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IA Code § 468.371 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.371 - Registration.

468.371 Registration.   When bonds have been executed as aforesaid they shall be delivered to the county treasurer and the treasurer’s receipt taken therefor. The county treasurer shall register the same in a book provided for that purpose, which shall show the number of each bond, its date, date of sale, amount, date of maturity, and the name and address of the purchaser, and if exchanged what evidences of debt were received therefor, which record shall at all times be open to the inspection of the owners of property within the district. The treasurer shall thereupon certify on the back of each bond as follows:   This bond duly and properly registered in my office this ................ day of ........................ (month), ............ (year).  ............................................  Treasurer of the County of  ............................................  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7667; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.17]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.371  2000 Acts, ch 1058, §56
IA Code § 468.372 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.372 - Liability of treasurer — reports.

468.372 Liability of treasurer — reports.   The treasurer shall stand charged on the treasurer’s official bond with all bonds so delivered to the treasurer and the proceeds thereof. The treasurer shall report under oath to the board of supervisors, at each first regular session thereof in each month, a statement of all such bonds sold or exchanged by the treasurer since the treasurer’s last report and the date of such sale or exchange and when exchanged a description of the indebtedness for which exchanged.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7668; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.18]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.372
IA Code § 468.373 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.373 - Sale — application of proceeds.

468.373 Sale — application of proceeds.   The county treasurer shall, under a resolution and the direction of the said county board of supervisors, sell the bonds for cash on the best available terms or exchange them on like terms for a legal indebtedness of the said district evidenced by bonds, warrants, or judgments outstanding at the date of the passage of the resolution authorizing the issue thereof, and the proceeds shall be applied and exclusively used for the purpose for which said bonds are issued. In no case shall they be sold or exchanged for a less sum than their face value and all interest accrued at the date of sale or exchange. After registration the treasurer shall deliver said bonds to the purchaser thereof and when exchanged for indebtedness of said district shall at once cancel all warrants or bonds or secure proper credits therefor on judgments.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7669; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.19]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.373
IA Code § 468.374 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.374 - Levy.

468.374 Levy.   Drainage districts issuing funding or refunding bonds under this part shall levy taxes for the payment of the principal and interest thereof, where there has not been a prior levy covering same, in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to taxation.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7670; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.20]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.374
IA Code § 468.375 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.375 - Refunding bonds.

468.375 Refunding bonds.   Refunding bonds for the purposes set out in this part may be issued to pay off and take up bonds issued in payment for drainage improvements under prior laws or to refund any part thereof. Bonds thus issued shall substantially conform to the provisions of the law relating to drainage bonds and the face amount thereof shall be limited to the amount of the unpaid assessments, with interest thereon, applicable to the payment of the bonds so taken up.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7671; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.21]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.375  2016 Acts, ch 1073, §135
IA Code § 468.376 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.376 - Funds available to pay bonds.

468.376 Funds available to pay bonds.   1. When refunding bonds shall be issued to pay for drainage improvements under the provisions of this part, all special assessments, taxes, and sinking funds applicable to the payment of such bonds previously issued shall be applicable in the same manner and the same extent to the payment of the refunding bonds issued under this part, and all the powers and duties to levy and collect special assessments and taxes or create liens upon property shall continue until all refunding bonds shall be paid.   2. The drainage district shall collect the special assessments out of which the said bonds are payable and hold the special assessments separate and apart in trust for the payment of the refunding bonds but the provisions of this part shall not apply to assessments or bonds adjudicated to be void.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7672; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.22]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.376  2019 Acts, ch 59, §163
IA Code § 468.377 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.377 - Limitation of actions.

468.377 Limitation of actions.   No action shall be brought questioning the validity of any of the bonds authorized by this part from and after three months from the time the same are ordered issued by the proper authorities.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7673; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.23]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.377
IA Code § 468.378 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.378 - Bankruptcy proceedings.

468.378 Bankruptcy proceedings.   All drainage districts with pumping plant and levee, which have power to incur indebtedness, through action of their own governing bodies are hereby authorized to proceed under and take advantage of all laws enacted by the Congress of the United States under the federal bankruptcy powers, which laws have for their object the relief of municipal indebtedness, including 48 Stat. 345, entitled “An Act To Amend An Act Entitled ‘An Act To Establish A Uniform System Of Bankruptcy Throughout The United States’, Approved July 1, 1898, And Acts Amendatory Thereof And Supplementary Thereto”, approved May 24, 1934, and the officials and governing bodies of such drainage, pumping plant, and levee districts are authorized to adopt all proceedings and to do any and all acts necessary or convenient to fully avail such drainage, pumping plant, and levee districts of the provisions of such Acts of Congress.  [C35, §7673-g1; C39, §7673.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.24]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.378  2006 Acts, ch 1010, §122
IA Code § 468.379 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.379 - Part applicable to districts with pumping stations.

468.379 Part applicable to districts with pumping stations.   The provisions of this part so far as applicable shall apply to all levee districts maintaining levees for the protection of any drainage district or districts having pumping stations.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.25]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.379
IA Code § 468.380 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.380 - Construction near levee prohibited.

