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IA Code § 384.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.31 - Negotiable.

384.31 Negotiable.   General obligation bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter are negotiable instruments.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.31]  2017 Acts, ch 29, §107; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  Referred to in §37.6, 357E.11A, 386.11, 389.4, 390.5
IA Code § 384.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.32 - Tax to pay.

384.32 Tax to pay.   Taxes for the payment of general obligation bonds must be levied in accordance with chapter 76, and the bonds are payable from the levy of unlimited ad valorem taxes on all the taxable property within the city through its debt service fund authorized by section 384.4.  [C97, §852 – 855, 912; S13, §741-w2, 758-b, 849-j, 850-c, -e, -f, 912-a, 1056-a43, -a63, -a64, -a65; SS15, §840-g, -p, 997-c; C24, 27, 31, §5793 – 5795, 5800 – 5804, 5878 – 5881, 5902, 6103, 6261 – 6263, 6265, 6594, 6595, 6608, 6746; C35, §5793 – 5795, 5800 – 5804, 5878 – 5881, 5902, 6103, 6261 – 6263, 6265, 6578-b1, 6594, 6595, 6608, 6746; C39, §5793 – 5795, 5800 – 5804, 5878 – 5881, 5902, 6103, 6261 – 6263, 6265, 6578.1, 6594, 6595, 6608, 6746; C46, 50, §370.7 – 370.9, 370.15 – 370.19, 381.5 – 381.8, 384.3, 395.25, 408.10 – 408.14, 408.16, 416.104, 416.122, 416.123, 416.138, 420.57; C54, 58, §368.16, 368.29, 368.32, 370.7, 381.7, 384.3, 390.14, 395.25, 404.18, 408.17; C62, 66, §368.16, 368.29, 368.32, 370.7, 381.7, 384.3, 390.13, 395.25, 404.19, 408.17; C71, 73, §368.16, 368.29, 368.32, 370.7, 378A.11, 381.7, 384.3, 390.13, 395.25, 404.19, 408.17; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.32]  Referred to in §37.6, 357E.11A, 389.4, 390.5
IA Code § 384.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.33 - Action.

384.33 Action.   No action may be brought which questions the legality of general obligation bonds or the power of the city to issue the bonds or the effectiveness of any proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of the bonds from and after sixty days from the time the bonds are ordered issued by the city.  [C71, 73, §378A.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.33]  Referred to in §37.6, 357E.11A, 389.4, 390.5
IA Code § 384.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.34 - Local budget law.

384.34 Local budget law.   The provisions of subchapter II of this chapter do not apply to any bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.34]  2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  Referred to in §37.6, 357E.11A, 389.4, 390.5
IA Code § 384.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.35 - Rule of construction.

384.35 Rule of construction.   The enumeration in this subchapter of specified powers and functions is not a limitation of the powers of cities, but the provisions of this subchapter and the procedures prescribed for exercising the powers and functions enumerated in this subchapter shall control and govern in the event of any conflict with the provisions of any other section, division, or chapter of the city code or with the provisions of any other law.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.35]  2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  Referred to in §37.6, 357E.11A, 389.4, 390.5
IA Code § 384.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.36 - Prior proceedings.

384.36 Prior proceedings.   Projects and proceedings for the issuance of general obligation bonds commenced before the effective date of the city code may be consummated and completed as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by the city code as though the repeal or amendment had not occurred, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such projects and proceedings remain valid and enforceable. Without limiting the foregoing, projects commenced prior to the effective date may be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds under any such amended or repealed law or by the issuance of general obligation bonds under the city code. For the purposes of this section, commencement of a project includes but is not limited to action taken by the council or authorized officer to fix a date for a hearing in connection with any part of the project, and commencement of proceedings for the issuance of general obligation bonds includes but is not limited to action taken by the council to fix a date for either a hearing or a sale in connection with any part of the general obligation bonds, or to order any part thereof to be issued.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.36]  Referred to in §37.6, 357E.11A, 389.4, 390.5
IA Code § 384.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.39 - Improvements brought to grade.

384.39 Improvements brought to grade.   Paving, curbing, guttering, or sidewalks may not be constructed unless the improvement, when completed, will be to grade.  [C73, §466; C97, §779, 792; S13, §779, 792; SS15, §840-q; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5962, 5976; C46, §389.31, 391.3; C50, §389.31, 391.3, 391A.2; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §389.31, 391.3, 391A.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.39]  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.40 - Underground improvements.

