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IA Code § 331.383 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.383 - Duties and powers relating to elections.

331.383 Duties and powers relating to elections.   The board shall ensure that the county commissioner of elections conducts primary, general, city, school, and special elections in accordance with applicable state law. The board shall canvass elections in accordance with sections 43.49 through 43.51, 43.60 through 43.62, 46.24, 50.13, 50.24 through 50.29, 50.44 through 50.47, 260C.39, 275.25, 277.20, 376.1, 376.7, and 376.9. The board shall prepare and deliver a list of persons nominated in accordance with section 43.55, provide for a recount in accordance with section 50.48, provide for election precincts in accordance with sections 49.3, 49.4, 49.6 through 49.8, and 49.11, pay election costs as provided in section 47.3, participate in election contests as provided in sections 62.1A and 62.9, and perform other election duties required by state law. The board shall provide for the use of an optical scan voting system as provided in sections 52.2 and 52.3, and exercise other election powers as provided by state law.  [S81, §331.383; 81 Acts, ch 117, §382; 82 Acts, ch 1104, §36]  2007 Acts, ch 190, §40; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §84; 2010 Acts, ch 1060, §7; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §176  Section amended
IA Code § 331.384 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.384 - Abatement of public health and safety hazards — special assessments.

331.384 Abatement of public health and safety hazards — special assessments.   1. A county may:   a. Require the abatement of a nuisance, public or private, in any reasonable manner.   b. Require the removal of diseased trees or dead wood, except on publicly owned property or right-of-way.   c. Require the removal, repair, or dismantling of an abandoned or dangerous building or structure.   d. Require the numbering of buildings.   e. Require connection to public drainage systems from abutting property when necessary for public health or safety.   f. Require the cutting or destruction of weeds or other growth which constitutes a health, safety, or fire hazard.   2. If the property owner does not perform an action required under this section within a reasonable time after notice, a county may perform the required action and assess the costs against the property for collection in the same manner as a property tax. Notice may be in the form of an ordinance or by certified mail to the property owner as shown by the records of the county auditor, and shall state the time within which action is required. However, in an emergency, a county may perform any action which may be required under this section without prior notice and assess the costs as provided in this section after notice to the property owner and hearing.   3. If any amount assessed against property under this section exceeds five hundred dollars, a county may permit the assessment to be paid in up to ten annual installments in the same manner and with the same interest rates provided for assessments against benefited property under chapter 384, subchapter IV.   4. A special assessment levied pursuant to this section, including all interest and penalties, is a lien against the benefited property from the date of filing the schedule of assessments until the assessment is paid. A special assessment has equal precedence with ordinary taxes and is not divested by judicial sale.   5. The procedures for making and levying a special assessment pursuant to this section and for an appeal of the assessment are the same procedures as provided in sections 384.59 through 384.67 and sections 384.72 through 384.75, provided that the references in those sections to the council shall be to the board of supervisors and the references to the city shall be to the county.  90 Acts, ch 1197, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1204, §25; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §97; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
IA Code § 331.385 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.385 - Powers and duties relating to emergency services.

331.385 Powers and duties relating to emergency services.   1. A county may, by resolution, assume the exercise of the powers and duties of township trustees relating to fire protection service and emergency medical service for any township located in the unincorporated area of the county.   2. The board of supervisors shall publish notice of the proposed resolution, and of a public hearing to be held on the proposed resolution, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least ten days but no more than twenty days before the date of the public hearing. If, after notice and hearing, the resolution is adopted, the board of supervisors shall assume the exercise of the powers and duties of township trustees relating to fire protection service and emergency medical service as set forth in sections 359.42 through 359.45.   3. All of the real and personal township property used to provide fire protection service or emergency medical service shall be transferred to the county. The county shall assume all of the outstanding obligations of the township relating to fire protection service or emergency medical service. If the township provides fire protection outside of the county’s boundaries, the county shall continue to provide fire protection to this area for at least ninety days after adoption of the resolution.   4. Fire protection service and emergency medical service shall be paid from the emergency services fund of the county authorized in section 331.424C.   5. a. Notwithstanding subsection 1, if as of July 1, 2006, a township has in force an agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 28E for a city or another township to provide fire protection service or fire protection service and emergency medical service for the township, or if a township is otherwise contracting with a city or another township for provision to the township of fire protection service or fire protection service and emergency medical service, the county board of supervisors shall, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and subsequent fiscal years, negotiate for and enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E providing for continued fire protection service, or fire protection service and emergency medical service, to the township, and shall certify taxes for levy in the township, pursuant to section 331.424C, in amounts sufficient to meet the financial obligations pertaining to the agreement.   b. This subsection applies to a county with a population in excess of three hundred thousand. This subsection does not prohibit a county with a population in excess of three hundred thousand from also assuming the powers and duties of township trustees in accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 through 4, for those townships in the county that are not subject to paragraph “a”.  2000 Acts, ch 1117, §18; 2004 Acts, ch 1146, §1, 2; 2005 Acts, ch 74, §1, 3, 4  Referred to in §331.424C, 359.42
IA Code § 331.388 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.388 - Definitions.

