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IA Code § 28E.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.18 - Shared use of facilities.

28E.18 Shared use of facilities.   Before proceeding to construct or purchase a facility as otherwise provided by law, a public agency shall inquire of other public agencies having facilities within the same general geographic area concerning the availability of all or part of those facilities for rent or sharing by agreement with the inquiring public agency. If there are no suitable facilities available for rent or sharing, the governing body of the public agency shall record its findings in its meeting minutes.  83 Acts, ch 26, §1
IA Code § 28E.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.19 - Joint county indigent defense fund.

28E.19 Joint county indigent defense fund.   Two or more counties may execute an agreement under this chapter to create a joint county indigent defense fund to be used to compensate attorneys appointed to represent indigents. In addition to other requirements of an agreement under this chapter, the agreement shall provide for the amount to be paid by each county based on its population to establish and maintain an appropriate balance in the joint fund, and for a method of repayment if a county withdraws more funds than it has contributed.  83 Acts, ch 123, §36, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1067, §10; 99 Acts, ch 135, §12  Referred to in §331.424
IA Code § 28E.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.20 - Joint purchases of equipment.

28E.20 Joint purchases of equipment. Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1194, §1.
IA Code § 28E.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.21 - Definition.

28E.21 Definition.   For the purpose of this subchapter, the term “district” means a unified law enforcement district established by an agreement under the provisions of this chapter by a county, or portions thereof, or cities to provide law enforcement within the boundaries of the member political subdivisions.  [C77, 79, 81, §28E.21]  2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121  Referred to in §331.381
IA Code § 28E.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.22 - Referendum for tax.

28E.22 Referendum for tax.   1. The board of supervisors, or the city councils of a district composed only of cities, may, and upon receipt of a petition signed by eligible electors residing in the district equal in number to at least five percent of the registered voters in the district shall, submit a proposition to the electorate residing in the district at any general election or at a special election held throughout the district. The proposition shall provide for the establishment of a public safety fund and the levy of a tax on taxable property located in the district at rates not exceeding the rates specified in this section for the purpose of providing additional moneys for the operation of the district.   2. The ballot for the election shall be prepared in substantially the form for submitting special questions at general elections and the form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:   Shall an annual levy, the amount of which will not exceed a rate of one dollar and fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable property in the unified law enforcement district be authorized for providing additional moneys needed for unified law enforcement services in the district?   Yes ........   No ........   3. If a majority of the registered voters in each city and the unincorporated area of the county voting on the proposition approve the proposition, the county board of supervisors for unincorporated area and city councils for cities are authorized to levy the tax as provided in section 28E.23.   4. Such moneys collected pursuant to the tax levy shall be expended only for providing additional moneys needed for unified law enforcement services in the district and shall be in addition to the revenues raised in the county and cities in the district from their general funds which are based upon an average of revenues raised for law enforcement purposes by the county or city for the three previous years. The amount of revenues raised for law enforcement purposes by the county for the three previous years shall be computed separately for the unincorporated portion of the district and for each city in the district.  [C77, 79, 81, §28E.22]  83 Acts, ch 79, §1; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §141  Referred to in §28E.23, 28E.24, 28E.28, 28E.28B, 331.381
IA Code § 28E.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.25 - Expansion of district.

28E.25 Expansion of district.   Cities and unincorporated areas may join an established district upon the affirmative vote of the city council or county board of supervisors, whichever is applicable, and a tax may be levied for providing additional moneys for unified law enforcement services only upon the affirmative vote of registered voters of the city or unincorporated area voting in the manner provided in this subchapter. A city or unincorporated area joining a district shall contract with the district for services until the beginning of a fiscal year when the city or unincorporated area may become a member.  [C77, §28E.24; C79, 81, §28E.25]  95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121  Referred to in §331.381
IA Code § 28E.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.26 - City civil service and retirement.

28E.26 City civil service and retirement.   The inclusion of a city in a unified law enforcement district shall not affect the prior establishment of a civil service system under chapter 400 or a pension or retirement system under either chapter 410 or 411.  [C77, §28E.25; C79, 81, §28E.26]  Referred to in §331.381
IA Code § 28E.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.27 - Duration of agreements for law enforcement purposes.

