§ 312.8 — Amana colonies

Iowa § 312.8

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 312: ROAD USE TAX FUND

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1. Where a tract of land is owned by a corporation organized under the provisions of
chapter 490 with assets of the value of one million dollars or more, and having one or more
platted villages located within the territorial limits of said tract of land, all of the territory
within the plats of said villages with their addition or subdivisions shall, for the purposes of
this chapter, be deemed to be one incorporated city. All funds to become due to said villages
so consolidated shall be paid to the county auditor of the county in which said tract of land
and said villages are situated. Said fund shall, thereupon, be administered and expended by
the county board of supervisors of said county for the construction, reconstruction, repair,
and maintenance of roads and streets within the plats of such villages in the same manner
and with the same powers and duties as city councils in cities. In the event the population
of such villages shall not have been separately enumerated in the federal census, then said
countyboardofsupervisorsshallcauseacensusofsaidvillagestobetakenassoonasmaybe
after this chapter becomes effective, which census shall be used in lieu of the federal census
provided for in section 312.3, subsection 2.
2. All payments made under this section prior to July 4, 1961, are hereby legalized.

Legislative History

[C50, §308A.8; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §312.8]