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IA Code § 461A.59 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.59 - Powers in municipalities.

461A.59 Powers in municipalities.   Municipalities or corporations organized for that purpose only, acting separately or in conjunction with each other in counties not having a county conservation board, may establish water recreational areas and when established without the support of public funds of the state of Iowa, the municipalities or corporations establishing the same, as the case may be, shall have control thereof independently of the executive council.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.59]  C93, §461A.59  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.60 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.60 - Application for permit.

461A.60 Application for permit.   Any municipality or corporation seeking to establish a water recreational area without public funds of the state of Iowa shall file with the commission a verified petition asking for a permit to establish a water recreational area.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.60]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.60  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.61 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.61 - Petition.

461A.61 Petition.   Said petition shall state:   1. The name of the municipality or corporation.   2. The applicant’s principal office and place of business.   3. A legal description of the lands to be included within said water recreational area, a showing that seventy-five percent of the area is either owned or under option for purchase by the applicant, together with a map thereof.   4. A general description of the public and private highways, grounds and real estate, streams and private lands of any kind within said area.   5. The tentative locations, types of dams to be constructed for any artificial lakes to be established, the proposed area to be inundated by the waters to be impounded by said dams, and a map showing the location of said dams and areas to be inundated.   6. A map showing the location of proposed roads, fixtures, utilities and other facilities necessary in the operation of said water recreational area.   7. The proposed plan of operation and regulations for the use of said facilities by the public.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.61]  C93, §461A.61  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.62 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.62 - Copy to environmental protection commission.

461A.62 Copy to environmental protection commission.   A copy of the petition and the applications, plans, and specifications required under chapter 455B shall be filed with the environmental protection commission and any approval or permit required under chapter 455B shall be obtained prior to the establishment of the water recreational area or the granting of a permit for the area by the commission.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.62; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §57, 96]  83 Acts, ch 101, §13; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1865  C93, §461A.62  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.63 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.63 - Hearing — notice.

461A.63 Hearing — notice.   On the filing of said petition the commission shall fix a date for hearing thereon and shall cause notice thereof to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in each county in which said proposed water recreational area will be established, said notice to be published for two consecutive weeks.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.63]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.63  Referred to in §331.382, 461A.76
IA Code § 461A.64 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.64 - Time and place.

461A.64 Time and place.   Said hearing shall not be less than ten days nor more than thirty days from the date of the last publication and shall be held in the office of the commission or such place as the commission shall decide.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.64]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.64  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.65 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.65 - Objections.

461A.65 Objections.   Any person, corporation, company, levee or drainage district or city whose rights or interests may be affected by said proposed water recreational area may file written objections to said proposed water recreational area or to the granting of said permit.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.65]  C93, §461A.65  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.66 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.66 - Filing.

461A.66 Filing.   All such objections shall be on file in the office of said commission not less than five days before the date of hearing on said application but said commission may permit the filing of said objections later than five days before said hearing in which event the applicant must be granted a reasonable time to meet said objections.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.66]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.66  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.67 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.67 - Examination — testimony.

461A.67 Examination — testimony.   The commission may examine the proposed water recreational area or may cause such examination to be made by an engineer or such other persons as it desires to be selected by it, who shall report the results of said examination to the commission. At said hearing the commission shall consider the petition and any objections filed thereto and may at its discretion hear such testimony as may aid it in determining the propriety of granting such permit.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.67]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.67  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.68 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.68 - Final order — condition.

461A.68 Final order — condition.   The commission may grant such permit in whole or in part upon such terms, conditions, and restrictions as may be determined by the commission to be just and proper and in the public interest. However, before any permit shall be granted to any such municipality or corporation, the commission shall, after public hearing as provided in this subchapter, determine whether the water recreational area will be in the interests of the public health and welfare and an affirmative finding to such effect shall be a condition precedent to the granting of such permit.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.68]  C93, §461A.68  2017 Acts, ch 29, §130  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.69 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.69 - Costs and fees.

461A.69 Costs and fees.   Applicant shall pay all costs and expenses of the hearing and necessary preliminary investigation in connection therewith, including the cost of publishing notice of hearing.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.69]  C93, §461A.69  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.70 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.70 - Permit.

461A.70 Permit.   The commission shall cause to be prepared a uniform blank form of permit which shall provide a space for a general description of the area authorized to be included in any water recreational area to be established hereunder, the name and address of the municipality or corporation to whom said permit is granted and the terms and conditions upon which it is granted. Said permit shall be signed by the chairperson and all other members of the commission and the official seal of said commission shall be attached thereto.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.70]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.70  Referred to in §331.382, 461A.71, 461A.75
IA Code § 461A.71 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.71 - Public access and use.

