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2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.14 - Official records and officer bonds.

28A.14 Official records and officer bonds.
The board shall provide for the safekeeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the authority. The board shall keep a true and accurate account of its receipts and an annual audit shall be made of its books, records, and accounts by state or private auditors. All officers and employees authorized to receive or retain the custody of moneys or to sign vouchers, checks, warrants, or evidences of indebtedness binding upon the authority shall furnish surety bond for the faithful performance of their duties and the faithful accounting for all moneys that may come into their custody in an amount to be fixed and in a form to be approved by the board.
91 Acts, ch 198, §13
CS91, §330B.14
C93, §28A.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.15 - Change of name.

28A.15 Change of name.
The board may change the name of the authority by ordinance. A certified copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the appropriate state office and the county recorder or equivalent county officer of each county in which the authority or part of the authority is located. The name change shall be effective on the date of the filing.
91 Acts, ch 198, §14
CS91, §330B.15
C93, §28A.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.16 - Budget and appropriation.

28A.16 Budget and appropriation.
Annually, the board shall prepare and adopt a budget and provide appropriations as follows:
1. The budget shall show the amount required for each class of proposed expenditures, a comparison of the amounts proposed to be expended with the amounts expended for like purposes for the two preceding years, if available, and the sources of revenue.
2. Not less than twenty days before the date that a budget must be certified as determined by the board and not less than ten days before the date set for the hearing under subsection 3, the board shall file the budget with the treasurer of the authority. The treasurer shall post a copy of the budget in the authority offices for public inspection and comment.
3. The board shall set a time and place for a public hearing on the budget before the final certification date and shall publish notice of the hearing not less than ten nor more than twenty days prior to the hearing in one or more newspapers serving the greater metropolitan area. Proof of publication shall be filed with and preserved by the treasurer.
4. At the hearing, any resident or taxpayer of the greater metropolitan area may present to the board objections to or arguments in favor of any part of the budget.
5. After the hearing, the board shall adopt by resolution a budget and shall direct the treasurer to properly certify and file the budget.
6. The board shall appropriate, by resolution, the amounts deemed necessary for the ensuing fiscal year. All revenue from taxes, fees, tolls, rental, charges, bonds, or any other source shall be appropriated and used for the specific metropolitan facility project for which it was collected or similar metropolitan facility projects. Increases or decreases in these appropriations do not require a budget amendment, but may be provided by resolution at a regular meeting of the board.
91 Acts, ch 198, §15
CS91, §330B.16
C93, §28A.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.17 - Local sales and services tax.

28A.17 Local sales and services tax.
1. If an authority is established as provided in section 28A.6 and after approval of a referendum by a simple majority of votes cast in each metropolitan area in favor of the sales and services tax, the governing board of a county in this state within a metropolitan area which is part of the authority shall impose, at the request of the authority, a local sales and services tax at the rate of one-fourth of one percent on the sales price taxed by this state under section 423.2, within the metropolitan area located in this state. The referendum shall be called by resolution of the board and shall be held as provided in section 28A.6 to the extent applicable. The ballot proposition shall contain a statement as to the specific purpose or purposes for which the revenues shall be expended and the date of expiration of the tax. The local sales and services tax shall be imposed on the same basis, with the same exceptions, and following the same administrative procedures as provided for a county under sections 423B.5 and 423B.6. The amount of the sale, for the purposes of determining the amount of the local sales and services tax under this section, does not include the amount of any local sales and services tax imposed under sections 423B.5 and 423B.6.
2. The treasurer of state shall credit the local sales and services tax receipts and interest and penalties to the authority’s account. Moneys in this account shall be remitted quarterly to the authority. The proceeds of the tax imposed under this section shall be used only for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of metropolitan facilities as specified in the referendum. The local sales and services tax imposed under this section may be suspended for not less than a fiscal quarter or more than one year by action of the board. The suspension may be renewed or continued by the board, but the board shall act on the suspension at least annually. The local sales and services tax may also be repealed by a petition and favorable referendum following the procedures and requirements of sections 28A.5 and 28A.6 as applicable. The board shall give the department of revenue at least forty days’ notice of the repeal, suspension, or reinstatement of the tax and the effective dates for imposition, suspension, or repeal of the tax shall be as provided in section 423B.6.
91 Acts, ch 198, §16
CS91, §330B.17
C93, §28A.17
2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §155, 205
; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.19 - Existing jurisdictions.

