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IA Code § 468.139 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.139 - Trees and hedges.

468.139 Trees and hedges.   When it becomes necessary to destroy any trees or hedges outside the right-of-way of any ditch, lateral, or drain in order to prevent obstruction by the roots thereof, if the board and the owners of such trees or hedges cannot agree upon the damage for the destruction thereof, the board may proceed to acquire the right to destroy and remove such trees or hedges by the same proceedings provided for acquiring right-of-way for said drainage improvement in the first instance.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7570; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.149]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.139  Condemnation procedure, chapter 6B  Similar provision, §468.347
IA Code § 468.140 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.140 - Outlet for lateral drains — specifications.

468.140 Outlet for lateral drains — specifications.   The owner of any premises assessed for the payment of the costs of location and construction of any ditch, drain, or watercourse as in this subchapter, parts 1 through 5, provided, shall have the right to use the same as an outlet for lateral drains from the premises. The board of supervisors shall make specifications covering the manner in which such lateral drains shall be connected with the main ditches or other laterals and be maintained, and the owner shall follow such specifications in making and maintaining any such connection.  [S13, §1989-a22; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7571; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.150]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.140
IA Code § 468.141 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.141 - Subdistricts in intercounty districts.

468.141 Subdistricts in intercounty districts.   The board of supervisors of any county shall have jurisdiction to establish subdrainage districts of lands included within a district extending into two or more counties when the lands to compose such subdistricts lie wholly within such county, and to make improvements therein, repair and maintain the same, fix and levy assessments for the payment thereof, and the provisions of this section shall apply to all such drainage subdistricts, the lands of which lie wholly within one county. The proceedings for all such purposes shall be the same as for the establishment, construction, and maintenance of an original levee or drainage district the lands of which lie wholly within one county, so far as applicable, except that one or more persons may petition for a subdistrict as provided in section 468.63.  [S13, §1989-a37; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7572; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.151]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.141
IA Code § 468.142 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.142 - District by mutual agreement — presumption.

468.142 District by mutual agreement — presumption.   The owners of lands may provide by mutual agreement in writing duly signed, acknowledged, and filed with the auditor for combined drainage of their lands by the location and establishment of a drainage district for such purposes and the construction of drains, ditches, settling basins, and watercourses upon and through their said lands. Such drainage district shall be presumed to be conducive to the public welfare, health, convenience, or utility.  [S13, §1989-a28; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7573; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.152]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.142  Referred to in §418.1, 468.49, 468.65
IA Code § 468.143 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.143 - What the agreement shall contain.

468.143 What the agreement shall contain.   Such agreements shall contain the following:   1. A description of the lands by congressional divisions, metes and bounds, or other intelligible manner, together with the names of the owners of all said lands.   2. The location of the drains and ditches to be constructed, describing their sources and outlets and the courses thereof.   3. The character and extent of drainage improvement to be constructed, including settling basins, if any.   4. The assessment of damages, if any.   5. The classification of the lands included in such district, the amount of drainage taxes or special assessments to be levied upon and against the several tracts, and when the same shall be levied and paid.   6. Such other provisions as the board deems necessary.  [S13, §1989-a28; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7574; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.153]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.143
IA Code § 468.144 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.144 - Board to establish.

468.144 Board to establish.   When such agreement is filed, the auditor shall record it in the drainage record. The board shall at a regular, special, or adjourned session thereafter locate and establish a drainage district and locate the ditches, drains, settling basins, and watercourses thereof as provided in said agreement, and enter of record an order accordingly. The board thereafter shall carry out the object, purpose, and intent of such agreement and cause to be completed and constructed the said improvement and shall retain jurisdiction of the same as fully as in districts established in any other manner. It shall cause to be levied upon and against the lands of such district, the drainage taxes and assessments according to said agreement and when collected said taxes and assessments shall constitute the drainage funds of said district to be applied upon order of the board as in said agreement provided.  [S13, §1989-a28; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7575; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.154]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.144
IA Code § 468.145 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.145 - Procedure.

468.145 Procedure.   The board shall proceed to carry out the provisions of the agreement, advertising for and receiving bids, letting the work, making contracts, levying assessments, paying on estimates, issuing warrants, improvement certificates, or drainage bonds as the case may be, in the same manner as in districts established on petition, except as in said mutual agreement otherwise provided.  [S13, §1989-a28; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7576; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.155]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.145
IA Code § 468.146 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.146 - Outlet in adjoining county or in another state.

