Senate File 2116 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY WARNSTADT and WIECK
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act allowing a city to include or exclude a secondary road and
2 its right=of=way in the land area proposed for incorporation,
3 annexation, or severance.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 5499XS 81
6 eg/cf/24
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 368.1, subsection 15, Code 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 15. "Territory" means the land area or areas proposed to
1 4 be incorporated, annexed, or severed, whether or not
1 5 contiguous to all other areas proposed to be incorporated,
1 6 annexed, or severed. Except as provided for by an agreement
1 7 pursuant to chapter 28E, "territory" having a common boundary
1 8 with the right=of=way of a secondary road extends to the
1 9 center line of either wholly includes or excludes the road and
1 10 the right=of=way at the option of the city.
1 11 EXPLANATION
1 12 This bill provides that when land proposed to be
1 13 incorporated, annexed, or severed, referred to as the
1 14 "territory", has a common boundary with the right-of-way of a
1 15 secondary road, the city must decide whether the road and
1 16 right=of=way are to be included in or excluded from the
1 17 territory. Currently, the Code provides that territory
1 18 extends to the center line of the secondary road.
1 19 LSB 5499XS 81
1 20 eg:rj/cf/24