28A.19 Existing jurisdictions.
Existing jurisdictions, including those involving airports, mass transit, river bridges, waste disposal systems, and intermodal water ports within their jurisdictional boundaries, are protected from incorporation by the authority and shall not be incorporated in the authority except by their respective governing bodies. However, an existing jurisdiction may negotiate with the authority to take over its entire powers, incomes, and debts. The authority may assume the powers, income, and debts for any type of facility authorized by this subchapter.
91 Acts, ch 198, §18
CS91, §330B.19
C93, §28A.19
2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.20 - Cooperation with other governments.

28A.20 Cooperation with other governments.
The authority may apply for and receive a grant or loan of moneys or other financial aid from the state or federal government or from any state or federal agency, department, bureau, or board, necessary or useful for the undertaking, performance, or execution of any of its corporate objectives or purposes, and the authority may undertake the acquisition, establishment, construction, development, expansion, extension, or improvement of metropolitan facilities within its corporate limits or within or upon any body of water within the corporate limits aided by, in cooperation with, or as a joint enterprise with the state or federal governments or with the aid of, or in cooperation with, or as a joint project with the state and federal governments. The authority shall assure, in compliance with any state or federal requirements or directives, that the proceeds of a state or federal grant, loan, or other financial assistance for the provision of facilities or services are used for the express purpose of the financial assistance and to the specific benefit of service areas or persons as designated by the local, state, or federal funding provider.
91 Acts, ch 198, §19
CS91, §330B.20
C93, §28A.20
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.21 - Transfer of existing facilities.

28A.21 Transfer of existing facilities.
1. Any county, city, commission, authority, or person may sell, lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority, a facility or any part of a facility, or any interest in real or personal property which may be used by an authority in the construction, improvement, maintenance, leasing, or operation of any metropolitan facilities. Any county, city, commission, authority, or person may transfer and assign over to the authority a contract which may have been awarded by the county, city, commission, authority, or person for the construction of facilities not begun or, if begun, not completed.
2. A proposed action of the board, and a proposed agreement to acquire, shall be approved by the governing body of the owner of the facilities. If the governing body of a county, city, commission, or authority desires to sell, lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority a facility or any part of a facility, the governing body shall adopt a resolution signifying its intention to do so and shall publish the resolution at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and in a newspaper or newspapers, if necessary, of general circulation in the area served by the county, city, commission, or authority giving notice of a hearing to be held on the question of the sale, lease, loan, grant, or conveyance. The resolution shall be published at least fourteen days prior to the date of hearing. After the hearing and if in the public interest, the county, city, commission, or authority shall enact an ordinance authorizing the sale, lease, loan, grant, or conveyance.
3. An owner transferring an existing facility to the authority under this section shall notify the board of and make provision in the transfer documents for, where necessary, existing rights, liens, securities, and rights of reentry belonging to the state or federal government.
4. This section, without reference to any other law, shall be deemed complete authority for the acquisition by agreement, of a facility as provided in subsection 1, and no proceedings or other action shall be required except as prescribed in this subchapter.
91 Acts, ch 198, §20
CS91, §330B.21
C93, §28A.21
2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.22 - Funds of the authority.

28A.22 Funds of the authority.
Moneys of an authority shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority who shall not commingle the moneys with any other moneys, but shall deposit them in a separate account or accounts. Moneys in the accounts shall be paid out on check of the treasurer on requisition of the chairperson of the authority, or of another person as the authority may authorize to make the requisition. An authority may deposit any of its rates, fees, rentals, or other charges, receipts, or income with any bank or trust company that is federally insured and may deposit the proceeds of any bonds issued with any bank or trust company that is federally insured, all as may be provided in any agreement with the holders of bonds issued under this subchapter.
91 Acts, ch 198, §21
CS91, §330B.22
C93, §28A.22
2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.23 - Award of contracts.

28A.23 Award of contracts.
All contracts entered into by an authority for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of metropolitan facilities shall be entered into pursuant to and shall comply with applicable state laws. However, if an authority determines an emergency exists, it may enter into contracts obligating the authority for not in excess of one hundred thousand dollars per emergency without regard to the requirements of applicable state laws and the authority may proceed with the necessary action as expeditiously as possible to the extent necessary to resolve the emergency.
91 Acts, ch 198, §22
CS91, §330B.23
C93, §28A.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.24 - Exemption from taxation.

