CHAPTER 468
LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS
Chapters 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461,
462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, and former sections
331.485 through 331.491 transferred to
chapter 468; 89 Acts, ch 126
Referred to in § 161F.6, 437A.16, 455I.1, 455I.3, 456B.13
SUBCHAPTER I
ESTABLISHMENT
PART 1
GENERAL
468.1 Jurisdiction to establish.
468.2 Presumption and construction of laws.
468.3 Definitions.
468.4 General rule for location.
468.5 Location across railroad.
468.6 Number of petitioners required.
468.7 Request by nonpetitioners.
468.8 Petition.
468.9 Bond.
468.10 Engineer.
468.11 Survey.
468.12 Report.
468.13 Procedure on report--classification.
468.14 Notice of hearing.
468.15 Service by publication--copy
mailed--proof.
468.16 Service on agent.
468.17 Personal service.
468.18 Waiver of notice.
468.19 Waiver of objections and damages.
468.20 Adjournment for service--jurisdiction retained.
468.21 Hearing of petition--dismissal.
468.22 Establishment--further investigation.
468.23 Settling basins--purchase or lease of lands.
468.24 Appraisers.
468.25 Assessment--report--adjournment--other appraisers.
468.26 Award by board.
468.27 Dismissal or establishment--permanent easement.
468.28 Dismissal on remonstrance.
468.29 Dissolution.
468.30 Permanent survey, plat and profile.
468.31 Paying or securing damages.
468.32 Division of improvement.
468.33 Supervising engineer--bond.
468.34 Advertisement for bids.
468.35 Bids--letting of work.
468.36 Performance bond--return of deposit.
468.37 Contracts.
468.38 Commissioners to classify and assess.
468.39 Duties--time for performance--scale of benefits.
468.40 Rules of classification.
468.41 Assessment for lateral ditches--reclassification of benefited lands.
468.42 Railroad property--collection.
468.43 Public highways and state-owned lands.
468.44 Report of commissioners.
468.45 Notice of hearing.
468.46 Hearing and determination.
468.47 Evidence--conclusive presumption.
468.48 Notice of increased assessment.
468.49 Classification as basis for future assessments.
468.50 Levy--interest.
468.51 Lien of tax.
468.52 Levy for deficiency.
468.53 Record of drainage taxes.
468.54 Funds--disbursement--interest.
468.55 Assessments--maturity and collection.
468.56 Payment of assessments.
468.57 Installment payments--waiver.
468.58 Installment payments after appeal.
468.59 Notice of half and full completion.
468.60 Lien of deferred installments.
468.61 Surplus funds--application of.
468.62 Change of conditions--modification of plan.
468.63 Drainage subdistrict.
468.64 Presumption--jurisdiction.
468.65 Reclassification.
468.66 Bids required.
468.67 Procedure governing reclassification.
468.68 Drainage warrants received for assessments.
468.69 Bonds received for assessments.
468.70 Installment assessments--interest-bearing warrants--improvement
certificates.
