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BY
EVANS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
designating
certain
county
flood
mitigation
activities
1
as
an
essential
county
purpose.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.441,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraph
(20),
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(20)
The
construction,
reconstruction,
and
improvement
3
of
all
waterways,
and
real
and
personal
property,
useful
4
for
the
protection
or
reclamation
of
property
from
floods
5
or
high
waters,
and
for
the
protection
of
property
from
the
6
effects
of
flood
waters
floodwaters
,
including
reconnection
7
of
floodplains,
wetland
and
oxbow
lake
restoration,
the
8
deepening,
widening,
alteration,
change,
diversion,
or
other
9
improvement
of
watercourses,
the
construction
of
levees,
10
embankments,
structures,
impounding
reservoirs,
pumping
11
stations
or
conduits,
and
the
establishment,
improvement,
and
12
widening
of
streets,
avenues,
boulevards,
and
alleys
across
13
and
adjacent
to
the
project,
as
well
as
the
development
and
14
beautification
of
the
banks
and
other
areas
adjacent
to
flood
15
control
improvements.
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
This
bill
amends
the
portion
of
the
definition
of
“essential
20
county
purpose”
relating
to
the
protection
of
property
from
21
floodwaters
to
include
the
reconnection
of
floodplains
and
22
wetland
and
oxbow
lake
restoration.
23
Under
Code
chapter
331,
a
county
board
of
supervisors
may
24
generally
contract
indebtedness
and
approve
the
issuance
of
25
general
obligation
bonds
to
carry
out
an
essential
county
26
purpose
without
approval
by
voters
at
an
election,
while
the
27
issuance
of
general
obligation
bonds
to
carry
out
a
general
28
county
purpose
generally
requires
approval
by
voters
at
an
29
election.
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