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2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.22 - Planning and programming activities.

307.22 Planning and programming activities.
1. The department’s administrator responsible for transportation planning and infrastructure program development shall:
a. Assist the director in planning all modes of transportation in order to develop an integrated transportation system providing adequate transportation services for all citizens of the state.
b. Develop and maintain transportation statistical data for the department.
c. Assist the director in establishing, analyzing, and evaluating alternative transportation policies for the state.
d. Coordinate planning duties and responsibilities with the planning functions carried on by other administrators of the department.
e. (1) Annually report by July 1 of each year, for both secondary and farm-to-market systems, miles of earth, granular, and paved surface roads; the daily vehicle miles of travel; and lineal feet of bridge deck under the jurisdiction of each county’s secondary road department, as of the preceding January 1, taking into account roads whose jurisdiction has been transferred from the department to a county or from a county to the department during the previous year. The annual report shall include those roads transferred to a county pursuant to section 306.8A.
(2) Miles of secondary and farm-to-market roads shall not include those miles of farm-to-market extensions within cities under five hundred population that are placed under county secondary road jurisdiction pursuant to section 306.4.
(3) The annual report of updated road and bridge data of both the secondary and farm-to-market roads shall be submitted to the Iowa county engineers association service bureau.
f. Advise and assist the director to study and develop highway transport economics to assure availability and productivity of highway transport services.
g. Perform such other planning functions as may be assigned by the director.
2. The function of planning does not include the detailed design of highways or other modal transportation facilities, but is restricted to the needs of this state for multimodal transportation systems.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §307.22]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1912, 1913; 2002 Acts, ch 1063, §6, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 144, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 20, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 142, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.23 - General counsel.

307.23 General counsel.
1. The general counsel shall be a special assistant attorney general appointed by the attorney general who shall act as the attorney for the department. The general counsel shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
a. Act as legal advisor to the commission and the director.
b. Provide all legal services for the department.
2. The attorney general shall appoint additional assistant attorneys general as the director deems necessary to carry out the duties assigned to the office of the general counsel. The salary of the general counsel shall be fixed by the director, subject to the approval of the attorney general. The director shall provide and furnish a suitable office for the general counsel upon request of the attorney general.
[SS15, §1527-s, -s2; C24, 27, §307.8; C31, 35, §4630, 4630-c1; C39, §4630, 4630.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §307.8, 307.9; C75, 77, 79, 81, §307.23]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1914, 1915; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §65
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.27 - Motor vehicles, motor carriers, and drivers.

307.27 Motor vehicles, motor carriers, and drivers.
The department’s administrator responsible for the enforcement and regulation of motor carriers, registration of motor vehicles, and licensing of drivers shall:
1. Administer and supervise the registration of motor vehicles and the licensing of drivers pursuant to chapter 321.
2. Administer and supervise the licensing of motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers pursuant to chapter 322.
3. Administer the inspection of motor vehicles pursuant to chapter 321.
4. Administer motor vehicle registration reciprocity pursuant to chapter 326.
5. Administer the provisions of chapters 321A, 321E, 321F, and 321J relating to motor vehicle financial responsibility, the implied consent law, the movement of vehicles of excessive size and weight, and the leasing and renting of vehicles.
6. Administer the regulation of motor vehicle franchisers pursuant to chapter 322A.
7. Administer the regulation of motor carriers pursuant to chapters 325A, 326, and 327B.
8. Administer the registration of interstate authority of motor carriers pursuant to chapter 327B as provided in 49 U.S.C. §14504a and United States department of transportation regulations.
9. Administer chapters 321C, 321D, 321H, 321L, 321M, and 322C.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §307.27]
86 Acts, ch 1220, §27; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1922; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §14; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §39, 40; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §53; 2011 Acts, ch 38, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.28 - Prorating departmental costs.

307.28 Prorating departmental costs.
The director shall, with the approval of the commission, prorate the costs of the department which will be expended for highways and such costs shall be paid from money appropriated from the road use tax fund. Prorated costs payable from the road use tax fund shall be based upon that portion of the department’s duties related to the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways within the state or for the payment of bonds issued for the construction of public highways and the payment of interest on such bonds. The general assembly shall appropriate from the general fund of the state the remaining necessary departmental costs.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §307.28]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.31 - Periodic review of revenues — evaluation of alternative funding sources.