468.71 Form, negotiability and effect.
468.72 Interest--place of payment.
468.73 Sale at par--right to pay.
468.74 Drainage bonds.
468.75 Form.
468.76 Amount--interest--maturity.
468.77 Maturity--interest--highway benefits.
468.78 Sale or application at par--premium.
468.79 Deficiency levy--additional bonds.
468.80 Funding or refunding indebtedness.
468.81 Record of bonds.
468.82 Payment.
468.83 Appeals.
468.84 Time and manner.
468.85 Transcript.
468.86 Petition--docket fee--waiver--dismissal.
468.87 Pleadings on appeal.
468.88 Proper parties--employment of counsel.
468.89 Plaintiffs and defendants.
468.90 Right of board and district to sue.
468.91 Trial on appeal--consolidation.
468.92 Conclusive presumption on appeal.
468.93 Order as to damages--duty of clerk.
468.94 Costs.
468.95 Decree as to establishing district or including lands.
468.96 Appeal as exclusive remedy--nonappellants.
468.97 Reversal by court--rescission by board.
468.98 Setting aside establishment--procedure.
468.99 Reassessment to cure illegality.
468.100 Monthly estimate--payment.
468.101 Completion of work--report--notice.
468.102 Objections.
468.103 Final settlement--claims for damages.
468.104 Abandonment of work.
468.105 New contract--suit on bond.
468.106 Construction on or along highway.
468.107 Establishment of highways.
468.108 Bridges.
468.109 Construction across railroad.
468.110 Duty to construct.
468.111 Bridges at natural waterway--costs.
468.112 Construction when company refuses.
468.113 Cost of construction across railway.
468.114 Passing drainage equipment across railway.
468.115 Passage across other public utilities.
468.116 Failure to comply.
468.117 Expenses attending passage.
468.118 Abandoned right-of-way.
468.119 Annexation of additional lands.
468.120 Proceedings on report.
468.121 Levy on annexed lands.
468.122 Use of former and abandoned surveys.
468.123 Unsuccessful procedure--re-establishment.
468.124 New district including old district.
468.125 Credit for old improvement.
468.126 Repair.
468.127 Payment.
468.128 Impounding areas and erosion control devices.
468.129 Revenues used for operation, maintenance and construction.
468.130 City may discharge treated sewage.
468.131 Reclassification required.
468.132 Improvement of common outlet--notice of hearing.
468.133 Commissioners to apportion benefits--interest prohibited.
468.134 Time of report--notice of hearing.
468.135 Report and review--appeal.
468.136 Levy under original classification.
468.137 Levy under reclassification.
468.138 Removal of obstructions.
468.139 Trees and hedges.
468.140 Outlet for lateral drains--specifications.
468.141 Subdistricts in intercounty districts.
468.142 District by mutual agreement--presumption.
468.143 What the agreement shall contain.
468.144 Board to establish.
468.145 Procedure.
468.146 Outlet in adjoining county or in another state.
468.147 Tax.
468.148 Injuring or diverting--damages.
468.149 Obstructing or damaging.
468.150 Nuisance--abatement.
468.151 Actions--settlement--counsel.
468.152 Waste banks--private use.
468.153 Preliminary expenses--how paid.
468.154 Additional help for auditor.
468.155 Employment of counsel.
468.156 Compensation of appraisers.
468.157 Payment.
468.158 Purchase at tax sale.
468.159 Tax deed--sale or lease.
468.160 Purchase of tax certificate.
468.161 Terms of redemption.
468.162 Payment--assignment of certificate.
468.163 Funds.
468.164 Lease or sale of land.
468.165 Duty of treasurer.
468.166 Purchase by bondholder.
468.167 Voting power.
468.168 Inspection of improvements.
468.169 Watchpersons.
468.170 Technical defects.
468.171 Conclusive presumption of legality.
468.172 Drainage record.
468.173 Records belong to district.
468.174 Membership in the National Drainage Association.
468.175 Membership fee.
468.176 Other associations.
468.177 Receiver authorized.
468.178 Hearing and notice thereof.
468.179 Appointment--grounds.
468.180 Bond.
468.181 Avoidance of receivership.
468.182 Preference in leasing.
468.183 Rents--application of.
468.184 Land classification and assessment in district.
468.185 Warrants not paid for want of funds. Repealed
by 96 Acts, ch 1033, §1.
468.186 Easements through a drainage district.
468.187 Agreements with outside owners or other districts.
468.188 Public improvements which divide a district--procedure.
468.189 Closing agricultural
drainage wells--assessment of costs within a drainage
district.
468.190 through 468.200 Reserved.
PART 2
FEDERAL FLOOD CONTROL CO-OPERATION
468.201 Plan of improvement.
468.202 Agreement in advance.
468.203 Engineer appointed.
468.204 Engineer's report.
468.205 Supplemental reports.
468.206 Notice and hearing.
468.207 Form of notice.
468.208 Amendment--new parties.
468.209 Entry of order--effect.
468.210 Appraisement.
468.211 Assessment of benefits.
468.212 Installments--warrants.
468.213 Subsequent levies.
468.214 Applicable statutes.
468.215 Scope of plan.
468.216 Districts under trustees.
468.217 through 468.219 Reserved.
PART 3
STATE LANDS
468.220 Occupancy and use permitted--assessments paid.
468.221 through 468.229 Reserved.
PART 4
BOARD OF COUNTY DRAINAGE ADMINISTRATORS
468.230 Administrators appointed.
468.231 Administrator areas.
468.232 Compensation.
468.233 How paid.
468.234 Soil and water
conservation districts.
468.235 through 468.239 Reserved.
PART 5
COUNTY-CITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT
468.240 Supervisors of county over two hundred thousand may establish.
468.241 through 468.249 Reserved.
PART 6
DISSOLUTION OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
468.250 Jurisdiction to dissolve districts and abandon or transfer improvements.
468.251 Notice of hearing.
468.252 Hearing on petition.
468.253 Appeal.
468.254 Expense--refund.
468.255 Abandonment of rights of way.
468.256 Initiating dissolution of contained district.
468.257 Procedure for notice of hearing.
468.258 Procedure at hearing.
468.259 Election in lieu of hearings.
468.260 Effect of dissolution, surrender and acceptance.
468.261 Costs borne by overlying district.
468.262 through 468.269 Reserved.
