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IA Code § 468.119 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.119 - Annexation of additional lands.

468.119 Annexation of additional lands.   1. After the establishment of a levee or drainage district, if the board becomes convinced that additional lands contiguous to the district, and without regard to county boundaries, are benefited by the improvement or that the same are then receiving benefit or will be benefited by a repair or improvement to said district as contemplated in section 468.126, it may adopt, with or without a petition from owners of the proposed annexed lands, a resolution of necessity for the annexation of such additional land and appoint an engineer with the qualifications provided in this subchapter, parts 1 through 5, to examine such additional lands, to make a survey and plat thereof showing their relation, elevation, and condition of drainage with reference to such established district, and to make and file with the auditor a report as in this subchapter, parts 1 through 5, provided for the original establishment of such district, said report to specify the character of the benefits received.   2. In the event the additional lands are a part of an existing drainage district, as an alternative procedure to that established by subsection 1, the lands may be annexed in either of the following methods:   a. (1) A petition, proposing that the lands be included in a contiguous drainage district and signed by at least twenty percent of the landowners of those lands to be annexed, shall be filed with the governing board of each affected district.   (2) The board of the district in which the lands are presently included may, at its next regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, adopt a resolution approving and consenting to the annexation.   b. Whenever the owners of all of the land proposed to be annexed file a petition with the governing boards of the affected districts, the consent of the board in which the lands are then located shall not be required to consent to the annexation, and the board of the annexing district may proceed as provided in this section.   3. If either method of annexation provided for in subsection 2 is completed, the board of the district to which the lands are to be annexed may adopt a resolution of necessity for the annexation of the additional lands, as provided in this section.   4. The right of remonstrance, as provided under section 468.28, does not apply to the owners of lands being involuntarily annexed to an established district.  [S13, §1989-a54; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7549; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.128]  85 Acts, ch 163, §5; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.119  2009 Acts, ch 41, §140  Referred to in §468.121, 468.263, 468.269
IA Code § 468.120 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.120 - Proceedings on report.

468.120 Proceedings on report.   If the report recommends the annexation of the lands or any portion of them, the board shall consider the report, plats, and profiles and if satisfied that any of the lands are materially benefited by the district and that annexation is feasible, expedient, and for the public good, it shall proceed in all respects as to notice, hearing, appointment of appraisers to fix damages and as to hearing on the annexation; and if the annexation is finally made, as to classification and assessment of benefits to the annexed lands only, to the same extent and in the same manner as provided in the establishment of an original district. However, the annexation and classification of the annexed lands for benefits may be determined at one hearing. Those parties having an interest in the lands proposed to be annexed have the right to receive notice, to make objections, to file claims for damages, to have hearing, to take appeals and to do all other things to the same extent and in the same manner as provided in the establishment of an original district.  [S13, §1989-a54; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7550; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.129]  85 Acts, ch 163, §6; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.120  Referred to in §468.263, 468.269
IA Code § 468.121 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.121 - Levy on annexed lands.

468.121 Levy on annexed lands.   After annexation is made the board may levy upon the annexed lands an assessment sufficient to equal the assessments for benefit originally paid by the lands of equal classification if the finding by the board as provided by section 468.119 was that the lands should have been included in the district when originally established, plus their proportionate share of the costs of any enlargement or extension of drains required to serve the annexed lands. If the finding of the board as provided in section 468.119 was based on the fact that additional lands are now benefited by virtue of the repair, improvement, or the change of the topographical conditions made to the district and were not benefited by the district as originally established, then the board shall levy upon the annexed lands an assessment sufficient to pay their proportionate share of the costs of the repair or improvement which was the basis for the lands being annexed. If the board finds that the lands are presently receiving benefits from the district but that some were reasonably omitted from the original establishment because of the change of the topographical conditions, the assessments levied upon the annexed lands shall be limited to a proportionate share of the costs of current and future maintenance, repairs and improvements.  [S13, §1989-a54; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7551; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.130]  85 Acts, ch 163, §7; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.121  Referred to in §468.263, 468.269
IA Code § 468.122 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.122 - Use of former and abandoned surveys.

468.122 Use of former and abandoned surveys.   In cases where proceedings have been taken for the establishment of a levee or drainage district and an engineer has been appointed who has made a survey, return, and plat thereof and for any reason the improvement has been abandoned and the proceedings dismissed, and afterward proceedings are instituted for the establishment of a levee or drainage district which will benefit any territory surveyed in said former proceedings, the engineer shall use so much of the return, levels, surveys, plat, and profile made in the former proceedings as may be applicable. The engineer shall specify in the engineer’s reports the parts thereof so used, and in case the cost of said returns, levels, surveys, plat, and profile made in said former proceedings has been paid by the former petitioners or their sureties, then a reasonable amount shall be allowed said petitioners or sureties for the use of the same.  [S13, §1989-a16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7552; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.131]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.122
IA Code § 468.123 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.123 - Unsuccessful procedure — reestablishment.

