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Levee and Drainage Districts and Improvements (Iowa Code: Title XI - Natural Resources; Chapter 468)

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
Iowa
Type du document
Législation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Législation de base Drainage/assèchement Collectivité locale Inondation
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

This chapter of the Iowa Code concerns levee and drainage districts and improvements. It provides that the board of supervisors of any county shall have jurisdiction, power, and authority at any regular, special, or adjourned session, to establish a drainage district or districts, and to locate and establish levees, and cause to be constructed as hereinafter provided any levee, ditch, drain, or watercourse, or settling basins in connection therewith, or to straighten, widen, deepen, or change any natural watercourse, in such county, whenever the same will be of public utility or conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare. The chapter further provides for federal flood control cooperation; interaction with state and local governments; board of county drainage administrators; county-city drainage district; dissolution of drainage or levee districts; merger of drainage or levee districts; intercounty drainage or levee districts; converting intracounty districts into intercounty district; drainage or levee districts embracing part or whole of city; highway drainage districts; drainage and levee districts with pumping stations; drainage districts in connection with the United States levees; interstate drainage districts; management of drainage or levee districts by trustees; financing; and individual drainage rights.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.legis.iowa.gov