House
Study
Bill
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
designating
certain
county
flood
mitigation
activities
1
as
an
essential
county
purpose.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.441,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(20)
The
acquisition,
construction,
3
reconstruction,
and
improvement
of
all
waterways,
and
real
and
4
personal
property,
useful
for
the
protection
or
reclamation
of
5
property
from
floods
or
high
waters,
and
for
the
protection
6
of
property
from
the
effects
of
flood
waters,
including
the
7
deepening,
widening,
alteration,
change,
diversion,
or
other
8
improvement
of
watercourses,
the
construction
of
levees,
9
embankments,
structures,
impounding
reservoirs,
pumping
10
stations
or
conduits,
and
the
establishment,
improvement,
and
11
widening
of
streets,
avenues,
boulevards,
and
alleys
across
12
and
adjacent
to
the
project,
as
well
as
the
development
and
13
beautification
of
the
banks
and
other
areas
adjacent
to
flood
14
control
improvements.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
amends
the
definition
of
essential
county
purpose
19
to
include
the
acquisition,
construction,
reconstruction,
and
20
improvement
of
all
waterways,
and
real
and
personal
property,
21
useful
for
the
protection
or
reclamation
of
property
from
22
floods
or
high
waters,
and
for
the
protection
of
property
23
from
the
effects
of
flood
waters,
including
the
deepening,
24
widening,
alteration,
change,
diversion,
or
other
improvement
25
of
watercourses,
the
construction
of
levees,
embankments,
26
structures,
impounding
reservoirs,
pumping
stations
or
27
conduits,
and
the
establishment,
improvement,
and
widening
of
28
streets,
avenues,
boulevards,
and
alleys
across
and
adjacent
29
to
the
project,
as
well
as
the
development
and
beautification
30
of
the
banks
and
other
areas
adjacent
to
flood
control
31
improvements.
32
Under
Code
chapter
331,
a
county
board
of
supervisors
may
33
generally
contract
indebtedness
and
approve
the
issuance
of
34
general
obligation
bonds
to
carry
out
an
essential
county
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purpose
without
approval
by
voters
at
an
election,
while
the
1
issuance
of
general
obligation
bonds
to
carry
out
a
general
2
county
purpose
generally
requires
approval
by
voters
at
3
election.
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