Iowa § 357E.2 Incorporation

Iowa Statutes

§ 357E.2 — Incorporation

Iowa § 357E.2

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 357ERECREATIONAL LAKE AND WATER QUALITY DISTRICTS

This text of Iowa § 357E.2 (Incorporation) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Iowa Code § 357E.2 (2026).

Text

1.If an area of contiguous territory is situated so that the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, equipping, maintenance, and operation of recreation facilities for the residents of the territory will be conducive to the public health, comfort, convenience, water quality, or welfare, the area may be incorporated as a benefited recreational lake district as set forth in this chapter. The land to be included in a district must be contiguous to the recreational lake or to other residential, agricultural, or commercial property which is contiguous to the recreational lake.

2.If an area of contiguous territory is situated so that the performance of water quality activities, including the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, equip

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

1. If an area of contiguous territory is situated so that the acquisition, construction,
reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, equipping, maintenance, and operation of
recreation facilities for the residents of the territory will be conducive to the public health,
comfort, convenience, water quality, or welfare, the area may be incorporated as a benefited
recreational lake district as set forth in this chapter. The land to be included in a district must
be contiguous to the recreational lake or to other residential, agricultural, or commercial
property which is contiguous to the recreational lake.
2. If an area of contiguous territory is situated so that the performance of water
quality activities, including the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement,
improvement, equipping, maintenance, and operation of water quality facilities for the
residents of the district will be conducive to the public health, comfort, convenience, water
quality, or welfare, the area may be incorporated as a water quality district as provided in
this chapter. The land to be included in a district must be contiguous to a stream, river, or
lake, or to other property which, except for a public road or other public land, is contiguous
§357E.2, RECREATIONAL LAKE AND WATER QUALITY DISTRICTS 2
to a stream, river, or lake. However, a water quality district shall not be established on open
ditches or streams maintained by drainage districts or on streams or rivers where levees are
maintained by levee or drainage districts. If a reach of a stream or river in a water quality
district later becomes a drainage district facility or becomes levied by a drainage or levee
district, the stream or river reach shall be removed from the jurisdiction of the water quality
district and the adjacent parcels shall be removed from the water quality district.
3. If an area of contiguous territory is situated so that the specifications of subsections 1
and 2 are met, the area may be incorporated as a combined recreational facility and water
quality district as provided in this chapter. If the trustees of a benefited recreational lake
district wish to form a combined district or the trustees of a water quality district wish to form
a combined district, the trustees may join with the petition required by section 357E.3 to the
board of supervisors to proceed with the establishment of a combined district after following
the same procedures as provided in this chapter for establishing a separate district.