307.31 Periodic review of revenues — evaluation of alternative funding sources.
1. The department shall periodically review the current revenue levels of the road use tax fund and the sufficiency of those revenues for the projected construction and maintenance needs of city, county, and state governments in the future. The department shall submit a written report to the general assembly regarding its findings by December 31 every five years, beginning in 2011. The report may include recommendations concerning funding levels needed to support the future mobility and accessibility for users of Iowa’s public road system.
2. The department shall evaluate alternative funding sources for road maintenance and construction and report to the general assembly at least every five years on the advantages and disadvantages and the viability of alternative funding mechanisms. The department’s evaluation of alternative funding sources may be included in the report submitted to the general assembly under subsection 1.
2007 Acts, ch 200, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.32 - Annual report — secondary road construction program — structurally deficient bridges.

307.32 Annual report — secondary road construction program — structurally deficient bridges.
On or before February 15 of each year, the department, in collaboration with the Iowa county engineers association, shall compile the annual reports received from counties pursuant to sections 309.22 and 309.22A into a cumulative report and submit the cumulative report in electronic format to the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on transportation and the legislative services agency.
2016 Acts, ch 1072, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1077, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.36 - Project needs — retention of property.

307.36 Project needs — retention of property.
It is the intent of the general assembly that not later than July 1, 1992, the state department of transportation shall dispose of all right-of-way owned by the department and not needed for projects. In determining need, the department shall consider both its five-year program requirements and its long-range, statewide corridor development needs, including the development of the network of commercial and industrial highways. The department may also act to preserve right-of-way for improvements to the network of commercial and industrial highways by acquiring options, easements, rights of first refusal, or other property interests less than fee title. In determining need based upon long-range, statewide corridor development, the department shall give careful consideration to economically depressed urban areas not served directly by the national system of interstate and defense highways.
83 Acts, ch 114, §1; 89 Acts, ch 134, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.37 - Motor vehicle fraud and odometer law enforcement.

307.37 Motor vehicle fraud and odometer law enforcement.
The department shall investigate and prosecute violators of the laws concerning motor vehicle fraud including, but not limited to, the state and federal odometer law. The department shall refer available evidence concerning a possible violation of the laws concerning motor vehicle fraud including, but not limited to, section 321.71 or the federal odometer law or a rule or order issued under section 321.71 or the federal odometer law, to the attorney general. The attorney general, with or without the referral, may institute appropriate criminal proceedings or may direct the case to the appropriate county attorney to institute appropriate criminal proceedings. The attorney general may use those funds available to the department of justice for this purpose and law enforcement agencies may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the enforcement of those laws, rules, or orders with the approval of the attorney general.
84 Acts, ch 1305, §45; 88 Acts, ch 1089, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.40 - Copies of contracts to legislative services agency.

307.40 Copies of contracts to legislative services agency.
The department shall give a copy of each contract for construction or reconstruction of roads, streets, or bridges entered into by the department in which the contract price is for five million dollars or more to the legislative services agency.
88 Acts, ch 1278, §26; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.44 - Use of federal moneys — cooperation.

307.44 Use of federal moneys — cooperation.
1. If funds are allotted or appropriated by the government of the United States for the improvement of transportation facilities and services in this state, the department may cooperate with the government of the United States, and any agency or department thereof, in the planning, acquisition, contract letting, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of transportation facilities and services in this state; may comply with the federal statutes and rules; and may cooperate with the federal government in the expenditure of the federal funds.
2. In order to avoid delays, payment for the street and highway projects or improvements constructed in cooperation with the federal government may be advanced from the primary road fund.
86 Acts, ch 1244, §39; 93 Acts, ch 87, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Referred to in §263B.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.45 - State-owned lands — assessment.