28A.24 Exemption from taxation.
Since an authority is performing essential governmental functions, an authority is not required to pay any taxes or assessments of any kind or nature upon any property required or used by it for its purposes, or any rates, fees, rentals, receipts, or incomes at any time received by it, and the bonds issued by an authority, their transfer, and the income, including any profits made on the sale of the bonds, is deductible in determining net income for the purposes of the state individual and corporate income tax under chapter 422, subchapters II and III, and shall not be taxed by any political subdivision of this state.
91 Acts, ch 198, §23
CS91, §330B.24
C93, §28A.24
2013 Acts, ch 30, §8; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Referred to in §422.7(2)(h)
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.25 - Dissolution — referendum.

28A.25 Dissolution — referendum.
1. The authority shall be dissolved only by a majority vote in a referendum undertaken in a manner similar to the referendum provided for in section 28A.6. The board shall call, upon its own motion, by petition of the eligible electors as provided in section 28A.5, or by action of the governing body of either metropolitan area, for an election to approve or disapprove the dissolution of the authority.
2. The proposition is approved if the vote in favor of the proposition is a simple majority of the total votes cast on the proposition in either one of the metropolitan areas.
3. The authority shall provide by ordinance for the disposal of any remaining property, the proceeds of which shall first be applied against any outstanding obligation of the authority. The remaining balance shall be divided between the counties included in the authority and credited to the general fund of the respective counties.
91 Acts, ch 198, §24
CS91, §330B.25
C93, §28A.25
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT › Section 28A.26 - Supremacy of compact.

28A.26 Supremacy of compact.
The provisions of this subchapter II are subject to all of the provisions of the quad cities interstate metropolitan authority compact provided for in section 28A.1.
91 Acts, ch 198, §25
CS91, §330B.26
C93, §28A.26
2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28B - INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION › Section 28B.1 - Membership of commission.

28B.1 Membership of commission.
1. In accordance with a resolution adopted for this purpose by the legislative council, an Iowa commission on interstate cooperation shall be appointed to address the charge and other responsibilities for the commission outlined in the resolution. The commission shall consist of thirteen members to be appointed as follows:
a. Three members of the senate to be appointed by the majority leader of the senate and two members of the senate to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
b. Three members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and two members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
c. Three administrative officers to be appointed by the governor.
2. Appointments shall be made prior to the fourth Monday in January of the first regular session of the general assembly. Members shall take office on February 1 following their appointment and serve for two-year terms or until their successors are appointed and take office.
3. The governor, the majority leader of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives are ex officio honorary nonvoting members of the commission.
4. The director of the legislative services agency shall serve as secretary of the commission.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28B.1]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §2027; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §21, 58; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §108
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28B - INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION › Section 28B.2 - Purpose.

28B.2 Purpose.
It shall be the function of this commission:
1. To carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments.
2. To encourage and assist the legislative, executive, administrative and judicial officials and employees of this state to develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence, by conference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of the other states, of the federal government, and of local units of government.
3. To encourage cooperation between this state and other units of government in the adoption of compacts and uniform laws and in working relationships with officials of other states.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28B.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28B - INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION › Section 28B.3 - Committees.

28B.3 Committees.
The commission shall establish such committees as it deems advisable, in order that they may confer and formulate proposals concerning effective means to secure intergovernmental harmony, and may perform other functions for the commission in obedience to its decision. Subject to the approval of the commission, the member or members of each such committee shall be appointed by the chairperson of the commission. State officials or employees who are not members of the commission on interstate cooperation may be appointed as members of any such committee. The commission may provide such other rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and the functioning of any such committee.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28B.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28B - INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION › Section 28B.4 - Report.

28B.4 Report.
1. The commission shall report to the governor and the general assembly in accordance with the commission’s charge, and may report at other times as deemed appropriate by the commission.
2. The commission’s members and the members of all committees which it establishes shall be reimbursed for their travel and other necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter and legislative members shall be paid a per diem for each day in which engaged in the performance of their duties, the per diem and legislators’ expenses to be paid from funds appropriated by sections 2.10 and 2.12. Expenses of administrative officers, state officials, or state employees who are members of the Iowa commission on interstate cooperation or a committee appointed by the commission shall be paid from funds appropriated to the agencies or departments which persons represent except as may otherwise be provided by the general assembly. Expenses of citizen members who may be appointed to committees of the commission may be paid from funds as authorized by the general assembly. Expenses of the secretary or employees of the secretary and support services in connection with the administration of the commission shall be paid from funds appropriated to the legislative services agency unless otherwise provided by the general assembly. Expenses of commission members shall be paid upon approval of the chairperson or the secretary of the commission.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28B.4]
90 Acts, ch 1256, §22; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §109
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.1 - Declaration of policy.