331.388 Definitions.   As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Children’s behavioral health services” means the same as defined in section 225C.2.   2. “Department” means the department of human services.   3. “Disability services” means the same as defined in section 225C.2.   4. “Population” means, as of July 1 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the population figure is applied, the population shown by the latest preceding certified federal census or the latest applicable population estimate issued by the United States census bureau, whichever is most recent.   5. “Regional administrator” means the administrative office, organization, or entity formed by agreement of the counties participating in a region to function on behalf of those counties in accordance with this part.   6. “Serious emotional disturbance” means the same as defined in section 225C.2.   7. “State board” means the children’s system state board created in section 225C.51.   8. “State commission” means the mental health and disability services commission created in section 225C.5.  2012 Acts, ch 1120, §31, 37, 39; 2014 Acts, ch 1140, §74; 2019 Acts, ch 61, §10  Referred to in §222.2, 225.1, 225C.2, 225C.7A, 226.1, 227.1, 229.1, 230.1, 235.7
IA Code § 331.395 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.395 - Financial eligibility requirements.

331.395 Financial eligibility requirements.   1. A person must comply with all of the following financial eligibility requirements to be eligible for services under the regional service system:   a. The person must have an income equal to or less than one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services, to be eligible for regional service system public funding. It is the intent of the general assembly to consider increasing this income eligibility provision to two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.   b. A person who is eligible for federally funded services and other support must apply for such services and support.   c. The person must be in compliance with resource limitations identified in rule adopted by the state commission. The limitation shall be derived from the federal supplemental security income program resource limitations. A person with resources above the federal supplemental security income program resource limitations may be eligible subject to limitations adopted in rule by the state commission pursuant to a recommendation made by the department. If a person does not qualify for federally funded services and other support but meets income, resource, and functional eligibility requirements for regional services, the following types of resources shall be disregarded:   (1) A retirement account that is in the accumulation stage.   (2) A burial, medical savings, or assistive technology account.   2. a. A region or a service provider contracting with the region shall not apply a copayment, sliding fee scale, or other cost-sharing requirement for a particular service to a person with an income equal to or less than one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level.   b. Notwithstanding subsection 1, paragraph “a”, a person with an income above one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level may be eligible for services subject to a copayment, sliding fee scale, or other cost-sharing requirement approved by the department.   c. A provider under the regional service system of a service that is not funded by the medical assistance program under chapter 249A may waive the copayment or other cost-sharing arrangement if the provider is not reimbursed for the cost with public funds.  2012 Acts, ch 1120, §13, 18, 19; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §90  Referred to in §331.393, 331.396
IA Code § 331.396A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.396A - Eligibility requirements — children’s behavioral health services.

331.396A Eligibility requirements — children’s behavioral health services.   A child shall be eligible for behavioral health services under the regional service system if all of the following conditions are met:   1. The child is under eighteen years of age and is a resident of this state.   2. The child has been diagnosed with a serious emotional disturbance.   3. a. The child’s family has a family income equal to or less than five hundred percent of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services.   b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, a child’s family whose household income is between one hundred fifty percent but not more than five hundred percent of the federal poverty level shall be eligible for behavioral health services subject to a copayment, a single statewide sliding fee scale, or other cost-sharing requirements approved by the department.  2019 Acts, ch 61, §17
IA Code § 331.398 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.398 - Regional service system financing.

