House Amendment 1405


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 437, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  468.4A  ESTABLISHMENT OF
     1  6 LEVEE OR DRAINAGE DISTRICT == MINIMUM SIZE.
     1  7    A levee or drainage district shall not be
     1  8 established in an area which includes less than
     1  9 one=third of a watershed, unless all owners of land
     1 10 which would be included in the watershed sign a
     1 11 petition for the establishment of the levee or
     1 12 drainage district as provided in section 468.6.
     1 13    Sec.    .  Section 468.6, Code 2009, is amended to
     1 14 read as follows:
     1 15    468.6  NUMBER OF PETITIONERS REQUIRED.
     1 16    1.  Two Except as provided in subsection 2, two or
     1 17 more owners of lands named in the petition described
     1 18 in section 468.8, may file in the office of the county
     1 19 auditor a petition for the establishment of a levee or
     1 20 drainage district, including a district which involves
     1 21 only the straightening of a creek or river.  If the
     1 22 district described in the petition is a subdistrict,
     1 23 one or more owners of land affected by the proposed
     1 24 improvement may petition for such district.
     1 25    2.  If a levee or drainage district is established
     1 26 in an area which includes less than one=third of a
     1 27 watershed, all owners of land which would be included
     1 28 in the levee or drainage district must sign the
     1 29 petition described in subsection 1.>
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     1 33 KAUFMANN of Cedar
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