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2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS › Section 347.23A - Memorial hospital or county hospital payable from revenue bonds changed to county hospital.

347.23A Memorial hospital or county hospital payable from revenue bonds changed to county hospital.
1. A hospital established as a memorial hospital under chapter 37 or a county hospital supported by revenue bonds and organized under chapter 347A may become, in accordance with the provisions of this section, a county hospital organized and managed as provided for in this chapter. If the hospital is established by a city as a memorial hospital, the city must be located in the county which will own and manage the hospital. A proposition for the change must be submitted to and approved by a majority of the electors of the county which will own and manage the hospital as provided for in this chapter. In addition, if the hospital is a memorial hospital organized by a city under chapter 37, the proposition must also be approved by a majority of the electors of that city. The proposition shall be submitted to the electors at an election called by the county board of supervisors and held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a”.
2. The proposition shall be placed upon the ballot by the board of supervisors if requested by the hospital’s board of trustees or governing commission and the request is endorsed by a petition for this purpose signed by eligible electors of the county equal in number to five percent of the votes cast for president of the United States or governor, as the case may be, at the last general election. Upon the approval of the proposition the hospital, its assets and liabilities, shall become the property of the county and this chapter shall govern its future management.
a. The question for a memorial hospital established by a city under chapter 37 shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the .................... hospital of ........................, Iowa, be transferred to and become the property of, and be managed by the county of ........................, Iowa, under provision of chapter 347 of the Code of Iowa?
b. The question for a memorial hospital established by a county under chapter 37 or a county hospital supported by revenue bonds and organized under chapter 347A shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the .................... hospital of ........................, Iowa, organized and governed under chapter ........ of the Code of Iowa be changed to be established and governed under chapter 347 of the Code of Iowa?
3. For the purpose of computing whether or not the proposition is carried, if the hospital is a memorial hospital established by a city under the provisions of chapter 37, the votes of the residents of that city shall be counted both for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the proposition is carried within the city and also for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the proposition is carried within the county.
94 Acts, ch 1135, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §28; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §60, 71
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS › Section 347.24 - Law applicable to other hospitals.

347.24 Law applicable to other hospitals.
Hospitals organized under chapter 37 or chapter 347A may be operated as provided for in this chapter in any way not clearly inconsistent with the specific provisions of their chapters.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.24]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS › Section 347.25 - Election of trustees.

347.25 Election of trustees.
1. The election of hospital trustees whose offices are established by this chapter or chapter 145A or 347A shall take place at the general election on ballots which shall not reflect a nominee’s political affiliation. Nomination shall be made by petition in accordance with chapter 45. The petition form shall be furnished by the county commissioner of elections, shall be signed by fifty eligible electors of the county, and shall be filed with the county commissioner of elections at least sixty-nine days before the date of the election. A plurality is sufficient to elect hospital trustees.
2. If any of the provisions of this section shall be in conflict with any of the laws of this state, then the provisions of this section shall prevail.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.25]
85 Acts, ch 135, §1; 91 Acts, ch 129, §26; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §184; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §50, 54
Referred to in §39.21, 145A.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS › Section 347.26 - Health care facility in existing hospital.

347.26 Health care facility in existing hospital.
In any county where there is a county hospital in existence, a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1 may be established to be operated in conjunction therewith, and all of the provisions of this chapter and all of the proceedings authorized thereby relating to hospital buildings and additions thereto, shall apply to erecting, equipping and procuring sites for such facilities and additions thereto, as well as for improvements, maintenance and replacements of such facilities.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.26]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS › Section 347.31 - Community recreation facilities and programs.

347.31 Community recreation facilities and programs.
A county or city hospital may expend available funds for establishment and operation of facilities, programs, and services which provide health benefits to persons served by those facilities, programs, or services. Where appropriate, the county or city hospital shall enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E.
86 Acts, ch 1072, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS › Section 347.32 - Tax status.