307.45 State-owned lands — assessment.
1. Cities and counties may assess the cost of a public improvement against the state when the improvement benefits property owned by the state and under the jurisdiction and control of the department. The director shall pay from the primary road fund the portion of the cost of the improvement which would be legally assessable against the land if privately owned.
2. Assessments against property under the jurisdiction of the department shall be made in the same manner as those made against private property, except that the city or county making the assessment shall cause a copy of the public notice of hearing to be mailed to the director by certified mail.
3. Assessments against property owned by the state and not under the jurisdiction and control of the department shall be made in the same manner as those made against private property and payment shall be subject to authorization by the executive council. There is appropriated from moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated an amount necessary to pay the expense authorized by the executive council.
86 Acts, ch 1244, §40; 91 Acts, ch 268, §511; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §77; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §33, 158; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §13
Referred to in §312.2, 312.4, 313.4, 384.56
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.46 - Use of reversions.

307.46 Use of reversions.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8.33 or any other provision of law to the contrary, if on June 30 of a fiscal year a balance of an operational appropriation remains unexpended or unencumbered, not more than fifty percent of the balance may be encumbered by the department and used as provided in this section and the remaining balance shall be deposited in the fund from which the money was appropriated. The department shall not encumber an amount in excess of five hundred thousand dollars under this section in any fiscal year. Moneys encumbered under this section shall be used by the department during the succeeding fiscal year for employee training and for technology enhancement. Moneys which are encumbered under this section but not used shall revert to the fund from which the money was appropriated on June 30 of the succeeding fiscal year.
2. On or before June 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which funds were encumbered under this section, the department shall report to the joint transportation, infrastructure, and capitals appropriations subcommittee, the legislative services agency, the department of management, the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight, and the legislative fiscal committee of the legislative council detailing how the moneys were expended. Moneys shall not be encumbered under this section from an appropriation which received a transfer from another appropriation pursuant to section 8.39.
3. For purposes of this section, “operational appropriation” means an appropriation from the road use tax fund or primary road fund providing for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes.
99 Acts, ch 120, §1, 5; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §94
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.47 - Materials and equipment revolving fund — annual purchase report.

307.47 Materials and equipment revolving fund — annual purchase report.
1. The highway materials and equipment revolving fund is created from moneys appropriated out of the primary road fund. From this fund shall be paid all costs for materials and supplies, inventoried stock supplies, maintenance and operational costs of equipment, and equipment replacements incurred in the operation of centralized purchasing under the supervision of the administrator responsible for highway programs and activities. Direct salaries and expenses properly chargeable to direct salaries shall be paid from the fund. For each month the administrator responsible for the operations and finances of the department shall render a statement to each highway unit for the actual cost of materials and supplies, operational and maintenance costs of equipment, and equipment depreciation used. The expense shall be paid by the administrator responsible for the operations and finances of the department in the same manner as other interdepartmental billings are paid. The sum paid shall be credited to the highway materials and equipment revolving fund.
2. If surplus accrues to the revolving fund in excess of one hundred thousand dollars for which there is no anticipated need or use, the governor shall order that surplus reverted to the primary road fund.
3. When a highway unit shares equipment with another administrative unit of the department, the director shall prorate the costs of the equipment among the administrative units using the equipment.
4. The department shall present a purchase report to the legislative services agency prior to the beginning of each regular annual session of the general assembly. The report shall cover all equipment and vehicle purchases through the highway materials and equipment revolving fund during the preceding fiscal year.
86 Acts, ch 1244, §41; 88 Acts, ch 1278, §27; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §14
Referred to in §12.28
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.48 - Longevity pay.

307.48 Longevity pay.
1. An employee of the department who was hired by the state highway commission on or before June 30, 1971, is entitled to longevity pay. An employee eligible for longevity pay under this section whose employment is terminated on or after July 1, 1971, if reemployed by the department, forfeits any right the employee may have had to longevity pay.
2. An employee under the supervision of the department’s administrator of highways who became an employee of the state department of transportation on July 1, 1974, retains all rights to longevity pay so long as the employee continues employment with the department.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1925; 88 Acts, ch 1158, §63; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §134
Referred to in §8A.439
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) › Section 307.49 - Contract bids.

