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2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.3 - Toll bridges constructed over boundary rivers.

313A.3 Toll bridges constructed over boundary rivers.
The department is hereby authorized to establish and construct toll bridges upon any public highway, together with approaches thereto, wherever it is considered necessary or advantageous and practical for crossing any navigable river between this state and an adjoining state. The necessity or advantage and practicality of any toll bridge shall be determined by the department. To obtain information for the consideration of the department upon the construction of any toll bridge or any other matter pertaining thereto, any officer or employee of the state, upon the request of the department, shall make reasonable examination, investigation, survey, or reconnaissance to determine material facts pertaining thereto and shall report such findings to the department. The cost thereof shall be borne by the department or office conducting it from funds provided for its functions.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.4 - Investigation of feasibility.

313A.4 Investigation of feasibility.
The department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with any federal bridge commission or any county or city of this state, and with an adjoining state or county, city, or town thereof, for the purpose of implementing an investigation of the feasibility of any toll bridge project for the bridging of a navigable river forming a portion of the boundary of this state and such adjoining state. The department may use any funds available for the purposes of this section. Such agreements may provide that in the event any such project is determined to be feasible and adopted, any advancement of funds by any state, county or city may be reimbursed out of any proceeds derived from the sale of bonds or out of tolls and revenues to be derived from such project.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.5 - Acquiring existing bridge — bonds.

313A.5 Acquiring existing bridge — bonds.
Whenever the department deems it necessary or advantageous and practical, it may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation any interstate bridge which connects with or may be connected with the public highways and the approaches thereto, except that the department may not condemn an existing interstate bridge used for interstate highway traffic and combined highway and railway traffic and presently owned by a municipality, or a person, firm, or corporation engaged in interstate commerce. The department may also acquire by gift or purchase two or more existing interstate bridges and any partially constructed interstate bridge, all located within ten miles of each other, complete the partially constructed bridge and dismantle the bridge which it is designed to replace. In connection with the acquisition of any such bridge, bridges, or partially constructed bridge, the department and any federal bridge commission or any city, county, or other political subdivision of the state are authorized to do all acts and things as in this chapter are provided for the establishing and constructing of toll bridges and operating, financing, and maintaining such bridges insofar as such powers and requirements are applicable to the acquisition of any toll bridge and its operation, financing, and maintenance. In so doing, they shall act in the same manner and under the same procedures as provided for establishing, constructing, operating, financing, and maintaining toll bridges insofar as such manner and procedures are applicable. Without limiting the generality of the above provisions, the department is hereby authorized to cause surveys to be made to determine the propriety of acquiring any such bridge and the rights-of-way necessary therefor, and other facilities necessary to carry out the provisions hereof; to issue, sell, redeem bonds or issue and exchange bonds with present holders of outstanding bonds of bridges being acquired under the provisions of this chapter and deposit and pay out of the proceeds of the bonds for the financing thereof, to impose, collect, deposit, and expend tolls therefrom; to secure and remit financial and other assistance in connection with the purchase thereof; and to carry insurance thereon.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.6 - Rules adopted — financial statements.

313A.6 Rules adopted — financial statements.
The department, its officials, and all state officials are hereby authorized to perform such acts and make such agreements consistent with the law which are necessary and desirable in connection with the duties and powers conferred upon them regarding the construction, maintenance, and operation and insurance of toll bridges or the safeguarding of the funds and revenues required for such construction and the payment of the indebtedness incurred therefor. The department shall adopt such rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 17A as it may deem necessary for the administration and exercise of its powers and duties granted by this chapter, and shall prepare annual financial statements regarding the operation of such toll bridges which shall be made available for inspection by the public and by the holders of revenue bonds issued by the department under the provisions of this chapter at all reasonable times.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.7 - Resolution of public interest and necessity — revenue bonds.

