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2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.404 - Conditions precedent.

468.404 Conditions precedent.
No contract shall be let until the improvement shall be finally established in both states, and after the final adjustment in both states of damages and benefits. No bonds shall be issued until all litigation in both states arising out of said proceedings has been finally terminated by actual trial or agreements, or the expiration of all right of appeal.
[SS15, §1989-a78; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7756; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467.5]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.404
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.405 - Assessments, bonds, and costs — limitation.

468.405 Assessments, bonds, and costs — limitation.
All proceedings except as provided in this part in relation to the establishment, construction, and management of interstate drainage districts shall be as provided for the establishment and construction of districts wholly within this state as provided in subchapter I. All such proceedings shall relate only to the lands of such district which are located wholly within this state. Boards having jurisdiction in this state may make just and equitable agreements with like authorities in such adjoining state for the joint management, repair, and maintenance of the entire improvement, after the establishment and completed construction thereof.
[SS15, §1989-a77; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7757; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467.6]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.405
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.500 - Trustees authorized.

468.500 Trustees authorized.
1. a. In the manner provided in this subchapter, any drainage or levee district in which the original construction has been completed and paid for by bond issue or otherwise, may be placed under the control and management of a board of trustees to be elected by the persons owning land in the district that has been assessed for benefits.
b. A drainage or levee district under the control of a city council as provided in subchapter II, part 3, may be placed under the control and management of a board of trustees by the city council following the procedures provided in subchapter II, part 2, for the county board of supervisors.
2. An overlying drainage or levee district that controls and manages improvements and rights-of-way surrendered by a board of supervisors or board of trustees of a contained district, in accordance with sections 468.256 through 468.259, shall continue to be controlled and managed by a board of trustees as provided in subchapter II, part 3.
[SS15, §1989-a52a, -a61; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7674; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.1]
83 Acts, ch 163, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.500
2013 Acts, ch 86, §2, 6; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §107, 108
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.501 - Petition.

468.501 Petition.
A petition shall be filed in the office of the auditor signed by a majority of the persons including corporations owning land within the district assessed for benefits.
[S13, §1989-a52b; SS15, §1989-a52a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7675; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.2]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.501
Referred to in §468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.502 - Election.

468.502 Election.
The board, at the next regular, adjourned, or special session shall canvass the petition and if signed by the requisite number of landowners, it shall order an election to be held at some convenient place in the district not less than forty nor more than sixty days from the date of such order, for the election of three trustees of such district. It shall appoint from the freeholders of the district who reside in the county or counties, three judges and two clerks of election. It shall not be mandatory for the county commissioner of elections to conduct elections held pursuant to this subchapter, but they shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 where not in conflict with this subchapter.
[S13, §1989-a52b; SS15, §1989-a63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7676; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.3]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.502
Referred to in §468.503, 468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.503 - Intercounty district.

468.503 Intercounty district.
If the district extends into two or more counties, a duplicate of the petition shall be filed in the office of the auditor of each county. The boards of supervisors shall, within thirty days after the filing of such petition, meet in joint session and canvass the same, and if found to be signed by a majority of the owners of land in the district assessed for benefits, they shall by joint action order such election and appoint judges and clerks of election as provided in section 468.502.
[S13, §1989-a52b; SS15, §1989-a62, -a63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7677; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.4]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.503
Referred to in §468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.504 - Election districts.

468.504 Election districts.
When a petition has been filed for the election of trustees to manage a district containing twenty thousand acres or more, the board, or, if the district extends into more than one county, the boards of the counties by joint action, shall, before the election, divide the district into three election districts for the purpose of securing a proper distribution of trustees in the district, and the division shall be so made that each election district will have substantially equal voting power and acreage, as nearly as may be. After the division is made there shall be elected one trustee for each of the election districts, but at the election all the qualified voters for the entire district shall be entitled to vote for each trustee. The division here provided for shall be for the purposes only of a proper distribution of trustees in the district and shall not otherwise affect the district or its management and control.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7678; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.5]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.504
2001 Acts, ch 89, §1
Referred to in §468.505, 468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.505 - Record and plat of election districts.

