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IA Code § 357.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.15 - Inadequate assessment.

357.15 Inadequate assessment.   When bids have been received, if it is apparent that the final assessment will need to be increased more than ten percent over the preliminary assessment, the board of supervisors shall, at its option, reject bids and readvertise for bids as provided herein, or reject bids and revise the dummy assessment. If the dummy assessment is revised, another election shall be held within the district in the same manner and with the same notices as the first, except that the candidates for trustees shall not be voted for.  [C39, §5526.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.15]
IA Code § 357.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.16 - Second election.

357.16 Second election.   If the majority of the votes cast at said second election be in favor of said improvement, the board of supervisors shall again advertise for bids in the same manner as before. If the bids at the second letting will not necessitate raising the second preliminary assessment more than ten percent, the board may let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5524; C39, §5526.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.16]
IA Code § 357.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.17 - Bond of contractor.

357.17 Bond of contractor.   1. The successful bidder, when awarded a contract, shall be required to give an approved surety bond for one hundred percent of the contract price, guaranteeing completion of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications, and for maintenance, including backfilling, for one year after the final acceptance of the work.   2. If the contractor fails to complete the work as provided in the contract, abandons the work, or fails to proceed in a reasonable manner toward its final completion, the board may proceed against the contractor and surety as provided in sections 468.104 and 468.105.  [C39, §5526.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.17]  2020 Acts, ch 1062, §49  Section amended
IA Code § 357.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.18 - Acceptance of work.

357.18 Acceptance of work.   When in the opinion of the engineer in charge, the construction in any benefited water district has been completed in accordance with the plans, specifications, and contract, the engineer shall certify this fact to the board of supervisors, and recommend the acceptance of the work by the said board. The board of supervisors shall proceed in accordance with sections 468.101 and 468.102.  [C39, §5526.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.18]
IA Code § 357.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.19 - Completing assessment.

357.19 Completing assessment.   After the final acceptance of the work by the board of supervisors, the engineer shall complete the final assessment, which shall be made on all the property within the district, whether abutting or not, for an amount approximately ten percent greater than the total cost of the project. The assessment shall not exceed benefits conferred and shall take into consideration the location and value of the property assessed. Where a pipe in excess of six inches in diameter is used, the assessment against the abutting property shall be limited to the cost of a six-inch pipe, and the difference between the cost of the pipe used and a six-inch pipe shall be paid by a uniform assessment against all benefited property within the water district. The final assessment on any lot or parcel of land shall not exceed the final preliminary assessment by more than ten percent, and shall in no case exceed twenty-five percent of the actual value of the property. The board of supervisors may alter an assessment to increase or decrease it within the limits outlined above, and must approve by resolution the final assessment as made.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5522; C39, §5526.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.19]
IA Code § 357.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.20 - Due date — bonds.

357.20 Due date — bonds.   Assessments of five hundred dollars or less will come due at the first taxpaying date after the approval of the final assessment, and assessments of more than five hundred dollars may be paid in ten annual installments with interest on the unpaid balance at a rate not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A. The board of supervisors shall issue bonds against the completed assessment in an amount equal to the total cost of the project, so that the amount of the assessment will be approximately ten percent greater than the amount of the bonds.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5522; C39, §5526.20; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.20]  99 Acts, ch 83, §5; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §98  Referred to in §357.35
IA Code § 357.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.21 - Substance of bonds.

357.21 Substance of bonds.   Each of such bonds shall be numbered, and have printed upon its face that it is a benefited water district bond, stating the county and the number of the district for which it is issued, and the date of maturity; that it is in pursuance of a resolution of the board of supervisors, and that it is to be paid for only from special assessment theretofore levied and taxes levied as hereinafter provided for that purpose within the said district for which the bond is issued. The provisions of sections 468.76 and 468.78 shall govern the issuance of these bonds except that the contractor will not be paid anything on the work until its completion and final acceptance.  [C39, §5526.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.21]  Referred to in §357.35
IA Code § 357.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.22 - Lien of assessments — tax.

357.22 Lien of assessments — tax.   When the assessment has been completed, the bonds have been sold and delivered to the county auditor, and the schedule of assessment has been delivered to the county treasurer, the installments due thereon shall be collected in the same manner as ordinary taxes and shall constitute a lien on the property against which they are made. If the treasurer does not receive sufficient funds to enable the treasurer to pay the interest and retire the bonds as they become due, the auditor shall levy an annual tax of eighty-one cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of all taxable property within the district to pay such deficiency, and the county treasurer shall apply the proceeds of such levy to the payment of the bonds and the interest on the same so long as the bonds are in arrears on either interest or principal.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5525; C39, §5526.22; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.22]  2010 Acts, ch 1118, §8  Referred to in §331.559, 357.35
IA Code § 357.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.23 - Surplus.

357.23 Surplus.   The board of supervisors shall be required to levy the annual tax of eighty-one cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of taxable property so long as the bonds are in arrears.  [C39, §5526.23; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.23]  Referred to in §357.35
IA Code § 357.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.24 - Fee of engineer.