331.398 Regional service system financing.   1. The financing of a regional mental health and disability service system is limited to a fixed budget amount. The fixed budget amount shall be the amount identified in a regional service system management plan and budget for the fiscal year. A region shall receive state funding for growth in non-Medicaid expenditures through the mental health and disability regional services fund created in section 225C.7A to address increased service costs, additional service populations, additional core service domains, and increased numbers of persons receiving services.   2. A region shall implement its regional service system management plan in a manner so as to provide adequate funding of services for the entire fiscal year by budgeting for ninety-nine percent of the funding anticipated to be available for the regional plan for the fiscal year. A region may expend all of the funding anticipated to be available for the regional plan.  2012 Acts, ch 1120, §16, 18, 19
IA Code § 331.399 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.399 - Governmental body.

331.399 Governmental body.   Mental health and disability services regions formed pursuant to this part shall be a governmental body for purposes of chapter 21 and shall be a government body for purposes of chapter 22.  2013 Acts, ch 143, §14, 18
IA Code § 331.421 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.421 - Definitions.

331.421 Definitions.   As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Basic levy” means a levy authorized and limited by section 331.423 for general county services and rural county services.   2. “Committee” means the county finance committee established in chapter 333A.   3. “Debt service” means expenditures for servicing the county’s debt.   4. “Debt service levy” means a levy authorized and limited by section 331.422, subsection 3.   5. “Emergency services levy” means a levy authorized and limited by section 331.424C.   6. “Fiscal year” means the period of twelve months beginning July 1 and ending on the following June 30.   7. “General county services” means the services which are primarily intended to benefit all residents of a county, including secondary road services, but excluding services financed by other statutory funds.   8. “Rural county services” means the services which are primarily intended to benefit those persons residing in the county outside of incorporated city areas, including secondary road services, but excluding services financed by other statutory funds.   9. “Secondary road services” means the services related to secondary road construction and maintenance, excluding debt service and services financed by other statutory funds.   10. “Supplemental levy” means a levy authorized and limited by section 331.424 for general county services and rural county services.  83 Acts, ch 123, §5, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1178, §6; 86 Acts, ch 1237, §21; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §19
IA Code § 331.422 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.422 - County property tax levies.

331.422 County property tax levies.   Subject to this section and sections 331.423 through 331.426 or as otherwise provided by state law, the board of each county shall certify property taxes annually at its March session to be levied for county purposes as follows:   1. Taxes for general county services shall be levied on all taxable property within the county.   2. Taxes for rural county services shall be levied on all taxable property not within incorporated areas of the county.   3. Taxes in the amount necessary for debt service shall be levied on all taxable property within the county, except as otherwise provided by state law.   4. Other taxes shall be levied as provided by state law.  83 Acts, ch 123, §6, 209  Referred to in §331.421
IA Code § 331.423 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.423 - Basic levies — maximums.

331.423 Basic levies — maximums.   Annually, the board may certify basic levies, subject to the following limits:   1. For general county services, three dollars and fifty cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of all taxable property in the county.   2. For rural county services, three dollars and ninety-five cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of taxable property in the county outside of incorporated city areas.  83 Acts, ch 123, §7, 209; 86 Acts, ch 1237, §22  Referred to in §28M.5, 331.421, 331.422, 331.425, 331.426, 331.433A, 331.434, 331.435
IA Code § 331.424B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.424B - Cemetery levy.

331.424B Cemetery levy.   The board may levy annually a tax not to exceed six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of all taxable property in the county to repair and maintain all cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the board including pioneer cemeteries and to pay other expenses of the board or the cemetery commission as provided in section 331.325. The proceeds of the tax levy shall be credited to the county general fund.  96 Acts, ch 1182, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §158  Referred to in §331.422, 331.426, 331.434, 331.435
IA Code § 331.424C (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.424C - Emergency services fund.