468.505 Record and plat of election districts.
At the time of making a division into election districts, as provided in section 468.504, the board or boards shall designate by congressional divisions, subdivisions, metes and bounds, or other intelligible description, the lands embraced in each election district, and the auditor, or auditors if more than one county shall make a plat thereof in the drainage record of the district indicating thereon the boundary lines of each election district, numbering them, one, two, and three, respectively.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7679; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.6]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.505
Referred to in §468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.506 - Eligibility of trustees.

468.506 Eligibility of trustees.
Each trustee shall be a citizen of the United States not less than eighteen years of age, and one of the following:
1. The bona fide owner of agricultural land in the election district for which the trustee is elected, and a resident of the county in which that district is located or of a county which is contiguous to or corners on that county.
2. The bona fide owner of nonagricultural land in the election district for which the trustee is elected, and a resident of that district. This subsection applies only when the election district is wholly within the corporate limits of a city.
3. An individual who has a legal or equitable interest in an entity that holds an interest in agricultural land located in the election district for which the trustee is elected, including as a bona fide owner. In addition, all of the following must apply:
a. The entity must be a general partnership formed under section 486A.202 or a person who holds the agricultural land under chapter 9H as a family farm corporation, authorized corporation, family farm limited liability company, authorized limited liability company, family farm limited partnership, limited partnership, family farm unincorporated nonprofit association, authorized unincorporated nonprofit association, family trust, or authorized trust.
b. The individual must hold the legal or equitable interest in the entity described in paragraph “a” as a partner in the general partnership, shareholder in the corporation, member in the limited liability company, general or limited partner in the limited partnership, member in the unincorporated nonprofit association, or beneficiary in the trust.
c. The individual must be a resident of the county in which the election district is located or of a county that is contiguous to or corners on that county.
4. a. A bona fide owner of benefited land in a drainage or levee district in which eighty-five percent of its acreage is situated within the corporate limits of a city and has been under the control of a city under subchapter II, part 3.
b. (1) For nonagricultural land, if the bona fide owner is a business corporation organized and existing under chapter 490 or 491, or a partnership, a stockholder or officer authorized by the corporation or a general partner may be elected as a trustee of the district.
(2) For agricultural land, if the bona fide owner is an entity described in subsection 3, paragraph “a”, an individual holding a legal or equitable interest in that entity may be elected as trustee.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7680; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.7]
83 Acts, ch 163, §2; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.506
90 Acts, ch 1205, §15; 93 Acts, ch 126, §5; 2014 Acts, ch 1064, §1, 2
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.507 - Notice of election.

468.507 Notice of election.
The board, or, if in more than one county, the boards acting jointly, shall cause notice of said election to be given, setting forth the time and place of holding the same and the hours when the polls will open and close. Such notice shall be published for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper in which the official proceedings of the board are published in the county, or if the district extends into more than one county, then in such newspaper of each county. The last of such publications shall not be less than ten days before the date of said election.
[S13, §1989-a52b; SS15, §1989-a63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7681; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.8]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.507
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.508 - Assessment to determine right to vote.

468.508 Assessment to determine right to vote.
Before any election is held, the election board shall obtain from the county auditor or auditors a certified copy of so much of the record of the establishment of such district as will show the lands embraced therein, the assessment and classification of each tract, and the name of the person against whom the same was assessed for benefits, and the present record owner, and such certified record shall be kept by the trustees after they are elected, for use in subsequent elections. They shall, preceding each subsequent election, procure from the county auditor or auditors additional certificates showing changes of title of land assessed for benefits and the names of the new owners.
[SS15, §1989-a75; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7682; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.9]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.508
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.509 - New owner entitled to vote.

468.509 New owner entitled to vote.
Anyone who has acquired ownership of assessed lands since the latest certificate from the auditor shall be entitled to vote at any election if the person presents to the election board for its inspection at the time the person demands the right to vote evidence showing that the person has title.
[SS15, §1989-a75; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7683; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.10]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.509
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.510 - Qualifications of voters.

468.510 Qualifications of voters.
Each landowner eighteen years of age or over without regard to sex and any railway or other corporation owning land in said district assessed for benefits shall be entitled to one vote only, except as provided in section 468.511.
[SS15, §1989-a73; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7684; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.11]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.510
Referred to in §468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.512 - Vote by agent.