SUBCHAPTER II
JURISDICTIONS
PART 1
INTERCOUNTY LEVEE OR DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
468.270 Petition and bond.
468.271 Commissioners.
468.272 Examination and report.
468.273 Duty of engineer.
468.274 Notice.
468.275 Contents of notice--service.
468.276 Claims for damages--filing--waiver.
468.277 Organization and procedure--adjournments.
468.278 Tentative adoption of plans.
468.279 Appraisers.
468.280 Duty of appraisers--procedure.
468.281 Meetings of joint boards.
468.282 Equalizing voting power.
468.283 Commissioners to classify and assess.
468.284 Notice and service thereof--objections.
468.285 Levies--certificates and bonds.
468.286 Bonds or proceeds made available.
468.287 Supervising engineer.
468.288 Duty of engineer.
468.289 Notice of letting work--applicable procedure.
468.290 Contracts.
468.291 Monthly estimate--payment.
468.292 Final settlement.
468.293 Failure of board to act.
468.294 Transfer to district court.
468.295 Transcript, docket and trial.
468.296 Decree.
468.297 Law applicable.
468.298 Records of intercounty districts.
468.299 County with largest acreage to keep funds.
468.300 through 468.304 Reserved.
PART 2
CONVERTING INTRACOUNTY DISTRICTS INTO
INTERCOUNTY DISTRICT
468.305 Intracounty districts converted into intercounty district.
468.306 Benefited land only included.
468.307 Appeal by landowner.
468.308 Procedure on appeal.
468.309 Appeal by trustees or boards.
468.310 through 468.314 Reserved.
PART 3
DRAINAGE DISTRICTS EMBRACING PART
OR WHOLE OF CITY
468.315 Authority to include city.
468.316 Inclusion of city--notice.
468.317 Assessments--notice.
468.318 Objections--appeal.
468.319 Assessments--interest.
468.320 Bonds, certificates and waivers.
468.321 Funding bonds.
468.322 Jurisdiction relinquished.
468.323 Request for relinquishment.
468.324 Duty to accept.
468.325 Jurisdiction of municipality.
468.326 City council to control district.
468.327 Trustee control.
468.328 through 468.334 Reserved.
PART 4
HIGHWAY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
468.335 Establishment.
468.336 Powers.
468.337 Initiation without petition.
468.338 Engineer.
468.339 Survey and report.
468.340 Assessment--report.
468.341 Advanced payments.
468.342 Payment from road funds.
468.343 Dismissal--costs.
468.344 Condemnation of right of way.
468.345 Laws applicable.
468.346 Removal of trees from highway.
468.347 Trees outside of highways.
468.348 through 468.354 Reserved.
PART 5
DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS
WITH PUMPING STATIONS
468.355 Authorization.
468.356 Petition--procedure--emergency pumping station.
468.357 Additional pumping station.
468.358 Transfer of pumps.
468.359 Costs.
468.360 Dividing districts.
468.361 Notice--publication.
468.362 Hearing--jurisdiction of divided districts.
468.363 Division in other cases.
468.364 Assessments not affected--maintenance tax.
468.365 Election and apportionment of trustees.
468.366 Settling basin--condemnation.
468.367 Funding bonds.
468.368 Form of bonds.
468.369 Formal execution.
468.370 Resolution--requisites--record.
468.371 Registration.
468.372 Liability of treasurer--reports.
468.373 Sale--application of proceeds.
468.374 Levy.
468.375 Scope of Act.
468.376 Funds available to pay bonds.
468.377 Limitation of actions.
468.378 Bankruptcy proceedings.
468.379 Part applicable to districts with pumping stations.
468.380 Construction near levee prohibited.
468.381 Penalty.
468.382 Action to restrain or abate.
468.383 Liability for damage.
468.384 through 468.389 Reserved.
PART 6
DRAINAGE DISTRICTS IN CONNECTION
WITH UNITED STATES LEVEES
468.390 United States levees--co-operation of board.
468.391 Manner of co-operation.
468.392 Report of engineer--payment authorized.
468.393 Costs assessed.
468.394 Annual installments.
468.395 Collection of tax.
468.396 Cost of maintaining.
468.397 Laws applicable.
468.398 and 468.399 Reserved.
PART 7
INTERSTATE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
468.400 Co-operation--procedure.
468.401 Agreement as to costs.
468.402 Contracts let by joint agreement.
468.403 Separate contracts.
468.404 Conditions precedent.
468.405 Assessments, bonds and costs--limitation.
468.406 through 468.499 Reserved.