468.380 Construction near levee prohibited.   No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter erect, alter, or maintain any building or other structure, except necessary public utility structures, or construct, alter, or maintain any ditch, or remove any earth within three hundred feet of the center line of any levee maintained by a drainage or levee district with pumping stations without first securing permission to so do from the governing board of said drainage or levee district with pumping stations. Such permission may be granted at any regular meeting thereof, and after written application is made therefor upon the form prescribed by said governing board.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.26]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.380
IA Code § 468.381 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.381 - Penalty.

468.381 Penalty.   Every person who shall violate any provisions of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.27]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.381
IA Code § 468.382 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.382 - Action to restrain or abate.

468.382 Action to restrain or abate.   In the event that any building or other structure, or any ditch is constructed, altered or maintained, or any earth removed in violation of any provisions of this part, the governing board of said drainage or levee district with pumping stations maintaining said levee, may institute an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful construction, alteration, or maintenance, or earth removal and to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, and may by petition duly verified, setting forth the facts, apply to the district court for an order enjoining all persons, firms or corporations from such construction, alteration, maintenance, or earth removal, until the entry of the final judgment or order.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.28]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.382
IA Code § 468.383 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.383 - Liability for damage.

468.383 Liability for damage.   In addition to all other penalties contained herein, any person, firm or corporation who shall construct, alter or maintain any building, other structure, or any ditch, or remove earth, in violation of this part, shall be liable to the drainage or levee district with pumping stations maintaining said levee, for all damage sustained by the drainage or levee district resulting from the violation, and in the event of flood, or other emergency so declared by resolution of the governing body, any building or other structure, or ditch so constructed without permission of the governing board, as required herein, and within three hundred feet of the center line of any levee, may be removed, or the ditch filled in, without prior notice thereof to the owner.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.29]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.383
IA Code § 468.390 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.390 - United States levees — cooperation of board.

468.390 United States levees — cooperation of board.   In any case where the United States has built or shall build a levee along or near the bank of a navigable stream forming a part of the boundary of this state, the board of supervisors of any county through which the same may pass shall have the power to aid in procuring the right-of-way for and maintaining said levee, and providing a system of internal drainage made necessary or advisable by the construction thereof. Such improvement shall be presumed to be conducive to the public health, convenience, welfare, or utility.  [C97, §1975; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7744; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.1]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.390  Referred to in §468.391, 468.396
IA Code § 468.391 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.391 - Manner of cooperation.

468.391 Manner of cooperation.   Any United States government levee under the conditions mentioned in section 468.390 may be taken into consideration by the board as a part of the plan of any levee or drainage district and improvements therein, and such board may, by agreement with the proper authorities of the United States government, provide for payment of such just and equitable portion of the costs of procuring the right-of-way and maintenance of such levee as shall be conducive to the public welfare, health, convenience, or utility.  [C97, §1975; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7745; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.2]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.391  Referred to in §468.396
IA Code § 468.392 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.392 - Report of engineer — payment authorized.

468.392 Report of engineer — payment authorized.   In the proceedings to establish such a district the engineer shall set forth in the engineer’s report, separately from other items, the amount of the cost for the right-of-way of such levee, of constructing and maintaining the same; and if the plan is approved and the district finally established in connection with such levee, the board shall make a record of any such cooperative arrangement and may use such part of the funds of the district as may be necessary to pay the amount so agreed upon toward the right-of-way and maintenance of such levee.  [C97, §1976; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7746; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.3]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.392  Referred to in §468.396
IA Code § 468.393 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.393 - Costs assessed.

468.393 Costs assessed.   If said district is established, the entire costs and expenses incurred under this part shall be assessed against and collected from the lands lying within such district, by the levy of a rate upon the assessable value of the land and improvements within such district, sufficient to raise the required sum; provided the board may, in their discretion, classify the land within such district and graduate the tax thereon, as provided in subchapter I.  [C97, §1982; S13, §1982; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7747; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.4]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.393  Referred to in §468.395, 468.396
IA Code § 468.394 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.394 - Annual installments.

468.394 Annual installments.   If the proposed improvement is the maintenance of a levee, the amount collected in any one year shall not exceed three dollars and thirty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars of the assessment valuation, which said assessment shall be levied at a level rate on the assessable value of the said lands, improvements, easements, and railroads within the district. If the amount necessary to pay for the improvement exceeds said sum, it shall be levied and collected in annual installments of twenty or less. For all other improvements, the board shall levy a rate sufficient to pay for the same, and may, at their discretion, make the same payable in annual installments of twenty or less.  [C97, §1984; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7748; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.5]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.394  Referred to in §468.395, 468.396
IA Code § 468.395 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.395 - Collection of tax.