461A.71 Public access and use.   Any lake in the water recreational area, together with at least twenty-five percent of the water frontage of the water recreational area and all land which adjoins and lies within one hundred yards from any point of such twenty-five percent of the water frontage, shall be permanently subject to and available for free public access and use. The municipality or corporation shall grant to the state of Iowa a perpetual easement for such public access and use, and such easement shall not be impaired or destroyed in whole or in part by nonuse. Before a permit is granted as provided in section 461A.70, the commission and the municipality or corporation shall agree on the location and description of such water frontage and land to be permanently subject to and available for free public access and use, and such location and description shall be stated in the permit. However, in lieu of the foregoing procedure, the commission and the municipality or corporation may agree that the commission may select such water frontage and land after the permit is granted, and the permit shall so state. At any time the commission, with the written consent of the municipality or corporation, may designate any additional land within the water recreational area to be permanently subject to and available for free public access and use; and the municipality or corporation shall grant to the state of Iowa a perpetual easement for such public access and use, which easement shall not be impaired or destroyed in whole or in part by nonuse. However, the commission may enter into agreements from time to time with one or more municipalities or corporations for the management, development, improvement, care, and maintenance of such lake, water frontage, and land.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.71]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.71  Referred to in §331.382, 461A.75  Section not amended; editorial changes applied
IA Code § 461A.72 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.72 - Sale of permit.

461A.72 Sale of permit.   No permit shall be sold until the sale is approved by the commission.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.72]  C93, §461A.72  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.73 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.73 - Records.

461A.73 Records.   The commission shall keep a record of all permits granted and issued by it showing when and to whom issued and the location of the area of the proposed water recreational area covered thereby.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.73]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.73  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.74 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.74 - Extension of permit.

461A.74 Extension of permit.   Any municipality or corporation owning a permit granted under this subchapter, which desires to acquire an extension of the permit, may petition the commission in the same manner provided for the granting of the permit and the same proceeding shall be had on the extension petition as on an original application.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.74]  C93, §461A.74  2017 Acts, ch 29, §131  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.75 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.75 - Condemnation of land.

461A.75 Condemnation of land.   Whenever a permit has been granted as provided in section 461A.70 and the commission finds that the municipality or corporation owning such permit cannot acquire at a reasonable cost any necessary land or interest therein, the commission, with the approval of the executive council, may condemn such land or interest therein as provided in chapter 6B. However, such condemnation shall be limited to land and interests therein which will be permanently subject to and available for free public access and use, as provided in section 461A.71, or which will be required for a dam or other facilities necessary for the water recreational area. All costs of such condemnation, including all costs occasioned by appeal as set out in section 6B.33, and including the award and compensation for such land or interest therein, shall be paid by such municipality or corporation. The commission may permit such municipality or corporation to use such land or interest therein for the purposes of this subchapter, upon such terms, conditions and restrictions as the commission shall determine to be just and proper and for free public access and use. Title to such land or interest therein shall remain in the state of Iowa.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.75]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877  C93, §461A.75  2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.76 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.76 - Contracts with local authorities.

461A.76 Contracts with local authorities.   1. Notwithstanding anything in chapter 468, subchapter I, parts 1 through 5, to the contrary, county boards of supervisors and trustees having control of any levee or drainage district established thereunder, including joint levee or drainage districts, may enter into contracts and agreements with municipalities or corporations authorized to establish water recreational areas under the provisions of this subchapter. Such contracts or agreements shall be in writing and may be made prior to or after the establishment of a water recreational area. If made prior to the establishment of a water recreational area they may be made conditional upon the final establishment of such area and if conditional upon such final establishment may be entered into prior to the hearing provided for in section 461A.63.   2. Such contracts or agreements may embrace any of the following subjects:   a. For the impoundment of drainage waters to create artificial lakes or ponds.   b. For compensation to drainage districts for drainage improvements destroyed or rendered useless by the establishment of water recreational areas and the structures, waters, or works thereof.   c. For the diversion of waters from established drainage ditches or tile drains to other channels.   d. For sanitary measures and precautions.   e. For the control of water levels in lakes, ponds or impoundments of water to avoid damage to or malfunction of drainage facilities.   f. For the construction of additional drainage facilities promoting the interests of either or both of the contracting parties.   g. For the granting of easements or licenses by one party to the other.   h. For the payment of money by one contracting party to the other in consideration of acts or performance of the other party required by such contract or agreement.   3. When any expenditure of levee or drainage district funds is proposed by the authority contained in this section and where the estimated expenditure will exceed fifty percent of the original total cost of the district and subsequent improvements therein as defined by section 468.126, the same procedure respecting notice and hearing shall be followed as is provided in said section 468.126, for repair proposals where the estimated cost of the repair exceeds fifty percent of the original total cost of the district and subsequent improvements therein.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.76]  C93, §461A.76  2011 Acts, ch 34, §106; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143  Referred to in §331.382  Section not amended; editorial change applied
IA Code § 461A.77 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.77 - Prohibited near borders of state.

461A.77 Prohibited near borders of state.   In order to reduce the possibility of affecting conservation measures to flood control projects which may be in progress in other states, water recreational areas shall not be established under this subchapter within seventy miles of the border of any other state.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.77]  C93, §461A.77  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §248  Referred to in §331.382  Section amended
IA Code § 461A.78 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.78 - Method not exclusive.