SUBCHAPTER III
MANAGEMENT OF DRAINAGE OR LEVEE
DISTRICTS BY TRUSTEES
468.500 Trustees authorized.
468.501 Petition.
468.502 Election.
468.503 Intercounty district.
468.504 Election districts.
468.505 Record and plat of election districts.
468.506 Eligibility of trustees.
468.507 Notice of election.
468.508 Assessment to determine right to vote.
468.509 New owner entitled to vote.
468.510 Qualifications of voters.
468.511 Votes determined by assessment.
468.512 Vote by agent.
468.513 Vote of minor or person under legal
incompetency.
468.514 Ballots--petition for printed ballots.
468.515 Candidates voted for.
468.516 Election--canvass of
votes--returns.
468.517 Canvass--certificates of election.
468.518 Tenure of office.
468.519 Levee and pumping station districts.
468.520 Division of districts under trustees.
468.521 Elections--how conducted.
468.522 Change of date and time.
468.523 Vacancies.
468.524 Bonds.
468.525 Organization.
468.526 Powers and duties of trustees.
468.527 Costs and expenses.
468.528 Disbursement of funds.
468.529 Certificates and bonds.
468.530 Report to auditor.
468.531 Compensation--statements required.
468.532 Change to supervisor management.
468.533 Petition--canvass.
468.534 Remonstrance.
468.535 When change effective.
468.536 Final report of trustees.
468.537 Management by supervisors.
468.538 and 468.539 Reserved.
SUBCHAPTER IV
FINANCING
PART 1
DRAINAGE REFUNDING BONDS
468.540 Refunding bonds.
468.541 Petition for refunding.
468.542 Sufficiency of petition--hearing.
468.543 Notice.
468.544 Requirements of notice.
468.545 Extending payment of assessments.
468.546 Appeal.
468.547 Time and manner of appeal.
468.548 Maximum extension.
468.549 Form of bonds.
468.550 Numbering, signing and attestation.
468.551 Resolution required.
468.552 Record of resolution.
468.553 Record of bonds.
468.554 Liability of treasurer--reports.
468.555 Sale, exchange and cancellation.
468.556 Redemption from tax sale.
468.557 Effect of extension.
468.558 Additional assessments.
468.559 Applicability of funds.
468.560 Trust fund.
468.561 Liens unimpaired.
468.562 Limitation of action.
468.563 Void bonds or assessments.
468.564 Interpretative clause.
468.565 Composition with creditors--federal loans.
468.566 Refinancing powers.
468.567 Report and hearing--appeal.
468.568 and 468.569 Reserved.
PART 2
DEFAULTED DRAINAGE BONDS
468.570 Extension of payment--application.
468.571 Petition.
468.572 Hearing.
468.573 Parties--notice--service.
468.574 Jurisdiction of court.
468.575 Conservator appointed.
468.576 Report--hearing thereon.
468.577 Adjudication on report.
468.578 Refunding bonds.
468.579 Lien.
468.580 Trustees as parties.
468.581 Limitation of action.
468.582 through 468.584 Reserved.
PART 3
FUNDING OF COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
468.585 Definitions.
468.586 Assessment of costs of drainage
improvements.
468.587 Special assessment bonds.
468.588 Chapter 28E agreement.
468.589 Rates and charges for services and connection.
468.590 Cities subject to debt service tax
levy--rates.
468.591 Authority.
468.592 through 468.599 Reserved.
SUBCHAPTER V
INDIVIDUAL DRAINAGE RIGHTS
468.600 Drainage through land of others--application.
468.601 Notice of hearing--service.
468.602 Service upon nonresident.
468.603 Service on omitted parties--adjournment.
468.604 Claims for damages--waiver.
468.605 Hearing--sufficiency of application--damages.
468.606 Shall locate when--specifications.
468.607 Findings--record.
468.608 Appeal--notice.
468.609 Transcript.
468.610 Appeal--how tried--costs.
468.611 Parties--judgment--orders.
468.612 Costs and damages--payment.
468.613 Construction.
468.614 Construction through railroad property.
468.615 Deposit.
468.616 Failure to construct.
468.617 Repairs.
468.618 Obstruction.
468.619 Drains on abutting boundary lines.
468.620 Boundary between two counties.
468.621 Drainage in course of natural
drainage--reconstruction--damages.
468.622 Drainage connection with highway.
468.623 Private drainage system--record.
468.624 Drainage plat book.
468.625 Record book and index.
468.626 Original plat filed.
468.627 Record not part of title.
468.628 Fees for record and copies.
468.629 Lost records--hearing.
468.630 Mutual drains--establishment as district.
468.631 Appeal.
468.632 Record filed with established district.
468.633 Lost or incomplete records.
468.634 Petition to combine with established district.
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