Senate
File
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Introduced
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FILE
393
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1124)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
drainage
and
levee
districts
by
providing
1
for
the
delivery
of
a
written
communication
to
state
and
2
local
government.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
468.221
Written
communication
1
delivered
to
the
state
or
a
local
government.
2
1.
This
section
applies
whenever
a
board
or
county
officer
3
acting
under
this
chapter
is
required
to
deliver
a
written
4
communication
to
a
state
agency
or
local
government.
The
5
written
communication
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
a
notice,
6
service
of
process,
demand,
statement,
or
a
report.
7
2.
a.
If
the
written
communication
is
to
be
delivered
8
to
a
state
agency,
it
may
be
delivered
to
the
administrative
9
head
of
the
state
agency
or
its
governing
body.
The
written
10
communication
may
also
be
delivered
to
a
person
designated
by
11
the
administrative
head
of
the
state
agency
or
its
governing
12
body.
The
written
communication
may
be
delivered
to
the
13
executive
council
if
the
administrative
head
of
the
state
14
government
or
its
governing
body
cannot
be
determined.
15
b.
If
the
written
communication
is
to
be
delivered
to
a
16
local
government,
it
may
be
delivered
to
the
governing
body
of
17
the
local
government.
The
written
communication
may
also
be
18
delivered
to
a
person
designated
by
the
governing
body.
As
19
used
in
this
paragraph,
“local
government”
includes
a
county,
20
city,
township,
or
any
special
purpose
district
or
authority.
21
EXPLANATION
22
RECOMMENDATION.
This
bill
is
based
on
a
recommendation
of
23
the
levee
and
drainage
district
law
study
committee
which
met
24
in
2010.
25
LEVEE
AND
DRAINAGE
DISTRICTS.
The
bill
addresses
levee
and
26
drainage
districts
organized
under
Code
chapter
468
and
which
27
authorizes
the
removal
of
excess
precipitation
accumulating
28
on
land
and
protecting
land
from
surface
water
flooding.
A
29
district
is
managed
by
a
“board”
which
is
the
county
board
of
30
supervisors
for
a
district
established
in
one
county,
the
joint
31
boards
of
supervisors
in
a
district
which
crosses
county
lines
32
(intercounty
districts),
or
by
the
district’s
landowners
acting
33
through
an
elected
board
of
trustees
(Code
section
468.3(2)).
34
DELIVERY
OF
WRITTEN
COMMUNICATION.
The
bill
applies
when
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a
board
or
county
officer
is
required
to
deliver
a
written
1
communication
to
a
state
agency
or
local
government.
Under
2
the
bill,
the
written
communication
may
be
delivered
to
the
3
administrative
head
of
the
agency
or
its
governing
body
or
to
4
a
person
designated
by
the
administrative
head
or
governing
5
body
or
alternatively
to
the
executive
council.
The
bill
also
6
provides
that
written
communication
may
be
delivered
to
the
7
local
government’s
governing
body
or
to
a
person
designated
by
8
the
governing
body.
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