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IA Code § 468.233 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.233 - How paid.

468.233 How paid.   The compensation and expenses of the county board of drainage administrators, for each day or portion thereof necessarily expended in the transaction of the business of a drainage or levee district, shall be paid out of the funds of the district served. The administrators shall file with the auditor or auditors, as the case may be, itemized, verified statements of their time devoted to the business of the district and the expenses incurred. If the administrators transact business of more than one district on a given day, they shall prorate their claims for compensation proportionately among the districts served on that day, but in no case shall a member of the board of county drainage administrators claim or receive a sum in excess of seventeen dollars and fifty cents, plus actual and necessary expenses, for a single day.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.222]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.233
IA Code § 468.234 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.234 - Soil and water conservation districts.

468.234 Soil and water conservation districts.   The governing board of every drainage or levee district organized under the laws of this state shall take notice of the district plan, and shall conform to the duly adopted rules, of the soil and water conservation district or districts in which the drainage or levee district is located. However, this section does not grant authority not otherwise granted by law to the governing boards of drainage or levee districts.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.223]  86 Acts, ch 1238, §61; 89 Acts, ch 83, §53; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.234  For establishment and management of soil and water conservation districts, see chapter 161A
IA Code § 468.240 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.240 - Supervisors of county over two hundred thousand may establish.

468.240 Supervisors of county over two hundred thousand may establish.   The board of a county with a population of two hundred thousand persons or more that has established a drainage district located partly within the corporate limits of a city may expend federal grants or revenue sharing money or other funds not derived from local tax levies in amounts as the board deems proper to pay any part of the cost of improvements authorized in this subchapter, parts 1 through 5. The board may issue general obligation bonds to pay any part of the cost of improvements authorized in this subchapter, parts 1 through 5. The bonds shall be issued according to the provisions of chapter 384, subchapter III, relating to general obligation bonds for essential corporate purposes.  [C77, 79, 81, §455.225]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.240  2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
IA Code § 468.250 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.250 - Jurisdiction to dissolve districts and abandon or transfer improvements.

468.250 Jurisdiction to dissolve districts and abandon or transfer improvements.   Drainage or levee districts may be dissolved and abandoned or assimilated by the procedures prescribed by this part.   1. When any drainage or levee district is free from indebtedness and it shall appear that the necessity therefor no longer exists or that the expense of the continued maintenance of the ditch or levee is in excess of the benefits to be derived therefrom, the board of supervisors or board of trustees, as the case may be, shall have power and jurisdiction, upon petition of a majority of the landowners, who, in the aggregate, own sixty percent of all land in such district, to abandon the same and dissolve and discontinue such districts in the manner prescribed by sections 468.251 through 468.255. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the board from eliminating land from a drainage district as permitted under section 468.188.   2. When one drainage or levee district, either intracounty or intercounty, includes within its territory all of the territory of one or more other drainage or levee districts, and it appears that one assessment and one governing body would be to the benefit of the owners and occupants of the land within the mutual jurisdiction of the overlying and the contained districts, the board of supervisors or board of trustees may effect the dissolution of a contained district and the transfer of jurisdiction and control over that contained district’s improvements to the overlying district, in the manner prescribed by sections 468.256 through 468.261.  [C35, §7598-g1; C39, §7598.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §456.1]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.250  Referred to in §468.255, 468.256
IA Code § 468.251 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.251 - Notice of hearing.

468.251 Notice of hearing.   Upon the filing of such petition the board shall enter an order fixing the date for hearing thereon not less than forty days from the date of the filing thereof and shall enter an order directing the county auditor, if such district is under the control of the board of supervisors, or the clerk of the board, if under the control of a board of trustees, to immediately cause notice of hearing thereon to be served on the owners of lands in such district as may then be provided by law in proceedings for the establishment of a drainage or levee district.  [C35, §7598-g2; C39, §7598.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §456.2]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.251  Referred to in §468.250, 468.255
IA Code § 468.252 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.252 - Hearing on petition.

