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IA Code § 400.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.27 - Jurisdiction — attorney — appeal.

400.27 Jurisdiction — attorney — appeal.   1. The civil service commission has jurisdiction to hear and determine matters involving the rights of civil service employees under this chapter, and may affirm, modify, or reverse any case on its merits.   2. The city attorney or solicitor shall be the attorney for the commission or when requested by the commission shall present matters concerning civil service employees to the commission, except the commission may hire a counselor or an attorney on a per diem basis to represent it when in the opinion of the commission there is a conflict of interest between the commission and the city council. The counselor or attorney hired by the commission shall not be the city attorney or solicitor. The city shall pay the costs incurred by the commission in employing an attorney under this section.   3. The city or any civil service employee shall have a right to appeal to the district court from the final ruling or decision of the civil service commission. The appeal shall be taken within thirty days from the filing of the formal decision of the commission. The district court of the county in which the city is located shall have full jurisdiction of the appeal. The scope of review for the appeal shall be limited to de novo appellate review without a trial or additional evidence.   4. The appeal to the district court shall be perfected by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the district court within the time prescribed in this section and by serving notice of appeal on the clerk of the civil service commission, from whose ruling or decision the appeal is taken.   5. In the event the ruling or decision appealed from is reversed by the district court, the appellant, if it be an employee, shall then be reinstated as of the date of the said suspension, demotion, or discharge and shall be entitled to compensation from the date of such suspension, demotion, or discharge.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5711; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.27; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.27]  86 Acts, ch 1138, §9; 91 Acts, ch 55, §2; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §62, 64; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §126
IA Code § 400.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.28 - Employees — number diminished.

400.28 Employees — number diminished.   A city council may implement a diminution of employees in a classification or grade under civil service. Such a diminution shall be carried out in accordance with any procedures provided in a collective bargaining agreement to which a bargaining unit that has at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees as defined in section 20.3 is a party, if applicable.  [S13, §679-h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5712; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.28; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.28]  86 Acts, ch 1138, §10, 11; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §131; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §63, 64
IA Code § 400.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.29 - Political activity limited.

400.29 Political activity limited.   1. A person holding a civil service position shall not, while performing official duties or while using city equipment at the person’s disposal by reason of the position, solicit in any manner contribution for any political party or candidate or engage in any political activity during working hours that impairs the efficiency of the position or presence during the working hours. A person shall not seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in connection with any appointment to a civil service position.   2. A person holding a civil service position shall not, by the authority of the position, secure or attempt to secure in any manner for any other person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a civil service position or an increase in pay or other advantage of employment in any such position for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of that person or for any other consideration.   3. A person who in any manner supervises a person holding a civil service position shall not directly or indirectly solicit the person supervised to contribute money, anything of value, or service to a candidate seeking election, or a political party or candidate’s political committee.   4. This section shall not be construed to prohibit any employee or group of employees, individually or collectively, from expressing honest opinions and convictions, or making statements and comments concerning their wages or other conditions of their employment.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5713; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.29; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.29]  86 Acts, ch 1021, §3  Public employee candidates for elective public office; see §55.4
IA Code § 400.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.30 - Penalty.

400.30 Penalty.   The provisions of this chapter shall be strictly carried out by each person or body having powers or duties thereunder, and any act or failure to act tending to avoid or defeat the purposes of such provisions is hereby prohibited and shall be a simple misdemeanor.  [C39, §5713.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.30; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.30]
IA Code § 400.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.31 - Waterworks employees.

400.31 Waterworks employees.   In cities where the board of waterworks trustees has adopted a resolution placing its employees under this chapter as to civil service, the civil service commission acting under this chapter has charge of the civil service procedure as to those employees and this chapter applies.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.31; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.31]  83 Acts, ch 101, §83
IA Code § 403.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.1 - Title.

403.1 Title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Renewal Law”.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.1]
IA Code § 403.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.3 - Municipal program.

403.3 Municipal program.   The local governing body of a municipality may formulate for the municipality a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate slums and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight and to encourage needed urban rehabilitation. Such workable program may include, without limitation, provisions for:   1. The prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the municipality which are free from blight, through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning and occupancy controls and standards.   2. The rehabilitation or conservation of slum or blighted areas or portions thereof by replanning, by removing congestion, by providing parks, playgrounds and other public improvements, by encouraging voluntary rehabilitation and by compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures.   3. The clearance of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.   4. The redevelopment of slum and blighted areas by approval of urban renewal plans.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.3]  Referred to in §403.14
IA Code § 403.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.4 - Resolution of necessity.