28E.27 Duration of agreements for law enforcement purposes.   An agreement under this chapter to provide joint or cooperative services or facilities for unified law enforcement purposes shall not be executed for less than a five-year period.  [C77, §28E.26; C79, 81, §28E.27]  Referred to in §331.381
IA Code § 28E.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.28 - Public safety commission.

28E.28 Public safety commission.   If the levy of a tax has been approved under section 28E.22, a public safety commission shall be established under section 28E.6. The public safety commission shall be responsible for administering the unified law enforcement agreement. The public safety commission shall be composed of elected officials from public agencies party to the agreement. The composition of the commission shall be determined by the terms of the agreement. A vacancy shall exist when a member of the commission ceases to hold the elected office which qualifies the member for commission membership.  [C79, 81, §28E.28]  Referred to in §331.381
IA Code § 28E.28A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.28A - Referendum on tax levy — dissolution of district.

28E.28A Referendum on tax levy — dissolution of district.   1. After five years from the date that a district is established, the public safety commission, upon receipt of a petition signed by eligible electors residing within the district equal in number to at least fifteen percent of the registered voters in the district, shall submit a proposition to the electorate of the district at the next general election to discontinue the annual levy for unified law enforcement services in the district. If a majority of the registered voters in each city and the unincorporated area of the county, as applicable, approve the proposition, the tax levy shall be discontinued.   2. If the discontinuation of the tax levy necessitates the dissolution of the district, the public safety commission shall dispose of any remaining property, the proceeds of which shall be applied first against any outstanding obligations of the district and any balance shall be remitted to the county and each city in the district in the same proportion that each jurisdiction contributed to the district’s budget in its final fiscal year. The board of supervisors, on behalf of the unincorporated area of the county and the city councils of the cities included in the dissolved district shall continue to levy taxes and appropriate funds to the public safety fund as provided in section 28E.24 until all outstanding obligations of the dissolved district are paid.  83 Acts, ch 79, §2; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §2  Referred to in §331.381
IA Code § 28E.28B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.28B - Legalization of tax levies.

28E.28B Legalization of tax levies.   Each unified law enforcement district tax levy authorized pursuant to section 28E.22 prior to July 1, 1983, which continued to be collected for a period subsequent to July 1, 1983, or continues to be collected notwithstanding the expiration of the five-year period specified by the referendum which authorized the levy, is hereby legalized and deemed valid as if the levy had been authorized subsequent to July 1, 1983.  97 Acts, ch 7, §1
IA Code § 28E.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.29 - Amana — additional law enforcement.

28E.29 Amana — additional law enforcement.   If a tract of land is owned by a corporation organized under chapter 491 with assets of the value of one million dollars or more which has one or more platted villages located within the territorial limits of the tract of land, all of the territory within the plats of the villages with their additions or subdivisions, for the purposes of this section, is deemed to be one incorporated city. The corporation may assess and collect funds from its property owners for the purpose of obtaining additional law enforcement services from the county sheriff. The corporation may contract under this chapter with the county sheriff for additional law enforcement services.  [C81, §337.22; S81, §28E.29; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1201]
IA Code § 28E.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.30 - Agreement for law enforcement administrative services.

28E.30 Agreement for law enforcement administrative services.   A county and a city within the county may enter into an agreement to provide administrative services through the county sheriff to the city for its police department. In addition to other provisions required by this chapter, the agreement shall specify the administrative services to be provided by the sheriff and the administrative or supervisory relationship between the sheriff and the mayor and city council. The agreement is subject to the approval of the county sheriff. The sheriff may accept compensation for the administrative services provided to the city, which compensation is in addition to the sheriff’s compensation authorized under section 331.907. The additional compensation shall not be included in computing the total annual compensation of the sheriff pursuant to section 331.904, subsection 2.  88 Acts, ch 1057, §1
IA Code § 28E.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.31 - Emergency services — contracts for mutual aid.