313A.7 Resolution of public interest and necessity — revenue bonds.
1. Whenever the department deems it to be in the best interest of the primary highway system that any new toll bridge be constructed upon any public highway and across any navigable river between this state and an adjoining state, the department shall adopt a resolution declaring that the public interest and necessity require the construction of such toll bridge and authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds in an amount sufficient for the purpose of obtaining funds for such construction. The issuance of bonds as provided in this chapter for the construction, purchase, or acquisition of more than one toll bridge may, at the discretion of the department, be included in the same authority and issue or issues of bonds, and the department is hereby authorized to pledge the gross revenues derived from the operation of any such toll bridge under its control and jurisdiction to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued to pay the cost of purchasing, acquiring, or constructing any such toll bridge financed under the provisions of this chapter. The department is hereby granted wide discretion, in connection with the financing of the cost of any toll bridge, to pledge the gross revenues of a single toll bridge for the payment of bonds and interest thereon issued to pay the cost of such bridge and to pledge the gross revenues of two or more toll bridges to pay bonds issued to pay the cost of one or more toll bridges and interest thereon as long as the several bridges included herein are not more than ten miles apart.
2. In addition, if the department in its discretion determines that the construction of a toll bridge cannot be financed entirely through revenue bonds and that the construction of such toll bridge is necessary, the department may advance funds from the primary highway fund to pay for that part of the construction cost, including the cost of approaches and all incidental costs, which is not paid out of the proceeds of revenue bonds. However, said funds advanced from the primary highway fund shall be used only to pay the construction cost, including the cost of approaches and all incidental costs, with respect to that part of the bridge which is or will be located within the state of Iowa. After all revenue bonds and interest thereon issued and sold pursuant to this chapter and payable from the tolls and revenues of said bridge have been fully paid and redeemed or funds sufficient to pay said bonds and interest, including premium, if any, have been set aside and pledged for that purpose, then such amount advanced from the primary road fund shall be repaid to the primary road fund from the tolls and revenues of said bridge before said bridge is made a toll free bridge under the provisions of this chapter.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.7]
Referred to in §313A.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.8 - Right-of-way secured.

313A.8 Right-of-way secured.
Whenever the department shall authorize the construction of any toll bridge, the department is empowered to secure rights-of-way therefor and for approaches thereto by gift or purchase or by condemnation in the manner provided by law for the taking of private property for public purposes.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.9 - Consent to cross state property.

313A.9 Consent to cross state property.
The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated, and set apart upon which to locate, construct, and maintain toll bridges or approaches thereto or other highway crossings, and transportation facilities thereof or thereto, through, over or across any of the lands which are now or may be the property of this state, including highways; and through, over, or across the streets, alleys, lanes, and roads within any city, county, or other political subdivision of the state. If any property belonging to any city, county or other political subdivision of the state is required to be taken for the construction of any such bridge or approach thereto or should any such property be injured or damaged by such construction, such compensation therefor as may be proper or necessary and as shall be agreed upon may be paid by the department to the particular county, city or other political subdivision of the state owning such property, or condemnation proceedings may be brought for the determination of such compensation.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.10 - Resolution precedent to action.

313A.10 Resolution precedent to action.
Before the department shall proceed with any action to secure right-of-way or with the construction of any toll bridge under the provisions of this chapter, it shall first pass a resolution finding that public interest and necessity require the acquisition of right-of-way for and the construction of such toll bridge. Such resolution shall be conclusive evidence of the public necessity of such construction and that such property is necessary therefor. To aid the department in determining the public interest, a public hearing shall be held in the county or counties of this state in which any portion of a bridge is proposed to be located. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county or counties where such bridge is proposed to be located, not less than twenty days prior to the date of the hearing. When it becomes necessary for the department to condemn any real estate to be used in connection with any such bridge, or to condemn any existing bridge, such condemnation shall be carried out in a manner consistent with the provisions of chapters 6A and 6B. In eminent domain proceedings to acquire property for any of the purposes of this chapter, any bridge, real property, personal property, franchises, rights, easements, or other property or privileges appurtenant thereto appropriated or dedicated to a public use or purpose by any person, firm, private, public or municipal corporation, county, city, district or any political subdivision of the state, may be condemned and taken, and the acquisition and use thereof as herein provided for the same public use or purpose to which such property has been so appropriated or dedicated, or for any other public use or purpose, shall be deemed a superior and permanent right and necessity, and a more necessary use and purpose than the public use or purpose to which such property has already been appropriated or dedicated, and any condemnation award may be paid from the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.10]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.11 - Payment from available funds.

