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IA Code § 468.337 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.337 - Initiation without petition.

468.337 Initiation without petition.   When the board of supervisors determines on its own action to proceed to the establishment of a highway drainage district, it shall do so by the adoption of a resolution of necessity to be placed upon its records, in which it shall describe in a general way the portion of any highway or highways to be included in such district, together with the description of abutting or adjacent land and railroad rights-of-way to be included in such district and made subject to assessment for such improvement.  [SS15, §1989-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7640; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.3]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.337
IA Code § 468.338 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.338 - Engineer.

468.338 Engineer.   The board shall appoint a competent engineer for the district. If the county engineer is appointed, the engineer shall serve without additional compensation. In no case shall the county engineer act as a member of the assessment commission in a drainage district provided for in this part.  [SS15, §1989-b, -b11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7641; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.4]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.338
IA Code § 468.339 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.339 - Survey and report.

468.339 Survey and report.   The engineer shall make a survey of the proposed district and report the same to the board, being governed in all respects as provided by sections 468.11 and 468.12 and designate particularly any portion of the secondary road system, or the primary road system, or any portion of either or both of said systems, as well as all lands adjoining and adjacent thereto, including lands and rights-of-way of railway companies which in the engineer’s judgment will be benefited by drainage of highways in such district, and which should be embraced within the boundaries of such district.  [SS15, §1989-b1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7642; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.5]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.339
IA Code § 468.340 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.340 - Assessment — report.

468.340 Assessment — report.   The commission for assessment of benefits and classification of the property assessed shall determine and report:   1. The separate amount which shall be paid by the county on account of the secondary road system.   2. The separate amount which shall be paid by the state on account of the primary road system.   3. The amounts which shall be assessed against the right-of-way or other real estate of each railway company within such district.   4. The amounts which shall be assessed against each forty-acre tract or less within such district.  [SS15, §1989-b5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7643; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.6]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.340
IA Code § 468.341 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.341 - Advanced payments.

468.341 Advanced payments.   The board on construction of the improvement may advance that portion to be collected by special assessment, the amount so advanced to be replaced as the first special assessments are collected. The board may in lieu of making advancements, issue warrants to be known as “Drainage Warrants”, the warrants to bear interest at a rate not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A payable annually from the date of issue and to be paid out of the special assessments levied, when they are collected.  [SS15, §1989-b7; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7644; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.7]  83 Acts, ch 123, §186, 209; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.341  Referred to in §331.429
IA Code § 468.342 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.342 - Payment from road funds.

468.342 Payment from road funds.   The amount fixed by the final order of the board of supervisors to be paid:   1. On account of the primary road system, shall be payable by the state department of transportation on due certification of the amount by the county treasurer to the state department of transportation out of the primary road fund.   2. On account of the secondary road system, is payable from county funds.  [SS15, §1989-b5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7645; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.8]  83 Acts, ch 123, §187, 209; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.342  Referred to in §331.429
IA Code § 468.343 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.343 - Dismissal — costs.

468.343 Dismissal — costs.   If such proceedings are dismissed or said improvement abandoned, all costs of such proceedings shall be paid out of the fund of the road system for the benefit of which said proceeding was initiated.  [SS15, §1989-b10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7646; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.9]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.343
IA Code § 468.344 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.344 - Condemnation of right-of-way.

468.344 Condemnation of right-of-way.   When in the judgment of the board of supervisors, it is inadvisable to establish a drainage district but necessary to acquire right-of-way through private lands for the construction of ditches or drains as outlets for the drainage of highways, the board of supervisors may cause such right-of-way to be condemned by proceedings in the manner required for the exercise of the right of eminent domain as for works of internal improvement, except that no attorney fee shall be taxed, and pay the costs and expense of such condemnation from either or both of said secondary road funds.  [S13, §1989-a43; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7647; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.10]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.344  Condemnation procedure, chapter 6B
IA Code § 468.345 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.345 - Laws applicable.

468.345 Laws applicable.   All proceedings for the construction and maintenance of highway drainage districts except as provided for in this chapter shall be as provided for in subchapter I, parts 1 through 5, and subchapter II, parts 1 through 3.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7648; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.11]  83 Acts, ch 101, §98; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.345
IA Code § 468.346 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.346 - Removal of trees from highway.

468.346 Removal of trees from highway.   When the roots of trees located within a highway obstruct the ditches or tile drains of such highway, the board of supervisors shall remove such trees from highways, except shade or ornamental trees adjacent to a dwelling house or other farm buildings or feedlots, or any tree or trees for windbreaks upon cultivated lands consisting of sandy or other light soils.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7649; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.12]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.346
IA Code § 468.347 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.347 - Trees outside of highways.