307.49 Contract bids.
1. A bidder awarded a contract with the department shall disclose the names of all subcontractors, who will work on the project being bid or who the bidder anticipates will work on the project being bid, within forty-eight hours after the award of the contract. If a subcontractor named by a bidder awarded a contract is replaced, or if the cost of work to be done by a subcontractor is reduced, the bidder shall disclose the name of the new subcontractor or the amount of the reduced cost. If a subcontractor is added by a bidder awarded a contract, the bidder shall disclose the name of the new subcontractor.
2. The department shall issue electronic project bid notices for distribution to the targeted small business internet site located at the economic development authority. The notices shall be provided to the targeted small business marketing manager forty-eight hours prior to the issuance of all project bid notices. The notices shall contain a description of the project, a point of contact for each project, and any subcontract goals included in the bid.
90 Acts, ch 1161, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1212, §5; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307A - TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 307A.1 - Definitions.

307A.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the state transportation commission of the state department of transportation.
2. “Department” means the state department of transportation.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §307A.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307A - TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 307A.1A - Transportation commission.

307A.1A Transportation commission.
1. There is created a state transportation commission which shall consist of seven members, not more than four of whom shall be from the same political party. The governor shall appoint the members of the state transportation commission for a term of four years beginning at 12:01 a.m. on July 1 in the year of appointment and expiring at 12:00 midnight on June 30 in the year of expiration, subject to confirmation by the senate.
2. The commission shall meet in July of each year for the purpose of electing one of its members as chairperson.
2015 Acts, ch 123, §16; 2018 Acts, ch 1065, §2 – 4
Referred to in §69.19, 307.1
Confirmation, see §2.32
2018 amendment applies to members appointed and confirmed on or after January 1, 2018; the term of office of any current member appointed and confirmed prior to January 1, 2018, is extended from 12:00 midnight on April 30 to 12:00 midnight on June 30 in the year of expiration of the member’s term of office;
2018 Acts, ch 1065, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307A - TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 307A.3 - Conflict of interest.

307A.3 Conflict of interest.
A person shall not serve as a member of the commission if the person has an interest in a contract or job of work or material or the profits thereof or service to be performed for the department. Any member of the commission who accepts employment with or acquires any stock, bonds, or other interest in any company or corporation doing business with the department shall be disqualified from remaining a member of the commission.
2015 Acts, ch 123, §21
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307A - TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 307A.4 - Vacancies on commission.

307A.4 Vacancies on commission.
Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as regular appointments are made for the unexpired portion of the regular term. In the event the governor fails to make an appointment to fill a vacancy or fails to submit the appointment to the senate for confirmation as required by section 2.32, the senate may make the appointment prior to adjournment of the general assembly.
2015 Acts, ch 123, §22
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307A - TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 307A.6 - Commission meetings.

307A.6 Commission meetings.
The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson or when any four members of the commission file a written request with the chairperson for a meeting. Written notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be given to each member of the commission. A majority of the commission members shall constitute a quorum.
2015 Acts, ch 123, §24
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307A - TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 307A.7 - Expenses.

307A.7 Expenses.
Members of the commission shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. All expenses and salaries shall be paid from appropriations for such purposes and the commission shall be subject to the budget requirements of chapter 8.
2015 Acts, ch 123, §25
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307A - TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › Section 307A.8 - Removal from office.

307A.8 Removal from office.
Any member of the commission may be removed for any of the causes and in the manner provided in chapter 66 and such removal shall not be in lieu of any other punishment that may be prescribed by the laws of this state.
2015 Acts, ch 123, §26
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307C - MISSOURI RIVER BARGE COMPACT › Section 307C.1 - Missouri river barge compact.