468.512 Vote by agent.
Except where the provisions of section 468.511, providing for vote in proportion to assessment are invoked, any person or corporation owning land or right-of-way within the district and assessed for benefits may have the person’s or the corporation’s vote cast by the person’s or the corporation’s agent or proxy authorized to cast such vote by a power of attorney signed and acknowledged by such person or corporation, and filed before such vote is cast in the auditor’s office of the county in which such election is held. Every such power of attorney shall specify the particular election for which it is to be used, indicating the day, month, and year of such election, and shall be void for all elections subsequently held. The vote of the owner of any land in a drainage or levee district in any election, where the vote is not determined by assessment, may be cast by absent voters ballot in the same manner and form and subject to the same rights and restrictions as is provided in section 468.511 relating to vote by absentee ballot when votes are determined by assessment.
[SS15, §1989-a73; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7686; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.13]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.512
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.513 - Vote of minor or person under legal incompetency.

468.513 Vote of minor or person under legal incompetency.
The vote of any person who is a minor or under legal incompetency shall be cast by the parent, guardian, or other legal representative of the person. The person casting the vote shall deliver to the judges and clerks of election a written sworn statement giving the name, age, and place of residence of the minor or person under legal incompetency, and any false statement knowingly made to secure permission to cast such vote shall render the party so making it guilty of the crime of perjury.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7687; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.14]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.513
96 Acts, ch 1129, §95
Perjury, punishment, §720.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.514 - Ballots — petition for printed ballots.

468.514 Ballots — petition for printed ballots.
Candidates for drainage district trustee shall have their names placed on printed ballots provided a petition therefor is signed by ten qualified voters of the district and filed with the clerk of the board at least twenty-five days but not more than sixty-five days before the election. Space shall also be provided on the ballot for write-in votes.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7688; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.15]
86 Acts, ch 1099, §3; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.514
2001 Acts, ch 56, §36
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.515 - Candidates voted for.

468.515 Candidates voted for.
Each qualified voter for the whole district shall be entitled to vote for one candidate for each district for which a trustee is to be elected.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7689; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.16]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.515
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.516 - Election — canvass of votes — returns.

468.516 Election — canvass of votes — returns.
On the day designated for said election the polls shall open at 1:00 p.m. and remain open until 5:00 p.m. unless otherwise provided under section 468.522. If no convenient polling place is to be found within the district, the election may be held at some convenient place outside the district. The judges of election shall canvass the vote and certify the result, and deposit with the auditor the ballots cast, together with the pollbooks showing the names of the voters; but if there is more than one county in the district, the returns shall be filed with the auditor of the county having the greatest acreage of said district.
[S13, §1989-a52c; SS15, §1989-a64; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7690; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.17]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.516
91 Acts, ch 54, §1
Referred to in §468.522
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.517 - Canvass — certificates of election.

468.517 Canvass — certificates of election.
The canvass of the returns by the board or boards of supervisors shall be on the next Monday following the election. If the district is in more than one county, the board of supervisors of the county with the greatest acreage in the district shall canvass the vote. The board of supervisors of the other counties in which the district is located may attend and participate in the canvass of the returns. The board or boards of supervisors shall make a return of the results of the canvass to the auditor, who shall issue certificates to the trustees elected. When the district extends into more than one county, then the auditor with whom the election returns were filed shall issue the certificates and certify an abstract of the canvass to each other county in which the district is located.
[S13, §1989-a52c; SS15, §1989-a64; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7691; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.18]
85 Acts, ch 163, §11; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.517
2022 Acts, ch 1021, §121
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.518 - Tenure of office.

468.518 Tenure of office.
The trustees so elected shall hold office until the fourth Saturday in January next succeeding their election and until their successors are elected and qualify. On the third Saturday in the January next succeeding their original election, an election shall be held at which three trustees shall be chosen, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and each shall qualify and enter upon the duties of the office on the fourth Saturday of the same January. On the third Saturday in each succeeding January, an election shall be held to choose a successor to the trustee whose term is about to expire, and the term of the trustee’s office shall be for three years and until a successor has qualified.
[SS15, §1989-a52d, -a65 – a67; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7692; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.19]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.518
Referred to in §468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.519 - Levee and pumping station districts.

