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IA Code § 161A.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.23 - Agreement by fifty percent of landowners.

161A.23 Agreement by fifty percent of landowners.   1. After obtaining agreements to carry out recommended soil conservation measures and proper farm plans from owners of not less than fifty percent of the lands situated in the subdistrict, the governing body of the subdistrict shall have the authority to establish a special tax for the purpose of organization, construction, repair, alteration, enlargement, extension, and operation of present and future works of improvement within the boundaries of said subdistrict.   2. The governing body shall appoint three appraisers to assess benefits and classify the land affected by such improvements. One of such appraisers shall be a competent licensed professional engineer and two of them shall be resident landowners of the county or counties in which the subdistrict is located but not living within nor owning or operating any lands included in said subdistrict.   3. The appraisers shall take and subscribe an oath of their qualifications and to perform the duties of classification of said lands, fix the percentages, benefits and apportion and assess the costs and expenses of construction of the said improvement according to law and their best judgment, skill, and ability. If said appraisers or any of them fail or neglect to act or perform the duties in the time and as required of them by law, the governing body of the subdistrict shall appoint others with like qualifications to take their places and perform said duties.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.23]  C93, §161A.23  2007 Acts, ch 126, §38  Referred to in §161A.22, 161A.38, 161A.41
IA Code § 161A.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.24 - Assessment for improvements.

161A.24 Assessment for improvements.   1. At the time of appointing the appraisers, the governing body shall fix the time within which said assessment, classification, and apportionment shall be made, which may be extended for good cause shown. Within twenty days after their appointment, the appraisers shall begin to inspect and classify all the lands within the district, or any change, extension, enlargement, or relocation thereof in tracts of forty acres or less according to the legal or recognized subdivisions, in a graduated scale of benefits to be numbered according to the benefit to be received by each of such tracts from such improvement, and pursue the work continuously until completed. When the work is completed, the appraisers shall make a full, accurate, and detailed report thereof and file the report with the governing body. The lands receiving the greatest benefit shall be marked on a scale of one hundred, and those benefited in a less degree with such percentage of one hundred as the benefits received bear in proportion thereto.   2. The amount of benefit appraised to each forty acres of land within the subdistrict shall be determined by the improvements within said subdistrict based upon the work plan as agreed upon by the subdistrict.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.24]  C93, §161A.24  2018 Acts, ch 1041, §48  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.25 - Report of appraisers.

161A.25 Report of appraisers.   In the report of the appraisers so appointed they shall specify each tract of land by proper description, and the ownership thereof, as the same appears on the transfer books in the auditor’s office.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.25]  C93, §161A.25  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.26 - Hearing.

161A.26 Hearing.   The governing body shall fix a time for a hearing within sixty days upon receiving the report of the appraisers, and the governing body shall cause notice to be served upon each person not less than ten days before said hearing whose name appears as owner, naming that person, and also upon the person or persons in actual occupancy of any tract of land without naming them of the day and hour of such hearing, which notice shall be for the same time and served in the same manner as is provided for the establishment of a subdistrict, and shall state the amount of assessment of costs and expenses of organizing and construction apportioned to each owner upon each forty-acre tract or less, and that all objections thereto must be in writing and filed with the governing body at or before the time set for such hearing.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.26]  C93, §161A.26  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.27 - Determination by board.

161A.27 Determination by board.   At the time fixed or at an adjourned hearing, the governing body shall hear and determine all objections filed to said report and shall fully consider the said report, and may affirm, increase, or diminish the percentage of benefits or the apportionment of costs and expenses made in said report against any body or tract of land in said subdistrict as may appear to the board to be just and equitable.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.27]  C93, §161A.27  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.28 - Appeal.

161A.28 Appeal.   Any person aggrieved may appeal from any final action of the governing body in relation to any matter involving the person’s rights, to the district court of the county in which the proceeding was held.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.28]  C93, §161A.28  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.29 - Intercounty subdistricts.

161A.29 Intercounty subdistricts.   In subdistricts extending into two or more counties, appeals from final orders resulting from the joint action of the several governing bodies of such subdistrict may be taken to the district court of any county into which the district extends.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.29]  C93, §161A.29  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.30 - Notice of appeal.

161A.30 Notice of appeal.   All appeals shall be taken within twenty days after the date of final action or order of the governing body from which such appeal is taken by filing with the auditor a notice of appeal, designating the court to which the appeal is taken, the order or action appealed from, and stating that the appeal will come on for hearing thirty days following perfection of the appeal with allowances of additional time for good cause shown. This notice shall be accompanied by an appeal bond with sureties to be approved by the auditor conditioned to pay all costs adjudged against the appellant and to abide the orders of the court.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.30]  C93, §161A.30  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.31 - Petition filed.

161A.31 Petition filed.   Within twenty days after perfection of notice, the appellant shall file a petition setting forth the order or final action of the governing body appealed from and the grounds of the appellant’s objections and the appellant’s complaint, with a copy of the appellant’s claim for damages or objections filed by the appellant with the auditor. The appellant shall pay to the clerk the filing fee as provided by law in other cases. A failure to pay the filing fee or to file such petition shall be deemed a waiver of the appeal and in such case the court shall dismiss the same.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.31]  C93, §161A.31  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.32 - Assessment certified.

