357A.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Auditor” means the county auditor of a county in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized.
2. “Board” means the board of directors of a district, and “director” means a member of such board of directors.
3. “Department” means the department of natural resources.
4. “District” means a rural water district incorporated and organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
5. “Member” means an owner of real property which is located within a district, the tenant of the real property, or another person acting for the owner with the owner’s written consent.
6. “Participating member” means a member who has subscribed to and paid the established fee for at least one benefit unit in a district, in the manner provided by this chapter.
7. “Rural water association” or “association” means a rural water association organized and incorporated as a cooperative association under chapter 499 or as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 504.
8. “Supervisors” means the board of supervisors of a county, or the board of supervisors of an adjacent county, in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.1; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §62, 96]
91 Acts, ch 134, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1086, §1
Referred to in §16.151
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 357A - RURAL WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
Section 357A.2 - Petition — deposit — limitation.
Section 357A.3 - Hearing after filing with auditor.
Section 357A.6 - Findings — order.
Section 357A.7 - Meeting of members.
Section 357A.8 - Bylaws submitted at special meeting.
Section 357A.9 - Members divided into classes.
Section 357A.10 - Board meetings.
Section 357A.11 - Board’s powers and duties.
Section 357A.11A - Customer records.
Section 357A.12 - Plans, specifications, and procedures.
Section 357A.13 - Selling water.
Section 357A.14 - Attaching to district — inclusion of city — merger.
Section 357A.15 - Taxing prohibited — refunds.
Section 357A.16 - Detaching real property from district.
Section 357A.17 - Inactive district dissolved.
Section 357A.19 - Not exempt from other requirements.
Section 357A.20 - Alternate operation by nonprofit corporation.
Section 357A.21 - Annexation of land by a city — mediation — arbitration.
Section 357A.22 - Personal liability.
Section 357A.22A - Rural fire protection program — liability.
Section 357A.23 - City sewer and water franchise authorized.
Section 357A.24 - Detachment and attachment of areas between districts.