313A.11 Payment from available funds.
If the department determines that any toll bridge should be constructed or acquired under its authority, all costs thereof, including land, right-of-way, surveying, engineering, construction, legal and administrative expenses, and fees of any fiscal adviser, shall be paid out of any funds available for payment of the cost of the bridge.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.11]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.14 - Proceeds in trust fund.

313A.14 Proceeds in trust fund.
The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized and issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited by the department in a fund designated as the construction fund of the particular interstate bridge or bridges for which such bonds were issued and sold, which fund shall not be a state fund and shall at all times be kept segregated and set apart from all other funds and in trust for the purposes herein set out. Such proceeds shall be paid out or disbursed solely for the acquisition, purchase, or construction of such interstate bridge or bridges and expenses incident thereto, the acquisition of the necessary lands and easements therefor and the payment of interest on such bonds during the period of actual construction and for a period of six months thereafter, only as the need therefor shall arise and the department may agree with the purchaser of said bonds upon any conditions or limitations restricting the disbursement of such funds that may be deemed advisable, for the purpose of assuring the proper application of such funds. All moneys in such fund and not required to meet current construction costs of the interstate bridge or bridges for which such bonds were issued and sold, and all funds constituting surplus revenues which are not immediately needed for the particular object or purpose to which they must be applied or are pledged may be invested in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States or by any person controlled by or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; provided, however, that the department may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of said bonds that the investment of such moneys shall be made only in particular bonds and obligations within the classifications eligible for such investment and such provisions shall thereupon be binding upon the department and all officials having anything to do with such investment. Any surplus which may exist in said construction fund shall be applied to the retirement of bonds issued for the acquisition, purchase, or construction of any such interstate bridge by purchase or call and, in the event such bonds cannot be purchased at a price satisfactory to the department and are not by their terms callable prior to maturity, such surplus shall be paid into the fund applicable to the payment of principal and interest of said bonds and shall be used for that purpose. The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide limitations and conditions upon the time and manner of applying such surplus to the purchase and call of outstanding bonds and the terms upon which they shall be purchased or called and such limitations and conditions shall be followed and observed in the application and use of such surplus. All bonds so retired by purchase or call shall be immediately canceled.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.14]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.15 - Toll revenue fund.

313A.15 Toll revenue fund.
All tolls or other revenues received from the operation of any toll bridge acquired, purchased, or constructed with the proceeds of bonds issued and sold hereunder shall be deposited by the department to the credit of a special trust fund to be designated as the toll revenue fund of the particular toll bridge or toll bridges producing such tolls or revenue, which fund shall be a trust fund and shall at all times be kept segregated and set apart from all other funds.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.15]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.16 - Funds transferred to place of payment.

313A.16 Funds transferred to place of payment.
From the money so deposited in each separate construction fund as hereinabove provided, at the direction of the department there shall be transferred to the place or places of payment named in said bonds such sums as may be required to pay the interest as it becomes due on all bonds issued and outstanding for the construction of such particular toll bridge or toll bridges during the period of actual construction and during the period of six months immediately thereafter. The department shall thereafter transfer from each separate toll revenue fund to the place or places of payment named in the bonds for which said revenues have been pledged such sums as may be required to pay the interest on said bonds and redeem the principal thereof as such interest and principal become due. All funds so transferred for the payment of principal of or interest on bonds issued for any particular toll bridge or toll bridges shall be segregated and applied solely for the payment of said principal or interest. The proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide for the setting up of a reserve fund or funds out of the tolls and other revenues not needed for the payment of principal and interest, as the same currently matures and for the preservation and continuance of such fund in a manner to be provided therein, and such proceedings may also require the immediate application of all surplus moneys in such toll revenue fund to the retirement of such bonds prior to maturity, by call or purchase, in such manner and upon such terms and the payment of such premiums as may be deemed advisable in the judgment of the department. The moneys remaining in each separate toll revenue fund after providing the amount required for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds as hereinabove provided, shall be held and applied as provided in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of said bonds. In the event the proceedings authorizing the issuance of said bonds do not require surplus revenues to be held or applied in any particular manner, they shall be allocated and used for such other purposes incidental to the construction, operation, and maintenance of any toll bridge as the department may determine and as permitted under sections 313A.7 and 313A.12.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.16]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.17 - Warrants for payment.