468.395 Collection of tax.   The assessment required under sections 468.393 and 468.394 shall be made by the board of supervisors at the time of levying general taxes, after the work has been authorized, and the assessment shall be entered on the records of the board of supervisors, then entered on the tax books by the county auditor as drainage taxes, and shall be collected by the county treasurer at the same time, in the same manner, and with the same interest, as general taxes. If the assessment is not paid the treasurer shall sell all lands upon which the assessment remains unpaid, at the same time, and in the same manner, as is now by law provided for the sale of lands for delinquent taxes, including all steps up to the execution and delivery of the tax deed. The landowners shall take notice of and pay the assessments without other or further notice than as is provided for in this part. The funds realized from the assessments shall constitute the drainage fund, as contemplated in this part, and shall be disbursed on warrants drawn against that fund by the county auditor, on the order of the board of supervisors.  [C97, §1983; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7749; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.6]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.395  92 Acts, ch 1016, §38  Referred to in §468.396
IA Code § 468.396 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.396 - Cost of maintaining.

468.396 Cost of maintaining.   The board of supervisors shall have the right and power to keep and maintain any such levee, ditches, drains, or system of drainage, either in whole or in part, established under sections 468.390 through 468.395, as may in their judgment be required, and to levy the expense thereof upon the real estate within such drainage district as provided for in this part, and collect and expend the same; provided, however, that no such work which shall impose a tax exceeding three dollars and thirty-seven and one-half cents per thousand dollars on the assessable value of the lands and improvements within the district shall be authorized by the board, unless the work is first petitioned for and authorized in substantially the manner required by this part for the inauguration of new work. However, if such work is of the kinds contemplated by section 468.126, and the cost thereof is within the limitations of section 468.126, or is of the kinds contemplated by section 468.188, and the cost thereof is within the limitations of section 468.188, then the provisions of section 468.126 or section 468.188 shall supersede the limitations of this section.  [C97, §1986; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7750; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.7]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.396  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §256  Section amended
IA Code § 468.397 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.397 - Laws applicable.

468.397 Laws applicable.   In the establishment and maintenance of levee and drainage districts in cooperation with the United States as in this part provided, all the proceedings in the filing and the form and substance of the petition, assessment of damages, appointment of an engineer, the engineer’s surveys, plats, profiles, and report, notice of hearings, filing of claims and objections, hearings, appointment of commissioners to classify lands, assess benefits, and apportion costs and expenses, report, notice and hearing on the report, the appointment of a supervising engineer, the engineer’s duties, the letting of work and making contracts, payment for work, levy and collection of drainage or levee assessments and taxes, the issue of improvement certificates and drainage or levee bonds, the taking of appeals and the manner of trial of appeals, and all other proceedings relating to the district shall be as provided in subchapter I, subchapter II, parts 1 through 5, subchapter III, subchapter IV, parts 1 and 2, and subchapter V except as otherwise in this part provided.  [C97, §1976 – 1989; S13, §1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1985-a, 1986, 1989; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7751; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §466.8]  83 Acts, ch 101, §101; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.397
IA Code § 468.400 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.400 - Cooperation — procedure.

468.400 Cooperation — procedure.   When proceedings for the drainage of lands bordering upon the state line are had and the total cost of constructing the improvement in this state, including all damage, has been ascertained, and the engineer in charge, before the final establishment of the district, reports that the establishment and construction of such improvement ought to be jointly done with like proceedings for the drainage of lands in the same drainage area in such an adjoining state and that drainage proceedings are pending in such state for the drainage of such lands, the said authorities of this state may enter an order continuing the hearing on the establishment of such district to a fixed date, of which all parties shall take notice.  [SS15, §1989-a77; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7752; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467.1]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.400
IA Code § 468.401 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.401 - Agreement as to costs.

468.401 Agreement as to costs.   The board shall have power, when the total cost, including damages, of constructing the improvement in such other state has been ascertained by the authorities of such other state, to enter into an agreement as to the separate amounts which the property owners of each state should in equity pay toward the construction of the joint undertaking. When such amount is thus determined, the board or boards having jurisdiction in this state shall enter the same in the minutes of their proceedings and shall proceed therewith as though such amount to be paid by the portion of the district in this state had been originally determined by them as the cost of constructing the improvement in this state.  [SS15, §1989-a77; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7753; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467.2]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.401
IA Code § 468.402 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.402 - Contracts let by joint agreement.

468.402 Contracts let by joint agreement.   When the bids for construction are opened, unless the construction work on each side of the line can go forward independently, no contract shall be let by the authorities in this state, unless the acceptance of a bid or bids for the construction of the whole project is first jointly agreed upon by the authorities of both states.  [SS15, §1989-a77; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7754; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467.3]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.402
IA Code § 468.403 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS|Section 468.403 - Separate contracts.

468.403 Separate contracts.   The contract or contracts for the construction of that portion of the improvement within this state shall be entirely distinct and separate from the contract or contracts let by the authorities of the neighboring state; but the aggregate amount of the contract or contracts for the construction of the work within this state shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of the benefits assessed in this state including damages and other expenses.  [SS15, §1989-a77; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7755; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467.4]  89 Acts, ch 126, §2  CS89, §468.403