461A.78 Method not exclusive.   This subchapter shall not be the exclusive method for establishing a water recreational area and shall not be construed to prohibit the establishment of public recreational areas by the Missouri river preservation and land use authority under chapter 463B.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.78]  91 Acts, ch 246, §4  C93, §461A.78  2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143  Referred to in §331.382
IA Code § 461A.80 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.80 - Public outdoor recreation and resources advisory council.

461A.80 Public outdoor recreation and resources advisory council.   1. An advisory council for public outdoor recreation and resources appropriations made for the purposes of section 461A.79 is created. The council shall consist of a public member appointed by the governor from each congressional district, the chairperson of the commission, the director, and a designee of the economic development authority.   2. Each county conservation board of those counties which are located in a congressional district shall nominate one person from the congressional district for appointment to the advisory council. The commission shall compile a list of the nominations of the county conservation boards for each congressional district and shall provide this list to the governor. The governor shall appoint one member from each congressional district from the nominations as provided. Appointments shall be made for three-year terms beginning July 1 in the year of appointment. A person shall not serve more than two terms. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made.   3. No more than three public members shall belong to the same political party. The council shall elect a chairperson annually from among the council’s members, and the director shall serve as council secretary. Persons already serving in an elected or appointed governmental capacity are not eligible to serve as council members.   4. The advisory council shall meet annually, in July, and upon the call of the chairperson of the advisory council. The advisory council shall make policy recommendations to the commission regarding the projects and programs to be funded from funds available for public outdoor recreation and resources from appropriations made for the purposes of section 461A.79.   5. The public members of the advisory council shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses for each day employed in the official discharge of their duties. The expenses shall be paid from the administration fund of the commission. Each member of the council may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.  84 Acts, ch 1262, §2  C85, §111.80  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1866, 1877  C93, §461A.80  94 Acts, ch 1107, §75; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §83
IA Code § 461A.81 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461A - PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS|Section 461A.81 - State lands volunteer program — liability.

461A.81 State lands volunteer program — liability.   The department shall establish a state lands volunteer program to authorize nonprofit organizations, and individuals providing services on behalf of the nonprofit organizations, to provide, at no compensation, volunteer services for the benefit of state parks and recreation areas, state game and forest areas, or other lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources. The department shall adopt rules governing the administration of the program to include eligibility requirements for nonprofit organizations participating in the program and provisions governing approved volunteer duties or services. Nonprofit organizations, and individuals providing services on behalf of nonprofit organizations, authorized to provide volunteer services for no compensation by the department pursuant to this section shall be considered state volunteers and afforded the same protections as provided in section 669.24 while performing approved volunteer duties or services on state lands, as described in this section, as a volunteer.  2014 Acts, ch 1046, §1
IA Code § 461B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461B - USE OF STATE WATERS BY NONRESIDENTS|Section 461B.1 - Legal effect of use and operation.

461B.1 Legal effect of use and operation.   The use, operation or maintenance by any nonresident of watercraft in the waters of this state, shall be deemed an appointment by such nonresident of the secretary of state as the nonresident’s true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all original notices of suit growing out of such use, operation or maintenance or resulting in damage or loss to person or property and said use, operation or maintenance shall be deemed an agreement by such nonresident that any original notice of suit so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if personally served on the nonresident in this state.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106A.1]  C93, §461B.1
IA Code § 461B.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461B - USE OF STATE WATERS BY NONRESIDENTS|Section 461B.2 - “Person” defined.

461B.2 “Person” defined.   The term “person” as used in this chapter means:   1. The owner of watercraft whether it is being used and operated personally by said owner or by the owner’s agent.   2. An agent using and operating the watercraft for the agent’s principal.   3. Any person who is in charge of the watercraft and of the use and operation thereof with the express or implied consent of the owner.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106A.2]  C93, §461B.2
IA Code § 461B.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461B - USE OF STATE WATERS BY NONRESIDENTS|Section 461B.3 - Original notice — form.

461B.3 Original notice — form.   The original notice of suit filed with the secretary of state shall be in form and substance the same as now provided in suits against residents of this state, except that the part of said notice pertaining to the return day shall be in substantially the following form, to wit:  “and unless you appear thereto and defend in the district court of Iowa in and for ............................ county at the courthouse in ................................, Iowa before noon of the sixtieth day following the filing of this notice with the secretary of state, default will be entered and judgment rendered against you.”  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106A.3]  C93, §461B.3
IA Code § 461B.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 461B - USE OF STATE WATERS BY NONRESIDENTS|Section 461B.4 - Manner of service.

461B.4 Manner of service.   Plaintiff in any such action shall cause the original notice of suit to be served as follows:   1. By filing a copy of said original notice of suit with said secretary of state, together with a fee of four dollars, and   2. By mailing to the defendant, and to each of the defendants if more than one, within ten days after said filing with the secretary of state, by restricted certified mail addressed to the defendant at the defendant’s last known residence or place of abode, a notification of the said filing with the secretary of state.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §106A.4; 81 Acts, ch 21, §4]  C93, §461B.4