28D.1 Declaration of policy.
The state of Iowa recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this state and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of government is a significant factor in achieving such cooperation.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.1]
2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.2 - Definitions.

28D.2 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
1. “Receiving agency” means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which receives an employee of another government under this chapter.
2. “Sending agency” means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under this chapter.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.3 - Authority to interchange employees.

28D.3 Authority to interchange employees.
1. Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state, county, city, municipality, land-grant college, or college or university operated by the state or any local government is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the federal government, another state or locality, or other agencies, municipalities, or instrumentalities of this state as a sending or receiving agency.
2. The period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shall not exceed twenty-four months, except that an employee may be assigned for an additional twenty-four-month period upon the agreement of the employee and both the sending and receiving agencies. No employee shall be assigned or detailed without the employee’s expressed consent or by using undue coercion to obtain said consent. Details relating to any matter covered in this chapter may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.
3. The period of individual assignment or detail may be terminated if the receiving agency offers a permanent appointment to the employee and both the sending and receiving agencies agree.
4. Persons employed by the department of natural resources, department of administrative services, and the Iowa communications network under this chapter are not subject to the twenty-four-month time limitation specified in subsection 2.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.3]
88 Acts, ch 1134, §16; 92 Acts, ch 1096, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §30; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §83, 129
Referred to in §28D.4, 28D.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.4 - Status of employees.

28D.4 Status of employees.
1. Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in section 28D.3 may be considered during such participation to be:
a. On detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency, or
b. In a status of leave of absence from their positions in the sending agency.
2. Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.
3. Employees who are in a leave of absence status as provided herein shall be carried on leave without pay; except they may be granted annual leave or other time off with pay to the extent authorized by law and may be granted authorized sick leave in circumstances considered by the sending agency to justify such leave. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, employees who are in a leave of absence status shall have the same rights, benefits, and obligations as employees generally who are in such leave status but notwithstanding any other provision of law such employees may be entitled to credit the period of such assignment toward benefits as employees of the sending agency.
4. Any employee who participates in an exchange under the terms of this section who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency’s employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such compensation program, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that compensation program for any period for which the employee is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency’s employee compensation program.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.4]
2013 Acts, ch 90, §17
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.5 - Travel expenses paid by sending agency.

28D.5 Travel expenses paid by sending agency.
A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the travel expenses of such employees incurred in connection with their work assignments at the receiving agency. If the assignment or detail will be for a period of time exceeding eight months, travel expenses may include expenses of transportation of immediate family, household goods, and personal effects to and from the location of the receiving agency. If the period of assignment is less than eight months, the sending agency may pay a per diem allowance to the employee on assignment or detail.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.6 - Status of certain employees.

28D.6 Status of certain employees.
1. When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this chapter may be given appointments in the receiving agency covering the periods of such assignments, with compensation to be paid from receiving agency funds or without compensation, or be considered to be on detail to the receiving agency.
2. Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of employees of the receiving agency. However, if a permanent appointment made by a receiving agency pursuant to section 28D.3, subsection 3, is subject to chapter 400, section 400.7 shall govern the appointment.
3. Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof, except as provided in subsection 4. The supervision of the duties of such employees, as well as the contribution of each agency to the salary or wage of such employees during the period of detail, may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency. The agreement shall be subject to the approval of the executive council for state participation and the local governing body in the case of an agreement involving a political subdivision of the state.
4. Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for the purpose of the receiving agency’s employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such compensation program, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that compensation program for any period for which the employee elects to receive similar benefits as an employee under the sending agency’s employee compensation program.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.6]
92 Acts, ch 1096, §2; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §18; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §19
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.7 - Travel expenses paid by receiving agency.

28D.7 Travel expenses paid by receiving agency.
A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this chapter during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.7]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28D - INTERCHANGE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES › Section 28D.8 - Administration.

28D.8 Administration.
The department of administrative services is hereby directed to explore means of implementing this chapter and to assist departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions in participating in employee interchange programs.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28D.8]
2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.1 - Purpose.

28E.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to permit state and local governments in Iowa to make efficient use of their powers by enabling them to provide joint services and facilities with other agencies and to cooperate in other ways of mutual advantage. This chapter shall be liberally construed to that end.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.2 - Definitions.