347.32 Tax status.
This chapter does not deprive any hospital of its tax exempt or nonprofit status except that portion of hospital property which is used for other than nonprofit, health-related purposes shall be subject to property tax as provided for in section 427.1, subsection 14.
86 Acts, ch 1200, §7
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347A - COUNTY HOSPITALS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE › Section 347A.3 - Tax for maintenance and operation.

347A.3 Tax for maintenance and operation.
1. If in any year, after payment of the accruing interest on and principal due of revenue bonds issued under chapter 331, subchapter IV, part 4, and payable from the revenues derived from the operation of the county hospital, there is a balance of such revenues insufficient to pay the expenses of operation, maintenance, and funded depreciation of the hospital, the board of hospital trustees shall certify that fact as soon as ascertained to the board of supervisors of the county, and the board of supervisors shall make the amount of the deficiency for paying the expenses of operation, maintenance, and funded depreciation of the hospital available from other county funds or shall levy a tax not to exceed one dollar and eight cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year on all the taxable property in the county in an amount sufficient for that purpose. However, general county funds or the proceeds of taxes shall not be used or applied to the payment of the interest on or principal of revenue bonds issued under chapter 331, subchapter IV, part 4, but general county funds or proceeds of taxes may only be used and applied to pay expenses of operation, maintenance, and funded depreciation of the hospital which cannot be paid from available revenue derived from its operation.
2. A tax levied under this section for paying the expenses of operation, maintenance, and funded depreciation of a merged area hospital pursuant to the authority granted a merged area under section 145A.20, shall only be levied on the assessed value of property in that portion of a county which is part of the merged area, in accordance with the plan or merger established, approved, and implemented under sections 145A.3, 145A.4, 145A.5, and 145A.14.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347A.3; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1097; 82 Acts, ch 1104, §12]
85 Acts, ch 123, §13; 90 Acts, ch 1118, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Referred to in §145A.20
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347A - COUNTY HOSPITALS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE › Section 347A.6 - Collection of accounts.

347A.6 Collection of accounts.
It shall be the duty of the hospital trustees either by themselves or through the superintendent or similar person to make collections of all accounts for hospital services. Such account shall be payable on presentation to the person liable thereby of an itemized statement and if not paid or secured within sixty days after such presentation the said trustees shall proceed to enforce collections by such means as are necessary and are authorized to employ any person for that purpose and, if legal proceedings are required, may employ counsel, the employment in either event to be on such arrangement for compensation as the hospital trustees deem appropriate.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347A.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.1 - Definitions.

347B.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “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.
2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.2 - Establishment — submission to vote.

347B.2 Establishment — submission to vote.
If the board of supervisors proposes to establish a county care facility under this chapter at a cost in excess of fifteen thousand dollars, it shall first submit the proposition to a vote of the people.
[C51, §828; R60, §1396; C73, §1372; C97, §2241; SS15, §2241; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5338; C39, §3828.115; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §253.1; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1041]
C93, §347B.1
C2001, §347B.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.3 - Annual published report.

347B.3 Annual published report.
The board of supervisors, prior to September 1 of each year, shall publish in the official papers of the county as part of its proceedings, a financial statement of the receipts of the county care facility, or county farm, itemizing them and stating their source, which report shall also set forth the total expenditures and the value of the property on hand on July 1 of the year for which the report is made and a comparison with the inventory of the previous year. The inventory need not specifically account by item for individual items of personal property valued at less than one hundred dollars.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5340; C39, §3828.117; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §253.3; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1042]
89 Acts, ch 214, §1
C93, §347B.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.5 - Admission — labor required.

347B.5 Admission — labor required.
The county care facility shall maintain a record of the name and age of each person admitted and the date of admission. The board may require of any resident of the county care facility, with approval of a physician or physician assistant, reasonable and moderate labor suited to the resident’s age and bodily strength. Any income realized through the labor of residents, together with the receipts from operation of the county farm if one is maintained, shall be appropriated for use by the county care facility as the board of supervisors directs.
[C51, §835, 836; R60, §1403, 1404; C73, §1375, 1376; C97, §2244; S13, §2244; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5342; C39, §3828.119; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §253.5; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1043]
C93, §347B.5
2022 Acts, ch 1066, §44
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.6 - Order for admission.