313A.17 Warrants for payment.
Warrants for payments to be made on account of such bonds shall be drawn by the department on duly approved vouchers. Moneys required to meet the costs of purchase or construction and all expenses and costs incidental to the acquisition, purchase, or construction of any particular interstate bridge or to meet the costs of operating, maintaining, and repairing the same, shall be paid by the department from the proper fund therefor upon duly approved vouchers. All interest received or earned on money deposited in each and every fund herein provided for shall be credited to and become a part of the particular fund upon which said interest accrues.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.17]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.18 - Depositaries or paying agents.

313A.18 Depositaries or paying agents.
The department may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds or may otherwise agree with the purchasers of bonds regarding the deposit of all moneys constituting the construction fund and the toll revenue fund and provide for the deposit of such money at such times and with such depositaries or paying agents and upon the furnishing of such security as may meet with the approval of the purchasers of such bonds.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.18]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.19 - Expenses of department.

313A.19 Expenses of department.
Notwithstanding any provision contained in this chapter, the proceeds received from the sale of bonds and the tolls or other revenues received from the operation of any toll bridge may be used to defray any expenses incurred by the department in connection with and incidental to the issuance and sale of bonds for the acquisition, purchase, or construction of any such toll bridge including expenses for the preparation of surveys and estimates, legal, fiscal and administrative expenses, and the making of such inspections and examinations as may be required by the purchasers of such bonds; provided, that the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds may contain appropriate provisions governing the use and application of said bond proceeds and toll or other revenues for the purposes herein specified.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.19]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.20 - No diminution of duties while bonds outstanding.

313A.20 No diminution of duties while bonds outstanding.
While any bonds issued by the department remain outstanding, the powers, duties or existence of the department or of any other official or agency of the state shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of such bonds. The holder of any bond may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon any state department, official, or employee or imposed upon the department or its officers, agents, and employees in connection with the acquisition, purchase, construction, maintenance, operation, and insurance of any bridge and in connection with the collection, deposit, investment, application, and disbursement of all tolls and other revenues derived from the operation and use of any bridge and in connection with the deposit, investment, and disbursement of the proceeds received from the issuance of bonds; provided, that the enumeration of such rights and remedies herein shall not be deemed to exclude the exercise or prosecution of any other rights or remedies by the holders of such bonds.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.20]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.21 - Insurance or indemnity bond.

313A.21 Insurance or indemnity bond.
When any toll bridge authorized hereunder is being built by the department it may carry or cause to be carried such an amount of insurance or indemnity bond or bonds as protection against loss or damage as it may deem proper. The department is hereby further empowered to carry such an amount of insurance to cover any accident or destruction in part or in whole to any toll bridge. All moneys collected on any indemnity bond or insurance policy as the result of any damage or injury to any such toll bridge shall be used for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding of any such toll bridge as long as there are revenue bonds against any such structure outstanding and unredeemed. The department is also empowered to carry insurance or indemnity bonds insuring against the loss of tolls or other revenues to be derived from any such toll bridge by reason of any interruption in the use of such toll bridge from any cause whatever, and the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity bonds shall be paid into the fund into which the tolls and other revenues of the bridge thus insured are required to be paid and shall be applied to the same purposes and in the same manner as other moneys in the said fund. Such insurance or indemnity bonds may be in an amount equal to the probable tolls and other revenues to be received from the operation of such toll bridge during any period of time that may be determined upon by the department and fixed in its discretion, and be paid for out of the toll revenue fund as may be specified in said proceedings. The department may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds for the carrying of insurance as authorized by this chapter and the purchase and carrying of insurance as authorized by this chapter shall thereupon be obligatory upon the department and be paid for out of the toll revenue fund as may be specified in said proceedings.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.21]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.22 - Toll charges fixed by department.