468.519 Levee and pumping station districts.
In levee and drainage districts having pumping stations trustees shall hold office until the fourth Saturday in January three years after election. On the third Saturday in January of each year a trustee shall be elected for a term of three years to succeed the member of the board whose term will expire on the following Saturday. At the election there shall also be elected, if necessary, a trustee to fill any vacancy which occurred before the election.
[S13, §1989-a52e; SS15, §1989-a52d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7693; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.20]
83 Acts, ch 101, §99; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.519
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.520 - Division of districts under trustees.

468.520 Division of districts under trustees.
When a trustee is to be elected, it shall be for a specified election district within the district.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7694; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.21]
83 Acts, ch 101, §100; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.520
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.521 - Elections — how conducted.

468.521 Elections — how conducted.
1. After the first election of trustees, the board of trustees shall act as judges of election; however, a trustee standing for election shall not serve as a judge.
2. The clerk of the board shall act as one of the clerks and an owner of land in the district shall be appointed by the board to act as another clerk.
3. The board shall fill any vacancy of an acting election judge by appointing a person who resides in the county where all or part of the drainage or levee district is located and who is eligible to vote in a general election in that county.
4. The result of each election shall be certified to the auditor or the several county auditors if the district is located in more than one county.
[SS15, §1989-a69; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7695; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.22]
85 Acts, ch 163, §12; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.521
2015 Acts, ch 51, §13
Referred to in §468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.522 - Change of date and time.

468.522 Change of date and time.
The date on which the annual election shall be held and the polling hours may be changed by the choice of a majority of electors of the district expressed by ballot at any annual election, and the return of the vote shall be certified in the same manner as the returns for election of trustees. The polling hours may vary from the requirements of section 468.516, but the polls shall be open for at least three consecutive hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the election day.
[S13, §1989-a52e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7696; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.23]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.522
91 Acts, ch 54, §2
Referred to in §468.516
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.523 - Vacancies.

468.523 Vacancies.
If any vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of trustees between the annual elections, the remaining members of the board shall have power to fill such vacancies by appointment of persons having the same qualifications as themselves. The persons so appointed shall qualify in the same manner and hold office until the next annual election when their successors shall be elected. In the event that all places on the board become vacant, then a new board shall be appointed by the auditor, or if more than one county, then by the auditor of the county in which the greater acreage of the district is located. The persons so appointed shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are elected and qualify.
[SS15, §1989-a68; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7697; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.24]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.523
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.524 - Bonds.

468.524 Bonds.
The trustees shall qualify by giving a bond in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars or more than five thousand dollars each, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties, said bond to be fixed and approved by the auditor of the county, and if more than one, then of the county in which the greater acreage of the district is located.
[SS15, §1989-a52f, -a71; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7698; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.25]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.524
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.525 - Organization.

468.525 Organization.
As soon as the trustees have qualified, they shall organize by electing one of their own number as chairperson and may select some other competent person as clerk of the board who shall serve during the pleasure of the board of trustees.
[SS15, §1989-a70; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7699; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.26]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.525
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.526 - Powers and duties of trustees.

468.526 Powers and duties of trustees.
Trustees shall have control, supervision, and management of the district for which they are elected and shall be clothed with all of the powers now conferred on the board or boards of supervisors for the control, management, and supervision of drainage and levee districts under the laws of the state, including the power to acquire lands by conveyance, lease, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided for in chapter 6B for right-of-way for levees, ditches and settling basins within or without the district and to annex lands to the district, except as provided in section 468.527. Such authority shall extend only to the district for which they are elected.
[SS15, §1989-a52f, -a71; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7700; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.27]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.526
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.526A - Liability.

468.526A Liability.
A trustee is not personally liable for a claim which is exempted under section 670.4, except a claim for punitive damages. A trustee is not liable for punitive damages as a result of acts in the performance of a duty under this chapter, unless actual malice or willful, wanton, and reckless misconduct is proven.
2014 Acts, ch 1075, §10
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.527 - Costs and expenses.