403.4 Resolution of necessity.   A municipality shall not exercise the authority conferred upon municipalities by this chapter until after its local governing body has adopted a resolution finding that:   1. One or more slum, blighted or economic development areas exist in the municipality.   2. The rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, development, or a combination thereof, of the area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the municipality.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.4]  85 Acts, ch 66, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §210  Referred to in §403.14, 403.15  Unnumbered paragraph 1 amended
IA Code § 403.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.7 - Condemnation of property.

403.7 Condemnation of property.   1. A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal project under this chapter, subject to the limitations on eminent domain authority in chapter 6A. However, a municipality shall not condemn agricultural land included within an economic development area for any use unless the owner of the agricultural land consents to condemnation or unless the municipality determines that the land is necessary or useful for any of the following:   a. The operation of a city utility as defined in section 362.2.   b. The operation of a city franchise conferred the authority to condemn private property under section 364.2.   c. The operation of a combined utility system as defined in section 384.80.   2. A municipality shall exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in chapter 6B. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner. However, real property belonging to the state, or any political subdivision of this state, shall not be acquired without its consent, and real property or any right or interest in the property owned by any public utility company, pipeline company, railway or transportation company vested with the right of eminent domain under the laws of this state shall not be acquired without the consent of the company, or without first securing, after due notice to the company and after hearing, a certificate authorizing condemnation of the property from the board, commission, or body having the authority to grant a certificate authorizing condemnation.   3. In a condemnation proceeding, if a municipality proposes to take a part of a lot or parcel of real property, the municipality shall also take the remaining part of the lot or parcel if requested by the owner.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.7]  85 Acts, ch 66, §4; 99 Acts, ch 171, §36, 41, 42;  2006 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §38, 49
IA Code § 403.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.10 - Bonds as legal investment.

403.10 Bonds as legal investment.   All banks, trust companies, savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on an investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality pursuant to this chapter, or those issued by any urban renewal agency vested with urban renewal project powers under section 403.14. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.10]  96 Acts, ch 1204, §20; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §78
IA Code § 403.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.11 - Exemptions from legal process.

403.11 Exemptions from legal process.   1. All property of a municipality, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this chapter shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution. Execution or other judicial process shall not issue against the property and a judgment against a municipality shall not be a charge or lien upon such property. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this chapter by a municipality on its rents, fees, grants or revenues from urban renewal projects.   2. The property of a municipality, acquired or held for the purposes of this chapter, is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof. However, such tax exemption shall terminate when the municipality sells, leases or otherwise disposes of such property in an urban renewal area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.11]  2011 Acts, ch 34, §90
IA Code § 403.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.13 - Presumption of title.

403.13 Presumption of title.   Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property under this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees or transferees of such property is concerned.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.13]
IA Code § 403.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.14 - Urban renewal agency powers.

403.14 Urban renewal agency powers.   1. A municipality may itself exercise its urban renewal project powers, as defined in this section, or may, if the local governing body by resolution determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have such powers exercised by the urban renewal agency, if one exists or is subsequently established in the community. In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency shall be vested with all of the urban renewal project powers in the same manner as though all such powers were conferred on such agency instead of the municipality. If the local governing body does not elect to make such determination, the municipality in its discretion may exercise its urban renewal project powers through a board or commissioner, or through such officers of the municipality as the local governing body may by resolution determine.   2. As used in this section, the term “urban renewal project powers” shall include the rights, powers, functions and duties of a municipality under this chapter, except the following:   a. The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area or combination thereof and to designate such area as appropriate for an urban renewal project and to hold any public hearings required with respect thereto;   b. The power to approve urban renewal plans and modifications thereof;   c. The power to establish a general plan for the locality as a whole;   d. The power to formulate a workable program under section 403.3;   e. The power to make the determinations and findings provided for in section 403.4, and section 403.5, subsection 4;   f. The power to issue general obligation bonds;   g. The power to appropriate funds, to levy taxes and assessments, and to exercise other powers provided for in section 403.6, subsection 8.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.14]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §212  Referred to in §403.6, 403.10, 403.12, 403.15, 403.16  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 403.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.18 - Rule of construction.

403.18 Rule of construction.   Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.18]
IA Code § 403.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.20 - Percentage of adjustment considered in value assessment.