384.40 Underground improvements.   A city may include underground gas, water, heating, sewer, or electrical connections to the street or property line for private property as a part of the public improvement, or a city may order the property owner to make, repair, or relocate such connections by publication of a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided by section 362.3, and if the order is not complied with at the end of thirty days after the date of the first publication, the city may cause the work to be done and assess the cost against the property served by the connection.  [C97, §779, 809; S13, §779, 792-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5981; C46, §391.8; C50, §391.8, 391A.16; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.8, 391A.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.40]  Referred to in §357E.11A, 384.55
IA Code § 384.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.41 - Petition by property owners.

384.41 Petition by property owners.   1. Property owners may initiate a plan for a public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments, by written contract to be approved by the city and signed by all of the owners of record of all property affected by the proposed assessment. If all owners of record of all the property to be affected by the public improvement petition the council, said owners may, in their petition, waive notice to property owners by publication and mailing, as provided in section 384.50, and the council may proceed to adopt a preliminary resolution, a plat, schedule and estimate, and resolution of necessity, and order preparation of detailed plans and specifications. Special assessments initiated without notice under this section are liens upon the property to be affected by the assessment, to the same extent as provided in section 384.65, subsection 5, except that they shall be subordinate to any perfected lien unless the holder of such perfected lien consents in writing to the initiation of the public improvement.   2. A petition may be filed subsequent to the initiation by the council of a plan for a public improvement, and if the petition is received prior to advertising for bids, the public improvement petitioned for may be added by amendment to the resolution of necessity. If the petition is received subsequent to advertising for bids and prior to the completion of the work under contract, the council may, in its discretion, approve the petition and contract with the contractor at a cost not to exceed the unit prices bid at public letting for the construction of the public improvements petitioned for by property owners.   3. This section does not limit the power of a city to initiate a public improvement project on its own motion.   4. Owners of commercial or industrial property may initiate a plan, under subsection 1 or 2, for the purchase of a traffic-control device, fixture, connection, or facility to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments provided that the proposed assessments shall be made only against the commercial or industrial property owned by the petitioners.  [C31, 35, §6610-c7; C39, §6610.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §417.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.41]  92 Acts, ch 1176, §2  Referred to in §357E.11A, 384.38
IA Code § 384.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.42 - Procedure on public improvement.

384.42 Procedure on public improvement.   To construct or repair a public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments, the council shall proceed as follows:   1. Arrange for engineering services to prepare the plats, schedules, estimates of cost, plans, and specifications and to supervise construction of the proposed improvement.   2. Adopt a preliminary resolution by the vote of a majority of all the members of the council. The preliminary resolution shall contain the following:   a. A description of the types or alternate types of improvement proposed.   b. The beginning and terminal points or general location of the proposed improvement.   c. An order to the engineer to prepare preliminary plans and specifications, estimated total cost of the work, and a plat and schedule, and to file them with the clerk.   d. A general description of the property or a designation of the lots which the council believes will be specially benefited by the improvement.   3. The preliminary resolution may also contain the following:   a. A statement of the proportion of the total cost which the council proposes to assess against specially benefited property.   b. A short and convenient designation for the public improvement by which it may be referred to in all subsequent proceedings.   4. A preliminary resolution may include more than one improvement or class of improvement.   5. A single improvement may be in more than one locality or street, and that portion of the street which has been improved by any railway, or which the city may require the railway to improve under franchise or contract, may be excluded.  [C50, §391A.4; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.42]  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.43 - Preliminary plans.

384.43 Preliminary plans.   Preliminary plans and specifications must only be in sufficient detail to advise any person interested of the general nature, character, and type of the improvement.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.6; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.43]  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.44 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.44 - Estimated cost.

384.44 Estimated cost.   The estimated total cost of any public improvement constructed under this subchapter must include all of the items of cost listed in section 384.37, subsection 26, which the council proposes to include as a part of the cost of the public improvement, and may include an item to be known as the default fund amounting to not more than ten percent of the portion of the total cost of the improvement which the council proposes to assess against specially benefited property.  [C50, §391A.25; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.44]  2017 Acts, ch 29, §108; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.45 - Plats.

384.45 Plats.   The plat as prepared and filed by the engineer must show the following information:   1. The boundaries of the district containing the lots proposed to be assessed.   2. The location of each lot under separate ownership within the district, including the property of all railways and utilities subject to assessment.   3. The location of the improvement within the district, together with the terminal points of all major parts proposed to be assessed.   4. The type and general details of the improvement.  [C97, §965; S13, §849-b, 965; SS15, §840-k; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5993, 6081, 6913; C46, §391.20, 395.3, 420.265; C50, §391.20, 391A.5, 395.3, 420.265; C54, 58, 62, §391.20, 391A.8, 395.3, 420.265; C66, 71, 73, §390A.9, 391.20, 391A.8, 395.3, 420.265; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.45]  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.46 - Lot valuations.