347B.6 Order for admission.
No person shall be admitted into the county care facility as a resident except upon order of the board of supervisors, which shall be issued only after the person seeking admission has received a preadmission physical examination by a physician or physician assistant. However, if the need for admission of the person to the county care facility is immediate and no physician or physician assistant is readily available to perform the examination, the board may order the person’s admission pending an examination by a physician or physician assistant, any provisions of sections 135C.3 and 135C.4 to the contrary notwithstanding. When an admission is so ordered, the physical examination shall be completed within three days after the person’s admission to the county care facility.
[C51, §837; R60, §1405; C73, §1377; C97, §2244; S13, §2244; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5343; C39, §3828.120; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §253.6]
C93, §347B.6
2022 Acts, ch 1066, §45
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.8 - Visitation and inspection.

347B.8 Visitation and inspection.
The board shall cause the county care facility to be visited at least once a month by one of its body, who shall carefully examine the condition of the residents and the manner in which they are fed and clothed and otherwise provided for and treated, ascertain what labor they are required to perform, inspect the books and accounts of the administrator, and look into all matters pertaining to the county care facility and its residents, and report to the board.
[C51, §842; R60, §1410; C73, §1380; C97, §2246; S13, §2246; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5345; C39, §3828.122; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §253.8]
C93, §347B.8
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.9 - Temporary admission.

347B.9 Temporary admission.
1. The district court may order temporary admission of persons under its jurisdiction to the county care facility until other arrangements are made for care of such persons.
2. A judge, magistrate, or judicial hospitalization referee shall make all placements to a county care facility pursuant to section 135C.23.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §253.9]
87 Acts, ch 190, §3
C93, §347B.9
2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 347B - COUNTY CARE FACILITIES › Section 347B.14 - Effect of approval of plans.

347B.14 Effect of approval of plans.
When plans for construction or modification of a county care facility have been properly approved by the Iowa department of public health or other appropriate state agency, the facility constructed in accord with the plans so approved shall not for a period of at least ten years from completion of the construction or modification be considered deficient or ineligible for licensing by reason of failure to meet any regulation or standard established subsequent to approval of the construction and modification plans, unless a clear and present danger exists that would adversely affect the residents of the facility.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §253.14]
C93, §347B.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 348 - CONSOLIDATION OF HOSPITAL SERVICE › Section 348.1 - Consolidation and powers.

348.1 Consolidation and powers.
The purpose of this chapter is to grant to hospital trustees additional powers, and to consolidate and combine under one management all of the public hospital service of the counties and cities coming within its provisions.
[C27, 31, 35, §5368-a1; C39, §5368.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §348.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 348 - CONSOLIDATION OF HOSPITAL SERVICE › Section 348.2 - Consolidation — powers of trustees.

348.2 Consolidation — powers of trustees.
In all counties of the state having a population of one hundred thirty-five thousand inhabitants or over, and in which consolidation of hospital service has been completed as contemplated in this chapter, said board of hospital trustees shall:
1. Have general supervision and care of all grounds and buildings in said county and city occupied and used for public hospital purposes.
2. Have control and supervision over the physicians, nurses, attendants, and patients in all such hospitals.
3. Establish, maintain, and supervise, at a convenient place in such city located in said county, an emergency station for the treatment of emergency cases, including such venereal treatment as may be necessary for the protection of the public.
4. Establish, as early as funds are available, as a department in connection with said hospital, a suitable building or place for the isolation and detention of persons afflicted with contagious diseases subject to quarantine.
[C27, 31, 35, §5368-a2; C39, §5368.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §348.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 348 - CONSOLIDATION OF HOSPITAL SERVICE › Section 348.3 - Discrimination prohibited.