468.146 Outlet in adjoining county or in another state.   1. When a drainage district is established and a satisfactory outlet cannot be obtained except through lands in an adjoining county, or when an improved outlet cannot be obtained except through lands downstream from the district boundary, the board shall have the power to purchase a right-of-way, to construct and maintain such outlets, and to pay all necessary costs and expenses out of the district funds. The board shall have similar authority relative to the construction and maintenance of silt basins upstream from the district boundary. In case the board and the owners of the land required for such outlet or silt basin cannot agree upon the price to be paid as compensation for the land taken or used, the board is hereby empowered to exercise the right of eminent domain as provided for in chapter 6B in order to procure such necessary right-of-way.   2. When a district is, or has been established in this state and no practicable outlet therefor can be obtained except through lands in an adjoining state, the board of supervisors of the county where said district is situated shall, as drainage commissioners, have power to purchase a right-of-way and to construct a ditch for such outlet in an adjoining state or to contribute to the construction of such a ditch, in an adjoining state and to pay for the same out of the funds of such district. Provided, however, that no drainage district or districts shall be charged or assessed any of the cost for land or work done unless previously agreed to by the board of supervisors or trustees of all of the drainage districts which will be assessed.  [S13, §1989-a39, -a55; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7577, 7578; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.156, 455.157]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.146  2006 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §45, 49  Referred to in §468.147
IA Code § 468.147 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.147 - Tax.

468.147 Tax.   The board of supervisors shall have authority to levy a tax on the lands in said drainage district established in this state to provide funds from which to pay for the improvement referred to in section 468.146, subsection 2, should such levy be necessary.  [C31, 35, §7578-c1; C39, §7578.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.158]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.147
IA Code § 468.148 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.148 - Injuring or diverting — damages.

468.148 Injuring or diverting — damages.   Any person who shall willfully break down or through or injure any levee or bank of a settling basin, or who shall dam up, divert, obstruct, or willfully injure any ditch, drain, or other drainage improvement authorized by law shall be liable to the person or persons owning or possessing the lands for which such improvements were constructed in double the amount of damages sustained by such owner or person in possession; and in case of a subsequent offense by the same person, the person shall be liable in treble the amount of such damages.  [C73, §1227; C97, §1961; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7579; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.159]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.148
IA Code § 468.149 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.149 - Obstructing or damaging.

468.149 Obstructing or damaging.   1. A person is guilty of a serious misdemeanor if, without legal authority, the person willfully does any of the following:   a. Diverts, obstructs, impedes, or fills up any ditch, drain, or watercourse.   b. Breaks down or injures any levee or the bank of any settling basin, established, constructed, and maintained under any provision of law.   c. Obstructs or engages in travel or agricultural practices upon the improvement or rights-of-way of a levee or drainage district which the governing body thereof has, by resolution, determined to be injurious to such improvement or to interfere with its proper preservation, operation, or maintenance, and has prohibited.   2. Any unlawful act described in subsection 1 is a nuisance and may be abated.   3. A governing body shall have the power to repair any ditch, drain, or watercourse, or any levee or bank of any settling basin, damaged by any person or persons in violation of a resolution of the governing body, after three days’ notice to such person or persons to make such repair. In the event that there is a failure to make the repair, the expense of the repair shall be assessed to the person or persons and shall be certified and collected in the same manner as other taxes.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.160]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.149  2016 Acts, ch 1073, §132  Nuisances in general, chapter 657
IA Code § 468.150 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.150 - Nuisance — abatement.

468.150 Nuisance — abatement.   Any ditch, drain, or watercourse which is now or hereafter may be constructed so as to prevent the surface and overflow water from the adjacent lands from entering and draining into and through the same is hereby declared a nuisance and may be abated as such.  [S13, §1989-a15; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7581; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.161]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.150  Nuisances in general, chapter 657
IA Code § 468.151 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.151 - Actions — settlement — counsel.

468.151 Actions — settlement — counsel.   1. Levee or drainage districts through their governing bodies are authorized to maintain actions in law or equity for the purposes of preventing or recovering damages that may accrue to the districts on account of the impairment of their functions, or the increase in the cost of maintenance or operation of the districts, or on account of damages to property owned by the districts, resulting from the construction or operation of locks, dams, and pools in the Mississippi or Missouri river. Levee or drainage districts may make settlements and adjustments of such damages and written contracts with relation to such damages, and receive any appropriations that may be made by the Congress of the United States for the increased cost to drainage or levee districts and may agree to the construction and maintenance of present equipment and of new or remedial works, improvements and equipment as a part of such damages, or as a means of lessening the damages which will be suffered by the said districts. The districts are further authorized to employ legal and engineering counsel for such purposes and to pay for the cost of employing legal and engineering counsel out of the award of damages or out of the maintenance funds of the district.   2. If a lump sum settlement is made between the United States and the district to provide an annual payment of income from the lump sum settlement, the county treasurer of the county in which the greater portion of the district is situated shall be custodian of the principal fund. The governing body of the district shall apply to the district court for authority to invest the fund as provided by section 636.23, and, in addition to the investments approved, the court may authorize investment of the fund in interest-bearing bonds or warrants of the district. The income from the fund shall be disbursed by direction of the governing body of the district.  [C39, §7581.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.162]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.151  2019 Acts, ch 59, §160
IA Code § 468.152 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.152 - Waste banks — private use.

468.152 Waste banks — private use.   The landowner may have any beneficial use of the land to which the landowner has fee title and which is occupied by the waste banks of an open ditch when such use does not interfere in any way with the easement or rights of the drainage district as contemplated by this subchapter, parts 1 through 5. For the purpose of gaining such use the landowner may smooth said waste banks, but in doing so the landowner must preserve the berms of such open ditch without depositing any additional dirt upon them.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7582; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.163]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.152
IA Code § 468.153 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.153 - Preliminary expenses — how paid.

