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IA Code § 313A.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES|Section 313A.32 - Operation and control of bridge.

313A.32 Operation and control of bridge.   The department is hereby authorized to operate and to assume the full control of said toll bridges and each portion thereof whether within or without the borders of the state of Iowa, with full power to impose and collect tolls from the users of such bridges for the purpose of providing revenues at least sufficient to pay the cost and incidental expenses of construction and acquisition of said bridges and approaches in both states in which located and for the payment of the principal of and interest on its revenue bonds as authorized by this chapter.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.32]
IA Code § 313A.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES|Section 313A.33 - No obligation of state.

313A.33 No obligation of state.   Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued under the terms of this chapter be or become or be construed to constitute a debt of or charge against the state of Iowa within the purview of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. No taxes, appropriations or other funds of the state of Iowa may be pledged for or used to pay such bonds or the interest thereon, but any such bonds shall be payable solely and only as to both principal and interest from the tolls and revenues derived from the operation of any toll bridge or toll bridges acquired, purchased, or constructed under this chapter, and the sole remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such bonds or proceedings for their issuance shall be a proceeding either in law or in equity by suit, action or mandamus to enforce and compel performance of the duties required by this chapter and the terms of the resolution under which such bonds are issued.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.33]
IA Code § 313A.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES|Section 313A.36 - Purposes of powers granted.

313A.36 Purposes of powers granted.   The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Iowa, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance by the department of the projects herein defined will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the department shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon such projects or upon any property acquired or used by the department under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income from such projects, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom including any profit made on the sale thereof shall at all times be free from taxation by or within the state of Iowa.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.36]  Referred to in §422.7(2)(o)
IA Code § 313A.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES|Section 313A.37 - Failure to pay toll — penalty.

313A.37 Failure to pay toll — penalty.   Any person who uses any toll bridge and fails or refuses to pay the toll provided therefor shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.37]
IA Code § 313A.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES|Section 313A.38 - Independent of any other law.

313A.38 Independent of any other law.   This chapter shall be construed as providing an alternative and independent method for the acquisition, purchase, or construction of interstate bridges, for the issuance and sale or exchange of bonds in connection therewith and for refunding bonds pertinent thereto, and for the imposition, collection, and application of the proceeds of tolls and charges for the use of interstate bridges, without reference to any other statute, and shall not be construed as an amendment of or subject to the provisions of any other law, and no publication of any notice, and no other or further proceeding in respect to the issuance or sale or exchange of bonds under this chapter shall be required except such as are prescribed by this chapter, any provisions of other statutes of the state to the contrary notwithstanding.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.38]
IA Code § 313A.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES|Section 313A.39 - Construction.

313A.39 Construction.   This chapter, being necessary for the public safety and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.39]
IA Code § 314.1A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.1A - Detailed cost accountings by cities and counties — rules.

314.1A Detailed cost accountings by cities and counties — rules.   1. The department shall adopt rules prescribing the manner by which cities and counties shall provide a detailed cost accounting under section 309.93 or 312.14, of all instances of the use of day labor or public or private contracts for construction, reconstruction, or improvement projects of a highway, bridge, or culvert within their jurisdiction.   2. The department shall adopt rules prescribing the manner by which governmental entities, as defined in section 26.2, shall administer section 26.14 concerning public improvement quotations.   3. The rules shall include definitions concerning types of projects and uniform requirements and definitions that cities and counties under subsection 1 and governmental entities under subsection 2 shall use in determining costs for such projects. The department shall establish horizontal and vertical infrastructure advisory committees composed of representatives of public sector agencies, private sector vertical and horizontal contractor organizations, and certified public employee collective bargaining organizations to make recommendations for such rules.  2001 Acts, ch 32, §8; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §28, 42, 43  Referred to in §309.93, 312.14, 314.1B
IA Code § 314.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.2 - Interest in contract prohibited.