28E.2 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
1. “Private agency” shall mean an individual and any form of business organization authorized under the laws of this or any other state.
2. “Public agency” shall mean any political subdivision of this state; any agency of the state government or of the United States; and any political subdivision of another state. For purposes of this chapter only, “public agency” also includes any federally recognized Indian tribe.
3. “State” shall mean a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.2]
2013 Acts, ch 30, §9; 2018 Acts, ch 1053, §1
Referred to in §28F.2, 28G.2, 256B.6, 256I.8, 455B.301, 717F.1, 904.308
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.3 - Joint exercise of powers.

28E.3 Joint exercise of powers.
Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercise by a public agency of this state may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this state having such power or powers, privilege or authority, and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United States to the extent that laws of such other state or of the United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment. Any agency of the state government when acting jointly with any public agency may exercise and enjoy all of the powers, privileges and authority conferred by this chapter upon a public agency.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.4 - Agreement with other agencies.

28E.4 Agreement with other agencies.
Any public agency of this state may enter into an agreement with one or more public or private agencies for joint or cooperative action pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including the creation of a separate entity to carry out the purpose of the agreement. Appropriate action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise pursuant to law of the governing bodies involved shall be necessary before any such agreement may enter into force.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.5 - Specifications.

28E.5 Specifications.
Any such agreement shall specify the following:
1. Its duration.
2. The precise organization, composition and nature of any separate legal or administrative entity created thereby together with the powers delegated thereto, provided such entity may be legally created. However, if the agreement establishes a separate legal or administrative entity, the entity shall, when investing funds, comply with the provisions of sections 12B.10 and 12B.10A through 12B.10C and other applicable law.
3. Its purpose or purposes.
4. The manner of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget therefor.
5. The permissible method or methods to be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination of the agreement and for disposing of property upon such partial or complete termination.
6. Any other necessary and proper matters.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.5]
92 Acts, ch 1156, §9
Referred to in §28E.8, 28E.41
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.7 - Obligations not excused.

28E.7 Obligations not excused.
No agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall relieve any public agency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law except that to the extent of actual and timely performance thereof by a joint board or other legal or administrative entity created by an agreement made hereunder, said performance may be offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.7]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.8 - Filing with secretary of state.

28E.8 Filing with secretary of state.
1. a. Before entry into force, an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall be filed, in an electronic format, with the secretary of state in a manner specified by the secretary of state.
b. Any amendment, modification, or notice of termination of an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall be filed, in an electronic format, with the secretary of state within thirty days of the effective date of the amendment, modification, or termination, in a manner specified by the secretary of state.
2. a. In addition to subsection 1, each entity subject to section 28E.5 shall submit, in an electronic format, an initial report to the secretary of state as prescribed by the secretary of state. The report shall include, as applicable, the name of the entity created, the board members of the joint board created, whether the entity is exempt from the publication requirements of section 28E.6, subsection 3, a valid electronic mail address, and any additional information the secretary of state deems appropriate.
b. Following submission of an initial report pursuant to paragraph “a”, each entity subject to section 28E.5 shall submit, in an electronic format, a biennial report to the secretary of state in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state by April 1 of every odd-numbered year beginning in calendar year 2009.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.8]
95 Acts, ch 110, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 158, §2, 4
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.9 - Status of interstate agreement.

28E.9 Status of interstate agreement.
1. If an agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter is between or among one or more public agencies of this state and one or more public agencies of another state or of the United States said agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact. Such agreements shall, before entry into force, be approved by the attorney general who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this state.
2. In any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the public agencies party thereto shall be real parties in interest, and the state may maintain an action to recoup or otherwise make itself whole for any damages or liability which it may incur by reason of being joined as a party therein. Such action shall be maintainable against any public agency or agencies whose default, failure of performance, or other conduct caused or contributed to the incurring of damage or liability by the state.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.9]
Referred to in §275.1, 275.2, 282.7, 456A.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.10 - Approval of statutory officer.

28E.10 Approval of statutory officer.
If an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved as to all matters within the state officer’s or agency’s jurisdiction.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.10]
Referred to in §321.40, 331.553
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.11 - Agency to furnish aid.

28E.11 Agency to furnish aid.
Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking by providing such personnel or services therefor as may be within its legal power to furnish.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.11]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.12 - Contract with other agencies.

28E.12 Contract with other agencies.
Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives, and responsibilities of the contracting parties.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.12]
Referred to in §28E.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.13 - Powers are additional to others.

28E.13 Powers are additional to others.
The powers granted by this chapter shall be in addition to any specific grant for intergovernmental agreements and contracts.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.13]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.14 - No limitation on contract.