468.123 Unsuccessful procedure — reestablishment.   When proceedings have been instituted for the establishment of a drainage district or for any change or repair thereof, or the change of a natural watercourse, and the establishment thereof has failed for any reason either before or after the improvement is completed, the board shall have power to reestablish such district or improvement and any new improvement in connection therewith as recommended by the report of the engineer. As to all lands benefited by such reestablishment, repair, or improvement, the board shall proceed in the same manner as in the establishment of an original district, using as a basis for assessment the entire cost of the proceedings, improvement, and maintenance from the beginning; but in awarding damages and in the assessment of benefits account shall be taken of the amount of damages and taxes, if any, theretofore paid by those benefited, and credit therefor given accordingly. All other proceedings shall be the same as for the original establishment of the district, making of improvements, and assessment of benefits.  [S13, §1989-a17, -a50; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7553; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.132]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.123
IA Code § 468.124 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.124 - New district including old district.

468.124 New district including old district.   If any levee or drainage district or improvement established either by legal proceedings or by private parties shall be insufficient to properly drain all of the lands tributary thereto, the board upon petition as for the establishment of an original levee or drainage district, shall have power to establish a new district covering and including such old district or improvement together with any additional lands deemed necessary. All outstanding indebtedness of the old levee or drainage district shall be assessed only against the lands included therein.  [S13, §1989-a25; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7554; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.133]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.124  Referred to in §468.125
IA Code § 468.125 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.125 - Credit for old improvement.

468.125 Credit for old improvement.   When such district as contemplated in section 468.124 and the new improvement therein shall include the whole or any part of the former improvement, the commissioners, for classification of lands for assessment of benefits and apportionment of costs and expenses of such new improvement, shall take into consideration the value of such old improvement in the construction of the new one and allow proper credit therefor to the parties owning the old improvement as their interests may appear. In all other respects the same proceedings shall obtain as are provided for the original establishment of levee and drainage districts.  [S13, §1989-a25; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7555; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.134]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.125
IA Code § 468.127 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.127 - Payment.

468.127 Payment.   1. The costs of the repair or improvements provided for in section 468.126 shall be paid for out of the funds of the levee or drainage district. If the funds on hand are not sufficient to pay such expenses, the board within two years shall levy an assessment sufficient to pay the outstanding indebtedness and leave the balance which the board determines is desirable as a sinking fund to pay maintenance and repair expenses. Any assessment made under this section on any tract, parcel or lot within the district which is computed at less than five dollars shall be fixed at the sum of five dollars.   2. If the board deems that the costs of the repairs or improvements will create assessments against the lands in the district greater than should be borne in one year, the board may levy the assessment at one time and provide for the payment of the costs and assessments in the manner provided in sections 468.57 through 468.61; provided that assessments may be collected in not more than twenty installments as the board may determine.  [S13, §1989-a21; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7557; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.136]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.127  94 Acts, ch 1051, §9; 98 Acts, ch 1048, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §157
IA Code § 468.128 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.128 - Impounding areas and erosion control devices.

468.128 Impounding areas and erosion control devices.   Levee and drainage districts are empowered to construct impounding areas and other flood and erosion control devices to protect lands of the district and drainage structures and may provide ways for access to improvements for the operation or protection thereof, where the cost is not excessive in consideration of the value to the district. Necessary lands or easements may be acquired within or without the district by purchase, lease or agreement, or by exercise of the right of eminent domain as provided for in chapter 6B and may be procured and construction undertaken either independently or in cooperation with other districts, individuals, or any federal or state agency or political subdivision.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.137]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.128  2006 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §44, 49
IA Code § 468.129 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.129 - Revenues used for operation, maintenance, and construction.

468.129 Revenues used for operation, maintenance, and construction.   Levee and drainage districts may realize income from incidental uses of their improvements and rights-of-way which are not injurious to same or incompatible with the purposes of the district. Revenues derived therefrom may be expended for operating, maintenance or construction costs of the district as its governing body may elect.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.138]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.129
IA Code § 468.130 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.130 - City may discharge treated sewage.

468.130 City may discharge treated sewage.   Any board, as defined in section 468.3, may by contract permit any city to discharge adequately treated sewage into drainage ditches. The contract shall fix the rental, make provision for termination, and shall provide that no nuisance shall be created.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §393.12; C75, 77, 79, 81, §455.139]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.130
IA Code § 468.131 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.131 - Reclassification required.

468.131 Reclassification required.   When an assessment for improvements as provided in section 468.126, exceeds twenty-five percent of the original assessment and the original or subsequent assessment or report of the benefit commission as confirmed did not designate separately the amount each tract should pay for the main ditch and tile lateral drains then the board shall order a reclassification in accordance with the principles and rules set forth in section 468.41.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7562; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.141]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.131
IA Code § 468.132 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.132 - Improvement of common outlet — notice of hearing.