331.424C Emergency services fund.   A county that is providing fire protection service or emergency medical service to a township pursuant to section 331.385 shall establish an emergency services fund and may certify taxes for levy in the township not to exceed the amounts authorized in section 359.43. The county has the authority to use a portion of the taxes levied and deposited in the fund for the purpose of accumulating moneys to carry out the purposes of section 359.43, subsection 4.  2000 Acts, ch 1117, §20; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §63; 2004 Acts, ch 1146, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 74, §2, 3  Referred to in §331.385, 331.421, 331.422, 331.426, 331.434, 331.435
IA Code § 331.425 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.425 - Additions to levies — special levy election.

331.425 Additions to levies — special levy election.   The board may certify an addition to a levy in excess of the amounts otherwise permitted under sections 331.423, 331.424, and 331.426 if the proposition to certify an addition to a levy has been submitted at a special levy election and received a favorable majority of the votes cast on the proposition. A special levy election is subject to the following:   1. The election shall be held only if the board gives notice to the county commissioner of elections, not later than February 15, that the election is to be held.   2. The election shall be held on the first Tuesday in March and be conducted by the county commissioner of elections in accordance with the law.   3. The proposition to be submitted shall be substantially in the following form:  Vote for only one of the following:   Shall the county of ................................ levy an additional tax at a rate of $............ each year for ............ years beginning next July 1 in excess of the statutory limits otherwise applicable for the (general county services or rural county services) fund?  or   The county of ................................ shall continue the (general county services or rural county services fund) under the maximum rate of $.............   4. The canvass shall be held on the second day that is not a holiday following the special levy election, and shall begin no earlier than 1:00 p.m. on that day.   5. Notice of the proposed special levy election shall be published at least twice in a newspaper as specified in section 331.305 prior to the date of the special levy election. The first notice shall appear as early as practicable after the board has decided to seek a special levy.  83 Acts, ch 123, §9, 209; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §85; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §44  Referred to in §331.422, 331.426, 331.433A, 331.434, 331.435
IA Code § 331.426 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.426 - Additions to basic levies.

331.426 Additions to basic levies.   If a county has unusual circumstances, creating a need for additional property taxes for general county services or rural county services in excess of the amount that can be raised by the levies otherwise permitted under sections 331.423 through 331.425, the board may certify additions to each of the basic levies as follows:   1. The basis for justifying an additional property tax under this section must be one or more of the following:   a. An unusual increase in population as determined by the preceding certified federal census.   b. A natural disaster or other emergency.   c. Unusual problems relating to major new functions required by state law.   d. Unusual staffing problems.   e. Unusual need for additional moneys to permit continuance of a program which provides substantial benefit to county residents.   f. Unusual need for a new program which will provide substantial benefit to county residents, if the county establishes the need and the amount of necessary increased cost.   g. A reduced or unusually low growth rate in the property tax base of the county.   2. a. The public notice of a hearing on the county budget required by section 331.434, subsection 3, shall include the following additional information for the applicable class of services:   (1) A statement that the accompanying budget summary requires a proposed basic property tax rate exceeding the maximum rate established by the general assembly.   (2) A comparison of the proposed basic tax rate with the maximum basic tax rate, and the dollar amount of the difference between the proposed rate and the maximum rate.   (3) A statement of the major reasons for the difference between the proposed basic tax rate and the maximum basic tax rate.   b. The information required by this subsection shall be published in a conspicuous form as prescribed by the committee.  83 Acts, ch 123, §10, 209; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180  Referred to in §331.422, 331.424A, 331.425, 331.433A, 331.434, 331.435
IA Code § 331.428 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 331 - COUNTY HOME RULE IMPLEMENTATION|Section 331.428 - Rural services fund.

331.428 Rural services fund.   1. Except as otherwise provided by state law, county revenues from taxes and other sources for rural county services shall be credited to the rural services fund of the county.   2. The board may make appropriations from the rural services fund for rural county services, including but not limited to the following:   a. Road clearing, weed eradication, and other expenses incurred under chapter 317.   b. Maintenance of a county library and library contracts under chapter 336.   c. Planning, operating, and maintaining sanitary disposal projects under chapter 455B.   d. Services listed under section 331.424, subsection 2.   3. Appropriations specifically authorized to be made from the rural services fund shall not be made from the general fund, but may be made from other sources.  83 Acts, ch 123, §12, 209