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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
486
BY
BARKER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
residency
requirements
for
individuals
1
holding
office
as
a
trustee
of
a
drainage
or
levee
district.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
468.506,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
bona
fide
owner
of
agricultural
land
in
the
election
3
district
for
which
the
trustee
is
elected,
and
a
resident
of
4
the
county
in
which
that
district
is
located
or
of
a
county
5
which
is
contiguous
to
or
corners
on
that
county
this
state
.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
468.506,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
7
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
c.
The
individual
must
be
a
resident
of
the
county
in
9
which
the
election
district
is
located
or
of
a
county
that
is
10
contiguous
to
or
corners
on
that
county
this
state
.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
BACKGROUND
——
DRAINAGE
OR
LEVEE
DISTRICTS.
This
bill
amends
15
a
provision
in
Iowa’s
drainage
and
levee
law
(Code
chapter
16
468),
which
provides
for
the
establishment
and
management
of
a
17
drainage
or
levee
district
(district)
to
construct
improvements
18
to
control
(i.e.,
divert
or
store)
any
accumulation
of
water
19
affecting
the
value
of
agricultural
or
other
land
located
in
20
the
district.
The
establishment
of
the
district
creates
a
21
number
of
rights
and
duties
of
persons
owning
land
within
the
22
district,
including
an
obligation
to
pay
an
assessment
(tax)
on
23
the
land
based
on
the
increased
value
of
the
land
benefiting
24
from
the
improvements.
25
BACKGROUND
——
BOARD
OF
TRUSTEES.
A
district
is
managed
by
a
26
governing
body
which
may
be
a
county’s
board
of
supervisors,
27
joint
boards
of
supervisors
governing
intercounty
districts,
28
or,
upon
a
petition
of
the
persons
owning
land
in
the
district,
29
a
board
of
trustees
elected
by
those
persons
(see
Code
section
30
468.3
and
Code
chapter
468,
subchapter
III).
If
a
district
31
is
not
located
within
the
limits
of
a
city,
and
the
land
is
32
consequentially
classified
as
agricultural,
a
trustee
must
meet
33
certain
eligibility
requirements.
The
trustee
must
either
be
34
an
individual
who
owns
agricultural
land
in
the
district
or
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an
individual
who
has
an
interest
in
a
business
entity
that
1
owns
agricultural
land
in
the
district
(e.g.,
a
partnership
2
or
family
farm
entity
described
in
Code
chapter
9H).
In
both
3
cases,
the
individual
must
reside
in
the
county
in
which
the
4
district
is
located
or
reside
in
a
county
which
is
contiguous
5
to
the
county,
or
corners
the
county,
where
the
district
is
6
located.
7
BILL’S
PROVISION.
The
bill
replaces
the
requirement
8
that,
in
order
to
hold
office
as
a
trustee
of
a
district,
9
an
individual
must
reside
in
a
county
where
the
district
is
10
located
or
a
neighboring
county,
with
a
requirement
that
the
11
individual
must
be
a
resident
in
this
state.
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