161A.32 Assessment certified.   When the board or boards of supervisors shall receive a certification from the governing body of the district to make the necessary assessment on the real estate within the boundaries of the subdistrict lying within their respective county, this shall be construed as final action by the governing body.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.32]  C93, §161A.32  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.33 - Assessments transmitted.

161A.33 Assessments transmitted.   1. The governing body upon receiving the reports from three appointed appraisers and after holding the hearings shall transmit and certify the amounts of assessments to the respective boards of supervisors which, upon receipt of certification from the governing body of the district, make the necessary levy of such assessments as fixed by the governing body upon the land within such subdistrict. The assessments shall be levied at that time as a tax and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A from that date payable annually except as hereafter provided as to cash payments therefor within a specified time.   2. The assessment levied under this section together with any accrued interest or delinquency penalty as provided in this chapter shall be deposited in a fund established by the governing body as provided by a resolution adopted by the governing body and delivered for filing with each appropriate county treasurer. Moneys earned as income from moneys in the fund, including as interest, shall remain in the fund until expended by the governing body according to procedures specified in the resolution. If the governing body does not adopt a resolution or deliver the resolution to the county treasurer, the moneys shall be deposited into a separate account in the county’s general fund by that county treasurer. The account shall be identified by the official name of the subdistrict and expenditures from the account shall be made on requisition of the chairperson and secretary of the governing body of the subdistrict.   3. At no time shall an assessment be made where the benefits accrued to the subdistrict do not exceed the cost of the improvements within the subdistrict.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.33]  C93, §161A.33  2005 Acts, ch 116, §2  Referred to in §161A.34, 161A.41, 331.552
IA Code § 161A.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.34 - Payment to county treasurer.

161A.34 Payment to county treasurer.   1. All assessments for benefits shall be levied at one time against the property benefited and when levied and certified by the board or boards of supervisors shall be paid at the office of the county treasurer. Each person shall have the right within twenty days after the levy of assessments to pay the person’s assessment in full without interest. The county treasurer shall pay the collected moneys into a fund established by the governing body or an account of the county’s general fund as provided in section 161A.33.   2. If any levy of assessments is not sufficient to meet the cost and expenses of organizing and construction apportioned to each owner upon each forty-acre tract or less, additional assessments may be made on the same classification as the previous ones.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.34]  C93, §161A.34  2005 Acts, ch 116, §3  Referred to in §161A.41, 331.552
IA Code § 161A.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.35 - Installments.

161A.35 Installments.   If the owner of any premises against which a levy exceeding five hundred dollars has been made and certified shall, within thirty days from the date of such levy, agree in writing in a separate agreement, that in consideration of having a right to pay the owner’s assessment in installments, the owner will not make any objection as to the legality of the assessment for benefit, or the levy of the taxes against the owner’s property, then such owner shall have the following options:   1. To pay one half of the amount of such assessment at the time of filing such agreement and the remaining one half shall become due and payable one year from the date of filing such agreement. All such installments shall be without interest if paid at said times, otherwise said assessments shall bear interest from the date of the levy at a rate fixed by the governing body of the subdistrict, but not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A, payable annually, and be collected as other taxes on real estate, with like penalty for delinquency.   2. To pay such assessments in not less than ten nor more than forty equal installments, the number to be fixed by the governing body of the subdistrict and interest at the rate fixed by the governing body of the subdistrict, not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A. The first installment of each assessment shall become due and payable at the September semiannual tax paying date after the date of filing such agreement, unless the agreement is filed with the county treasurer less than ninety days prior to such September semiannual tax paying date, in that event, the first installment shall become due and payable at the next succeeding September semiannual tax paying date. The second and each subsequent installment shall become due and payable at the September semiannual tax paying date each year thereafter. All such installments shall be collected with interest accrued on the unpaid balance to the September semiannual tax paying date and as other taxes on real estate, with like penalty for delinquency.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.35]  C93, §161A.35  98 Acts, ch 1107, §1; 99 Acts, ch 83, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §94  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.36 - Option by appellant.

161A.36 Option by appellant.   When an owner takes an appeal from the assessment against any of the owner’s land, the option to pay in installments whatever assessment is finally established against such land in said appeal shall continue, if within twenty days after the final determination of said appeal the owner shall file in the office of the auditor the owner’s written election to pay in installments, and within said period pay such installments as would have matured prior to that time if no appeal had been taken, together with all accrued interest on said assessment to the last preceding interest-paying date.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.36]  C93, §161A.36  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.37 - Status of classification.

161A.37 Status of classification.   A classification of land for watershed purposes, when finally adopted, shall remain the basis of all future assessments for the purpose of said subdistrict, except as provided in section 161A.38.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.37]  C93, §161A.37  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.38 - New classification.

