357I.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the board of supervisors of a county. 2. “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. 3. “District” means a benefited […]
357I.10 Trustees’ powers. The trustees may contract only with the county to provide road services including road paving, reconstruction, or maintenance, according to the county’s standards for such services, on roads within the district and on any road outside the district that provides a direct route between the subdivision comprising the district and the nearest […]
357I.11 Revenues excluded from county general fund transfers. The amount of revenue collected from the tax levied pursuant to section 357I.8 shall not be included in the calculation of property tax revenues transferred to the secondary road fund annually under section 331.429. 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §31
357I.12 Bonds in anticipation of revenue. A district may anticipate the collection of taxes by the levy authorized in this chapter, and to carry out the purposes of this chapter may issue bonds payable in not more than ten equal installments with the rate of interest not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A. An indebtedness […]
357I.13 Dissolution of district. Upon petition of thirty-five percent of the resident eligible electors, the board may dissolve a district and dispose of any remaining property, the proceeds of which shall first be applied against outstanding obligations and any balance shall be applied to tax credit of property owners of the district. However, if the […]
357I.14 Incorporation of district land. If part of a district is incorporated by a city and there are outstanding indebtedness obligations against the district, the city shall pay the outstanding obligations against the part of the district which is incorporated by the city. 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §34
357I.2 Petition for public hearing. 1. The board shall, on the petition of twenty-five percent of the resident property owners in a proposed district if the assessed valuation of the property owned by the petitioners represents at least twenty-five percent of the total assessed value of the proposed district, hold a public hearing concerning the […]
357I.3 Limitation on area and property comprising district. 1. A district is limited to property within a residential subdivision that was in existence prior to January 1, 2007, and that has received county road services pursuant to an agreement between the county and residents of the subdivision prior to July 1, 2008. 2. Subject to […]
357I.4 Time of hearing. The public hearing required in section 357I.2 shall be held within thirty days of the presentation of the petition. Notice of hearing shall be given by publication in two successive issues of any newspaper of general circulation within the district. The last publication shall be not less than one week before […]
357I.5 Action by board. After, and within ten days of, the hearing, the board shall either establish the district by resolution or disallow the petition. 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §25
357I.6 Engineer. 1. When the board establishes a district, the board shall appoint a competent disinterested civil engineer, who shall prepare a preliminary plat showing: a. The proper design in general outline of the district. b. The lots and parcels of land within the proposed district as they appear on the county auditor’s plat books […]
357I.7 Hearing on engineer’s report. After the engineer’s report is filed, the board shall give notice, as provided in section 357I.4, of a public hearing to be held concerning the engineer’s preliminary plat. 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §27
357I.8 Election on proposed levy and candidates for trustees. When a preliminary plat has been approved by the board, an election shall be held within the district within sixty days to approve or disapprove the levy of a tax not to exceed in any fiscal year one dollar per thousand dollars of assessed value on […]
357I.9 Trustees — term and qualification. At the election, the names of up to three candidates for trustee shall be written in by the voters on blank ballots without formal nomination and the board shall appoint three from among the five receiving the highest number of votes as trustees for the district. One trustee shall […]