468.132 Improvement of common outlet — notice of hearing.   When two or more drainage districts outlet into the same ditch, drain, or natural watercourse and the board determines that it is necessary to clean out, deepen, enlarge, extend, or straighten said ditch, drain, or natural watercourse in order to expeditiously carry off the combined waters of such districts, the board may proceed as provided in section 468.126. After said board has decided that such work should be done, it shall fix a date for hearing on its decision, and it shall give two weeks’ notice thereof by certified mail to the auditor of the county wherein the land to be assessed for such work is located, and said county auditor shall thereupon immediately notify by certified mail the board or boards of trustees of the districts having supervision thereof, as to said hearing on said contemplated work. In those instances where two or more districts involved are under the supervision of the same board, or joint board if the district is intercounty, the notice shall be given to all landowners affected as prescribed for in sections 468.14 through 468.18. Each district shall be assessed for the cost of such work in proportion to the benefits derived. Common outlet for the purpose of this section shall mean an outlet where two adjacent districts have an outlet common to both of said districts and which districts are also contiguous, one to the other.  [S13, §1989-a24; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7563; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.142]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.132  Referred to in §468.126
IA Code § 468.133 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.133 - Commissioners to apportion benefits — interest prohibited.

468.133 Commissioners to apportion benefits — interest prohibited.   1. For the purpose of ascertaining the proportionate benefits, the board shall appoint commissioners having the qualifications of benefit commissioners, one of whom shall be an engineer. The commissioners who are appointed shall not be residents of any of the districts affected, nor shall any member of the commission have any interest in land in any districts affected by the contemplated work. The commission shall determine the percentage of benefits and the sum total to be assessed to each district for the improvement.   2. In the event that one of the districts to be assessed under this section shall have any improvement such as a settling basin which reduces the quality and quantity of flow or sediment, such commission may give consideration to the existence of such an improvement when they determine the percentage of benefits and the sum total to be assessed to each district for the improvement.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7564; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.143]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.133  2019 Acts, ch 59, §158  Referred to in §468.135
IA Code § 468.134 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.134 - Time of report — notice of hearing.

468.134 Time of report — notice of hearing.   When said commissioners are appointed, the board shall, by proper order, fix the time when the commissioners shall report their findings, but a report filed within thirty days of the time so fixed shall be deemed a compliance with said order. On the filing of said report, the board shall fix a time for hearing thereon, and it shall give notice thereof to the auditor of the county in which the land to be assessed for such work is located by certified mail; said county auditor shall thereupon immediately notify by certified mail the board of supervisors, and board or boards of trustees of the districts having supervision thereof, as to said hearing on said commissioner’s report. In those instances where two or more districts are under the supervision of the same board, or joint board if the district is intercounty, the notice shall be given to all landowners affected as prescribed in sections 468.14 through 468.18.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7565; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.144]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.134  Referred to in §468.135
IA Code § 468.135 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.135 - Report and review — appeal.

468.135 Report and review — appeal.   1. The commissioners shall file with the board a detailed report of their findings. The board shall review the report and may, by proper order, increase or decrease the amount which shall be charged to each district. After the final order of the board has been made, the board shall notify the county auditor, in the time and manner as provided in sections 468.133 and 468.134, of the order. The county auditor shall notify by certified mail the board of supervisors and the board or boards of trustees of the final order. The board of supervisors and the board or boards of trustees, if aggrieved by the final order, may appeal from the order to the district court of the county in which any of the improvement proposed or done is located.   2. Any such appeal shall be taken, perfected, and conducted in the time and manner provided in section 468.83, subsection 1, and sections 468.84 through 468.88, for appeals contemplated by those sections.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7566; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.145]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.135  2019 Acts, ch 59, §159
IA Code § 468.136 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.136 - Levy under original classification.

468.136 Levy under original classification.   If the amount finally charged against a district does not exceed twenty-five percent of the original cost of the improvement in the district, the board shall proceed to levy the amount against all lands, highways, and railway rights-of-way and property within the district, in accordance with the original classification and apportionment. Any assessment made under this section on any tract, parcel, or lot within the district which is computed at less than five dollars shall be fixed at the sum of five dollars.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7567; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.146]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.136  94 Acts, ch 1051, §10
IA Code § 468.137 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.137 - Levy under reclassification.

468.137 Levy under reclassification.   If the amount finally charged against a district exceeds twenty-five percent of the original cost of the improvement, the board may order a reclassification as provided for the original classification of a district and upon the final adoption of the new classification and apportionment shall proceed to levy that amount upon all lands, highways, and railway rights-of-way and property within the district, in accordance with the new classification and apportionment. An assessment made under this section on a tract, parcel, or lot within the district which is computed at less than five dollars shall be fixed at the sum of five dollars.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7568; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.147]  85 Acts, ch 163, §10; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.137  94 Acts, ch 1051, §11
IA Code § 468.138 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.138 - Removal of obstructions.

468.138 Removal of obstructions.   The board shall cause to be removed from the ditches, drains, and laterals of any district any obstructions which interfere with the flow of the water, including trees, hedges, or shrubbery and the roots thereof, and may cause any tile drain so obstructed to be relaid in concrete or any other adequate protection, such work to be paid for from the drainage funds of the district.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7569; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.148]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.138