468.347 Trees outside of highways.   When the roots of trees and hedges growing outside a highway obstruct the ditches or tile drains of any highway, the board of supervisors may acquire the right to destroy such trees in the manner provided for taking private property for public use. Ornamental trees adjacent to any dwelling, orchard trees and trees used as windbreaks for a dwelling house, outbuildings, barn or feedlots, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7650; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §460.13]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.347  Condemnation procedure, chapter 6B  Similar provision, §468.139
IA Code § 468.355 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.355 - Authorization.

468.355 Authorization.   The board of supervisors of any county or counties in which a drainage or levee district has been organized as by law provided, may establish and maintain a pumping station or stations, when and where the same may be necessary to secure a proper outlet for the drainage of the land comprising the district or any portion thereof, and the cost of construction and maintenance of said pumping station or stations shall be levied upon and collected from the lands in the district benefited by such pumping station or stations, in the same manner as provided for in the construction and maintenance of said districts.  [S13, §1989-a49, -a52; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7651; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.1]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.355
IA Code § 468.356 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.356 - Petition — procedure — emergency pumping station.

468.356 Petition — procedure — emergency pumping station.   1. A pumping station shall not be established or maintained unless a petition shall be presented to the board signed by not less than one-third of the owners of lands benefited by the establishment of a pumping station. The lands benefited by a pumping station shall be determined by the board on the petition and report of the engineer, and such other evidence as the board may hear. No additional land shall be taken into any such drainage district after the improvements in the district have been substantially completed, unless one-third of the owners of the land proposed to be annexed have petitioned or consented in writing to the annexation.   2. However, the board of supervisors may install a temporary portable pumping station to remove flood waters in an emergency. The board of supervisors shall levy and collect the cost of the purchase, operation, and maintenance of the pumping station from the lands in the district benefited by the pumping station in the same manner as provided for in the construction and maintenance of a drainage or levee district. For the purpose of this subsection, an emergency occurs when ponded or standing water does not freely flow to the outlet ditch and the capacity of the outlet ditch is not fully used.  [S13, §1989-a49; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7652; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.2]  85 Acts, ch 166, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.356  2019 Acts, ch 59, §162
IA Code § 468.357 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.357 - Additional pumping station.

468.357 Additional pumping station.   After the establishment of a drainage district, including a pumping plant, and before the completion of the improvement therein, the board or boards may, if deemed necessary to fully accomplish the purposes of said improvement, by resolution authorize the establishment and maintenance of such additional pumping station or stations as the engineer may recommend, and if a petition is filed by one-third of the owners of land within such district asking the establishment of such pumping plant or plants, the board or boards must direct the engineer to investigate the advisability of the establishment thereof and upon the report of said engineer the board or boards shall determine whether such additional pumping plant or plants shall be established.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7653; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.3]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.357
IA Code § 468.358 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.358 - Transfer of pumps.

468.358 Transfer of pumps.   If the board or boards determine that additional pumping plant or plants shall be established and maintained, a pump or pumps may be removed from any pumping station already established and may be installed in any such additional plant, if such removal can be made without injuring the efficient operation of the plant from which removed.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7654; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.4]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.358
IA Code § 468.359 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.359 - Costs.

468.359 Costs.   1. The cost of the establishment of such additional pumping plant or plants shall be paid in the same manner and upon the same basis as is provided for the cost of the original improvement.   2. The board of supervisors or the board of trustees, as the case may be, where the district has been established and the original improvement constructed, may proceed with the further improvement of the original project in the manner provided in section 468.126, provided, however, that the cost of such further improvement does not exceed twenty-five percent of the sum of the original cost to the district and the cost of subsequent improvements, including all federal contributions.   3. For the purpose of this section the word “improvement” shall include the construction, reconstruction, enlargement and relocation of levees and acquisition of rights-of-way therefor.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7655; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.5]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.359  2011 Acts, ch 25, §124
IA Code § 468.360 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.360 - Dividing districts.

468.360 Dividing districts.   When a drainage district has been created and more than one pumping plant is established therein, the board or boards of supervisors may, and upon petition of one-third of the owners of land within said district shall, appoint an engineer to investigate the advisability of dividing said district into two or more districts so as to include at least one pumping plant in each of such districts.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7656; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.6]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.360
IA Code § 468.361 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.361 - Notice — publication.

468.361 Notice — publication.   If the engineer recommends such division the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing upon the question of such division and shall publish notice directed to all whom it may concern of the time and place of such hearing, for the time and in the manner as is required for the publication of notice of the establishment of said district, except that said notice need not name the owners and lienholders.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7657; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.7]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.361
IA Code § 468.362 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.362 - Hearing — jurisdiction of divided districts.