403.20 Percentage of adjustment considered in value assessment.   In determining the assessed value of property within an urban renewal area which is subject to a division of tax revenues pursuant to section 403.19, the difference between the actual value of the property as determined by the assessor each year and the percentage of adjustment certified for that year by the director of revenue on or before November 1 pursuant to section 441.21, subsection 9, multiplied by the actual value of the property as determined by the assessor, shall be subtracted from the actual value of the property as determined pursuant to section 403.19, subsection 1. If the assessed value of the property as determined pursuant to section 403.19, subsection 1, is reduced to zero, the additional valuation reduction shall be subtracted from the actual value of the property as determined by the assessor.  [C81, §403.20]  2003 Acts, ch 145, §286  Referred to in §357H.9, 441.21A
IA Code § 403.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403 - URBAN RENEWAL|Section 403.23 - Audit — certificate of compliance.

403.23 Audit — certificate of compliance.   1. Each municipality that has established an urban renewal area that utilizes, or plans to utilize, revenues from the special fund created in section 403.19, shall make an annual certification of compliance with this section. For any year in which the municipality is audited in accordance with section 11.6, such certification shall be audited as part of the municipality’s audit.   2. The certification required under this section shall include such information or documentation deemed appropriate by the auditor of state including but not limited to the information required to be reported under section 331.403, subsection 3, or section 384.22, subsection 2, as applicable.   3. The auditor of state shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.  2012 Acts, ch 1124, §22
IA Code § 403A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403A - MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROJECTS|Section 403A.1 - Short title.

403A.1 Short title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Municipal Housing Law”.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.1]
IA Code § 403A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403A - MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROJECTS|Section 403A.4 - Aid from federal government.

403A.4 Aid from federal government.   In addition to the powers conferred upon a municipality by other provisions of this chapter, a municipality is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation, to take over, lease or manage any project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government, and to these ends, to comply with such conditions and enter into such contracts, covenants, mortgages, trust indentures, leases or agreements as may be necessary, convenient or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to authorize every municipality to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing project by such municipality. To accomplish this purpose a municipality, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, may include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government any provisions, which the federal government may require as conditions to its financial aid of a housing project, not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.4]
IA Code § 403A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403A - MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROJECTS|Section 403A.6 - Operation of housing not for profit.

403A.6 Operation of housing not for profit.   It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that each municipality shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals or payments for dwelling accommodations at low rates consistent with its providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and that no municipality shall construct or operate any housing project for profit, or as a source of revenue to the municipality. To this end the municipality shall fix the rentals or payments for dwellings in its projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income and receipts in connection with or for such projects from whatever sources derived, including federal financial assistance, will be sufficient to do all of the following:   1. To pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.   2. To create and maintain such reserves as may be required to assure the payment of principal and interest as it becomes due on such bonds.   3. To meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects, including necessary reserves therefor and the cost of any insurance, and of administrative expenses.   4. To make such payments in lieu of taxes and, after payment in full of all obligations for which federal annual contributions are pledged, to make such repayments of federal and local contributions as it determines are consistent with the maintenance of the low-rent character of projects. Rentals or payments for dwellings shall be established and the projects administered, insofar as possible, so as to assure that any federal financial assistance required shall be strictly limited to amounts and periods necessary to maintain the low-rent character of the projects.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.6]  2008 Acts, ch 1032, §50  Referred to in §403A.7
IA Code § 403A.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 403A - MUNICIPAL HOUSING PROJECTS|Section 403A.7 - Housing rentals and tenant admissions.

403A.7 Housing rentals and tenant admissions.   1. A municipality shall do the following:   a. Rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in a housing project only to persons or families of low income and at rentals within their financial reach.   b. Rent or lease to a tenant such dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants without overcrowding.   c. (1) Fix income limits for occupancy and rents after taking into consideration the following:   (a) The family size, composition, age, disabilities, and other factors which might affect the rent-paying ability of the person or family.   (b) The economic factors which affect the financial stability and solvency of the project.   (2) However, such determination of eligibility shall be within the limits of the income limits hereinbefore set out.   2. Nothing contained in this section or section 403A.6 shall be construed as limiting the power of a municipality with respect to a housing project, to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the municipality, to take possession or cause the appointment of a receiver for the housing project, free from all the restrictions imposed by this section or section 403A.6.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.7]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §88, 113; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §51; 2010 Acts, ch 1079, §16