28E.14 No limitation on contract.
Any contract or agreement authorized by this chapter shall not be limited as to period of existence, except as may be limited by the agreement or contract itself.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.14]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.15 - District agency.

28E.15 District agency.
A planning commission, council of governments or similar organization formed under the provisions of this chapter shall, upon designation as such by the governor, serve as a district, regional or metropolitan agency for comprehensive planning for its area for the purpose of carrying out the functions as defined for such agency by federal, state and local laws and regulations.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.15]
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.16 - Election for bonds.

28E.16 Election for bonds.
When bonds which require a vote of the people are to be issued for financing joint facilities of a county and one or more cities within the county, pursuant to an agreement made under the authority of this chapter, or pursuant to other provisions of law, the board of supervisors and the council of each city shall arrange for a single election on the question of issuing the bonds, but if the county and the cities are proposing to make separate bond issues, the ballot shall contain separate questions, one to be voted upon by all voters of the county, and one or more to be voted upon only by the voters of the city which is to make a separate bond issue.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.16]
Referred to in §28E.41
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.17 - Transit policy — joint agreement — city debt.

28E.17 Transit policy — joint agreement — city debt.
1. It is the public policy of this state to encourage the establishment or acquisition of urban mass transit systems and the equipment, maintenance, and operation thereof by public agencies in cooperation with, and with the assistance of the urban mass transportation administration of the United States department of transportation, pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, 49 U.S.C. §5301 et seq., which requires unification or official coordination of local mass transportation services on an area-wide basis as a condition of such assistance.
2. An agreement between one or more cities and other public agencies for this purpose may be made and carried out without an election and the agency created thereby may jointly exercise through a board of trustees as provided by the agreement all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities of cities related to the provision of mass transportation services, except the authority to incur bonded indebtedness.
3. a. A city which is a party to a joint transit agency may issue general corporate purpose bonds for the support of a capital program for the joint agency in the following manner:
(1) The council shall give notice and conduct a hearing on the proposal in the manner set forth in section 384.25. However, the notice must be published at least ten days prior to the hearing, and if a petition valid under section 362.4 is filed with the clerk of the city prior to the hearing, asking that the question of issuing the bonds be submitted to the registered voters of the city, the council shall either by resolution declare the proposal abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner of elections to call a special election to vote upon the question of issuing the bonds. Notice of the election and its conduct shall be in the manner provided in section 384.26.
(2) If no petition is filed, or if a petition is filed and the proposition of issuing bonds is approved at the election, the council may proceed with the authorization and issuance of the bonds.
b. An agreement may provide for full or partial payment from transit revenues to the cities for meeting debt service on such bonds.
c. This subsection shall be construed as granting additional power without limiting the power already existing in cities, and as providing an alternative independent method for the carrying out of any project for the issuance and sale of bonds for the financing of a city’s share of a capital expenditures project of a joint transit agency, and no further proceedings with respect to the authorization of the bonds shall be required.
[C75, §28G.1 – 28G.4; C77, 79, 81, §28E.17]
95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §140; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.18 - Shared use of facilities.

28E.18 Shared use of facilities.
Before proceeding to construct or purchase a facility as otherwise provided by law, a public agency shall inquire of other public agencies having facilities within the same general geographic area concerning the availability of all or part of those facilities for rent or sharing by agreement with the inquiring public agency. If there are no suitable facilities available for rent or sharing, the governing body of the public agency shall record its findings in its meeting minutes.
83 Acts, ch 26, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.19 - Joint county indigent defense fund.

28E.19 Joint county indigent defense fund.
Two or more counties may execute an agreement under this chapter to create a joint county indigent defense fund to be used to compensate attorneys appointed to represent indigents. In addition to other requirements of an agreement under this chapter, the agreement shall provide for the amount to be paid by each county based on its population to establish and maintain an appropriate balance in the joint fund, and for a method of repayment if a county withdraws more funds than it has contributed.
83 Acts, ch 123, §36, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1067, §10; 99 Acts, ch 135, §12
Referred to in §331.424
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 28E - JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS › Section 28E.21 - Definition.

28E.21 Definition.
For the purpose of this subchapter, the term “district” means a unified law enforcement district established by an agreement under the provisions of this chapter by a county, or portions thereof, or cities to provide law enforcement within the boundaries of the member political subdivisions.
[C77, 79, 81, §28E.21]
2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Referred to in §331.381