52g; SS15, §1989-a72; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7707; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.34]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.530
IA Code § 468.531 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.531 - Compensation — statements required.

468.531 Compensation — statements required.   The compensation of the trustees and the clerk of the board is hereby fixed at an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars per day each and necessary expenses, to be paid out of the funds of the drainage or levee district for each day necessarily expended in the transaction of the business of the district, but no one shall draw compensation for services as trustee and as clerk at the same time. The board of trustees of a district may by resolution establish for themselves and for the clerk of the district a lower rate of pay than is fixed by this section. They shall file with the auditor or auditors, if more than one county, itemized, verified statements of their time devoted to the business of the district and of the expenses incurred.  [SS15, §1989-a52f, -a74; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7708; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.35]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.531  2011 Acts, ch 94, §3
IA Code § 468.532 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.532 - Change to supervisor management.

468.532 Change to supervisor management.   Any district which has been placed under the management of trustees may be placed back under the management of the board or boards of supervisors in the manner provided in section 468.533.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7709; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.36]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.532
IA Code § 468.533 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.533 - Petition — canvass.

468.533 Petition — canvass.   1. A petition requesting that a district placed under the management of trustees be placed back under the management of a board or boards of supervisors, that is signed by a majority of persons, including corporations, owning land within the district assessed for benefits and who in the aggregate own more than one-half the acreage of such lands, may be filed in the office of the auditor and, if the district is situated in more than one county, then a duplicate shall be filed in the office of the auditor of each county.   2. The trustees shall fix a date not less than ten nor more than thirty days from the date the petition is filed for the canvass of such petition, and the trustees and auditor or auditors shall canvass the petition and certify and record in the drainage record the result.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7710; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.37]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.533  2019 Acts, ch 59, §164  Referred to in §468.532
IA Code § 468.534 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.534 - Remonstrance.

468.534 Remonstrance.   Remonstrances signed by the same persons who are qualified to sign the petition may be filed in the office of the auditor and if the same persons petition and remonstrate they shall be counted on the remonstrance only. Such remonstrances shall be filed not less than five days before the time set for hearing.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7711; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.38]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.534
IA Code § 468.535 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.535 - When change effective.

468.535 When change effective.   If the result of the canvass shows a majority in favor of such change, then it shall become effectual on the date at which the next annual election of trustees would be held, and on such date the trustees shall surrender and turn over to the board or boards of supervisors the full and complete management and control of such district, together with all books, contracts, and other documents relating thereto.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7712; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.39]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.535
IA Code § 468.536 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.536 - Final report of trustees.

468.536 Final report of trustees.   On or before the date such change becomes effective, the said trustees shall make and file with the auditor, or if more than one county, a duplicate with each auditor, a final report setting forth:   1. The amount of cash funds on hand or to the credit of the district.   2. The amount of outstanding indebtedness of the district, and the form thereof, whether in warrants, improvement certificates, or bonds and the amount of each.   3. Any outstanding contracts for repairs or other work to be done.   4. A statement showing the condition of the improvements of the district, and specifying any portion thereof in need of repair.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7713; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.40]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.536
IA Code § 468.537 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.537 - Management by supervisors.

468.537 Management by supervisors.   After such change is made it shall be the duty of the board or boards of supervisors to manage and control the affairs of said district as fully and to the same extent as if it had never been under trustee management. They shall carry out any pending contracts lawfully made by the trustees as fully as if made by the board.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7714; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.41]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.537
IA Code § 468.538 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.538 - Scope.

468.538 Scope.   This part applies when the board of trustees of an overlying district accepts all improvements and rights-of-way surrendered by a board of supervisors or board of trustees of a contained district, in accordance with sections 468.256 through 468.259. In addition, after such acceptance, the overlying district must include at least thirty-five thousand acres with a pumping station, regardless of whether the drainage or levee district is located in more than one county. Such a district shall continue to be controlled and managed by a board of trustees elected as provided in this part.  2013 Acts, ch 86, §3, 6  Referred to in §468.539
IA Code § 468.539 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.539 - Qualified application.

468.539 Qualified application.   Part 2 of this subchapter shall also apply to this part, except as follows:   1. The trustees of the overlying district serving on the board at the time of acceptance as described in section 468.538 shall be considered initially elected as the trustees of the drainage or levee district as provided in sections 468.502, 468.503, and 468.521.   2. a. The board of trustees described in subsection 1 shall do all of the following:   (1) Establish the overlying district as a new drainage or levee district, which must include all improvements and rights-of-way surrendered by a board of supervisors or board of trustees of the contained district.   (2) Divide the new drainage or levee district into three election districts in the same manner as a board of supervisors acting pursuant to sections 468.504 and 468.505.   b. The petition described in section 468.501 is not required to be filed or considered under this subsection.   3. Each of the three persons elected as trustee to serve on a new drainage or levee district established pursuant to an election held by the board of trustees described in subsection 1 shall hold office for a staggered term as provided in section 468.518. A person elected as a trustee of the new drainage or levee district shall be elected from a specified election district, unless the person is elected at large as provided in subsection 4.   4. The board of trustees described in subsection 1 or a subsequent board of trustees of the new drainage or levee district may provide for the election of two additional persons to serve as trustees. The two additional persons shall be elected at large by all qualified voters for the entire drainage or levee district. Of the five persons elected as trustees of the new drainage or levee district, not more than two persons shall be elected from the same specified election district. One person’s initial term shall be for one year and the second person’s initial term shall be for two years in the same manner as provided in section 468.518.   5. Votes shall be determined as provided pursuant to either section 468.510 or 468.511 in the same manner as was determined for the overlying district.  2013 Acts, ch 86, §4, 6
IA Code § 468.540 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.540 - Refunding bonds.