357.24 Fee of engineer.   The fee for engineering services shall be fixed by the board of supervisors and the engineer may be paid either a percentage or a per diem, from proceeds of the bond sale or by cash from the contractor, if the contractor takes bonds in settlement for the contractor’s work under the contract.  [C39, §5526.24; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.24]
IA Code § 357.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.25 - Management by trustees.

357.25 Management by trustees.   After the final acceptance of the work by the board of supervisors, the management of the utility shall automatically go to the three trustees previously appointed by the board of supervisors. The trustees of a benefited water district located in a county with a population of two hundred fifty thousand or less shall have power to levy an annual tax not to exceed thirteen and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of all taxable property in the district, for the maintenance of the system. However, the trustees of a benefited water district located in a county with a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand may levy an annual tax on the taxable value of all taxable property in the district in an amount as may be necessary for the maintenance of the system, with the approval of the board of supervisors. This levy shall be optional with the trustees. The trustees may purchase material and employ labor to properly maintain and operate the utility. The trustees shall be allowed necessary expenses in the discharge of their duties, but shall not receive any salary.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5526; C39, §5526.25; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §357.25; 81 Acts, ch 123, §1]
IA Code § 357.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.26 - Duties of trustees.

357.26 Duties of trustees.   It is anticipated that this chapter will usually be utilized to finance a distribution system where the source of supply is without the district, and not under its control, and that individuals within the district will pay water rent to a municipality or corporation without the district. It is intended that the trustees may so operate the utility as will best serve the users, and they are expressly authorized to buy and sell water, to fix the rates to consumers and make all contracts reasonable or necessary to accomplish the purpose of this chapter and to carry on all the operations incident to maintaining and operating said utility and to the procuring and furnishing of water to the consumers therein. If the development of a source of supply is within the means of the district, the trustees may install wells, tanks, meters and any other equipment properly pertaining to operate it.  [C39, §5526.26; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.26]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §188  Referred to in §357.35  Section amended
IA Code § 357.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.27 - Public property in district.

357.27 Public property in district.   Whenever property of the state of Iowa, or any political subdivision thereof, shall be included either wholly or in part within the water district and the state of Iowa or the political subdivision owns facilities which may be used as a part of such water system, the executive council, board of supervisors, or city council, as the case may be, may permit the use of the facilities for such consideration and on such terms as may be agreed upon with the board of trustees.  [C39, §5526.27; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.27]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §189  Section amended
IA Code § 357.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.28 - Private mains — additional assessments.

357.28 Private mains — additional assessments.   1. Any person or persons within any water district, who may, after the initial installation of the improvement in any such district, desire to construct additional mains, and who have been assessed on the original assessment, may with the consent of the trustees, connect such lateral mains as they desire with the original system to serve property within the district which has been assessed, provided that the entire cost thereof shall be borne by the parties so interested.   2. The trustees shall have power to make additional assessments on unimproved lots or parcels of land within the district when said unimproved lots or parcels are improved and ready to receive the full benefits of the district. This additional assessment shall be determined and fixed by the trustees and shall not exceed the average assessment for improved property in said districts less the original assessment on said unimproved lots or parcels. Said assessments shall be paid to the county treasurer before service pipes are laid into said improvement. The assessment shall be put in the benefited water district fund of the district of which said lots or parcels are a part and shall be used by the county treasurer for the retirement of bonds and interest. When the bonds are all retired, the trustees shall be authorized to use said fund for maintenance purposes, changing size of mains, eliminating dead ends, or extending mains for the benefit of the district.  [C39, §5526.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.28]  2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 357.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.29 - Subdistricts.

357.29 Subdistricts.   1. If the cost of the desired extensions will be as much as five thousand dollars, the interested parties may petition the board of supervisors to organize a subdistrict, and in such case the board shall proceed in the same manner as for a new district, and may take in territory not originally assessed.   2. The board of supervisors shall have power at any time to alter the boundaries of any district prior to the time of posting or publishing notice of the election within the district.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5522; C39, §5526.29; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.29]  2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 357.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.30 - Additional territory.

357.30 Additional territory.   When the district is under the control of trustees, they are empowered to deal with parties without the district who desire to be taken into the district or to obtain water from the district and determine the amount to be assessed against said district to be taken in or connected with. The trustees shall have power in such cases to make agreements for the district, and may, with the consent of the board of supervisors, alter the district boundaries to take in additional territory. No lot or parcel of land shall be put out of a district without the consent of the owner, after it has paid any assessment to the district.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5522; C39, §5526.30; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.30]
IA Code § 357.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.31 - Right-of-way.

357.31 Right-of-way.   The board of supervisors shall have power to condemn, in the same manner as provided for the condemnation of land, right-of-way through private property, sufficient for the construction and maintenance of water mains. The cost of such right-of-way shall constitute a part of the expense of the improvement and shall be covered by the special assessment.  [C39, §5526.31; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.31]
IA Code § 357.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.32 - Record book.

357.32 Record book.   The board of supervisors shall provide a record book which shall be in the custody of the auditor, in which shall be kept a full and complete record of the proceedings relative to water districts, so arranged and indexed, as to enable any proceedings relative to any district to be readily examined.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5524; C39, §5526.32; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.32]  Referred to in §331.508
IA Code § 357.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.33 - Appeal procedure.

