§ 357B.3 — Powers of the board of trustees

Iowa § 357B.3

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

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1. Theboardoftrusteesmaypurchase,own,rent,ormaintainfireapparatusorequipment
within the state or outside the territorial jurisdiction and boundary limits of this state and
provide housing for such apparatus or equipment. The board of trustees may contract with
any public or private agency under chapter 28E for the purpose of providing fire protection
under this chapter. The board of trustees may levy an annual tax not exceeding forty and
one-halfcentsperthousanddollarsofassessedvalueforthepurposeofexercisingthepowers
granted in this section. The board of trustees may purchase material and employ persons to
provide for the maintenance and operation of the benefited fire district. The trustees shall
be allowed reimbursement for any necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties, but they shall not receive any other compensation for their services.
2. If the levy authorized under subsection 1 is insufficient to provide the services
authorized or required under this section, the trustees may levy an additional annual tax not
exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the taxable
property in the benefited district to provide the services.
3. Of the levies authorized under subsections 1 and 2, the trustees may credit to a reserve
account annually an amount not to exceed ten cents per thousand dollars of the assessed
value of the taxable property in the township for the purchase or replacement of supplies and
equipment required to carry out the services specified under this section. Notwithstanding
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section 12C.7, interest earned on moneys credited to the reserve account shall be credited to
the reserve account.

Legislative History

[C58, 62, 66, §357A.11; C71, 73, 75, §357B.11; C77, 79, 81, §357B.3]