Senate File 2349 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2349 BY SWEENEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to drainage districts and levees, including 1 district parcel records. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6690XS (2) 91 lh/jh

S.F. 2349 Section 1. Section 468.27, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. When the county auditor first receives either the survey 3 and report, or a permanent survey, plat, and profile, as 4 provided in subsection 2 , the county auditor shall prepare and 5 file with the county recorder , or make available on a public 6 internet site, a district parcel record that identifies all 7 parcels contained within the district that is part of the 8 county. The parcel record filed by the county auditor with the 9 county recorder must also include the legal description, parcel 10 identification number, if known, and names of the owners as 11 shown in transfer books in the office of the auditor, for each 12 forty-acre tract or fraction thereof. The county auditor shall 13 provide the county recorder with any amendment to the district 14 parcel record within a reasonable period after receiving the 15 amendment. A county shall not charge a district a filing fee 16 or any other cost or expense under this subsection , including 17 an expense described in section 468.154 . 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 Under Code chapter 468 (levee and drainage districts and 22 improvement), the board of supervisors has the authority to 23 establish a drainage district or to locate and establish a 24 levee. Upon establishment of a district, the drainage district 25 is deemed to acquire a permanent easement for all necessary 26 rights-of-way for ditches, tile lines, settling basins, and 27 related improvements, unless acquired in fee simple. The 28 easement dimensions are reflected in the required surveys and 29 reports. Filing of the survey and related documents with 30 the county auditor constitutes constructive notice of the 31 district’s rights. Upon receipt of the survey and related 32 documents, the county auditor must file with the county 33 recorder a district parcel record that identifies all parcels 34 in the district that are part of the county. 35 -1- LSB 6690XS (2) 91 lh/jh 1/ 2

S.F. 2349 This bill allows the county auditor to either file the 1 district parcel record with the county recorder or make the 2 district parcel record available on a public internet site. 3 -2- LSB 6690XS (2) 91 lh/jh 2/ 2