§ 468.209 — Entry of order — effect

Iowa § 468.209

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 468: LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS

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1. If the board, after consideration of the subject matter, including all objections filed to
theadoptionoftheplanandallclaimsfordamages,shallfindthatthedistrictwillbebenefited
by adoption of the plan or the purposes for which the district was established is furthered by
the plan, the board shall enter an order approving and adopting the final plan. The order
shall have the effect of:
a. Altering the boundaries of the district to conform to the changes effected by the plan
adopted.
b. Canceling all existing awards for damages for property not appropriated for
right-of-way or construction and rendered unnecessary by the plan so adopted.
c. Canceling all awards previously made for damages other than for right-of-way or
construction but reinstating the claims for such damages which said claims may be amended
by the claimants within ten days thereafter.
d. Canceling all unpaid assessments for benefits on lands excluded from the district by
adoption of the plan. The assessments so canceled shall become part of the costs of the
improvement.
e. Establishing as benefited thereby the lands added to the district by adoption of the plan
and rendering same subject to classification and assessment.
2. Whenever a plan has been adopted as contemplated by this section, modification and
changes can be made therein without further notice or hearing, provided the same do not
increase or decrease the estimated cost of the plan to the district by more than twenty-five
percent.

Legislative History

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §455.209; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.210]