314.2 Interest in contract prohibited.   No state or county official or employee, elective or appointive, shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or maintenance of any highway, bridge, or culvert, or the furnishing of materials therefor. The letting of a contract in violation of this section shall invalidate the contract and such violation shall be a complete defense to any action to recover any consideration due or earned under the contract at the time of its termination.  [S13, §1527-s15; C24, §4685, 4700; C27, 31, 35, §4685, 4755-b10; C39, §4685, 4686.14, 4755.10; C46, §309.92, 310.14, 313.10; C50, §308A.11; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.2]  2009 Acts, ch 133, §115  Referred to in §331.341, 331.342  For future amendment to this section, effective January 1, 2023, see 2019 Acts, ch 148, §46, 47
IA Code § 314.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.3 - Claims — approval and payment.

314.3 Claims — approval and payment.   1. All claims for construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, or maintenance on any highway shall be itemized on voucher forms prepared for that purpose, certified to by the claimants and by the engineer in charge, and then forwarded to the agency in control of that highway for final audit and approval. Claims payable from the farm-to-market road fund shall be approved by both the board of supervisors and the department. Upon approval by the department of vouchers which are payable from the farm-to-market road fund, or from the primary road fund, as the case may be, such vouchers shall be forwarded to the director of the department of administrative services, who shall draw warrants therefor and said warrants shall be paid by the treasurer of the state from the farm-to-market road fund or from the primary road fund, as the case may be.   2. If the engineer makes such certificate or a member of the agency approves such claim when said work has not been done in accordance with the plans and specifications, and said work be not promptly made good without additional cost, the engineer or member shall be liable on the person’s bond for the amount of such claim.  [SS15, §1527-s10; C24, §4653, 4702; C27, 31, 35, §4653, 4755-b15; C39, §4653, 4686.17, 4755.15; C46, §309.59, 310.17, 313.15; C50, §308A.12; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.3]  2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
IA Code § 314.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.4 - Partial payments.

314.4 Partial payments.   Partial payments may be made on highway contract work during the progress thereof, but no such partial payment shall be deemed final acceptance of the work nor a waiver of any defect therein. The approval of any claim by the agency in control of the work, or highway on which the work is located, may be evidenced by the signature of the chairperson of said agency, or of a majority of the members of said agency, on the individual claims or on the abstract of a number of claims with the individual claims attached to said abstract.  [SS15, §1527-s10; C24, §4654, 4702; C27, 31, 35, §4654, 4755-b16; C39, §4654, 4755.16; C46, §309.60, 313.16; C50, §308A.13; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.4]
IA Code § 314.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.5 - Extensions in certain cities.

314.5 Extensions in certain cities.   1. The agency in control of a secondary road, subject to approval of the council, may eliminate danger at railroad crossings and construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, and maintain any road or street which is an extension of the secondary road within a city. However, this authority does not apply to the extensions of secondary roads located in cities over twenty-five hundred population, where the houses or business houses average less than two hundred feet apart.   2. The phrase “subject to the approval of the council” as it appears in this section, shall be construed as authorizing the council to consider said proposed improvement only in its relationship to municipal improvements such as sewers, water lines, establishing grades, change of established street grades, sidewalks and other public improvements. The locations of such road extensions shall be determined by the agency in control of such road or road system.  [C31, 35, §4644-c47; C39, §4644.45, 4686.21; C46, §309.45, 310.21; C50, §308A.14; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.5]  89 Acts, ch 134, §8
IA Code § 314.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.6 - Highways along city limits.

314.6 Highways along city limits.   Whenever any public highway located along the corporate line of any city is an extension of a farm-to-market road, or of a primary road, it may be included in the farm-to-market road system or the primary road system, as the case may be, and may be constructed, reconstructed, improved, repaired, and maintained as a part of said road system.  [C24, §4735; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b28; C39, §4686.25, 4755.26; C46, §310.25, 313.35; C50, §308A.15; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.6]
IA Code § 314.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.7 - Trees — ingress or egress — drainage.