307C.1 Missouri river barge compact.
The Missouri river interstate barge compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other states which legally join in the compact in substantially the following form:
1. Article I. The purposes of this compact are to provide for planning for the most efficient use of the waters of the Missouri river, to increase the amount of barge traffic on that segment of the Missouri river below Sioux City, Iowa, to take necessary steps to develop the Missouri river and its banks to handle more barge traffic than is presently handled, to encourage barge use on that segment of the Missouri river for transporting bulk goods, especially farm commodities, to insure that the intended increase in barge traffic does not impose unacceptable damage on the Missouri river in all its various uses, including agriculture, wildlife management, and recreational opportunities, to consider the effects of diversion of the waters of the Missouri river on navigation, and to promote joint action between the compact parties to accomplish these purposes. The purposes of the compact do not include lobbying activities against user fees for barge traffic and such activities under this compact are prohibited.
2. Article II. It is the responsibility of the four states to accomplish the purposes in article I through the official in each state charged with the duty of administering the public waters and to collect and correlate through those officials the data necessary for the proper administration of the compact. Those officials may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations to accomplish the purposes of this compact.
3. Article III. The states of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska agree that within a reasonable time they shall fulfill the obligations of this compact and that each shall authorize the proper official or agency in its state to take the necessary steps to promote barge use and develop the Missouri river as it flows between and within the compact states for additional barge traffic.
4. Article IV. This compact does not limit the powers granted in any other act to enter into interstate or other agreements relating to the Missouri river flowing between and within the compact states, alter the relations between the respective internal responsibilities of the government of a party state and its subdivisions, or impair or affect any rights, powers, or jurisdiction of the United States, or those acting by or under its authority, in, over, and to those waters of the Missouri river. Adoption of this compact by the general assembly shall not require the signatory states to adopt any legislation or to appropriate funds for its implementation.
5. Article V.
a. Other states having an interest in the promotion of barge traffic on the Missouri river can join in this compact by unanimous consent of the member states.
b. Any member state can withdraw at any time by appropriate action of its legislature.
84 Acts, ch 1257, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307C - MISSOURI RIVER BARGE COMPACT › Section 307C.3 - Duties of the state department of transportation.

307C.3 Duties of the state department of transportation.
The state department of transportation shall, with the cooperation of the economic development authority, the department of natural resources, and the member states’ officials or agencies, take the necessary steps to achieve the purposes set forth in this chapter.
84 Acts, ch 1257, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307C - MISSOURI RIVER BARGE COMPACT › Section 307C.4 - Liberal interpretation.

307C.4 Liberal interpretation.
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The compact is severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States or the applicability of the compact to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability of it to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected. If this compact is held to be contrary to the constitution of any state participating in the compact, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
84 Acts, ch 1257, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 307C - MISSOURI RIVER BARGE COMPACT › Section 307C.5 - No conflict of local functions.

307C.5 No conflict of local functions.
The Missouri river barge compact does not supersede or limit the functions, powers, duties and discretions of counties, townships, school districts, cities, levee districts, drainage districts, levee and drainage districts, or any other governmental subdivisions or of their governing officials.
84 Acts, ch 1257, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY › Section 308.1 - Planning commission.

308.1 Planning commission.
1. The Mississippi parkway planning commission shall be composed of ten members appointed by the governor, five members to be appointed for two-year terms beginning July 1, 1959, and five members to be appointed for four-year terms beginning July 1, 1959. In addition to the above members there shall be seven advisory ex officio members who shall be as follows:
a. One member from the state transportation commission.
b. One member from the natural resource commission.
c. One member from the state soil conservation and water quality committee.
d. One member from the state historical society of Iowa.
e. One member from the faculty of the landscape architectural division of the Iowa state university of science and technology.
f. One member from the economic development authority.
g. One member from the environmental protection commission.
2. Members and ex officio members shall serve without pay, but the actual and necessary expenses of members and ex officio members may be paid if the commission so orders and if the commission has funds available for that purpose.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §308.1; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §61, 96]
2003 Acts, ch 108, §54; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §84, 89; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §54; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §78
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY › Section 308.2 - Assent to federal Act.