313A.22 Toll charges fixed by department.
The department is hereby empowered to fix the rates of toll and other charges for all interstate bridges acquired, purchased, or constructed under the terms of this chapter. Toll charges so fixed may be changed from time to time as conditions may warrant. The department in establishing toll charges shall give due consideration to the amount required annually to pay the principal of and interest on bonds payable from the revenues thereof. The tolls and charges shall be at all times fixed at rates sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as they mature, together with the creation and maintenance of bond reserve funds and other funds as established in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds, for any particular toll bridge. The amounts required to pay the principal of and interest on bonds shall constitute a charge and lien on all such tolls and other revenues and interest thereon and sinking funds created therefrom received from the use and operation of said toll bridge, and the department is hereby authorized to pledge a sufficient amount of said tolls and revenues for the payment of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and interest thereon and to create and maintain a reserve therefor. Such tolls and revenues, together with the interest earned thereon, shall constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of such bonds and shall not be used or pledged for any other purpose as long as such bonds or any of them are outstanding and unpaid.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.22]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.23 - Political subdivision may aid.

313A.23 Political subdivision may aid.
Whenever a proposed interstate bridge is to be acquired, purchased or constructed, any city, county, or other political subdivision located in relation to such facility so as to benefit directly or indirectly thereby, may, either jointly or separately, at the request of the department advance or contribute money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and other property toward the expense of acquiring, purchasing or constructing the bridge, and for preliminary surveys and the preparation of plans and estimates of cost therefor and other preliminary expenses. Any such city, county, or other political subdivision may, either jointly or separately, at the request of the department advance or contribute money for the purpose of guaranteeing the payment of interest or principal on the bonds issued by the department to finance the bridge. Appropriations for such purposes may be made from any funds available, including county road funds received from or credited by the state, or funds obtained by excess tax levies made pursuant to law or the issuance of general obligation bonds for this purpose. Money or property so advanced or contributed may be immediately transferred or delivered to the department to be used for the purpose for which contribution was made. The department may enter into an agreement with a city, county, or other political subdivision to repay any money or the value of a right-of-way, labor, materials or other property so advanced or contributed. The department may make such repayment to a city, county, or other political subdivision and reimburse the state for any expenditures made by it in connection with the bridge out of tolls and other revenues for the use of the bridge.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.23]
Referred to in §331.429
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.24 - Sale of excess land to political subdivisions.

313A.24 Sale of excess land to political subdivisions.
If the department deems that any land, including improvements thereon, is no longer required for toll bridge purposes and that it is in the public interest, it may negotiate for the sale of such land to the state or to any city, county, or other political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state. The department shall certify the agreement for the sale to the state executive council, with a description of the land and the terms of the sale and the state executive council may execute the deed and deliver it to the grantee.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.24]
Referred to in §313A.28
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.25 - Sale to public.

313A.25 Sale to public.
If the department is of the opinion that any land, including improvements thereon, is no longer required for toll bridge purposes, it may be offered for sale upon publication of a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and having a general circulation throughout the state of Iowa, specifying the time and place fixed for the receipt of bids.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.25]
Referred to in §313A.28
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.26 - Acceptance or rejection of bids.

313A.26 Acceptance or rejection of bids.
The department may reject all such bids if the highest bid does not equal the reasonable fair market value of the real property, plus the value of the improvements thereon, computed on the basis of the reproduction value less depreciation. The department may accept the highest and best bid, and certify the agreement for the sale to the state executive council, with a description of the land and the terms of the sale and the state executive council shall execute the deed and deliver it to the grantee.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.26]
Referred to in §313A.28
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.27 - Franchises for use of bridge.

