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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
258
BY
ZABNER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
regional
transit
districts.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
28M.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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1.
A
county
with
a
population
in
excess
of
one
hundred
3
seventy-five
fifty
thousand
and
participating
cities
may
4
create,
by
chapter
28E
agreement,
a
regional
transit
district
5
in
the
county
pursuant
to
this
chapter
.
Two
or
more
contiguous
6
counties
and
participating
cities
may
create,
by
chapter
7
28E
agreement,
a
regional
transit
district
pursuant
to
this
8
chapter
if
one
of
the
counties
has
a
population
in
excess
of
9
one
hundred
seventy-five
fifty
thousand.
A
district
shall
10
consist
of
the
unincorporated
area
of
any
participating
county
11
and
the
incorporated
area
of
any
city
in
the
county
that
does
12
not
have
an
urban
transit
system.
However,
a
city
without
an
13
urban
transit
system
may
decline,
by
resolution
forwarded
to
14
the
board
of
supervisors,
to
participate
in
a
regional
transit
15
district.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
A
regional
transit
district
is
a
public
transit
district
20
created
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
28E
by
one
or
more
counties
21
and
participating
cities
to
provide
support
for
transportation
22
of
passengers
by
one
or
more
public
transit
systems
that
may
23
be
designated
as
a
public
transit
system
under
Code
chapter
24
324A.
Under
current
law,
a
regional
transit
district
can
be
25
created
by
one
or
more
counties
if
at
least
one
of
the
counties
26
has
a
population
in
excess
of
175,000
and
participating
cities
27
through
a
Code
chapter
28E
agreement.
This
bill
lowers
the
28
county
population
threshold
to
150,000
to
be
able
to
create
a
29
regional
transit
district
with
participating
cities.
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