Bill Text: IA HF448 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act designating certain county flood mitigation activities as an essential county purpose.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-07 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. [HF448 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF448-Introduced.html
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BY
JENEARY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
designating
certain
county
flood
mitigation
activities
1
as
an
essential
county
purpose.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.441,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraph
(20),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(20)
The
construction,
reconstruction,
and
improvement
3
of
all
waterways,
and
real
and
personal
property,
useful
4
for
the
protection
or
reclamation
of
property
from
floods
5
or
high
waters,
and
for
the
protection
of
property
from
6
the
effects
of
flood
waters,
including
reconnection
of
7
floodplains,
wetland
and
oxbow
lake
restoration,
the
deepening,
8
widening,
alteration,
change,
diversion,
or
other
improvement
9
of
watercourses,
the
construction
of
levees,
embankments,
10
structures,
impounding
reservoirs,
pumping
stations
or
11
conduits,
and
the
establishment,
improvement,
and
widening
of
12
streets,
avenues,
boulevards,
and
alleys
across
and
adjacent
13
to
the
project,
as
well
as
the
development
and
beautification
14
of
the
banks
and
other
areas
adjacent
to
flood
control
15
improvements.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
amends
the
portion
of
the
definition
of
“essential
20
county
purpose”
relating
to
the
protection
of
property
from
21
floodwaters
to
include
the
reconnection
of
floodplains
and
22
wetland
and
oxbow
lake
restoration.
23
Under
Code
chapter
331,
a
county
board
of
supervisors
may
24
generally
contract
indebtedness
and
approve
the
issuance
of
25
general
obligation
bonds
to
carry
out
an
essential
county
26
purpose
without
approval
by
voters
at
an
election,
while
the
27
issuance
of
general
obligation
bonds
to
carry
out
a
general
28
county
purpose
generally
requires
approval
by
voters
at
an
29
election.
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