Section 1.5 Federal wildlife and fish refuge.
2024 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 1.7 Legislative grant.
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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 1.9 National forests.
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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 1.11 Keokuk cemetery and Knoxville hospital — assumption of jurisdiction.
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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 1.8 Applicability of statute.
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Section 1.4 shall apply to all lands acquired under sections 1.5 through 1.7 .
Section 1.6 Approval required.
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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 1C.10 Arbor Day and Week.
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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.11 Lands for water stations — how set aside.
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Lands which are sought to be condemned for water stations, dams, or reservoirs, including all the overflowed lands, if any, shall, if requested by the owner, be set aside in a square or rectangular shape by the department of transportation or district...
Section 6A.13 Change in streams.
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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 6A.21 Condemnation of agricultural land — definitions.
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Except as otherwise provided, for purposes of this chapter and chapter 6B: “Aboveground merchant line” means “merchant line” as defined in section 478.6A, subsection 1, excluding those merchant lines that are underground. “Agricultural land” ...
Tagged topics: agricultural land