357A.12 Plans, specifications, and procedures.
1. As soon as reasonably possible after incorporation of a district, the board shall file with the supervisors and the department copies of the plans and specifications for, and estimates of the cost of, any improvements authorized by this chapter which the board proposes to construct or acquire. The board shall determine a reasonable fee which each member shall pay for the privilege of utilizing the district’s facilities, and which shall be known as a benefit unit. Benefit units may be classified. The board, by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, shall generally describe the planned improvements, the area to be served and the fee members will be required to pay for each service connected to the water system.
2. The procedures for competitive bidding specified in chapter 26 and for emergency repairs as specified in section 384.103, subsection 2, shall apply to construction carried out pursuant to this chapter.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.12; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §64, 96]
91 Acts, ch 134, §11; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §34, 42, 43; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
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.