384.46 Lot valuations.   Upon completion of the plat, the council shall determine the valuation of each lot within the proposed assessment district and shall report the valuations to the engineer, who shall show such valuations on the schedule before it is filed with the clerk. A valuation must be the present fair market value of the property with the proposed public improvement completed. As an aid in determining valuations, the council may appoint a committee of three persons skilled in the knowledge of real estate values within the city to appraise the present fair market value of each lot within a district and to file a written report of its appraisals with the council.  [C31, 35, §6610-c4; C39, §6610.08; C46, 50, §417.4; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.9, 417.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.46]  Referred to in §357E.11A, 358C.17
IA Code § 384.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.47 - Schedule.

384.47 Schedule.   The schedule, as prepared by the engineer, must show the following information for each lot within the district:   1. A description and parcel number of each lot and the name of the property owner.   2. The valuation of each lot as determined by the council.   3. The total amount proposed to be assessed to each lot, including the assessment for the default fund, if any.   4. The proportion of the estimated total cost of the public improvement which is allocated to each lot.   5. The amount of deficiency, if any, between the amount proposed to be assessed and the proportion of the estimated total cost of the public improvement allocated to each lot. The amount of deficiency shall be shown as a conditional deficiency assessment as authorized by sections 384.60, 384.62 and 384.63.  [C97, §965; S13, §849-b, 965; SS15, §751, 840-k; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5993, 6081, 6913; C46, §391.20, 395.3, 420.265; C50, §391.20, 391A.6, 395.3, 420.265; C54, 58, 62, §391.20, 391A.10, 395.3, 420.265; C66, 71, 73, §390A.9, 391.20, 391A.10, 395.3, 420.265; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.47]  98 Acts, ch 1107, §11  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.48 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.48 - Adoption of plat.

384.48 Adoption of plat.   When the plat, schedule, and estimate of cost have been filed, the council may, before adopting a proposed resolution of necessity, cause the estimate, valuation, or assessment of any lot or the boundaries of the district as reported by the engineer to be amended, and may adopt the plat, schedule, and estimate as amended or as filed.  [C50, §391A.8; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.11; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.48]  Referred to in §357E.11A, 384.54
IA Code § 384.49 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.49 - Resolution of necessity.

384.49 Resolution of necessity.   If, upon adoption of the plat, schedule, and estimate, the council determines to proceed with all or any part of the public improvement, it shall cause a proposed resolution of necessity to be prepared and introduced.   1. The resolution of necessity must include all of the following:   a. A brief description of the proposed public improvement.   b. A statement that there is on file in the office of the clerk an estimated total cost of the work, and a preliminary plat and schedule showing the amount proposed to be assessed to each lot for the improvement.   c. The date, time, and place the council will hear property owners subject to the assessment and interested parties for or against the improvement, its cost, the assessment, or the boundaries of the district.   2. A resolution of necessity may include:   a. Any number of streets or sewer lines for improvement.   b. All improvements which are included in the preliminary resolution.   c. A provision that unless a property owner files objections with the clerk at the time of hearing on the resolution of necessity, the property owner is deemed to have waived all objections pertaining to the regularity of the proceeding and the legality of using the special assessment procedure.   3. a. To replace curbing and gutters in cities with a population of less than ten thousand, the council may adopt a preliminary resolution as provided in subsection 1. The description of the curbing and gutters to be replaced shall be prepared under the council’s supervision. The council may, by resolution, provide for the computation of the assessments on the basis of the original assessment or of the lineal footage of the curbing and gutters to be replaced. Public improvements initiated under this subsection shall in all other respects comply with this subchapter.   b. For purposes of this subsection, “replace” means to substitute new curb and gutter at the same location where old curb and gutter is located and being reconstructed due to deterioration or destruction. “Replace” does not include the reconstruction of curb and gutter to change the grade or reconstruction required because of a street widening project.  [C73, §465, 466; C97, §791, 810; S13, §849-c; SS15, §751, 810, 840-j, 840-m; C24, §5942, 5991, 5992; C27, §5942-b2, 5991, 5992, 5995, 6082; C31, 35, §5942-b2, 5991, 5992, 5995, 6082, 6610-c17; C39, §5942.2, 5991, 5992, 5995, 6082, 6610.16; C46, §389.6, 391.18, 391.19, 391.22, 395.4, 417.17; C50, §389.6, 391.18, 391.19, 391.22, 391A.9, 395.4, 417.17; C54, 58, 62, §389.6, 391.18, 391.19, 391.22, 391A.12, 395.4, 417.17; C66, 71, 73, §389.6, 390A.7, 390A.8, 390A.11, 391.18, 391.19, 391.22, 391A.12, 395.4, 417.17; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.49; 82 Acts, ch 1087, §1]  2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.50 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.50 - Notice of hearing.