468.252 Hearing on petition.   The petition may be amended at any time before final action on the petition. At the time set for hearing on the petition, the board shall hear and determine the sufficiency of the petition as to form and substance and all objections filed against the abandonment and dissolution of such district. If the board finds that such district is free from indebtedness and that the necessity for the continued maintenance thereof no longer exists or that the expense of the continued maintenance of such district is not commensurate with the benefits derived therefrom, the board shall enter an order abandoning and dissolving such district, which order shall be filed with the county auditor of the county or counties in which such district is situated and noted on the drainage record.  [C35, §7598-g3; C39, §7598.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §456.3]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.252  2013 Acts, ch 90, §141  Referred to in §468.250, 468.255
IA Code § 468.253 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.253 - Appeal.

468.253 Appeal.   Appeal may be taken from the order of the board to the district court of the county in which such district or a part thereof is situated, in the same time and manner as appeal may be taken from an order of the board of supervisors establishing a district.  [C35, §7598-g4; C39, §7598.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §456.4]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.253  Referred to in §468.250, 468.255  Appeals, §468.83 et seq.
IA Code § 468.254 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.254 - Expense — refund.

468.254 Expense — refund.   In case there are sufficient funds on hand in such district, or there are unpaid assessments outstanding or other property belonging to such district in an amount sufficient to pay such expense, the expense of abandonment and dissolution shall be paid out of such funds or out of funds realized by the sale of such property. Where such district is free of indebtedness but there are not sufficient funds on hand or unpaid assessments outstanding or other assets to pay such expense the board shall assess such expense against the property in the district in the same proportions as the last preceding assessments of benefits. Any excess remaining to the credit of such district after sale of its assets and after payment of such expenses shall be prorated back to the property owners in the district in the proportions according to class and benefits as last assessed. If the petition is denied, the costs of said proceedings shall be paid by the petitioning owners.  [C35, §7598-g5; C39, §7598.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §456.5]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.254  Referred to in §468.250, 468.255
IA Code § 468.255 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.255 - Abandonment of rights-of-way.

468.255 Abandonment of rights-of-way.   If a dissolution is effected pursuant to section 468.250, subsection 1, and sections 468.251 through 468.254, the rights-of-way of the district for all purposes of the district shall be deemed abandoned.  [C35, §7598-g6; C39, §7598.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §456.6]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.255  Referred to in §468.250
IA Code § 468.256 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.256 - Initiating dissolution of contained district.

468.256 Initiating dissolution of contained district.   To initiate the dissolution of a contained district under the circumstances described in section 468.250, subsection 2:   1. The board of supervisors or board of trustees of the district proposed to be dissolved shall enter an order for the proposed dissolution of that district and the surrender of its improvements and rights-of-way to the overlying district.   2. The board of supervisors or board of trustees of the overlying district shall enter an order approving the proposed acceptance of those improvements and rights-of-way.  [C81, §456.11]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.256  Referred to in §468.250, 468.257, 468.260, 468.261, 468.500, 468.538
IA Code § 468.257 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.257 - Procedure for notice of hearing.

468.257 Procedure for notice of hearing.   1. The board of the overlying district shall enter an order fixing a place and a time, not less than forty days after the date of the later of the two orders required by section 468.256, for a hearing on the proposals described in the two orders.   2. The auditor, or auditors if the overlying district includes land lying in two or more counties, shall cause notice of the proposals and of the hearing to be given immediately upon the entry of an order under subsection 1. The notice must:   a. Include the texts of the orders entered pursuant to section 468.256, the date, time and place of the hearing, and a statement that all objections to the proposals embodied in the orders must be made in writing and filed in the office of the auditor at or before the time set for the hearing.   b. Be directed to all of the following:   (1) The owner of each tract of land or lot within the overlying district, as shown by the transfer books of the auditor’s office, including railway companies having right-of-way in the district.   (2) All lienholders or encumbrancers of land within the overlying district, without naming them.   (3) All actual occupants of land in the overlying district, without naming individuals.   (4) All other persons whom it may concern.   3. Except as otherwise required by section 468.16, the notice required by this section shall be served by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the overlying district’s land is situated. The publication shall be made not less than twenty days prior to the day set for the hearing. Proof of service shall be made by affidavit of the publisher.  [C81, §456.12]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.257  Referred to in §468.250, 468.258, 468.260, 468.261, 468.500, 468.538
IA Code § 468.258 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.258 - Procedure at hearing.