314.7 Trees — ingress or egress — drainage.   Officers, employees, and contractors in charge of improvement or maintenance work on any highway shall not cut down or injure any tree growing by the wayside which does not materially obstruct the highway, or tile drains, or interfere with the improvement or maintenance of the road, and which stands in front of any city lot, farmyard orchard or feed lot, or any ground reserved for any public use. Nor shall they destroy or injure reasonable ingress or egress to any property, or turn the natural drainage of the surface water to the injury of adjoining owners. It shall be their duty to use strict diligence in draining the surface water from the public road in its natural channel. To this end they may enter upon the adjoining lands for the purpose of removing from such natural channel obstructions that impede the flow of such water.  [C24, 27, §4791; C31, 35, §4644-c46; C39, §4644.44; C46, §309.44; C50, §308A.16; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.7]
IA Code § 314.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.8 - Government markers preserved.

314.8 Government markers preserved.   1. If it is necessary in grading a highway to make a cut that will disturb, or fill that will cover up, a government or other established corner or land monument, the engineer in charge of the project shall establish permanent witness corners or monuments, and make a record of the same, that show the distance and direction the witness corner is from the corner disturbed or covered up. When the construction work is completed the engineer shall permanently reestablish the corner or monument.   2. If the duties in subsection 1 are not performed, the agency in control of the highway on which a project described in subsection 1 has been or is being completed shall pay the costs of restoring the original position of the established corner or land monument.  [S13, §1527-s7; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4656; C46, §309.62; C50, §308A.17; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.8]  2002 Acts, ch 1063, §14  Referred to in §542B.2, 716.6
IA Code § 314.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.9 - Entering private property.

314.9 Entering private property.   1. The agency in control of a highway may after thirty days’ written notice by restricted certified mail addressed to the owner and also to the occupant, enter upon private property for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, appraisals, and examinations as the agency deems appropriate or necessary to determine the advisability or practicability of locating and constructing a highway on the property or for the purpose of determining whether gravel or other material exists on the property of suitable quality and in sufficient quantity to warrant the purchase or condemnation of the property. The entry shall not be deemed a trespass, and the agency may be aided by injunction to insure peaceful entry. The agency shall pay actual damages caused by the entry, surveys, soundings, drillings, appraisals, or examinations.   2. Any damage caused by the entry, surveys, soundings, drillings, appraisals, or examinations shall be determined by agreement or in the manner provided for the award of damages in condemnation of the property for highway purposes. Soundings or drillings shall not be done within one hundred fifty feet of the dwelling house or within fifty feet of other buildings without written consent of the owner.  [C27, 31, 35, §4658-a1; C39, §4658.1; C46, §309.65; C50, §308A.18; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.9]  96 Acts, ch 1126, §3
IA Code § 314.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.10 - State-line highways.

314.10 State-line highways.   The agency in control of any highway or bridge bordering on or crossing a state line is authorized to confer and agree with the agency or official of such border state, or subdivision of such state, having control of such highway or bridge relative to the interstate connection, the plans for the improvement, and maintenance, the division of work and the apportionment of cost of such highway or bridge.  [S13, §1570-a; SS15, §1527-s3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4663; C46, §309.72; C50, §308A.19; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.10]
IA Code § 314.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.11 - Use of bridges by utility companies.

314.11 Use of bridges by utility companies.   Telephone, telegraph, electric transmission and pipe lines may be permitted to use any highway bridge on or across a state line on such terms and conditions as the agency or officials jointly constructing, maintaining or operating such bridge may jointly determine. No discrimination shall be made in the use of such bridge as between such utilities. Joint use of telephone, telegraph, electric transmission or pipe lines may not be required. No grant to any public utility to use such bridge shall in any way interfere with the use of such bridge by the public for highway purposes.  [S13, §424-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4683; C46, §309.90; C50, §308A.20; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.11]
IA Code § 314.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.12 - Borrow pits — topsoil preserved.