348.3 Discrimination prohibited.
In the management and control of hospitals coming within the provisions of this chapter, no distinction or discrimination shall be made between city and county patients.
[C27, 31, 35, §5368-a3; C39, §5368.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §348.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 348 - CONSOLIDATION OF HOSPITAL SERVICE › Section 348.4 - Sale of property after consolidation.

348.4 Sale of property after consolidation.
In all cities located in counties in which both a public county and city hospital are being conducted under separate supervision and management, such cities are hereby authorized and directed, when consolidation is completed under this chapter and upon the recommendation of the board of hospital trustees, to sell the property now owned and used by such cities for hospital purposes, both real and personal, at public or private sale, the proceeds of such sale to be used, first, for the retirement and payment of any outstanding bonds issued in connection with the purchase of such hospital property, and the remainder, if any, shall be turned into the county public hospital fund.
[C27, 31, 35, §5368-a4; C39, §5368.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §348.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.1 - Time of selection.

349.1 Time of selection.
The board of supervisors shall, at the January session each year, select the newspapers in which the official proceedings shall be published for the ensuing year.
[R60, §314; C73, §307; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5397; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.1]
Referred to in §347.13, 455B.305A, 455H.207
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.2 - Source of selection.

349.2 Source of selection.
Such selection shall be from newspapers published, and having the largest number of bona fide yearly subscribers, within the county. When counties are divided into two divisions for district court purposes, each division shall be regarded as a county.
[C73, §307; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5398; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.3 - Number.

349.3 Number.
The number of such newspapers to be selected shall be as follows:
1. In counties having a population of less than fifteen thousand, two such newspapers, or one, if there be but one published therein.
2. In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand, divided into two divisions for court purposes, three such newspapers in each such division, not more than two of which shall be published in the same city.
3. In counties having a population of less than fifty thousand, divided into two divisions for court purposes, two such newspapers in each such division.
4. In all other counties, three such newspapers, not more than two of which shall be published in the same city.
[C73, §307; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5399; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.4 - Application — contest.

349.4 Application — contest.
Any publisher who desires that the publisher’s newspaper be so selected may make written application therefor to the board of supervisors at any time prior to the making of the selection. If more applications are filed than there are newspapers to be selected, a contest shall exist.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5400; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.5 - Contest — verified statements.

349.5 Contest — verified statements.
In case of a contest, each applicant shall deposit with the county auditor, in a sealed envelope, a statement, verified by the applicant, showing the names of the applicant’s bona fide yearly subscribers living within the county and the place at which each such subscriber receives such newspaper, and the manner of its delivery.
[C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5401; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.5]
Referred to in §349.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.6 - Determination of contest — evidence.

349.6 Determination of contest — evidence.
1. The county auditor shall, on the direction of the board while it is in session, open the envelopes which have been deposited as provided under section 349.5. The board may receive other evidence of circulation. In counties in which two newspapers are to be selected, the two newspapers showing the largest number of bona fide yearly subscribers living within the county shall be selected as such official newspapers. In counties in which three newspapers are to be selected, the three showing the largest number of such subscribers shall be selected except when such three newspapers are all published in the same city, in which case the two newspapers in such city having the largest lists of such subscribers and the newspaper having the next largest list of such subscribers and published outside such city, shall be selected as such official newspapers.
2. For purposes of this section, in counties where there are more newspapers than the number required for official county newspapers, newspapers under common ownership published in the same city, and having approximately the same subscriber list or offered for sale in or delivered to the same geographic area, shall be treated as one newspaper. Each such newspaper under common ownership should be considered eligible for publishing public notices, but such newspapers shall be treated as one newspaper for payment purposes to allow for flexibility in notice publication schedules.
[C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5402; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.6]
86 Acts, ch 1013, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §185
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.7 - Subscribers — how determined.