468.258 Procedure at hearing.   The hearing shall be convened at the time and place fixed in accordance with section 468.257, subsection 1, and the procedure at the hearing shall be as prescribed by this section.   1. The board of the contained district shall first hear all objections filed against the dissolution of the district and the surrender of its improvements to the overlying district. If, at the conclusion of that portion of the hearing, that board finds that the contained district is free of debt, that the economic benefits of the continued maintenance of that district would not be commensurate with its cost, and that it would be advantageous to dissolve and discontinue the contained district and surrender its improvements and rights-of-way to the overlying district, it shall enter an order dissolving the contained district and directing the surrender of its improvements and rights-of-way, conditioned on acceptance by the overlying district.   2. Immediately thereafter, the board of the overlying district shall hear all objections filed against the acceptance of the contained district’s improvements and their maintenance. If it finds that the improvements are conducive to the drainage of surface waters from agricultural lands and all other lands in the overlying district or the protection of the lands from overflow, it shall enter an order accepting the improvements and rights-of-way of the contained district.   3. Orders issued pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 shall be filed with the county auditor of the county or counties in which the affected districts are situated and noted on the drainage record.   4. If at or before the time set for the hearing there have been filed with the county auditor or auditors, if either the contained or overlying district extends into more than one county, or with the board of either district, one or more remonstrances or objections to the dissolution of the contained district, or to the acceptance of that district’s improvements and rights-of-way by the overlying district, signed by owners of land and land improvements in either district aggregating sixty percent of the total assessed value of the land in that district as shown by the taxing records in the county or counties in which that district is located, the board to which the remonstrances or objections have been made shall abandon its proposed action.  [C81, §456.13]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.258  Referred to in §468.250, 468.259, 468.260, 468.261, 468.265, 468.500, 468.538
IA Code § 468.259 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.259 - Election in lieu of hearings.

468.259 Election in lieu of hearings.   In lieu of the hearings provided for in section 468.258, the board of either district may call an election for the purpose of determining the dissolution of the contained district or the acceptance of that district’s improvements and rights-of-way by the overlying district. The questions may be submitted at a regular election of the district or at a special election called for that purpose. It is not mandatory for the county commissioner of elections to conduct the elections, however the provisions of sections 49.43 to 49.47, and of subchapter III of this chapter, as they are applicable, shall govern the elections, and the question to be submitted shall be set forth in the notice of election.   1. If sixty percent or more of the votes cast are in favor of the proposed dissolution of the contained district involved, the board of that district shall enter an order dissolving the contained district and directing the surrender of its improvements and rights-of-way, conditioned on acceptance by the overlying district.   2. If sixty percent or more of the votes cast in the overlying district are in favor of the proposed acceptance by that district of the contained district’s improvements and rights-of-way, the board of the overlying district shall enter an order accepting the improvements and rights-of-way of the contained district.   3. Orders issued pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 shall be filed with the county auditor of the county or counties in which the affected districts are situated and noted on the drainage record.  [C81, §456.14]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.259  Referred to in §468.250, 468.260, 468.261, 468.500, 468.538
IA Code § 468.260 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.260 - Effect of dissolution, surrender, and acceptance.