313A.27 Franchises for use of bridge.
If the department deems it consistent with the use and operation of any toll bridge, the department may grant franchises to persons, firms, associations, private or municipal corporations, the United States government or any agency thereof, to use any portion of the property of any toll bridge, including approaches thereto, for the construction and maintenance of water pipes, flumes, gas pipes, telephone, telegraph and electric light and power lines and conduits, trams or railways, and any other such facilities in the manner of granting franchises on state highways.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.27]
Referred to in §313A.28
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.28 - Deposit of proceeds.

313A.28 Deposit of proceeds.
Any moneys received pursuant to the provisions of sections 313A.24 through 313A.27 shall be deposited by the department into the separate and proper trust fund established for the bridge.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.28]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.29 - Tolls imposed for improving other bridges.

313A.29 Tolls imposed for improving other bridges.
The department shall have the right to impose and reimpose tolls for pedestrian or vehicular traffic over any interstate bridges under its control and jurisdiction for the purpose of paying the cost of reconstructing and improving existing bridges and their approaches, purchasing existing bridges, and constructing new bridges and approaches, provided that any such existing bridge or new bridge is located within ten miles of the bridge on which tolls are so imposed or reimposed, to pay interest on and create a sinking fund for the retirement of revenue bonds issued for the account of such projects and to pay any and all costs and expenses incurred by the department in connection with and incidental to the issuance and sale of bonds and for the preparation of surveys and estimates and to establish the required interest reserves for and during the estimated construction period and for six months thereafter.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.29]
Referred to in §313A.30
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.30 - Bridges as part of primary roads.

313A.30 Bridges as part of primary roads.
The bridges herein provided for may be incorporated into the primary road system as toll free bridges whenever the costs of the construction of the bridges and the approaches thereto and the reconstruction and improvement of existing bridges and approaches thereto, including all incidental costs, have been paid and when all revenue bonds and interest thereon issued and sold pursuant to this chapter and payable from the tolls and revenues thereof shall have been fully paid and redeemed or funds sufficient to pay said bonds and interest, including premium, if any, have been set aside and pledged for that purpose. However, tolls may again be imposed as provided in section 313A.29.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.30]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.31 - Revenue bonds.

313A.31 Revenue bonds.
1. The department shall have the power and is hereby authorized by resolution to issue, sell, or pledge its revenue bonds in an amount sufficient to provide funds to pay all or any part of the costs of construction of a new bridge and approaches thereto and the reconstruction, improvement, and maintaining of an existing bridge and approaches thereto, including all costs of survey, acquisition of right-of-way, engineering, legal, fiscal and incidental expenses, to pay the interest due thereon during the period beginning with the date of issue of the bonds and ending at the expiration of six months after the first imposition and collection of tolls from the users of said bridges, and all costs incidental to the issuance and sale of the bonds.
2. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, all of the other provisions of this chapter shall govern the issuance and sale of revenue bonds issued under this section, the execution thereof, the disbursement of the proceeds of issuance thereof, the interest rate or rates thereon, their form, terms, conditions, covenants, negotiability, denominations, maturity date or dates, the creation of special funds or accounts safeguarding and providing for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon, and their manner of redemption and retirement.
3. Such bonds shall include a covenant that the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon are secured by a first and direct charge and lien on all of the tolls and other gross revenues received from the operation of said toll bridges and from any interest which may be earned from the deposit or investment of any such revenues.
4. The tolls and charges shall be at all times fixed at rates sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as they mature, together with the creation and maintenance of bond reserve funds and other funds as established in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.31]
2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.32 - Operation and control of bridge.

313A.32 Operation and control of bridge.
The department is hereby authorized to operate and to assume the full control of said toll bridges and each portion thereof whether within or without the borders of the state of Iowa, with full power to impose and collect tolls from the users of such bridges for the purpose of providing revenues at least sufficient to pay the cost and incidental expenses of construction and acquisition of said bridges and approaches in both states in which located and for the payment of the principal of and interest on its revenue bonds as authorized by this chapter.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.32]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.33 - No obligation of state.