468.527 Costs and expenses.
All costs and expenses necessary to discharge the duties by this subchapter conferred upon trustees shall be levied and collected as provided by law and such levy shall be upon certificate by the trustees to the board or boards of supervisors of the amount necessary for such levy.
[SS15, §1989-a52f, -a71; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7701; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.28]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.527
Referred to in §468.216, 468.526
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.528 - Disbursement of funds.

468.528 Disbursement of funds.
Drainage and levee taxes when so levied and collected shall be kept by the treasurer of the county in a separate fund to the credit of the district for which it is collected. The county treasurer shall disburse the moneys in the fund only upon any of the following:
1. The orders of the board of trustees, signed by the president of the board, upon which warrants shall be drawn by the auditor upon the treasurer.
2. For drainage and levee districts with pumping stations, by orders of the board of trustees directing the treasurer to place all or any part of the moneys into a checking account established by the board in a bank or credit union as defined in section 12C.1.
a. The treasurer shall disburse the moneys only upon resolution duly adopted by the board. The board shall not expend moneys in the account for a purpose if the board could not order the county treasurer to expend moneys from the county’s separate fund for that same purpose.
b. The board shall file with the county auditor an annual financial statement that is accompanied by an unqualified opinion based upon an audit of the account performed by a certified public accountant licensed in this state. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, the board shall pay the costs associated with performing the audit out of the district’s moneys.
[SS15, §1989-a52f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7702; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.29]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.528
2011 Acts, ch 94, §2
Referred to in §468.54
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.529 - Certificates and bonds.

468.529 Certificates and bonds.
The board of trustees of any district shall have the same power to issue improvement certificates and levee and drainage bonds under the same conditions and with like tenor and effect as is provided by subchapter I, parts 1 through 5, for such issuance by the board of supervisors, except that in case of the issue of levee or drainage bonds, the same shall be approved by a judge of the district court in and for the county or counties in which such district lies, which approval shall be printed upon such bonds before the same are negotiated.
[SS15, §1989-a52f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7703; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.30]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.529
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.530 - Report to auditor.

468.530 Report to auditor.
Such trustees shall, from time to time, and with reasonable promptness, furnish the auditor of each county in which any part of said district is situated, with a correct report of their acts and proceedings, which report shall be signed by the chairperson and the clerk of the board and shall be recorded by the auditor in the drainage record, and shall be published in one official paper in the county having a general circulation in the district.
[S13, §1989-a52g; SS15, §1989-a72; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7707; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.34]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.530
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.531 - Compensation — statements required.

468.531 Compensation — statements required.
The compensation of the trustees and the clerk of the board is hereby fixed at an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars per day each and necessary expenses, to be paid out of the funds of the drainage or levee district for each day necessarily expended in the transaction of the business of the district, but no one shall draw compensation for services as trustee and as clerk at the same time. The board of trustees of a district may by resolution establish for themselves and for the clerk of the district a lower rate of pay than is fixed by this section. They shall file with the auditor or auditors, if more than one county, itemized, verified statements of their time devoted to the business of the district and of the expenses incurred.
[SS15, §1989-a52f, -a74; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7708; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.35]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.531
2011 Acts, ch 94, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.532 - Change to supervisor management.

468.532 Change to supervisor management.
Any district which has been placed under the management of trustees may be placed back under the management of the board or boards of supervisors in the manner provided in section 468.533.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7709; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.36]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.532
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.533 - Petition — canvass.

468.533 Petition — canvass.
1. A petition requesting that a district placed under the management of trustees be placed back under the management of a board or boards of supervisors, that is signed by a majority of persons, including corporations, owning land within the district assessed for benefits and who in the aggregate own more than one-half the acreage of such lands, may be filed in the office of the auditor and, if the district is situated in more than one county, then a duplicate shall be filed in the office of the auditor of each county.
2. The trustees shall fix a date not less than ten nor more than thirty days from the date the petition is filed for the canvass of such petition, and the trustees and auditor or auditors shall canvass the petition and certify and record in the drainage record the result.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7710; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.37]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.533
2019 Acts, ch 59, §164
Referred to in §468.532
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.534 - Remonstrance.

