468.61  Surplus funds--application of.

When one-half or more of all assessments for a drainage or levee district have been paid and it is ascertained that there will be a surplus in the district fund after all assessments have been paid, the board may refund to the owner of each tract of land, not more than fifty percent of the owner's proportionate part of such surplus. When all construction work has been completed and all cost paid, and all assessments have been paid in full, the board may refund, to the owner of each tract of land, the owner's proportionate part of any surplus funds except such portion of the surplus as the board considers should be retained for a sinking fund to pay future maintenance and repair costs.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, § 7489; C35, § 7488-e1, 7489; C39, § 7488.1, 7489; C46, § 455.68, 455.69; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455.68]

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 126, § 2

  CS89, § 468.61

Internal References

  Referred to in § 468.57, 468.127


Previous Section 468.60

Next Section 468.62


Return To Home index


© 2001 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa


Comments about this site or page? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.

Last update: Mon Jan 22 17:13:42 CST 2001
URL: /DOCS/IACODE/2001/468/61.html
jhf