313A.33 No obligation of state.
Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued under the terms of this chapter be or become or be construed to constitute a debt of or charge against the state of Iowa within the purview of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. No taxes, appropriations or other funds of the state of Iowa may be pledged for or used to pay such bonds or the interest thereon, but any such bonds shall be payable solely and only as to both principal and interest from the tolls and revenues derived from the operation of any toll bridge or toll bridges acquired, purchased, or constructed under this chapter, and the sole remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such bonds or proceedings for their issuance shall be a proceeding either in law or in equity by suit, action or mandamus to enforce and compel performance of the duties required by this chapter and the terms of the resolution under which such bonds are issued.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.33]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.36 - Purposes of powers granted.

313A.36 Purposes of powers granted.
The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Iowa, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance by the department of the projects herein defined will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the department shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon such projects or upon any property acquired or used by the department under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income from such projects, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom including any profit made on the sale thereof shall at all times be free from taxation by or within the state of Iowa.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.36]
Referred to in §422.7(2)(o)
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.37 - Failure to pay toll — penalty.

313A.37 Failure to pay toll — penalty.
Any person who uses any toll bridge and fails or refuses to pay the toll provided therefor shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.37]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 313A - INTERSTATE BRIDGES › Section 313A.38 - Independent of any other law.

313A.38 Independent of any other law.
This chapter shall be construed as providing an alternative and independent method for the acquisition, purchase, or construction of interstate bridges, for the issuance and sale or exchange of bonds in connection therewith and for refunding bonds pertinent thereto, and for the imposition, collection, and application of the proceeds of tolls and charges for the use of interstate bridges, without reference to any other statute, and shall not be construed as an amendment of or subject to the provisions of any other law, and no publication of any notice, and no other or further proceeding in respect to the issuance or sale or exchange of bonds under this chapter shall be required except such as are prescribed by this chapter, any provisions of other statutes of the state to the contrary notwithstanding.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.38]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS › Section 314.1A - Detailed cost accountings by cities and counties — rules.

314.1A Detailed cost accountings by cities and counties — rules.
1. The department shall adopt rules prescribing the manner by which cities and counties shall provide a detailed cost accounting under section 309.93 or 312.14, of all instances of the use of day labor or public or private contracts for construction, reconstruction, or improvement projects of a highway, bridge, or culvert within their jurisdiction.
2. The department shall adopt rules prescribing the manner by which governmental entities, as defined in section 26.2, shall administer section 26.14 concerning public improvement quotations.
3. The rules shall include definitions concerning types of projects and uniform requirements and definitions that cities and counties under subsection 1 and governmental entities under subsection 2 shall use in determining costs for such projects. The department shall establish horizontal and vertical infrastructure advisory committees composed of representatives of public sector agencies, private sector vertical and horizontal contractor organizations, and certified public employee collective bargaining organizations to make recommendations for such rules.
2001 Acts, ch 32, §8; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §28, 42, 43
Referred to in §309.93, 312.14, 314.1B
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS › Section 314.2 - Conflicts of interest.

314.2 Conflicts of interest.
A state or county official who is a voting member of a governmental entity responsible for awarding a contract pursuant to section 314.1 and is the apparent low bidder for the contract shall not participate in a vote to award the contract and shall include an explanation of the official’s conflict in the resolution entered pursuant to section 26.12.
[S13, §1527-s15; C24, §4685, 4700; C27, 31, 35, §4685, 4755-b10; C39, §4685, 4686.14, 4755.10; C46, §309.92, 310.14, 313.10; C50, §308A.11; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.2]
2009 Acts, ch 133, §115; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §46, 47
Referred to in §331.341, 331.342
[ ()]2019 strike and rewrite of section effective January 1, 2023; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §47
[ ()]Section stricken and rewritten
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS › Section 314.3 - Claims — approval and payment.