308.2 Assent to federal Act.
The general assembly of the state of Iowa hereby declares that the intent of this chapter is to assent to any Act of the United States Congress authorizing the development of any national parkway located wholly or partly within the state of Iowa, to the full extent that is necessary to secure any benefits under such Act, provided that the hunting of migratory game birds and other game and fishing shall not be prohibited or otherwise restricted by the United States government or any of its designated agencies in control of said project, and to authorize the appropriate state boards, commissions, departments and the governing bodies of counties, cities and villages and especially the state transportation commission to cooperate in the planning and development of all national parkways that may be proposed for development in Iowa, with any agency or department of the government of the United States in which is vested the necessary authority to construct or otherwise develop such national parkways. Whenever authority shall exist for the planning and development of any national parkway, of which any portion shall be located in the state of Iowa, it shall be the duty of the state transportation commission to make such investigations and studies in cooperation with the appropriate federal agency, and such state boards, commissions, and departments as shall have an interest in such parkway development, to the extent that shall be desirable and necessary in order to provide that the state shall secure all advantages that may accrue through such parkway development and that the interests of the counties, cities, and villages along the route shall be served.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §308.2]
98 Acts, ch 1199, §1, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY › Section 308.3 - Definitions.

308.3 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. “Conservation area” means land in which the state department of transportation or the department of natural resources has acquired rights, other than that land necessary for a right-of-way.
2. “Great river road” means a scenic and recreational highway consisting of a designated system of roads and streets along the Mississippi river in this state.
3. “National parkway” has the same meaning as defined in Pub. L. No. 93-87, first session, Ninety-third Congress of the United States.
4. “Right-of-way” means land area dedicated to public use for a highway and its maintenance, and includes land acquired in fee simple or by permanent easement for highway purposes, but does not include temporary easements or rights for supplementary highway appurtenances.
5. “A scenic and recreational highway” means a public highway designated to allow enjoyment of aesthetic and scenic views, points of historical, archaeological and scientific interest, state parks and other recreational areas and includes both the right-of-way and conservation area.
6. “Scenic easement” means a servitude which is acquired by gift, purchase, exchange or condemnation and is designed to permit land to remain in private ownership for its normal agricultural, residential or other use and, at the same time, to restrict and control the future use of the land for the purpose of preserving, restoring or enhancing the natural and historic beauty of the land subject to the scenic easement.
7. “Secretary”, “parkway”, “scenic landscape”, “sightly or safety easement”, “access”, “parkway road”, “parkway development”, “frontage” and other similar terms have the same meaning as defined in any Act of the Congress of the United States related to a national parkway.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §308.3]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1928; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §85; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §44
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY › Section 308.4 - Transportation commission duties.

308.4 Transportation commission duties.
1. The state transportation commission shall make such investigations, surveys, studies and plans in connection with any proposed national parkway or parkway development as it shall deem necessary or desirable to determine if the proposed development is under the terms of the Act of the United States Congress applicable to such parkway or any regulations under such Act and is advantageous to the state. Such parkway development may be any portion of the proposed parkway which is proposed to be constructed as a project under such Act.
2. The state transportation commission, with the cooperation of the department of natural resources, shall plan, designate, and establish the exact routing of the great river road, utilizing the general guidelines established in Tit. 23, United States Code.
3. The director of transportation, with the cooperation of the department of natural resources, shall:
a. Acquire all rights in land necessary for reconstruction or relocation of any portions of the great river road where reconstruction or relocation is imperative for the safety of the traveling public, or where the condition or location of existing segments of the highway is not in keeping with the intent of this chapter. Acquisitions of such rights in land shall be by gift, purchase, exchange, or by instituting and maintaining proceedings for condemnation. Gift, purchase, exchange, and condemnation include acquisition of a scenic easement. A scenic easement acquired under this chapter constitutes an easement both at law and in equity, and all legal and equitable remedies, including prohibitory and mandatory injunctions, are available to protect and enforce the state’s interest in such scenic easements. A scenic easement acquired under this chapter is deemed to be appurtenant to the roadway to which it is adjacent or from which it is visible. The duties created by a scenic easement acquired under this chapter are binding upon and enforceable against the original owner of the land subject to the scenic easement and the original owner’s heirs, successors, and assigns in perpetuity, unless the instrument creating the scenic easement expressly provides for a lesser duration. A court shall not declare a scenic easement acquired under this chapter to have been extinguished or to have become unenforceable by virtue of changed conditions or frustration of purpose.
b. Accept and administer state, federal, and any other public or private funds made available for the acquisition of rights in land and for the planning and construction or reconstruction of any segment of the great river road, and state and federal funds for the maintenance of that part of the great river road constituting the right-of-way.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §308.4; 81 Acts, ch 14, §23]
83 Acts, ch 198, §17; 85 Acts, ch 108, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1929; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §28; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §45
Referred to in §308.7
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY › Section 308.6 - Transferring jurisdiction.