468.260 Effect of dissolution, surrender, and acceptance.   When a contained district dissolves and surrenders its improvements and rights-of-way to the jurisdiction and control of an overlying district, and the overlying district accepts those improvements and rights-of-way, in accordance with sections 468.256 through 468.259:   1. It is presumed that the classification of the lands which were included in the dissolved district, as previously determined by the commissioners in the classification of those lands as a part of the overlying district, remains equitable and no reclassification of the overlying district or any part of it is necessary.   2. The improvements surrendered and accepted are at all times under the supervision of the board of the overlying district, and it is the duty of that board to keep the improvements in repair as provided in section 468.126 as fully and completely as though the improvements were a part of the original construction or improvements in the overlying district.   3. It is presumed that:   a. The improvements surrendered and accepted are an integral part of the overlying district’s improvements, and are a public benefit and conducive to the public health, convenience and welfare.   b. No value is taken into consideration for the existing improvements nor is credit given to the parties owning them, and they shall not be considered an asset of the district that is dissolved.   4. The original cost and the subsequent cost of improvements in the district that has been dissolved are added to and become a part of the original cost and the subsequent cost of improvements in the overlying district.  [C81, §456.15]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.260  Referred to in §468.250
IA Code § 468.261 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.261 - Costs borne by overlying district.

468.261 Costs borne by overlying district.   The overlying district shall pay all costs of the proceedings held pursuant to sections 468.256 through 468.259.  [C81, §456.16]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.261  Referred to in §468.250
IA Code § 468.262 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.262 - Purpose.

468.262 Purpose.   The provisions of this part apply to drainage or levee districts when such districts participate in a merger.  2014 Acts, ch 1075, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §148
IA Code § 468.263 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.263 - General.

468.263 General.   1. A merger must involve two or more voluntarily participating drainage or levee districts including all of the following:   a. One participating dominant district whose board would survive the merger to govern the merged district.   b. One or more participating servient districts whose boards would be dissolved by the merger.   2. a. The merger must be proposed by the board of each participating drainage or levee district as provided in this part.   b. The proposed merger must be approved by the board of the participating dominant district and one or more boards of the participating servient districts, as provided in this part.   3. a. The boundary of a participating drainage or levee district must adjoin all or part of the boundary of another participating drainage or levee district.   b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” two participating drainage or levee districts may be separated by land not part of any drainage or levee district if the proposed merger is contingent upon the annexation of such land pursuant to sections 468.119 through 468.121.   4. A merger may occur notwithstanding that a drainage or levee district participating in a merger is not otherwise eligible for dissolution as provided in part 6 of this subchapter.  2014 Acts, ch 1075, §2
IA Code § 468.264 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.264 - Board participation initiated.

468.264 Board participation initiated.   1. In order to participate in a proposed merger the board of a drainage or levee district must determine that the merger will substantially benefit the owners of land situated in the drainage or levee district.   2. A board making the determination described in subsection 1 shall enter an order to conduct a public hearing regarding a proposed merger as provided in section 468.265. The board shall enter the order with the auditor of each county where the drainage or levee district is situated.  2014 Acts, ch 1075, §3  Referred to in §468.265
IA Code § 468.265 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.265 - Public hearing.

468.265 Public hearing.   1. A public hearing must be conducted within forty-five days from the last date that the board enters an order with the auditor of each county where the drainage or levee district is situated as provided in section 468.264. The auditor of each county where the participating drainage or levee district is located shall provide notice of a public hearing regarding the proposed merger. However, the board may designate the auditor of the county with the greatest portion of the district’s territory to provide the notice. The notice must include all of the following:   a. A description of the proposed merger.   b. The determination made by the board under section 468.264.   c. Whether land in the participating drainage or levee district may be subject to any special assessment as provided in section 468.269.   d. The date, time, and place of the public hearing.   e. That all written objections to the proposed merger must be filed in the office of the county auditor.   2. a. The auditor of the county where a participating drainage or levee district is situated or the auditor designated by the board shall deliver the notice required in subsection 1 to all landowners in the district in the same manner as provided in sections 468.14 through 468.18, as the auditor deems appropriate.   b. If land is to be annexed as a condition of the merger, as provided in this part, the auditor of the county where the land to be annexed is situated or the auditor designated by the board shall deliver the notice to the owners of such land by ordinary mail.   3. The boards of one or more participating drainage or levee districts may conduct the public hearing jointly.   4. This section shall not be construed to prevent the board of a participating drainage or levee district from convening and conducting a public hearing in a manner consistent with section 468.258.  2014 Acts, ch 1075, §4; 2015 Acts, ch 51, §1, 2  Referred to in §468.264, 468.266, 468.269