314.3 Claims — approval and payment.
1. All claims for construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, or maintenance on any highway shall be itemized on voucher forms prepared for that purpose, certified to by the claimants and by the engineer in charge, and then forwarded to the agency in control of that highway for final audit and approval. Claims payable from the farm-to-market road fund shall be approved by both the board of supervisors and the department. Upon approval by the department of vouchers which are payable from the farm-to-market road fund, or from the primary road fund, as the case may be, such vouchers shall be forwarded to the director of the department of administrative services, who shall draw warrants therefor and said warrants shall be paid by the treasurer of the state from the farm-to-market road fund or from the primary road fund, as the case may be.
2. If the engineer makes such certificate or a member of the agency approves such claim when said work has not been done in accordance with the plans and specifications, and said work be not promptly made good without additional cost, the engineer or member shall be liable on the person’s bond for the amount of such claim.
[SS15, §1527-s10; C24, §4653, 4702; C27, 31, 35, §4653, 4755-b15; C39, §4653, 4686.17, 4755.15; C46, §309.59, 310.17, 313.15; C50, §308A.12; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.3]
2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS › Section 314.4 - Partial payments.

314.4 Partial payments.
Partial payments may be made on highway contract work during the progress thereof, but no such partial payment shall be deemed final acceptance of the work nor a waiver of any defect therein. The approval of any claim by the agency in control of the work, or highway on which the work is located, may be evidenced by the signature of the chairperson of said agency, or of a majority of the members of said agency, on the individual claims or on the abstract of a number of claims with the individual claims attached to said abstract.
[SS15, §1527-s10; C24, §4654, 4702; C27, 31, 35, §4654, 4755-b16; C39, §4654, 4755.16; C46, §309.60, 313.16; C50, §308A.13; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS › Section 314.5 - Extensions in certain cities.

314.5 Extensions in certain cities.
1. The agency in control of a secondary road, subject to approval of the council, may eliminate danger at railroad crossings and construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, and maintain any road or street which is an extension of the secondary road within a city. However, this authority does not apply to the extensions of secondary roads located in cities over twenty-five hundred population, where the houses or business houses average less than two hundred feet apart.
2. The phrase “subject to the approval of the council” as it appears in this section, shall be construed as authorizing the council to consider said proposed improvement only in its relationship to municipal improvements such as sewers, water lines, establishing grades, change of established street grades, sidewalks and other public improvements. The locations of such road extensions shall be determined by the agency in control of such road or road system.
[C31, 35, §4644-c47; C39, §4644.45, 4686.21; C46, §309.45, 310.21; C50, §308A.14; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.5]
89 Acts, ch 134, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS › Section 314.6 - Highways along city limits.

314.6 Highways along city limits.
Whenever any public highway located along the corporate line of any city is an extension of a farm-to-market road, or of a primary road, it may be included in the farm-to-market road system or the primary road system, as the case may be, and may be constructed, reconstructed, improved, repaired, and maintained as a part of said road system.
[C24, §4735; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b28; C39, §4686.25, 4755.26; C46, §310.25, 313.35; C50, §308A.15; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS › Section 314.7 - Trees — ingress or egress — drainage.

314.7 Trees — ingress or egress — drainage.
Officers, employees, and contractors in charge of improvement or maintenance work on any highway shall not cut down or injure any tree growing by the wayside which does not materially obstruct the highway, or tile drains, or interfere with the improvement or maintenance of the road, and which stands in front of any city lot, farmyard orchard or feed lot, or any ground reserved for any public use. Nor shall they destroy or injure reasonable ingress or egress to any property, or turn the natural drainage of the surface water to the injury of adjoining owners. It shall be their duty to use strict diligence in draining the surface water from the public road in its natural channel. To this end they may enter upon the adjoining lands for the purpose of removing from such natural channel obstructions that impede the flow of such water.
[C24, 27, §4791; C31, 35, §4644-c46; C39, §4644.44; C46, §309.44; C50, §308A.16; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.7]