Bill Text: IA SF147 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the delivery of a written communication by a drainage or levee district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF147 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SF147-Introduced.html
Senate File 147 - Introduced SENATE FILE 147 BY KIBBIE A BILL FOR An Act providing for the delivery of a written communication by 1 a drainage or levee district. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2055SS (3) 84 da/sc
S.F. 147 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 468.221 Written communication 1 delivered to the state or a local government. 2 1. This section applies whenever a board or county officer 3 acting under this chapter is required to deliver a written 4 communication to a state agency or local government. The 5 written communication includes but is not limited to a notice, 6 service of process, demand, statement, or a report. 7 2. The board or county officer may deliver the written 8 communication to any of the following: 9 a. For delivery to a state agency, to the administrative 10 head of the state agency or its governing body. The written 11 communication may also be delivered to a person designated by 12 the administrative head of the state agency or its governing 13 body. The written communication may be delivered to the 14 executive council if the administrative head of the state 15 government or its governing body cannot be determined. 16 b. For delivery to a local government, to the governing body 17 of the local government. The written communication may also 18 be delivered to a person designated by the governing body. As 19 used in this paragraph, “local government” includes a county, 20 city, township, or any special purpose district or authority. 21 EXPLANATION 22 RECOMMENDATION. This bill is based on a recommendation of 23 the levee and drainage district law study committee which met 24 in 2010. 25 LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS. The bill addresses levee and 26 drainage districts organized under Code chapter 468 and which 27 authorizes the removal of excess precipitation accumulating 28 on land and protecting land from surface water flooding. A 29 district is managed by a “board” which is the county board of 30 supervisors for a district established in one county, the joint 31 boards of supervisors in a district which crosses county lines 32 (intercounty districts), or by the district’s landowners acting 33 through an elected board of trustees (Code Section 468.3(2)). 34 DELIVERY OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. The bill applies when 35 -1- LSB 2055SS (3) 84 da/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 147 a board or county officer is required to deliver a written 1 communication to a state agency or local government. Under 2 the bill, the written communication may be delivered to the 3 administrative head of the agency or its governing body or to 4 a person designated by the administrative head or governing 5 body or alternatively to the executive council. The bill also 6 provides that written communication may be delivered to the 7 local government’s governing body or to a person designated by 8 the governing body. 9 -2- LSB 2055SS (3) 84 da/sc 2/ 2
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