28E.31 Emergency services — contracts for mutual aid.   1. A municipality’s fire department that agrees to provide for mutual aid regarding emergency services shall do so in writing. The contracts that are agreed upon may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite period as long as they include a sixty-day cancellation notice by any party. The contracts agreed upon shall not be entered into for the purpose of reducing the number of employees of any party.   2. A municipal fire department may provide assistance to any other such department or district in the state at the time of a significant emergency such as a fire, earthquake, flood, tornado, hazardous material incident, or other such disaster. The chief or highest ranking fire officer of an assisting department or district may render aid to a requesting department or district as long as the chief or officer is acting in accordance with the policies and procedures set forth by the governing board of the assisting department or district.   3. The chief or highest ranking officer of the municipal fire department of the district within which the incident occurs shall maintain control of the incident in accordance with the provisions of chapter 102. The chief or highest ranking officer of the department or district giving mutual aid shall be in charge of the assisting departmental or district personnel.   4. For purposes of this section, “municipality” means a city, county, township, benefited fire district, or agency formed under this chapter and authorized by law to provide emergency services.  96 Acts, ch 1219, §62; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §1
IA Code § 28E.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.32 - Emergency services agreements.

28E.32 Emergency services agreements.   1. A municipality that agrees to provide fire protection service or emergency medical service for another municipality shall do so in writing.   2. The written agreement shall state the purposes of the agreement and the services to be provided. The agreement shall state the duration of the agreement and provide for renewal or cancellation of the agreement.   3. An advisory board created by agreement may prepare a proposed annual budget for services provided pursuant to the agreement until the agreement is canceled or expires. For the proposed budget, the board may allocate among the parties to the agreement responsibility to provide revenue for the amount of the budget. The proposed budget shall be submitted to the municipality providing the services. However, the municipality providing the services shall have full and final authority over the proposed budget and may alter the proposed budget without approval of the board before it is included in the budget of such municipality.   4. For purposes of this section, “municipality” means a city, county, township, benefited fire district, or agency formed under this chapter and authorized by law to provide emergency services.  2000 Acts, ch 1117, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 96, §1, 2
IA Code § 28E.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.35 - Definitions.

28E.35 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Community cluster” means a cooperative community unit established pursuant to this chapter for the joint exercise of powers by two or more governmental units.   2. “Governmental unit” means a city, county, or special taxing district.  90 Acts, ch 1200, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
IA Code § 28E.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.36 - Establishment of community cluster.

28E.36 Establishment of community cluster.   Two or more governmental units located in the state may establish a community cluster by entering into an agreement for the joint exercise of powers pursuant to this chapter to make more efficient use of their resources by providing for joint functions, services, facilities, development of infrastructure and for revenue sharing, and to foster economic development.  90 Acts, ch 1200, §2
IA Code § 28E.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.37 - Designation of townships.

28E.37 Designation of townships.   A county entering into an agreement to establish a community cluster may limit the area of the county included in the community cluster to designated townships.  90 Acts, ch 1200, §3
IA Code § 28E.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.38 - Revenue sharing.

28E.38 Revenue sharing.   The agreement establishing a community cluster may provide for the sharing of revenues by the governmental units forming the community cluster.  90 Acts, ch 1200, §4
IA Code § 28E.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.39 - Referendum for ad valorem tax sharing.

28E.39 Referendum for ad valorem tax sharing.   1. An agreement establishing a community cluster shall require the approval of the registered voters residing within the area of the cluster if the agreement provides for the sharing of revenues from ad valorem property taxes. The proposition shall be submitted to the electorate by each governmental unit forming the community cluster to the electors residing within the area of the governmental unit at a general election or at a special election. However, if a county has designated only certain townships as being included within the community cluster, the proposition shall be submitted to the electorate of the county residing only in the townships included in the community cluster.   2. The ballot for the election shall be prepared in substantially the form for submitting special questions at general elections.   3. If a majority of the registered voters in the area of each governmental unit within the proposed community cluster voting on the proposition vote in favor of the proposition, then the agreement establishing the community cluster shall take effect and the sharing of revenues from ad valorem property taxes is authorized. If the proposition fails in the area of one or more governmental units within the proposed community cluster voting on the proposition, then the governmental units in which the proposition passed may establish the community cluster in those areas in which the proposition passed and the sharing of revenues from ad valorem property taxes is authorized.  90 Acts, ch 1200, §5; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
IA Code § 28E.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.40 - Regional metropolitan service area.