384.50 Notice of hearing.   1. The clerk shall publish notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing once each week for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided by section 362.3, the first publication of which shall be not less than ten days before the date of the hearing.   2. The notice must be in substantially the following form:  NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS   Notice is given that there is now on file for public inspection in the office of the clerk of ...................., Iowa, a proposed resolution of necessity, an estimate of cost, and a plat and schedule showing the amounts proposed to be assessed against each lot and the valuation of each lot within a district approved by the council of ...................., Iowa, for a .................... improvement of the type(s) and in the location(s) as follows:   The council will meet at ........ o’clock ........m., on .................... (date), at the ...................., at which time the owners of property subject to assessment for the proposed improvement or any other person having an interest in the matter may appear and be heard for or against the making of the improvement, the boundaries of the district, the cost, the assessment against any lot, or the final adoption of a resolution of necessity. A property owner will be deemed to have waived all objections unless at the time of hearing the property owner has filed objections with the clerk.  ....................................  Clerk   3. Not less than fifteen days before the hearing, the clerk shall send a copy of the notice by mail to each property owner whose property is subject to assessment for the improvement at the address as shown by the records of the county auditor. If a property is shown to be in the name of more than one owner at the same mailing address, a single notice may be mailed addressed to all owners at that address. Failure to receive a mailed notice is not a defense to the special assessment.  [C97, §810, 823, 824, 965, 971; S13, §823, 840-a, 849-c, 965, 971; SS15, §810, 840-l, -r; C24, 27, §5997, 6026, 6029, 6083, 6092, 6901, 6914; C31, 35, §5997, 6026, 6029, 6083, 6092, 6610-c9, 6610-c10, 6901, 6914; C39, §5997, 6026, 6029, 6083, 6092, 6610.21, 6610.22, 6901, 6914; C46, §391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C50, §391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 391A.10, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C54, 58, 62, §391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 391A.13, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C66, 71, 73, §390A.13, 390A.27, 390A.29, 391.24, 391.53, 391.56, 391A.13, 395.5, 395.14, 417.9, 417.10, 420.253, 420.266; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.50]  86 Acts, ch 1241, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §62; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §155  Referred to in §357E.11A, 384.38, 384.41, 384.55, 384.56
IA Code § 384.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.52 - Detailed plans and specifications.

384.52 Detailed plans and specifications.   After adopting a resolution of necessity, the council may, by resolution, order the engineer to prepare and file with the clerk detailed plans and specifications, and order the engineer and city attorney, or any attorney designated by the council, to prepare and file with the clerk a notice to bidders and form of contract.  [C97, §965; S13, §965; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6915; C46, §420.267; C50, §391A.12, 420.267; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.15, 420.267; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.52]  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.53 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.53 - Procedures to let contract.

384.53 Procedures to let contract.   Contract letting procedures shall be as provided in chapter 26. The council may award any number of contracts for construction of any public improvement.  [C97, §791, 812; S13, §840-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6001; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.28; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.53]  2007 Acts, ch 144, §18  Referred to in §357E.11A
IA Code § 384.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 384 - CITY FINANCE|Section 384.55 - Notice of paving to water board.

384.55 Notice of paving to water board.   In cities having a water utility under the management of a board of trustees and in which water connections are not installed by the trustees at public expense, the council shall notify the board at the time of the adoption of a preliminary resolution, of any proposed street paving projects. The board shall report to the council the number of connections from water mains in streets to the curb lines of the proposed improvement necessary to serve private property dependent upon those particular mains for water supply, and the numbers of the lots to be served by the connections, and the names of the owners. Notice must be given to property owners, at the same time and in the same manner as the notice provided in section 384.50, to install the necessary connections within thirty days after hearing. For the purposes of the hearing, property owners who are notified to install water connections, but whose property is not within the proposed assessment district, may appear as interested parties. If upon hearing, the council determines to proceed with the improvement, and any property owner fails to make connections as required, the board of waterworks trustees shall cause them to be made and certify the cost to the council to be assessed against the property and collected in the same manner as provided in section 384.40 for other underground connections.  [C97, §809; S13, §779, 792-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5892, 5893; C46, §391.9, 391.10; C50, §391.9, 391.10, 391A.17; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.9, 391.10, 391A.20; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.55]  Referred to in §357E.11A