357A.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Auditor” means the county auditor of a county in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized. 2. “Board” means the board of directors of a district, and “director” means a member of such […]
357A.10 Board meetings. The board shall meet annually on the same day as, and immediately following, the annual meeting of participating members, and may meet at such other times as it may determine, or upon the call of the chairperson or any two directors. At the first meeting of the initial board following its election, […]
357A.11 Board’s powers and duties. The board shall be the governing body of the district, and shall: 1. Adopt rules, regulations, and rate schedules in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and the bylaws of the district as necessary for the conduct of the business of the district. 2. Maintain at its office a […]
357A.11A Customer records. Notwithstanding section 22.2, subsection 1, public records of a district, which shall not be examined or copied as of right, include private customer information. Except as required pursuant to chapter 476, “private customer information” includes information identifying a specific customer and any record of a customer account, including internet-based customer account information. […]
357A.12 Plans, specifications, and procedures. 1. As soon as reasonably possible after incorporation of a district, the board shall file with the supervisors and the department copies of the plans and specifications for, and estimates of the cost of, any improvements authorized by this chapter which the board proposes to construct or acquire. The board […]
357A.13 Selling water. If the capacity of the district’s facilities permits, the district may sell water by contract to any city, other district, or other person, public or private, not within the boundaries of a district. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.13]
357A.14 Attaching to district — inclusion of city — merger. 1. An owner of real property outside a district which can be economically served by the facilities of the district, or thirty percent of the owners of all real property lying within the outside perimeter of a proposed addition, may petition to be attached to […]
357A.15 Taxing prohibited — refunds. 1. A district shall not have power to levy any taxes. The facilities constructed or otherwise acquired by a district, including but not limited to ponds, reservoirs, pipelines, wells, check dams, and pumping installations, the revenues obtained by the district from the sale of water, and the revenue bonds or […]
357A.16 Detaching real property from district. If it becomes apparent that any real property included within a district cannot economically or adequately be served by the facilities of the district, the owners of the real property may file with the auditor a petition to the supervisors requesting that the real property be detached from the […]
357A.17 Inactive district dissolved. A petition may be filed with the auditor requesting the supervisors to dissolve an inactive district. The petition shall: 1. State that the district owns no property of any kind exclusive of records, maps, plans, and files, and that all of its debts and obligations have been fully paid. 2. State […]
357A.18 Hearing. 1. Upon the filing with the auditor of a petition under either section 357A.16 or section 357A.17, the auditor shall so inform the supervisors who shall fix a time for consideration of the petition. The supervisors may, but shall not be required to, hold a hearing thereon. After consideration of the petition, and […]
357A.19 Not exempt from other requirements. This chapter does not exempt any district from the requirements of any other statute, whether enacted prior to or subsequent to July 1, 1970, under which the district is required to obtain the permission or approval of, or to notify, the department, the utilities division of the department of […]
357A.2 Petition — deposit — limitation. 1. a. A petition may at any time be filed with the auditor requesting the supervisors to incorporate and organize a district encompassing an area, not then included in any other district, in a county or in two or more adjacent counties for the purpose of providing an adequate […]
357A.20 Alternate operation by nonprofit corporation. 1. A nonprofit corporation incorporated under chapter 504 for the specific purpose of operating a rural water system may petition the supervisors for incorporation of a district, in the manner provided by section 357A.2. The signatures of the corporation’s officers on the petition and a resolution adopted by the […]
357A.21 Annexation of land by a city — mediation — arbitration. 1. A district or association shall be fairly compensated for losses resulting from annexation. The governing body of a city or water utility and the board of directors or trustees of the district or association may agree to terms which provide that the facilities […]
357A.22 Personal liability. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a director, officer, employee, or other personnel of the board are not liable on the district’s debts or obligations and a director, officer, employee, or volunteer of the board is not personally liable in that capacity, for a claim based upon an act or omission […]
357A.22A Rural fire protection program — liability. 1. A rural water district or rural water association incorporated under this chapter or chapter 504 shall establish a rural fire protection program which shall include but is not limited to providing access to designated soft-hose fill stations, providing annually or more often if necessary updated maps of […]
357A.23 City sewer and water franchise authorized. Notwithstanding section 364.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, for the purposes of obtaining or qualifying for federal funding, a city may grant a franchise to a rural water district incorporated under this chapter or chapter 504, for a term of not more than forty years. In addition to the […]
357A.24 Detachment and attachment of areas between districts. 1. The boards of two or more districts, or the boards of any district and a rural water system organized under chapter 504, may by concurrent action or agreement join in a petition to detach an area which is not being served by the facilities of one […]
357A.25 Property not security for debt. This chapter and chapter 384, as it applies to rural water districts, shall not be construed to mean that the real property of any rural water subscriber shall be used as security for any debts of a rural water district. However, the failure to pay water rates or charges […]