28E.40 Regional metropolitan service area.   Two or more contiguous counties, cities, or cities and counties may establish a regional metropolitan service area to provide for the joint delivery of services by an agreement under this chapter, subject to the limitations and requirements of sections 331.232, 331.260, 331.261, and 331.262, subsection 9.  91 Acts, ch 256, §1
IA Code § 28E.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS|Section 28E.42 - Joint issuance of school district or fire district bonds.

28E.42 Joint issuance of school district or fire district bonds.   It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage school districts or fire districts to jointly issue general obligation bonds to fund separate projects proposed in each district and, by pooling their debt obligations, to realize a savings for taxpayers in each of the participating districts.   1. Two or more school districts may enter an agreement pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of financing projects for which debt obligations may be or have been incurred pursuant to chapter 296 or 298. For purposes of this section, “school district” means a public school district described in chapter 274.   2. Two or more fire districts may enter an agreement pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of financing projects for which debt obligations may be or have been incurred pursuant to chapter 74, 75, 331, 357B, 359, or 384. For purposes of this section, “fire district” means any governmental entity which provides fire protection services.  99 Acts, ch 145, §2
IA Code § 28F.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28F - JOINT FINANCING OF PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES|Section 28F.1 - Scope of chapter — limitations.

28F.1 Scope of chapter — limitations.   1. This chapter provides a means for the joint financing by public agencies of works or facilities useful and necessary for the collection, treatment, purification, and disposal in a sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage, and industrial waste, facilities used for the conversion of solid waste to energy, gasworks and facilities useful for the delivery of natural gas service, and also electric power facilities constructed within the state of Iowa, except that hydroelectric power facilities may also be located in the waters and on the dams of or on land adjacent to either side of the Mississippi or Missouri river bordering the state of Iowa, water supply systems, swimming pools or golf courses. This chapter applies to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, ownership, operation, repair, extension, or improvement of such works or facilities, by a separate administrative or legal entity created pursuant to chapter 28E or chapter 389. When the legal entity created under this chapter is comprised solely of cities, counties, and sanitary districts established under chapter 358, or any combination thereof or any combination of the foregoing with other public agencies, the entity shall be both a corporation and a political subdivision with the name under which it was organized. The legal entity may sue and be sued, contract, acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, adopt a corporate seal and alter the seal at pleasure, and execute all the powers conferred in this chapter.   2. A city shall not join an entity created under this chapter for the purpose of financing electric power facilities unless that city had established a municipal electric utility as of July 1, 1984. Power supplied by a municipal power agency shall not be furnished to a municipal utility not existing as of July 1, 1984.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §28F.1; 81 Acts, ch 31, §1]  83 Acts, ch 127, §4; 85 Acts, ch 78, §2; 87 Acts, ch 225, §402; 91 Acts, ch 168, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1018, §3; 2018 Acts, ch 1135, §1  Referred to in §28F.2, 28F.3, 28F.13, 28F.14, 389.3, 390.11
IA Code § 28F.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 28F - JOINT FINANCING OF PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES|Section 28F.2 - Definitions.

28F.2 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Electric power agency” means an entity financing or acquiring electric power facilities pursuant to this chapter or chapter 28E.   2. “Project” or “projects” means any works or facilities referred to in section 28F.1 and shall include all property real and personal, pertinent thereto or connected with such project or projects, and the existing works or facilities, if any, to which such project or projects are an extension, addition, betterment, or improvement.   3. “Public agency”, “state”, and “private agency” shall have the meanings prescribed by section 28E.2.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §28F.2; 81 Acts, ch 31, §7]  2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §3, 36; 2010 Acts, ch 1018, §4  Referred to in §12C.1  Electric power agencies, see also chapter 390