349.7 Subscribers — how determined.
The board of supervisors shall determine the bona fide yearly subscribers of a newspaper within the county, as follows:
1. Those subscribers listed by the publisher whose papers are delivered, by or for the publisher, by mail or otherwise, upon an order or subscription for same by the subscriber, and in accordance with the postal laws and regulations, and who have been subscribers at least six consecutive months prior to date of application.
2. Those subscribers who have been subscribers at least six consecutive months before the date of application, whose papers are regularly delivered by carrier upon an order or subscription, or whose papers are purchased from the publisher for resale and delivery by independent carriers who have filed with the publisher a list of their subscribers.
[C39, §5402.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.7]
86 Acts, ch 1183, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.8 - Tie lists.

349.8 Tie lists.
When newspapers are, by equality of circulation, equally entitled to selection as an official newspaper, the board shall, in the presence of the contestants, determine the question by lot.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5403; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.8]
2020 Acts, ch 1063, §186
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.9 - Fraudulent lists.

349.9 Fraudulent lists.
No newspaper shall be selected as an official newspaper when it is made to appear that the verified list deposited by the applicant contains the names of persons who are not bona fide subscribers within the county and that such names were knowingly and willfully entered on such list by the applicant, or at the applicant’s instance, with intent to deceive the board.
[SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5404; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.9]
Referred to in §349.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.10 - New date fixed if all rejected.

349.10 New date fixed if all rejected.
If all certified statements are rejected under the provisions of section 349.9, the board shall fix a new date for the selection of official newspapers and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the applicants so rejected from filing new certified statements.
[SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5405; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.10]
2021 Acts, ch 80, §221
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.11 - Appeal.

349.11 Appeal.
Any applicant may, within twenty days after the selection of official newspapers, appeal to the district court from the decision of the board of supervisors as to the selection of any or all newspapers so selected by filing in the office of the county auditor a bond for costs, in a sum and with sureties to be approved by said auditor, and by serving upon each applicant, whose selection the appellant desires to contest, and the county auditor, a notice of appeal.
[SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5406; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.11]
Referred to in §349.13
Presumption of approval of bond, §636.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.12 - Transcript.

349.12 Transcript.
The auditor shall forthwith file with the clerk of the district court a transcript of all the proceedings before the board, together with all papers filed in connection with said matter.
[SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5407; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.12]
Referred to in §349.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.13 - Trial of appeal.

349.13 Trial of appeal.
An appeal under section 349.11 shall be triable de novo as an equitable action without formal pleadings at any time after the expiration of twenty days following the filing of the transcript as provided in section 349.12.
[SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5408; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.13]
2022 Acts, ch 1021, §86
Trial on appeal, §624.4
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.14 - Publication pending contest — interest payable.

349.14 Publication pending contest — interest payable.
After the selection by the board of supervisors of official newspapers, no publisher shall receive pay for publishing official proceedings until the contest is finally determined, insofar as the publisher is concerned. After determination of the contest, payment for publications made during the contest shall include interest at the rate of one-half percent per month calculated from date of publication to the date of payment, less thirty days.
[C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5409; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.14]
86 Acts, ch 1183, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.15 - Division of compensation.

349.15 Division of compensation.
If in any county the publishers of two or more newspapers, at least one of which by reason of its location and circulation is entitled to be selected as a county official newspaper, have entered into an agreement to publish the official proceedings or have united in a request to have their publication selected for such purposes, and such agreement or request has been filed with the board of supervisors prior to the naming of the official newspapers, the board of supervisors shall designate each of them a county official newspaper, but the combined compensation of the newspapers so requesting or agreeing, added to that of the other official newspaper or newspapers, if any, shall not exceed the combined compensation allowed by law to two official newspapers in counties having a population below fifteen thousand or to three official newspapers in counties having a population of fifteen thousand or more.
[SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5410; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.15]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.16 - What published.

