Iowa § 357.35 Merging existing districts

Iowa Statutes

§ 357.35 — Merging existing districts

Iowa § 357.35

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 357WATER DISTRICTS

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Iowa Code § 357.35 (2026).

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When the source of supply for a benefited district is obtained wholly or partly through
another benefited district or if districts are supplied with their water from a common source,
the board of supervisors having jurisdiction of those benefited districts, shall, upon ten days’
writtennoticetothetrustees, holdahearingrelativetotheestablishmentofasinglebenefited
water district with a boundary encompassing all the area within the subject districts. If the
board finds the residents and property owners in the proposed district would be benefited,
it may establish the single district by resolution. In the case of districts with outstanding
warrants in excess of the anticipated revenues and cash balance within the district fund, an
assessmentshallbedrawnupbytheauditorforanamountapproximatelyfif

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When the source of supply for a benefited district is obtained wholly or partly through
another benefited district or if districts are supplied with their water from a common source,
the board of supervisors having jurisdiction of those benefited districts, shall, upon ten days’
writtennoticetothetrustees, holdahearingrelativetotheestablishmentofasinglebenefited
water district with a boundary encompassing all the area within the subject districts. If the
board finds the residents and property owners in the proposed district would be benefited,
it may establish the single district by resolution. In the case of districts with outstanding
warrants in excess of the anticipated revenues and cash balance within the district fund, an
assessmentshallbedrawnupbytheauditorforanamountapproximatelyfifty-fivepercentof
the total indebtedness of the district and the board of supervisors must approve by resolution
the final assessment as made and cause bonds to be issued at approximately ten percent
greater than the total indebtedness of the district in accordance with sections 357.20 and
357.21 except that the bonds shall be paid, approximately equally, from user charges and the
assessment. In the case of districts with bonded indebtedness, a subarea of the new single
district with a boundary identical to each indebted district shall be designated and taxed in
accordance with sections 357.22 and 357.23. When all bonds have been retired, the subarea
shall cease to exist. In the case of districts with a surplus cash balance, all funds and credits
shall become the property of the single district and used by it to the same extent as if acquired
under the provisions of section 357.26. Upon establishment of the single district by the board

of supervisors, a resolution shall be passed either appointing three trustees or designating
the board of supervisors as the trustees for the single district. The operation of the single
district constitutes a county enterprise under section 331.461, subsection 2.
[82 Acts, ch 1219, §1]