468.534 Remonstrance.
Remonstrances signed by the same persons who are qualified to sign the petition may be filed in the office of the auditor and if the same persons petition and remonstrate they shall be counted on the remonstrance only. Such remonstrances shall be filed not less than five days before the time set for hearing.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7711; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.38]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.534
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.535 - When change effective.

468.535 When change effective.
If the result of the canvass shows a majority in favor of such change, then it shall become effectual on the date at which the next annual election of trustees would be held, and on such date the trustees shall surrender and turn over to the board or boards of supervisors the full and complete management and control of such district, together with all books, contracts, and other documents relating thereto.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7712; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.39]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.535
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.536 - Final report of trustees.

468.536 Final report of trustees.
On or before the date such change becomes effective, the said trustees shall make and file with the auditor, or if more than one county, a duplicate with each auditor, a final report setting forth:
1. The amount of cash funds on hand or to the credit of the district.
2. The amount of outstanding indebtedness of the district, and the form thereof, whether in warrants, improvement certificates, or bonds and the amount of each.
3. Any outstanding contracts for repairs or other work to be done.
4. A statement showing the condition of the improvements of the district, and specifying any portion thereof in need of repair.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7713; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.40]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.536
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.537 - Management by supervisors.

468.537 Management by supervisors.
After such change is made it shall be the duty of the board or boards of supervisors to manage and control the affairs of said district as fully and to the same extent as if it had never been under trustee management. They shall carry out any pending contracts lawfully made by the trustees as fully as if made by the board.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7714; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §462.41]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.537
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.538 - Scope.

468.538 Scope.
This part applies when the board of trustees of an overlying district accepts all improvements and rights-of-way surrendered by a board of supervisors or board of trustees of a contained district, in accordance with sections 468.256 through 468.259. In addition, after such acceptance, the overlying district must include at least thirty-five thousand acres with a pumping station, regardless of whether the drainage or levee district is located in more than one county. Such a district shall continue to be controlled and managed by a board of trustees elected as provided in this part.
2013 Acts, ch 86, §3, 6
Referred to in §468.539
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.539 - Qualified application.

468.539 Qualified application.
Part 2 of this subchapter shall also apply to this part, except as follows:
1. The trustees of the overlying district serving on the board at the time of acceptance as described in section 468.538 shall be considered initially elected as the trustees of the drainage or levee district as provided in sections 468.502, 468.503, and 468.521.
2. a. The board of trustees described in subsection 1 shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish the overlying district as a new drainage or levee district, which must include all improvements and rights-of-way surrendered by a board of supervisors or board of trustees of the contained district.
(2) Divide the new drainage or levee district into three election districts in the same manner as a board of supervisors acting pursuant to sections 468.504 and 468.505.
b. The petition described in section 468.501 is not required to be filed or considered under this subsection.
3. Each of the three persons elected as trustee to serve on a new drainage or levee district established pursuant to an election held by the board of trustees described in subsection 1 shall hold office for a staggered term as provided in section 468.518. A person elected as a trustee of the new drainage or levee district shall be elected from a specified election district, unless the person is elected at large as provided in subsection 4.
4. The board of trustees described in subsection 1 or a subsequent board of trustees of the new drainage or levee district may provide for the election of two additional persons to serve as trustees. The two additional persons shall be elected at large by all qualified voters for the entire drainage or levee district. Of the five persons elected as trustees of the new drainage or levee district, not more than two persons shall be elected from the same specified election district. One person’s initial term shall be for one year and the second person’s initial term shall be for two years in the same manner as provided in section 468.518.
5. Votes shall be determined as provided pursuant to either section 468.510 or 468.511 in the same manner as was determined for the overlying district.
2013 Acts, ch 86, §4, 6
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.540 - Refunding bonds.

468.540 Refunding bonds.
The board of supervisors of any county may extend the time of the payment of any of its outstanding drainage bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of drainage assessments levied upon property within a drainage district, and may extend the time of payment of any unpaid assessment, or any installment or installments thereof. The board may renew or extend the time of payment of such legal bonded indebtedness, or any part thereof, for account of such drainage district, and may refund the same and issue drainage refunding bonds therefor subject to the limitation and in the manner provided in this part.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b1; C39, §7714.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.1]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.540
2015 Acts, ch 30, §150; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §136
Similar provision, §468.367
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.541 - Petition for refunding.