468.153 Preliminary expenses — how paid.   If the proposed district is all in one county, the board of supervisors may pay all necessary preliminary expenses in connection with the district. If it extends into other counties, the boards of the respective counties may pay a proportion of the expenses as the work done or expenses created in each county bears to the whole amount of work done or expenses created. The amounts shall be ascertained and reported by the engineer in charge of the work and be approved by the respective boards which shall, as soon as paid, charge the amount to the district, as their interests may appear, as soon as the district is established. If the district is not established, the amounts shall be collected upon the bond or bonds of the petitioners.  [S13, §1989-a48; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7583; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.164]  83 Acts, ch 123, §185, 209; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.153
IA Code § 468.154 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.154 - Additional help for auditor.

468.154 Additional help for auditor.   If the work in the office of the auditor by reason of the existence of drainage districts is so increased that the regular officer is unable by diligence to do the same, the board of supervisors may employ such additional help as may be necessary to keep the records and transact the business of the drainage districts. The expense of such help shall be paid by the districts in proportion to the amount of work done therefor.  [S13, §1989-a42; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7584; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.165]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.154
IA Code § 468.155 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.155 - Employment of counsel.

468.155 Employment of counsel.   The board is authorized to employ counsel to advise and represent it and drainage districts in any matter in which they are interested. Attorney fees and expenses shall be paid out of the drainage fund of the district for which the services are rendered, or may be apportioned equitably among two or more districts. Such attorneys shall be allowed reasonable compensation for their services, also necessary traveling expenses while engaged in such business. Attorneys rendering such services shall file with the auditor an itemized, verified account of all claims therefor, and statement of expenses, and the same shall be audited and allowed by the board in the amount found to be due.  [S13, §1989-a14; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7585; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.166]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.155
IA Code § 468.156 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.156 - Compensation of appraisers.

468.156 Compensation of appraisers.   Persons appointed to appraise and award damages and make classification of lands and assess benefits, other than the engineer, shall receive such compensation as the board may fix and in addition thereto, the necessary expense of transportation of said persons while engaged upon their work. They shall file with the auditor an itemized, verified account of the amount of time employed upon said work and their expenses.  [S13, §1989-a41; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7586; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.167]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.156
IA Code § 468.157 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.157 - Payment.

468.157 Payment.   All compensation for services rendered, fees, costs, and expenses when properly shown by itemized and verified statement shall be filed with the auditor and allowed by the board in such amounts as shall be just and true, and when so allowed shall be paid on order of the board from the levee or drainage funds of the district for which such services were rendered or expenses incurred, by warrants drawn on the treasurer by the auditor.  [S13, §1989-a41; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7588; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.169]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.157
IA Code § 468.158 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.158 - Purchase at tax sale.

468.158 Purchase at tax sale.   When land in a levee, drainage, or improvement district is being sold at a tax sale for delinquent taxes or assessment, the board of supervisors or the district trustees, as the case may be, shall have authority to bid in such land or any part of it, paying the amount of the bid from the funds of the district, and taking the certificate of sale in their names as trustees for such district, and may thereafter pay any assessments for taxes or benefits levied against said premises from the district funds. The amount paid for redemption which shall include such additional payment, shall be credited to the district.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7589; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.170]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.158  Similar provisions, chapter 569
IA Code § 468.159 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.159 - Tax deed — sale or lease.

468.159 Tax deed — sale or lease.   1. If no redemption shall be made, the board of supervisors or trustees, as the case may be, shall receive the tax deed as trustees for the district. They shall credit the district with all income from said property. They may lease or sell and convey said property as trustees for such district and shall deposit all money received therefrom to the credit of such district.   2. The board of trustees may also lease or sell and convey such other property of the district, both real and personal, as is no longer needed for the purposes for which the district was established, and any such leases or sales and conveyances prior to July 1, 1970, are hereby legalized and declared to be valid and binding.   3. This amendment in 1978 shall not be construed to affect any litigation involving the lease, sale, or conveyance of property by the board of supervisors or board of trustees, as the case may be, of a drainage or levee district, which litigation is pending on July 1, 1978.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7590; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.171]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.159  2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §161
IA Code § 468.160 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.160 - Purchase of tax certificate.

468.160 Purchase of tax certificate.   When land in a drainage or levee district, or subdistrict, is subject to an unpaid assessment and levy for drainage purposes and has been sold for taxes the board of supervisors of that county, or if control of the district has passed to trustees then such trustees, may purchase the certificate of sale issued by the county treasurer by depositing with the county treasurer the amount of money to which the holder of the certificate would be entitled if redemption was made at that time, and thereupon the rights of the holder of the certificate and the ownership thereof shall vest in the board of supervisors, or the trustees of that district, as the case may be, in trust for said drainage district or subdistrict.  [C31, 35, §7590-c1; C39, §7590.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.172]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.160  97 Acts, ch 121, §27  Referred to in §468.166