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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2268 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO RURAL WATER SERVICES BY AUTHORIZING RURAL 1 5 WATER DISTRICTS TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER 1 6 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO PROVIDE FOR THE OWNERSHIP, 1 7 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPPING OF SEWER 1 8 SYSTEMS, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE 1 9 OBLIGATIONS TO FINANCE THE PROJECTS AND PROVIDING 1 10 PROCEDURES FOR DETACHING PROPERTY FROM ONE DISTRICT 1 11 AND ATTACHING IT TO ANOTHER DISTRICT. 1 12 1 13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 14 1 15 Section 1. Section 357A.11, subsection 11, Code 1997, is 1 16 amended to read as follows: 1 17 11. Have authority to execute an agreement with a 1 18 governmental entity, including a county, city, sanitary sewer 1 19 district, or another district, for purposes of managing or 1 20 administering thegovernmental entity'sworks, facilities, or 1 21 waterways which are useful for the collection, disposal, or 1 22 treatment of wastewater or sewage and which are located within 1 23 the jurisdiction of the governmental entity or the district. 1 24 The board may do what is necessary to carry out the agreement, 1 25 including but not limited to any of the following: 1 26 a. Owning or acquiring by gift, lease, purchase, or grant 1 27 any interest in real or personal property. 1 28 b. Constructing, operating, maintaining, repairing, 1 29 improving, or equipping any of the works, facilities, or 1 30 waterways. 1 31 c. Financing all or part of the cost of acquiring, 1 32 constructing, maintaining, repairing, improving, or equipping 1 33 any works, facilities, or waterways, or refinancing all or 1 34 part of the cost. The financing or refinancing shall be 1 35 accomplished in accordance with the terms and procedures set 2 1 forth in the applicable provisions of sections 384.24A, 384.83 2 2 through 384.88, 384.92, and 384.93. References in those 2 3 sections to a city shall be applicable to a district and 2 4 references in those sections to a governing body or a city 2 5 council shall be applicable to the district's board. 2 6 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 357A.24 DETACHMENT AND ATTACHMENT 2 7 OF AREAS BETWEEN DISTRICTS. 2 8 1. The boards of two or more districts, or the boards of 2 9 any district and a rural water system organized under chapter 2 10 504A, may by concurrent action or agreement join in a petition 2 11 to detach an area which is not being served by the facilities 2 12 of one district or system for purposes of being attached to 2 13 the other district or system. The concurrent action or 2 14 agreement may include conditions placed on the effectiveness 2 15 of the concurrent action or agreement as deemed appropriate by 2 16 the boards of the districts. 2 17 2. The petition shall be filed with the auditor of the 2 18 county in which the area to be detached is located. The 2 19 petition shall include all of the following regarding the area 2 20 which is the subject of the petition: 2 21 a. A description by section, or fraction thereof, and by 2 22 township and range of the area, in the same manner as provided 2 23 in section 357A.16. 2 24 b. A verification that the area is not being served by the 2 25 facilities of any district. 2 26 c. A statement asserting that the area can be adequately 2 27 and economically served by the facilities of the district 2 28 proposing to attach the area. 2 29 3. Upon filing the petition, the auditor shall prepare for 2 30 a hearing on the petition by following the same procedures as 2 31 provided in section 357A.3. The notice of the hearing shall 2 32 include all of the following: 2 33 a. The location of the area subject to the petition. 2 34 b. The time and place of the hearing as established by the 2 35 board of supervisors for the county in which the area to be 3 1 detached is located. 3 2 c. That all owners or tenants of real property within the 3 3 boundaries of the area may appear and be heard. 3 4 4. After the hearing the board of supervisors shall order 3 5 that the area subject to the petition be detached from one 3 6 district and attached to the other district, if the board 3 7 determines that all of the following have been satisfied: 3 8 a. The petition meets the requirements of this section. 3 9 b. The information included in the petition is accurate. 3 10 c. Notice required in this section has been provided. 3 11 d. The detachment and attachment is in the best interest 3 12 of the residents of the area subject to the petition. 3 13 The order shall be published in the same newspaper which 3 14 published the notice of the hearing. 3 15 5. This section does not preclude any procedure for 3 16 detaching an area from or attaching an area to a district as 3 17 otherwise provided by law, including this chapter. 3 18 3 19 3 20 3 21 MARY E. KRAMER 3 22 President of the Senate 3 23 3 24 3 25 3 26 RON J. CORBETT 3 27 Speaker of the House 3 28 3 29 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 30 is known as Senate File 2268, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 31 3 32 3 33 3 34 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 3 35 Secretary of the Senate 4 1 Approved , 1998 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 4 6 Governor
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