161A.38 New classification.   1. After a subdistrict has been established and the improvements thereof constructed and put in operation, if the governing body shall find that the original assessments are not equitable as a basis for the expenses of any enlargement or extension thereof which may have become necessary, the governing body shall order a new classification of all lands in said subdistrict by resolution, and appoint three appraisers, which shall meet the same requirements as set forth in section 161A.23.   2. Upon the completion of the reclassification, those affected by such reclassification shall have the right to appeal as set forth in this subchapter.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.38]  C93, §161A.38  2018 Acts, ch 1026, §58  Referred to in §161A.37, 161A.41
IA Code § 161A.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.39 - Benefit of whole subdistrict.

161A.39 Benefit of whole subdistrict.   Assessments for repair, alteration, enlargement, extension, and operation of works of improvement within the watershed district shall be a benefit to the entire subdistrict and levied as such.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.39]  C93, §161A.39  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.40 - Compensation of appraisers.

161A.40 Compensation of appraisers.   Persons appointed to appraise and make classifications of lands shall receive such compensation as the governing body may fix and in addition thereto, the necessary expenses of transportation of said persons while engaged in their work; such compensation and expenses shall be construed as part of the cost of the subdistrict which shall be included when considering classifications of lands within a subdistrict.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.40]  C93, §161A.40  Referred to in §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.41 - Election of taxing methods.

161A.41 Election of taxing methods.   Subdistricts organized under the provisions of this chapter shall designate in the petition which of the taxing methods will be used or may stipulate that both methods are contemplated for use. Should the governing body of the subdistrict find it desirable to change from a special annual tax to special benefit assessments it may elect to do so and shall institute proceedings described in sections 161A.23 through 161A.40 and may divert any moneys already collected under section 161A.20, for the purposes authorized in this chapter.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.41]  C93, §161A.41
IA Code § 161A.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.43 - Duty of property owners — liability.

161A.43 Duty of property owners — liability.   1. To conserve the fertility, general usefulness, and value of the soil and soil resources of this state, and to prevent the injurious effects of soil erosion, it is hereby made the duty of the owners of real property in this state to establish and maintain soil and water conservation practices or erosion control practices, as required by the regulations of the commissioners of the respective soil and water conservation districts. As used in this section, “owners of real property in this state” includes each state government agency, each political subdivision of the state, and each agency of such a political subdivision which has under its control publicly owned land, including but not limited to agricultural land, forests, parks, the grounds of state educational, penal and human service institutions, public highways, roads and streets, and other public rights-of-way.   2. A landowner shall not be liable for a claim based upon or arising out of a claim of negligent design or specification, negligent adoption of design or specification, or negligent installation, construction, or reconstruction of a soil and water conservation practice or an erosion control practice that was installed, constructed, or reconstructed in accordance with generally recognized engineering or safety standards, criteria, or design theory in existence at the time of the installation, construction, or reconstruction. A soil and water conservation practice or an erosion control practice installed, constructed, or reconstructed in compliance with rules adopted by the division and currently in effect shall be deemed to be installed, constructed, or reconstructed according to generally recognized engineering or safety standards, criteria, or design theory in existence at the time of the installation, construction, or reconstruction. A claim shall not be allowed for failure to upgrade, improve, or alter any aspect of an existing soil and water conservation practice or erosion control practice to a new, changed, or altered design standard. This subsection does not apply to a claim based on a failure of a landowner to upgrade, improve, or alter a soil and water conservation practice or erosion control practice in violation of law. This subsection does not apply to claims based upon gross negligence.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.43]  92 Acts, ch 1184, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §50  C93, §161A.43  94 Acts, ch 1023, §16; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §60  Referred to in §161A.48, 161A.74
IA Code § 161A.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.45 - Submission of regulations to committee — hearing.

161A.45 Submission of regulations to committee — hearing.   Regulations which the commissioners propose to adopt, amend, or repeal shall be submitted to the committee, in a form prescribed by the committee, for its approval. The committee may approve the regulations as submitted, or with amendments as it deems necessary. The commissioners shall, after approval, publish notice of hearing on the proposed regulations, as approved, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, setting a date and time not less than ten nor more than thirty days after the publication when a hearing on the proposed regulations will be held at a specified place. The notice shall include the full text of the proposed regulations or shall state that the proposed regulations are on file and available for review at the office of the affected soil and water conservation district.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.45]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §658; 87 Acts, ch 23, §32; 89 Acts, ch 106, §6  C93, §161A.45  Referred to in §161A.48, 161A.74
IA Code § 161A.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.46 - Conduct of hearing.

161A.46 Conduct of hearing.   At the hearing, the commissioners or their designees shall explain, in reasonable detail, the reasons why adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulations is deemed necessary or advisable. Any landowner, or any occupant of land who would be affected by the regulations, shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard for or against the proposed regulations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the commissioners shall announce and enter of record their decision whether to adopt or modify the proposed regulations. Any modification must be approved by the committee, which may at its discretion order the commissioners to republish the regulations and hold another hearing in the manner prescribed by this chapter.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.46]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §659; 89 Acts, ch 106, §7  C93, §161A.46  Referred to in §161A.48, 161A.74