468.362 Hearing — jurisdiction of divided districts.   At the time fixed, the board shall determine the advisability of such division and shall make such order with reference thereto as shall be deemed proper, having consideration for the interests of all concerned. If such division is made, the board or boards having jurisdiction of the original district shall retain jurisdiction of the new districts created by such division for the purpose of collecting assessments theretofore made and making such additional assessments as are necessary to pay the obligations theretofore contracted. For all other purposes, each division shall be under the jurisdiction of the board or boards of supervisors which would have had jurisdiction thereof if originally established as an independent district.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7658; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.8]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.362
IA Code § 468.363 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.363 - Division in other cases.

468.363 Division in other cases.   After a levee or drainage district operating a pumping plant shall have been established and the improvement constructed and accepted, if it shall become apparent that the lands can be more effectually drained, managed, or controlled by a division thereof, then the said board or boards, or trustees, may, and if the district is divided by a stream, they shall, divide the district.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7659; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.9]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.363
IA Code § 468.364 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.364 - Assessments not affected — maintenance tax.

468.364 Assessments not affected — maintenance tax.   Each district after the division shall be conducted as though established originally as a district. Nothing herein shall affect the legality or collection of any assessments levied before the division; but the maintenance tax, if any, shall be divided in proportion to the amount paid in by each district.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7660; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.10]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.364
IA Code § 468.365 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.365 - Election and apportionment of trustees.

468.365 Election and apportionment of trustees.   If said district, before the division was made, was under the control and management of trustees, then each trustee shall continue to serve in the district in which the trustee is situated, and other trustees shall be elected in each new district. The election for said new trustees shall be called by the old board of trustees in each district within ten days after said division is made and shall be conducted as provided for the election of trustees.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7661; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.11]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.365  Election of trustees and management of districts, subchapter III
IA Code § 468.366 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.366 - Settling basin — condemnation.

468.366 Settling basin — condemnation.   If, before a district operating a pumping plant is completed and accepted, it appears that portions of the lands within said district are wet or nonproductive by reason of the floods or overflow waters from one or more streams running into, through, or along said district and that said district or some other district of which such district shall have formed a part, shall have provided a settling basin to care for the said floods and overflow waters of said stream or watercourse, but no channel to said settling basin has been provided, said board or boards are hereby empowered to lease, buy, or condemn the necessary lands within or without the district for such channel. Proceedings to condemn shall be as provided in chapter 6B for the exercise of the right of eminent domain.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7662; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.12]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.366  2006 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §46, 49
IA Code § 468.367 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.367 - Funding bonds.

468.367 Funding bonds.   When the owners of ten percent of the land in a drainage or levee district having and operating a pumping station shall petition the board of supervisors to extend the time of payment of the taxes assessed against the lands within said district for a period not exceeding twenty years, under such rules and regulations as said board may direct, the interest on such assessments to be paid annually the same as other taxes levied against the property, not less than one-twentieth of the principal of said extended tax to be paid each year until the entire tax is paid, and the lien of such tax to continue until fully paid, the board of supervisors may settle, adjust, renew, or extend the legal indebtedness of such district as shown by the assessments levied against the lands therein whether evidenced by certificates, warrants, bonds, or judgments by refunding all such indebtedness and issuing coupon bonds therefor when such indebtedness amounts to one thousand dollars or upwards, but for no other purpose.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7663; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.13]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.367  Referred to in §468.80  Refunding bonds, subchapter IV, part 1
IA Code § 468.368 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.368 - Form of bonds.

468.368 Form of bonds.   Such bonds shall be issued in sums of not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars each, running not more than twenty years, bearing interest not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A, payable annually or semiannually, and shall be substantially in the form provided by law for funding bonds issued for drainage purposes.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7664; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.14]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.368  Form of bond, §468.75
IA Code § 468.369 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.369 - Formal execution.

468.369 Formal execution.   Such bonds shall be numbered consecutively, signed by the chairperson of the board of supervisors, attested by the county auditor. The interest coupons attached thereto shall be executed in the same manner.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7665; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.15]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.369
IA Code § 468.370 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.370 - Resolution — requisites — record.

468.370 Resolution — requisites — record.   All bonds issued under the provisions of this part shall be issued pursuant to and in conformity with a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, which shall specify the amount authorized to be issued, the purpose for which issued, the rate of interest they shall bear and whether payable annually or semiannually, the place where the principal and interest shall be payable and when it becomes due, and such other provisions not inconsistent with law in reference thereto as the board of supervisors shall think proper, which resolution shall be entered of record upon the minutes of the proceedings of the said board and a complete copy thereof printed on the back of each bond, which resolution shall constitute a contract between the drainage district and the purchasers or holders of said bonds.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7666; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.16]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.370