314.12 Borrow pits — topsoil preserved.   In the award of contracts for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of any highway, the agency having charge of awarding such contracts shall require that when fill dirt, soil or other materials are to be removed from borrow pits acquired by title or easement, whether by agreement or condemnation, for use in the project, adequate provision shall be made for the restoration of the borrow pit area, either by removal and replacement of a minimum of eight inches of topsoil, or by fertilizing, mulching, reseeding or other appropriate measures to provide vegetative cover or prevent erosion, except where a lake or subwater table conditions are designed, or where the area is zoned for commercial, industrial, or residential use, or where the borrow is in locations of white oak, sand, loess or undrainable clays. When the borrow pit is acquired by easement, the restoration method shall be determined by agreement with the landowner.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.12]  Referred to in §314.12A
IA Code § 314.12A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.12A - Preservation of topsoil in highway construction.

314.12A Preservation of topsoil in highway construction.   In the award of contracts for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and repair, except for minor maintenance, of a highway, the state department of transportation shall require that when fill dirt, soil, or other materials are to be removed from an area acquired by title or easement, whether by agreement or condemnation, for use in the project, adequate provision shall be made for the salvage of topsoil from the area for use in the restoration of the specified critical areas of the project by replacement of salvaged topsoil, by fertilizing and mulching if necessary, or by other appropriate measures to provide vegetative cover to prevent erosion, including filling or covering the area with compost, except where a lake or subwater table conditions exist, where deep loess is present, or where outside ditch bottoms and backslopes are present in rock cut areas. This section shall not apply to borrow pits covered by section 314.12.  2002 Acts, ch 1103, §1
IA Code § 314.13A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.13A - Contract assessment — socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

314.13A Contract assessment — socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.   1. The department shall annually assess the impact of federal and nonfederal awarded contracts on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including women and persons with a disability, as defined in section 15.102, in the state.   2. The assessment shall include the following:   a. Any disproportionate or unique impact the contract may have on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in the state.   b. A rationale for the contract having an impact on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in the state.   c. Consultation with representatives of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in cases where the contract has an identifiable impact on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in the state.   3. This section shall be carried out to the extent consistent with federal law.   4. The assessment shall be used for informational purposes.  2010 Acts, ch 1098, §2
IA Code § 314.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.14 - Contracts set aside for small businesses.

314.14 Contracts set aside for small businesses.   Notwithstanding section 314.1, there may be set aside contracts for bidding by prequalified small businesses a percentage of the total annual dollar amount of public contracts let by the department. The annual dollar amount set aside for bidding by prequalified small businesses shall not exceed ten percent of the total dollar amount of highway construction contracts let by the department and transit dollars administered by the department. The director may estimate the set-aside amount at the beginning of each fiscal year and a suit shall not be brought by any party as a result of this estimate. Set-aside contracts will be awarded to the lowest responsible prequalified small business. This section shall not be construed as limiting the department’s right to refuse any or all small business bids.  84 Acts, ch 1229, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §111, 112; 2010 Acts, ch 1098, §3  Disadvantaged business enterprise funding reauthorized in section 1101(b) of the federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), approved December 4, 2015, Pub. L. No. 114–94; see also  49 C.F.R. pt. 26
IA Code § 314.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.15 - Disadvantaged business enterprises — rules.

314.15 Disadvantaged business enterprises — rules.   The department of transportation shall promulgate rules establishing affirmative action requirements to encourage and increase participation of disadvantaged individuals in business enterprises in all federal aid projects made available by and through the department.  90 Acts, ch 1161, §4
IA Code § 314.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS|Section 314.16 - Interstate 80 — route designation.

314.16 Interstate 80 — route designation.   The interstate which runs from Council Bluffs on the western border through Des Moines to Davenport on the eastern border shall be known as interstate 80. The state transportation commission shall be prohibited from changing the route of interstate 80 as designated on January 1, 1992.  92 Acts, ch 1010, §1