28J.17 Contracts, arrangements, and agreements.
1. a. A port authority may enter into a contract or other arrangement with a person, railroad, utility company, corporation, governmental agency including sewerage, drainage, conservation, conservancy, or other improvement districts in this or other states, or the governments or agencies of foreign countries as may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of the powers granted by this chapter. The port authority may purchase, lease, or acquire land or other property in any county of this state and in adjoining states for the accomplishment of authorized purposes of the port authority, or for the improvement of the harbor and port facilities over which the port authority may have jurisdiction including development of port facilities in adjoining states. The authority granted in this section to enter into contracts or other arrangements with the federal government includes the power to enter into any contracts, arrangements, or agreements that may be necessary to hold and save harmless the United States from damages due to the construction and maintenance by the United States of work the United States undertakes.
b. A political subdivision that has participated in the creation of a port authority, or is within, or adjacent to a political subdivision that is within the jurisdiction of a port authority, may enter into an agreement with the port authority to accomplish any of the authorized purposes of the port authority. The agreement may set forth the extent to which the port authority shall act as the agent of the political subdivision.
2. A port authority may enter into an agreement with a contracting governmental agency, whereby the port authority or the contracting governmental agency undertakes, and is authorized by the port authority or a contracting governmental agency, to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service, on behalf of the port authority or a contracting governmental agency, which the port authority or the contracting governmental agency is authorized to exercise, perform, or render.
2005 Acts, ch 150, §105
Referred to in §28J.1
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 28J - PORT AUTHORITIES
Section 28J.2 - Creation and powers of port authority.
Section 28J.3 - Appropriation and expenditure of public funds — dissolution.
Section 28J.4 - Joining an existing port authority.
Section 28J.5 - Membership of board of directors.
Section 28J.6 - Civil immunity of directors.
Section 28J.7 - Employees, advisory board, peace officers.
Section 28J.8 - Area of jurisdiction.
Section 28J.9 - Powers of port authority.
Section 28J.10 - Participation of private enterprise.
Section 28J.11 - Provisions do not affect other laws or powers.
Section 28J.12 - Conveyance, lease, or exchange of public property.
Section 28J.13 - Annual budget — use of rents and charges.
Section 28J.14 - Secretary to furnish bond — deposit and disbursement of funds.
Section 28J.15 - Limitation on certain powers of political subdivisions.
Section 28J.17 - Contracts, arrangements, and agreements.
Section 28J.18 - Revenue bonds are lawful investments.
Section 28J.19 - Property tax exemption.
Section 28J.21 - Issuance of revenue and refunding bonds and pledge orders.
Section 28J.22 - Bonds may be secured by trust agreement.
Section 28J.23 - Remedy of holder of bond or coupon — statute of limitations.
Section 28J.24 - Bonds are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for payment.
Section 28J.25 - Funds and property held in trust — use and deposit of funds.
Section 28J.26 - Investment of excess funds.
Section 28J.28 - Final actions to be recorded — annual report — confidentiality of information.