§ 373.11 — Service delivery

Iowa § 373.11

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 373: CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS

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1. The charter of consolidation shall provide for the transfer into the metropolitan
consolidated corporation of areawide services which had been provided by other boards,

commissions, and local governments. The metropolitan council shall have the authority
to determine the boundaries of the service areas, except that formation of a consolidated
metropolitan corporation shall not affect the assignment of electric utility service territories
pursuant to chapter 476, and shall not affect the rights of a city to grant a franchise under
chapter 364.
a. For each service provided by the consolidated metropolitan corporation, the
consolidated metropolitan corporation shall assume the same statutory rights, powers, and
duties, except taxing authority, relating to the provision of such service as if the member
city were itself providing the service to its citizens. However, the consolidated metropolitan
corporation shall not assume any of the governmental functions of its member cities except
as the functions relate to the delivery of services and except as provided in section 373.8.
b. If a service is being provided by the consolidated metropolitan corporation to any
member city that member city shall not invoke any statutory right, power, or duty relating to
the delivery of the service to its citizens.
2. A member city may apply to the metropolitan council for the purchase of any
service which is being provided by the consolidated metropolitan corporation to any other
member city, including the home city of the consolidated metropolitan corporation. Such an
agreement to provide services shall be executed pursuant to chapter 28E and must contain
provisions necessary for the lawful execution of the agreement.