Bill Text: IA HF152 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to drainage or levee districts by providing for agreements with owners of land located within districts, providing for the management of districts by a board of trustees, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 49) Effective 5-1-13.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF152 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF152-Amended.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to drainage or levee districts by providing for agreements with owners of land located within districts, providing for the management of districts by a board of trustees, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 49) Effective 5-1-13.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF152 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF152-Amended.html
House
File
152
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
152
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
49)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
February
13,
2013
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
drainage
or
levee
districts
managed
by
a
1
board
of
trustees,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
468.500,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
468.500
Trustees
authorized.
3
1.
a.
In
the
manner
provided
in
this
subchapter
,
any
4
drainage
or
levee
district
in
which
the
original
construction
5
has
been
completed
and
paid
for
by
bond
issue
or
otherwise,
6
may
be
placed
under
the
control
and
management
of
a
board
of
7
three
trustees
to
be
elected
by
the
persons
owning
land
in
the
8
district
that
has
been
assessed
for
benefits.
9
b.
A
drainage
or
levee
district
under
the
control
of
a
city
10
council
as
provided
in
subchapter
II
,
part
3,
may
be
placed
11
under
the
control
and
management
of
a
board
of
trustees
by
12
the
city
council
following
the
procedures
provided
in
this
13
subchapter
part
2
for
the
county
board
of
supervisors.
14
2.
An
overlying
drainage
or
levee
district
that
controls
and
15
manages
improvements
and
rights-of-way
surrendered
by
a
board
16
of
supervisors
or
board
of
trustees
of
a
contained
district,
17
in
accordance
with
sections
468.256
through
468.259,
shall
18
continue
to
be
controlled
and
managed
by
a
board
of
trustees
19
as
provided
in
part
3.
20
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
468.538
Scope.
21
This
part
applies
when
the
board
of
trustees
of
an
overlying
22
district
accepts
all
improvements
and
rights-of-way
surrendered
23
by
a
board
of
supervisors
or
board
of
trustees
of
a
contained
24
district,
in
accordance
with
sections
468.256
through
468.259.
25
In
addition,
after
such
acceptance,
the
overlying
district
must
26
include
at
least
thirty-five
thousand
acres
with
a
pumping
27
station,
regardless
of
whether
the
drainage
or
levee
district
28
is
located
in
more
than
one
county.
Such
a
district
shall
29
continue
to
be
controlled
and
managed
by
a
board
of
trustees
30
elected
as
provided
in
this
part.
31
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
468.539
Qualified
application.
32
Part
2
of
this
subchapter
shall
also
apply
to
this
part,
33
except
as
follows:
34
1.
The
trustees
of
the
overlying
district
serving
on
the
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board
at
the
time
of
acceptance
as
described
in
section
468.538
1
shall
be
considered
initially
elected
as
the
trustees
of
the
2
drainage
or
levee
district
as
provided
in
sections
468.502,
3
468.503,
and
468.521.
4
2.
a.
The
board
of
trustees
described
in
subsection
1
shall
5
do
all
of
the
following:
6
(1)
Establish
the
overlying
district
as
a
new
drainage
7
or
levee
district,
which
must
include
all
improvements
and
8
rights-of-way
surrendered
by
a
board
of
supervisors
or
board
of
9
trustees
of
the
contained
district.
10
(2)
Divide
the
new
drainage
or
levee
district
into
three
11
election
districts
in
the
same
manner
as
a
board
of
supervisors
12
acting
pursuant
to
sections
468.504
and
468.505.
13
b.
The
petition
described
in
section
468.501
is
not
required
14
to
be
filed
or
considered
under
this
subsection.
15
3.
Each
of
the
three
persons
elected
as
trustee
to
serve
16
on
a
new
drainage
or
levee
district
established
pursuant
to
an
17
election
held
by
the
board
of
trustees
described
in
subsection
18
1
shall
hold
office
for
a
staggered
term
as
provided
in
section
19
468.518.
A
person
elected
as
a
trustee
of
the
new
drainage
20
or
levee
district
shall
be
elected
from
a
specified
election
21
district,
unless
the
person
is
elected
at
large
as
provided
in
22
subsection
4.
23
4.
The
board
of
trustees
described
in
subsection
1
or
a
24
subsequent
board
of
trustees
of
the
new
drainage
or
levee
25
district
may
provide
for
the
election
of
two
additional
persons
26
to
serve
as
trustees.
One
person’s
initial
term
shall
be
for
27
one
year
and
the
second
person’s
initial
term
shall
be
for
two
28
years
in
the
same
manner
as
provided
in
section
468.518.
29
5.
Votes
shall
be
determined
as
provided
pursuant
to
either
30
section
468.510
or
468.511
in
the
same
manner
as
was
determined
31
for
the
overlying
district.
32
Sec.
4.
DIVISION
OF
CHAPTER
468,
SUBCHAPTER
III.
The
Code
33
editor
shall
codify
section
468.500,
as
amended
by
this
Act,
as
34
part
1
of
chapter
468,
subchapter
III;
sections
468.501
through
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