Section 1.8 Applicability of statute.
2023 Code of Iowa
Section 1.4 shall apply to all lands acquired under sections 1.5 through 1.7 .
Section 1.9 National forests.
2023 Code of Iowa
The consent of the state of Iowa is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, or condemnation with adequate compensation, of such lands in Iowa as in the opinion of the federal government may be needed for the establishm...
Tagged topics: conservation, forestry
Section 1.7 Legislative grant.
2023 Code of Iowa
There is hereby granted to the government of the United States, so long as it shall use the same as a part and for the purposes of the said “Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge”, all areas of land subject to overflow and not us...
Section 1.11 Keokuk cemetery and Knoxville hospital — assumption of jurisdiction.
2023 Code of Iowa
At the time of the return of jurisdiction over lands occupied by the veterans administration hospital located in Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa, and the Keokuk National Cemetery at Keokuk located in Lee county, Iowa, by the administrator of veterans a...
Section 6A.13 Change in streams.
2023 Code of Iowa
When a railway company would have the right to excavate a channel or ditch and thereby change and straighten the course of a stream or watercourse, which is too frequently crossed by such railway, and thereby protect the right-of-way and roadbed, or p...
Tagged topics: railroads, rivers and streams
Section 8.57B Water quality infrastructure fund creation appropriations.
2023 Code of Iowa
A water quality infrastructure fund is created within the division of soil conservation and water quality of the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to section 8.57, subsecti...
Tagged topics: soil and water conservation, water quality
Section 1.6 Approval required.
2023 Code of Iowa
Any acquisition by the government of the United States of land and water, or of land or water, under section 1.5 shall be first approved by the natural resource commission and the director of the department of natural resources of this state.
Section 1.5 Federal wildlife and fish refuge.
2023 Code of Iowa
The state of Iowa hereby consents that the government of the United States may in any manner acquire in this state such areas of land or water or of land and water as said government may deem necessary for the establishment of the “Upper Mississippi ...
Section 1C.10 Arbor Day and Week.
2023 Code of Iowa
The last Friday in April in each year shall be observed in Iowa as Arbor Day and the week in which this Friday falls shall be observed as Arbor Week. This day and week shall be designated annually by the governor with suitable proclamation urging that...
Tagged topics: arbor day and arbor week, trees
Section 6A.7 Cemetery lands.
2023 Code of Iowa
No lands actually platted, used, and devoted to cemetery purposes shall be taken for any railway purpose without the consent of the proper officers or owners thereof.
Tagged topics: cemeteries, railroads