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House File 517

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• Bill Introduced: H.J. 531
• Committee Report Issued: H.J. 164
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.756, subsection 64, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    64.  Represent the township trustees in counties having a
  1  4 population of less than twenty-five thousand townships located
  1  5 in the county, except when the interests of the trustees and
  1  6 the county are adverse, as provided in section 359.18 359.19.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 359.19, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1  8 follows:
  1  9    359.19  EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL.
  1 10    When litigation shall arise in any case not covered by
  1 11 section 359.18, arises involving the a right or duty of
  1 12 township trustees with reference to any matter within their
  1 13 jurisdiction, and the trustees become or are made parties to
  1 14 such the litigation, they shall have authority to the county
  1 15 attorney in the county where the township is located shall
  1 16 represent the trustees, unless the interests of the county and
  1 17 township are adverse.  In that case, the trustees may employ
  1 18 attorneys in on behalf of said the township, and to levy the
  1 19 necessary tax to pay for their private attorney services, and
  1 20 to defray the expenses of such the litigation.
  1 21    Sec. 3.  Section 359.18, Code 1997, is repealed.  
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    Code sections 359.18 and 359.19 currently provide that when
  1 24 litigation arises involving a township, the township trustees
  1 25 may employ a private attorney and levy a tax to pay for the
  1 26 attorney's services.  However, if the county has a population
  1 27 of less than 25,000, the county attorney must serve as the
  1 28 attorney to the trustees.  This bill provides that the county
  1 29 attorney must serve as the attorney for all counties unless
  1 30 the county and township have adverse interests.  
  1 31 LSB 2541HH 77
  1 32 da/cf/24
     

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