349.16 What published.
There shall be published in each of the official newspapers at the expense of the county during the ensuing year:
1. The proceedings of the board of supervisors, as furnished by the county auditor, excluding from the publication of those proceedings the canvass of the various elections, as provided by law; the complete text of any questions or propositions submitted to the registered voters of the county by the board of supervisors, which shall be published with the required notice of a general or special election; and witness fees of witnesses before the grand jury and in the district court in criminal cases.
2. The schedule of bills allowed by the board of supervisors.
3. The reports of the county treasurer, including a schedule of the receipts and expenditures of the county and the current cash balance in each fund in the treasurer’s office together with the total of warrants outstanding against each of the funds as shown by the warrant register in the auditor’s office. A listing of warrants outstanding is not required if the county issues checks in lieu of warrants and there are no remaining outstanding warrants issued by the county.
4. A synopsis of the expenditures of township trustees for road purposes as provided by law.
[R60, §313; C73, §304; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5411; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.16]
2006 Acts, ch 1070, §19, 31; 2018 Acts, ch 1133, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §106
Referred to in §349.17, 357.1B, 358.3, 358.32
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 349 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS › Section 349.17 - Official publication fee.

349.17 Official publication fee.
The cost of official publications provided for in section 349.16 shall not exceed the fee provided in section 618.11 for the publication of legal notices. An official publication shall not be printed in type smaller than six point.
[C73, §307; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5412; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.17]
86 Acts, ch 1183, §3; 89 Acts, ch 214, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.1 - Purposes.

350.1 Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are to create a county conservation board and to authorize counties to acquire, develop, maintain, and make available to the inhabitants of the county, public museums, parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreational centers, county forests, wildlife and other conservation areas, and to promote and preserve the health and general welfare of the people, to encourage the orderly development and conservation of natural resources, and to cultivate good citizenship by providing adequate programs of public recreation.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.1]
C93, §350.1
Referred to in §461.36
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.2 - Petition — board membership.

350.2 Petition — board membership.
1. Upon a petition to the board of supervisors which meets the requirements of section 331.306, the board of supervisors shall submit to the voters at the next general election the question of whether a county conservation board shall be created as provided for in this chapter. If at the election the majority of votes favors the creation of a county conservation board, the board of supervisors within sixty days after the election shall create a county conservation board to consist of five bona fide residents of the county.
2. The members first appointed shall hold office for the term of one, two, three, four, and five years respectively, as indicated and fixed by the board of supervisors. Thereafter, succeeding members shall be appointed for a term of five years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. When a member of the county conservation board, during the term of office, ceases to be a bona fide resident of the county, the member is disqualified as a member and the office becomes vacant.
3. Members of the county conservation board shall be selected and appointed on the basis of their demonstrated interest in conservation matters, and shall serve without compensation, but may be paid their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
4. Members of the county conservation board may be removed for cause by the board of supervisors as provided in section 331.321, subsection 3, if the cause is malfeasance, nonfeasance, disability, or failure to participate in board activities as set forth by the rules of the county conservation board.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §111A.2; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1012]
90 Acts, ch 1238, §34
C93, §350.2
2018 Acts, ch 1041, §83
Referred to in §331.321, 331.381, 350.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.3 - Meetings — records — annual report.

350.3 Meetings — records — annual report.
1. Within thirty days after the appointment of members of the county conservation board, the board shall organize by selecting from its members a president and secretary and such other officers as are deemed necessary, who shall hold office for the calendar year in which elected and until their successors are selected and qualify.
2. The board shall hold regular monthly meetings. Special meetings may be called by the president, and shall be called on the request of a majority of members, as the necessity may require. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The county conservation board shall have power to adopt bylaws, to adopt and use a common seal, and to enter into contracts.
3. The county board of supervisors shall provide suitable offices for the meetings of the county conservation board and for the safekeeping of its records. Such records shall be subject to public inspection at all reasonable hours and under such regulations as the county conservation board may prescribe.
4. The county conservation board shall annually make a full and complete report to the county board of supervisors of the county conservation board’s transactions and operations for the preceding year. Such report shall contain a full statement of the board’s receipts, disbursements, and the program of work for the period covered, and may include such recommendations as may be deemed advisable.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.3]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1879; 92 Acts, ch 1025, §1
C93, §350.3
2018 Acts, ch 1041, §84
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.5 - Regulations — penalty — officers.