468.540 Refunding bonds.   The board of supervisors of any county may extend the time of the payment of any of its outstanding drainage bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of drainage assessments levied upon property within a drainage district, and may extend the time of payment of any unpaid assessment, or any installment or installments thereof. The board may renew or extend the time of payment of such legal bonded indebtedness, or any part thereof, for account of such drainage district, and may refund the same and issue drainage refunding bonds therefor subject to the limitation and in the manner provided in this part.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b1; C39, §7714.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.1]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.540  2015 Acts, ch 30, §150; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §136  Similar provision, §468.367
IA Code § 468.541 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.541 - Petition for refunding.

468.541 Petition for refunding.   Before the time of payment of said assessments or any installment or installments thereof shall be extended and before the board shall institute proceedings for the issuance of drainage refunding bonds, the owners of not less than fifteen percent of the land within a drainage district as shown by the transfer books in the auditor’s office upon which drainage assessments are unpaid, shall file a petition with the board requesting the extension of the time of payment of assessments levied in said drainage district or of any installment or installments thereof, setting forth the date said assessments to be extended were levied, the aggregate amount thereof unpaid, and requesting the issuance of drainage refunding bonds, stating the amount and purpose of said bonds.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b2; C39, §7714.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.2]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.541
IA Code § 468.542 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.542 - Sufficiency of petition — hearing.

468.542 Sufficiency of petition — hearing.   Upon the receipt of any such petition the board shall, at the next regular meeting or regular adjourned meeting, determine the sufficiency thereof and fix a date of meeting of the board at which it is proposed to extend the time of payment of said unpaid assessments and to take action for the issuance of drainage refunding bonds.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b3; C39, §7714.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.3]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.542  Referred to in §468.543
IA Code § 468.543 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.543 - Notice.

468.543 Notice.   The board shall give ten days’ notice of the meeting described under section 468.542 in the same manner as required in relation to the issuance of bonds under chapter 73A.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b4; C39, §7714.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.4]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.543  2019 Acts, ch 59, §165  Referred to in §468.567
IA Code § 468.544 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.544 - Requirements of notice.

468.544 Requirements of notice.   The notice shall be directed to each person whose name appears upon the transfer books in the auditor’s office as owner of lands within the drainage district upon which the drainage assessments are unpaid, naming the owner, and also to the person or persons in actual occupancy of any of the tracts of land without naming them. The notice shall also state all of the following:   1. The amount of unpaid assessments upon each forty-acre tract of land or less.   2. That all of the unpaid assessments, installment or installments thereof as proposed to be extended, may be paid on or before the time fixed for the hearing.   3. That after the expiration of such time no assessments may be paid except in the manner and at the times fixed by the board in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the drainage refunding bonds.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b5; C39, §7714.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.5]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.544  2014 Acts, ch 1110, §9; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §151  Referred to in §468.567
IA Code § 468.545 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.545 - Extending payment of assessments.

468.545 Extending payment of assessments.   If no appeal is taken to the issuance of bonds, as provided by chapter 73A, the board may extend the time of payment of the unpaid assessment or an installment or installments of it as requested in the petition and may issue drainage refunding bonds, or, in case of an appeal, the board may issue the bonds in accordance with the decision of the appeal board provided the assessments, installment, or installments have not been entered on the delinquent tax lists and have not been previously extended.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b6; C39, §7714.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.6]  88 Acts, ch 1158, §76; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.545  Referred to in §468.567
IA Code § 468.546 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.546 - Appeal.

468.546 Appeal.   Any person aggrieved by the final action of the board extending the time of payment of said unpaid assessment, installment or installments thereof may appeal therefrom to the district court of the county in which such action was taken.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b7; C39, §7714.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.7]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.546
IA Code § 468.547 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.547 - Time and manner of appeal.

468.547 Time and manner of appeal.   All appeals shall be taken in the manner provided in section 468.84 except that said appeal shall be taken within ten days after the date of the final action of the board.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b8; C39, §7714.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.8]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.547
IA Code § 468.548 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.548 - Maximum extension.

468.548 Maximum extension.   The unpaid assessments against said lands within said drainage district shall not be extended for a period exceeding forty years from the time any assessment, installment or installments thereof to be extended become due. The board shall fix the amount that shall be levied and collected each year and may issue drainage refunding bonds covering all said unpaid assessments.  [C27, 31, 35, §7714-b9; C39, §7714.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.9]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.548