308.6 Transferring jurisdiction.
The director of transportation, with the concurrence of the department of natural resources, shall transfer jurisdiction of any adjacent conservation area to the department of natural resources upon completion of a new segment of the great river road.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §308.6]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1930
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY › Section 308.7 - Duties of department of natural resources.

308.7 Duties of department of natural resources.
The department of natural resources, with the cooperation of the director of transportation, shall:
1. Control the conservation area acquired by the director of transportation.
2. Protect all scenic easements.
3. Maintain, improve, and beautify according to plans made under section 308.4, subsection 2, all conservation areas, including the establishment of off-road-vehicle trails, equestrian trails and hiking paths.
4. Accept and administer state, federal and any other public or private funds made available for the maintenance, improvement and beautification of conservation areas.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §308.7]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1931
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY › Section 308.8 - Agreements authorized.

308.8 Agreements authorized.
The director of transportation and the department of natural resources may enter into agreements with the United States secretary of transportation, as provided under the United States Code, Tit. 23 relating to the scenic and recreational highway system, and with any other agency and jurisdiction, and take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of any agreement.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §308.8]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1932
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308A - RECREATIONAL BIKEWAYS › Section 308A.1 - Department of natural resources and transportation commissions to cooperate.

308A.1 Department of natural resources and transportation commissions to cooperate.
1. The department of natural resources, in consultation with the state transportation commission, is hereby authorized to establish recreational bikeways within this state for the use, enjoyment, and participation of the public in bicycling, not including the use of motorized bicycles as defined in section 321.1. The routes established for such bikeways shall be designed to maximize the safety of cyclists and motorists and may utilize secondary roads when the normal flow of motor vehicle traffic will not be hindered, as well as other infrequently traveled roads, streets, parkways, and appropriate thoroughfares. Such bikeways shall be routed, wherever possible, to allow the enjoyment of scenic views and points of historical interest, and may connect state parks and other recreational areas throughout the state.
2. Bikeway routes shall be clearly marked with appropriate signs to guide cyclists and to alert motorists. Such signs shall be placed at intervals and designed in such form as prescribed by the department of natural resources in consultation with the state transportation commission.
3. The department of natural resources is hereby authorized to cooperate with county conservation boards, boards of supervisors, city councils, or any private organizations interested in the establishment of bikeways, and may consult with such groups in the planning of appropriate bikeway routes and related activities.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §308A.1]
2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2021 Acts, ch 125, §1
Referred to in §308A.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308A - RECREATIONAL BIKEWAYS › Section 308A.2 - Funds.

308A.2 Funds.
The department of natural resources may accept in the name of the state funds contributed by the groups specified in section 308A.1 and the funds shall be used exclusively in the establishment of bikeways as provided in this chapter. Additional funds as may be necessary in purchasing signs and otherwise carrying out the provisions of this chapter may be expended by the department of natural resources if authorized by the general assembly pursuant to appropriations for such purposes. The department shall be authorized to accept and expend federal funds made available for the purposes of aiding in the implementation of this chapter.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §308A.2]
2019 Acts, ch 59, §86
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 308A - RECREATIONAL BIKEWAYS › Section 308A.3 - Certain elevated structures prohibited — exception.

308A.3 Certain elevated structures prohibited — exception.
Bikeways and walkways approved as either incidental features of highway construction projects primarily for motor vehicular traffic or as an independent bikeway or walkway construction project constructed pursuant to the Highway Act of 1973, 23 U.S.C. §217, shall not be constructed as elevated structures joining private buildings or so constructed to provide elevated access or egress facilities to private buildings unless the portion of project funds that is necessary to obtain federal funds is provided by private parties benefited by the facilities.
[C77, 79, 81, §308A.3]
2018 Acts, ch 1041, §79
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 309 - SECONDARY ROADS › Section 309.1 - Definitions.

