Senate File 308

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KREIMAN


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to delegation of the duties of an engineer for
  2    certain public improvements by cities and counties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2822XS 80
  5 ec/cl/14

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.341, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  When the estimated cost of a public improvement, other
  1  4 than improvements which may be paid for from the secondary
  1  5 road fund, exceeds the amount specified in section 309.40, the
  1  6 board shall follow the contract letting procedures provided
  1  7 for cities in sections 384.95 to 384.103 through 384.104.
  1  8 However, in following those sections the board shall
  1  9 substitute the word "county" for the word "city", section
  1 10 331.305 for section 362.3, shall consider "governing body" to
  1 11 mean the board, and shall exclude references to a city
  1 12 utility, utility board of trustees, or public utilities.  As
  1 13 used in this section, "public improvement" means the same as
  1 14 defined in section 384.95 as modified by this subsection.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  384.37A  DELEGATION OF ENGINEER'S
  1 16 DUTIES.
  1 17    When the estimated total cost of a public improvement does
  1 18 not exceed fifty thousand dollars, the city council may
  1 19 delegate the duties of the engineer as specified in this
  1 20 division to the city clerk or other public officer or to an
  1 21 architect retained by the city.
  1 22    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  384.104  DELEGATION OF ENGINEER'S
  1 23 DUTIES.
  1 24    When the estimated total cost of a public improvement does
  1 25 not exceed fifty thousand dollars, the city council may
  1 26 delegate the duties of the engineer to the city clerk or other
  1 27 public officer or to an architect retained by the city.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that if the estimated cost of a public
  1 30 improvement does not exceed $50,000, a city council or board
  1 31 of supervisors may delegate the duties of an engineer to the
  1 32 city clerk or other public officer or to an architect retained
  1 33 by the city or county.
  1 34 LSB 2822XS 80
  1 35 ec/cl/14