350.5 Regulations — penalty — officers.
1. The county conservation board may make, alter, amend or repeal regulations for the protection, regulation, and control of all museums, parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other property under its control. The regulations shall not be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the laws of this state.
2. The regulations shall not take effect until ten days after their adoption by the board and after their publication as provided in section 331.305 and after a copy of the regulations has been posted near each gate or principal entrance to the public ground to which they apply.
3. After the publication and posting, a person violating a provision of the regulations which are then in effect is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
4. The board may designate the director and those employees as the director may designate as police officers who shall have all the powers conferred by law on police officers, peace officers, or sheriffs in the enforcement of the laws of this state and the apprehension of violators upon all property under its control within and without the county. The board may grant the director and those employees of the board designated as police officers the authority to enforce the provisions of chapters 321G, 321I, 461A, 462A, 481A, and 483A on land not under the control of the board within the county.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.5]
84 Acts, ch 1097, §2; 87 Acts, ch 43, §3; 88 Acts, ch 1193, §1; 89 Acts, ch 88, §1
C93, §350.5
2004 Acts, ch 1132, §88; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §85
Referred to in §97B.49B, 350.10, 462A.31
See §462A.31
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.6 - Moneys — contracts — bonds.

350.6 Moneys — contracts — bonds.
1. Upon request of the county conservation board, the board of supervisors shall establish a reserve for county conservation land acquisition and capital improvement projects. The board of supervisors may periodically credit an amount of money to the reserve. Moneys credited to the reserve shall remain in the reserve until expended for the projects upon warrants requisitioned by the county conservation board. The interest earned on moneys received from bequests and donations in the reserve account which are invested pursuant to section 12C.1 shall be credited to the reserve account.
2. Annually, the total amount of money credited to the reserve, plus moneys appropriated for conservation purposes from sources other than the reserve, shall not be less than the amount of gifts, contributions, and bequests of money, rent, licenses, fees, charges, and other revenues received by the county conservation board. However, moneys given, bequeathed, or contributed upon specified trusts shall be held, appropriated, and expended in accordance with the trust specified.
3. Grants provided by the natural resource commission from its county conservation board fund shall be expended solely for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
4. The county auditor shall keep a complete record of the appropriations and shall issue warrants on them only on requisition of the county conservation board. The county conservation board is subject to the contract letting procedures in section 331.341, subsections 1, 2, and 4. Upon request of the county conservation board, the board of supervisors may issue general county purpose bonds for the purposes in section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, subparagraph (2), as provided in chapter 331, subchapter IV, part 3.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §111A.6; 81 Acts, ch 28, §3, ch 117, §1014, 1015]
83 Acts, ch 123, §58, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1262, §5; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1879; 88 Acts, ch 1216, §45
C93, §350.6
2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.7 - Joint operations.

350.7 Joint operations.
Any county conservation board may cooperate with the federal government or the state government or any department or agency thereof to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. Any county conservation board may also cooperate with a private, not-for-profit organization to carry out public projects and programs authorized under this chapter. Any county conservation board may join with any other county board or boards to carry out this chapter, and to that end may enter into agreement with each other and may do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in carrying out the chapter. Any city, village, or school district may aid and cooperate with any county conservation board or any combination of boards in equipping, operating, and maintaining museums, parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, and conservation areas, and for providing, conducting, and supervising programs of activities, and may appropriate money for such purposes. The natural resource commission, county engineer, county agricultural agent, and other county officials shall render assistance which does not interfere with their regular employment. The board of supervisors may be reimbursed to the credit of the proper fund from county conservation funds for actual expense of operation of county-owned equipment, use of county equipment operators, supplies, and materials of the county, or for the reasonable value for the use of county real estate made available for the use of the county conservation board.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §111A.7; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1016]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1879
C93, §350.7
99 Acts, ch 48, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.8 - School property used.

350.8 School property used.
The governing body of any school district may grant the use of any buildings, grounds, or equipment of the district to any county conservation board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter whenever such use of the school buildings, grounds, or equipment for such purposes will not interfere with the use of the buildings, grounds, and equipment for any purpose of the public school system.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.8]
C93, §350.8
See §297.9
Section not amended; editorial change applied
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.9 - Advice and assistance.