468.541 Petition for refunding.
Before the time of payment of said assessments or any installment or installments thereof shall be extended and before the board shall institute proceedings for the issuance of drainage refunding bonds, the owners of not less than fifteen percent of the land within a drainage district as shown by the transfer books in the auditor’s office upon which drainage assessments are unpaid, shall file a petition with the board requesting the extension of the time of payment of assessments levied in said drainage district or of any installment or installments thereof, setting forth the date said assessments to be extended were levied, the aggregate amount thereof unpaid, and requesting the issuance of drainage refunding bonds, stating the amount and purpose of said bonds.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b2; C39, §7714.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.2]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.541
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.542 - Sufficiency of petition — hearing.

468.542 Sufficiency of petition — hearing.
Upon the receipt of any such petition the board shall, at the next regular meeting or regular adjourned meeting, determine the sufficiency thereof and fix a date of meeting of the board at which it is proposed to extend the time of payment of said unpaid assessments and to take action for the issuance of drainage refunding bonds.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b3; C39, §7714.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.3]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.542
Referred to in §468.543
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.543 - Notice.

468.543 Notice.
The board shall give ten days’ notice of the meeting described under section 468.542 in the same manner as required in relation to the issuance of bonds under chapter 73A.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b4; C39, §7714.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.4]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.543
2019 Acts, ch 59, §165
Referred to in §468.567
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.544 - Requirements of notice.

468.544 Requirements of notice.
The notice shall be directed to each person whose name appears upon the transfer books in the auditor’s office as owner of lands within the drainage district upon which the drainage assessments are unpaid, naming the owner, and also to the person or persons in actual occupancy of any of the tracts of land without naming them. The notice shall also state all of the following:
1. The amount of unpaid assessments upon each forty-acre tract of land or less.
2. That all of the unpaid assessments, installment or installments thereof as proposed to be extended, may be paid on or before the time fixed for the hearing.
3. That after the expiration of such time no assessments may be paid except in the manner and at the times fixed by the board in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the drainage refunding bonds.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b5; C39, §7714.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.5]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.544
2014 Acts, ch 1110, §9; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §151
Referred to in §468.567
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.545 - Extending payment of assessments.

468.545 Extending payment of assessments.
If no appeal is taken to the issuance of bonds, as provided by chapter 73A, the board may extend the time of payment of the unpaid assessment or an installment or installments of it as requested in the petition and may issue drainage refunding bonds, or, in case of an appeal, the board may issue the bonds in accordance with the decision of the appeal board provided the assessments, installment, or installments have not been entered on the delinquent tax lists and have not been previously extended.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b6; C39, §7714.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.6]
88 Acts, ch 1158, §76; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.545
Referred to in §468.567
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.546 - Appeal.

468.546 Appeal.
Any person aggrieved by the final action of the board extending the time of payment of said unpaid assessment, installment or installments thereof may appeal therefrom to the district court of the county in which such action was taken.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b7; C39, §7714.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.7]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.546
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.547 - Time and manner of appeal.

468.547 Time and manner of appeal.
All appeals shall be taken in the manner provided in section 468.84 except that said appeal shall be taken within ten days after the date of the final action of the board.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b8; C39, §7714.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.8]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.547
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.548 - Maximum extension.

468.548 Maximum extension.
The unpaid assessments against said lands within said drainage district shall not be extended for a period exceeding forty years from the time any assessment, installment or installments thereof to be extended become due. The board shall fix the amount that shall be levied and collected each year and may issue drainage refunding bonds covering all said unpaid assessments.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b9; C39, §7714.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.9]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.548
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS › Section 468.549 - Form of bonds.

468.549 Form of bonds.
Drainage refunding bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, each, running not more than forty years, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A, payable semiannually, and shall be substantially in the form provided by law relating to drainage bonds, with such changes as shall be necessary to conform with this part.
[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b10; C39, §7714.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.10]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.549