309.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.
2. “Bridge” includes any structure including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, a highway, or railway. A bridge has a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and has an opening measured along the center of the roadway of more than twenty feet. The measurement shall be between the inside faces of abutments, the inside faces of the exterior walls of multiple box culverts, the spring lines of arches, and the horizontal measurement of circular or elliptical structures.
a. The length of a bridge is the overall measurement from back to back of backwalls and abutments measured along the center of the roadway.
b. Multiple pipes, where the distance between openings is less than half the smaller contiguous opening, may be included as a bridge, provided the pipes meet the other definitional requirements for bridges in this subsection.
3. “Culvert” includes any structure not classified as a bridge which provides an opening under any roadway, except that this term does not include tile crossing the road, or intakes thereto, where the tile are a part of a tile line or system designed to aid subsurface drainage.
4. “Department” means the state department of transportation.
5. “Fiscal year” means the period of twelve months beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §309.1]
84 Acts, ch 1102, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §40, 200, 201
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 309 - SECONDARY ROADS › Section 309.3 - Secondary bridge system.

309.3 Secondary bridge system.
The secondary bridge system of a county shall embrace all bridges and culverts on secondary roads as defined in section 306.3.
[C24, 27, §4664, 4665; C31, 35, §4644-c3; C39, §4644.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.3]
98 Acts, ch 1075, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 309 - SECONDARY ROADS › Section 309.10 - Use of farm-to-market road fund.

309.10 Use of farm-to-market road fund.
1. Notwithstanding section 310.4, if the board of supervisors of a county does not plan to utilize its farm-to-market road fund allocation for the succeeding fiscal year for farm-to-market projects, the board may annually, by stipulation in the secondary road construction program and secondary road budget submitted to the department in accordance with sections 309.22 and 309.93, determine an amount of the unobligated portion of its allocation, up to a maximum of fifty percent of its anticipated total annual allocation, for the construction and reconstruction of local secondary roads. However, moneys from the farm-to-market road fund shall not be so used if the moneys are needed to match federal funds available for farm-to-market road projects.
2. A county shall not use farm-to-market road funds as described in this section unless the total funds that the county transferred or provided during the prior fiscal year pursuant to section 331.429, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, “d”, and “e”, are at least seventy-five percent of the sum of the following:
a. From the general fund of the county, the dollar equivalent of a tax of sixteen and seven-eighths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on all taxable property in the county.
b. From the rural services fund of the county, the dollar equivalent of a tax of three dollars and three-eighths of a cent per thousand dollars of assessed value on all taxable property not located within the corporate limits of a city in the county.
[C81, S81, §309.10; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1045]
83 Acts, ch 123, §108, 208, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1102, §3; 84 Acts, ch 1178, §4; 90 Acts, ch 1267, §29; 91 Acts, ch 258, §42; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Referred to in §331.401
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 309 - SECONDARY ROADS › Section 309.16 - Duty of department.

309.16 Duty of department.
The department shall when requested by the board of supervisors advise with said board as to the manner of constructing and maintaining the secondary roads.
[C31, 35, §4644-c18; C39, §4644.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.16]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 309 - SECONDARY ROADS › Section 309.17 - Engineer — term.

309.17 Engineer — term.
The board of supervisors shall employ one or more licensed civil engineers as county engineers. The board shall fix the term of employment for county engineers, which shall not exceed three years, but the tenure of office may be terminated at any time by the board.
[C24, 27, §4641; C31, 35, §4644-c19; C39, §4644.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.17]
2007 Acts, ch 126, §52; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §57
Referred to in §331.321
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 309 - SECONDARY ROADS › Section 309.18 - Compensation.

309.18 Compensation.
The board shall fix the compensation of the engineers.
Said engineers shall, in the performance of their duties, work under the directions of said board and shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in a sum not less than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, to be approved by the board.
[C24, 27, §4641; C31, 35, §4644-c20, -c21; C39, §4644.18, 4644.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §309.18, 309.19; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.18]
83 Acts, ch 123, §109, 209
Referred to in §331.321, 331.429