357.33 Appeal procedure.   Any person aggrieved, may appeal from any final action of the board of supervisors in relation to any matter involving the person’s rights, to the district court of the county in which the district is located. The procedure in such appeals shall be governed by the provisions of sections 468.84 through 468.98 provided that whenever in the above sections the words “drainage district” occur, the words “benefited water district” shall be substituted.  [C39, §5526.33; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.33]  2019 Acts, ch 59, §109
IA Code § 357.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.34 - Conveyance of district to city.

357.34 Conveyance of district to city.   1. Where a city is situated wholly or partly within a benefited water district or the source of supply for such benefited water district is a municipal water system, the board of supervisors having jurisdiction of said benefited water district, at the request of the trustees of said benefited water district, may, by proper resolution, convey unto said city any and all rights which said board of supervisors may have in and to said benefited water district. Said conveyance, however, shall not become effective until all existing obligations against said district have been completely and fully discharged and such conveyance accepted and confirmed by a resolution of the council of said city or of the board of waterworks trustees of said city if there be one, specially passed for such purpose.   2. Upon acceptance, the district, including the plant and distribution system, as well as all funds and credits shall become the property of said city and be operated and used by it to the same extent as if acquired under such provisions of law under which said city is then operating its waterworks. Also, the offices of the trustees as provided in this chapter shall be abolished upon acceptance by the city and their duties as such shall immediately cease.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357.34]  2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 357.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357 - WATER DISTRICTS|Section 357.35 - Merging existing districts.

357.35 Merging existing districts.   When the source of supply for a benefited district is obtained wholly or partly through another benefited district or if districts are supplied with their water from a common source, the board of supervisors having jurisdiction of those benefited districts, shall, upon ten days’ written notice to the trustees, hold a hearing relative to the establishment of a single benefited water district with a boundary encompassing all the area within the subject districts. If the board finds the residents and property owners in the proposed district would be benefited, it may establish the single district by resolution. In the case of districts with outstanding warrants in excess of the anticipated revenues and cash balance within the district fund, an assessment shall be drawn up by the auditor for an amount approximately fifty-five percent of the total indebtedness of the district and the board of supervisors must approve by resolution the final assessment as made and cause bonds to be issued at approximately ten percent greater than the total indebtedness of the district in accordance with sections 357.20 and 357.21 except that the bonds shall be paid, approximately equally, from user charges and the assessment. In the case of districts with bonded indebtedness, a subarea of the new single district with a boundary identical to each indebted district shall be designated and taxed in accordance with sections 357.22 and 357.23. When all bonds have been retired, the subarea shall cease to exist. In the case of districts with a surplus cash balance, all funds and credits shall become the property of the single district and used by it to the same extent as if acquired under the provisions of section 357.26. Upon establishment of the single district by the board of supervisors, a resolution shall be passed either appointing three trustees or designating the board of supervisors as the trustees for the single district. The operation of the single district constitutes a county enterprise under section 331.461, subsection 2.  [82 Acts, ch 1219, §1]  Referred to in §331.461
IA Code § 357A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357A - RURAL WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS|Section 357A.1 - Definitions.

357A.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Auditor” means the county auditor of a county in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized.   2. “Board” means the board of directors of a district, and “director” means a member of such board of directors.   3. “Department” means the department of natural resources.   4. “District” means a rural water district incorporated and organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.   5. “Member” means an owner of real property which is located within a district, the tenant of the real property, or another person acting for the owner with the owner’s written consent.   6. “Participating member” means a member who has subscribed to and paid the established fee for at least one benefit unit in a district, in the manner provided by this chapter.   7. “Rural water association” or “association” means a rural water association organized and incorporated as a cooperative association under chapter 499 or as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 504.   8. “Supervisors” means the board of supervisors of a county, or the board of supervisors of an adjacent county, in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.1; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §62, 96]  91 Acts, ch 134, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1086, §1  Referred to in §16.151
IA Code § 357A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357A - RURAL WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS|Section 357A.3 - Hearing after filing with auditor.

357A.3 Hearing after filing with auditor.   When a petition for incorporation and organization of a district is filed with the auditor, the auditor shall so inform the supervisors who shall fix a time for a hearing thereon, not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the filing of the petition. The auditor shall prepare a notice as hereinafter required, which shall at least seven days before the date fixed for the hearing on the petition:   1. Be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area to be incorporated.   2. Be transmitted, together with a copy of the original petition, to the supervisors.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.3]  91 Acts, ch 134, §4  Referred to in §357A.4, 357A.14, 357A.24
IA Code § 357A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 357A - RURAL WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS|Section 357A.4 - Notice.

357A.4 Notice.   The notice prepared by the auditor pursuant to section 357A.3 shall set forth:   1. The location of the area designated by the petitioners for incorporation in the proposed district, as described or shown by the original petition.   2. The time and place fixed by the supervisors for the hearing on the petition.   3. That all owners or tenants of real property within the boundaries described may appear and be heard.   4. That the proposed district, if incorporated, shall have no power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.4]  91 Acts, ch 134, §5  Referred to in §357A.14