Iowa § 390.1 Definitions

Iowa Statutes

§ 390.1 — Definitions

Iowa § 390.1

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 390JOINT ELECTRICAL UTILITIES

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Iowa Code § 390.1 (2026).

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.“Acquisition” of a joint facility includes the purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, extension, remodeling, improvement, repair, and equipping of the joint facility.

2.“City” means a municipal corporation, but not including a county, township, school district, or special purpose district or authority.

3.“Cityutility”hasthesamemeaningprovidedinsection362.2,subsection6,andincludes a “combined utility system”, as defined in section 384.80, which operates facilities for the generation or transmission of electric energy.

4.“Electric cooperative” means a cooperative association which owns and operates property for generating, purchasing, obtaining by exchange or otherwise acquiring, or transmitting electric power and

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Acquisition” of a joint facility includes the purchase, lease, construction,
reconstruction, extension, remodeling, improvement, repair, and equipping of the joint
facility.
2. “City” means a municipal corporation, but not including a county, township, school
district, or special purpose district or authority.
3. “Cityutility”hasthesamemeaningprovidedinsection362.2,subsection6,andincludes
a “combined utility system”, as defined in section 384.80, which operates facilities for the
generation or transmission of electric energy.
4. “Electric cooperative” means a cooperative association which owns and operates
property for generating, purchasing, obtaining by exchange or otherwise acquiring, or
transmitting electric power and energy.
5. “Governingbody”meansthepublicbodywhichbylawischargedwiththemanagement
and control of a city utility as defined in section 384.80, subsection 5.
6. “Joint agreement” means an agreement of participants pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter. A joint agreement may be one or more documents, and may be entitled joint
agreement, agreement, contract, or otherwise.
7. “Joint facility” means all property necessary or useful for generating, purchasing,
obtaining by exchange or otherwise acquiring, or transmitting electric power and energy,
which is owned and operated pursuant to a joint agreement.

8. “Or” includes the conjunctive “and” and “and” includes the disjunctive “or”, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
9. “Own” and “ownership” in the case of transmission facilities, including substations and
associated facilities, may include the right to the use of an amount of the capacity of the
facilities, if the joint agreement so provides. “Own” and “ownership” may include a joint
facility located in this state or outside this state.
10. “Participant” means a city, electric cooperative, or privately owned utility company,
which is a party to a joint agreement.