§ 357B.18 — Detachment of land from district

Iowa § 357B.18

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 357B: FIRE DISTRICTS

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The trustees of a township, after notice and a public hearing, may withdraw the township
or part of the township from a benefited fire district. Notice of the time, date and place
of the hearing shall be published at least two weeks before the hearing in a newspaper
having general circulation within the township. The notice shall also identify the area to be
withdrawn. After the hearing on the proposed withdrawal, the township trustees, by majority
vote, may withdraw the township or a part of the township from the benefited fire district. If
the township trustees take final action to withdraw on or before March 1 of a fiscal year, the
effective date of the withdrawal is the following July 1. However, if final action to withdraw
is taken after March 1, the withdrawal is not effective until July 1 of the following calendar
year. If bonds issued under section 357B.4 are outstanding at the time of withdrawal, the
board of supervisors shall continue to levy an annual tax against the taxable property being
withdrawntopayitsshareoftheoutstandingobligationofthedistrictrelatingtothosebonds.

Legislative History

[S81, §357B.18; 81 Acts, ch 124, §1]