350.9 Advice and assistance.
The natural resource commission and the department of education shall advise with and may assist any county or counties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.9]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1879
C93, §350.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.10 - Statutes applicable.

350.10 Statutes applicable.
Sections 461A.35 through 461A.57 apply to all lands and waters under the control of a county conservation board, in the same manner as if the lands and waters were state parks, lands, or waters. As used in sections 461A.35 through 461A.57, “natural resource commission” includes a county conservation board, and “director” includes a county conservation board or its director, with respect to lands or waters under the control of a county conservation board. However, sections 461A.35 through 461A.57 may be modified or superseded by regulations adopted as provided in section 350.5.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111A.10]
84 Acts, ch 1097, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1868
C93, §350.10
2018 Acts, ch 1026, §120
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.11 - County conservation boards created.

350.11 County conservation boards created.
Notwithstanding the referendum specified in section 350.2, the board of supervisors of any county in which a county conservation board has not been established as of January 1, 1989, shall create a county conservation board to become effective July 1, 1989. The membership of a county conservation board created pursuant to this section, shall be appointed during the month of January 1989, for the purposes of organizing, planning, and budgeting for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989. A county conservation board created as provided in this section shall become fully operational as of July 1, 1989.
88 Acts, ch 1193, §2
C89, §111A.11
C93, §350.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 350 - COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARDS › Section 350.12 - Iowa’s county beautification program.

350.12 Iowa’s county beautification program.
1. A county conservation board may establish an Iowa’s county beautification program to encourage the prevention and cleanup of litter in public areas of the county. The county conservation director shall prepare and implement the program which is designed to employ persons from fourteen years of age to eighteen years of age in a six-week summer program. The program may include public informational activities, but shall be directed primarily toward encouraging and facilitating involvement in litter prevention and cleanup. The program shall also include weekly instruction on safety in the workplace while employed with an Iowa’s county beautification program. Financial assistance for an Iowa’s county beautification program may be received through the county conservation account pursuant to section 455A.19. County matching funds shall not be required for eligibility for funding an Iowa’s county beautification program.
2. A county conservation board shall coordinate its Iowa’s county beautification program with the county engineer or director of the county secondary road department and with the district highway engineer of the state department of transportation. The respective county and state highway authorities, within time and budgetary limitations, shall cooperate with the county conservation board in implementing the litter program in regard to the rights-of-way of primary and secondary roads when requested by the county conservation board.
89 Acts, ch 236, §10
CS89, §111A.12
C93, §350.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 351 - DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS › Section 351.25 - Dog as property.

351.25 Dog as property.
All dogs under six months of age, and all dogs over said age and wearing a collar with a valid rabies vaccination tag attached to the collar, shall be deemed property. Dogs not provided with a rabies vaccination tag shall not be deemed property.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5447; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.25]
94 Acts, ch 1173, §32
Referred to in §351.45
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 351 - DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS › Section 351.26 - Right and duty to kill untagged dog.

351.26 Right and duty to kill untagged dog.
It shall be lawful for any person, and the duty of all peace officers within their respective jurisdictions unless such jurisdiction shall have otherwise provided for the seizure and impoundment of dogs, to kill any dog for which a rabies vaccination tag is required, when the dog is not wearing a collar with rabies vaccination tag attached.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5448; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.26]
94 Acts, ch 1173, §33
Referred to in §351.45
2023 Iowa Code › Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 351 - DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS › Section 351.27 - Right to kill tagged dog.

351.27 Right to kill tagged dog.
It shall be lawful for any person to kill a dog, wearing a collar with a rabies vaccination tag attached, when the dog is caught in the act of chasing, maiming, or killing any domestic animal or fowl, or when such dog is attacking or attempting to bite a person.
[C73, §1485; C97, §2340; S13, §2340; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.27]
94 Acts, ch 1173, §34; 2007 Acts, ch 111, §1