Iowa Code
Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Section 359.17 - Trustees — duties — meetings.

359.17 Trustees — duties — meetings.
1. The board of township trustees in each township shall consist of three registered voters of the township. However, in townships with a taxable valuation for property tax purposes of two hundred fifty million dollars or more, the board of township trustees shall consist of five registered voters of the township. The trustees shall act as fence viewers as provided in chapter 359A and shall perform other duties assigned them by law. The board of trustees shall meet not less than two times a year. At least one of the meetings shall be scheduled to meet the requirements of section 359.49.
2. A board of township trustees shall give prior notice of a meeting to discuss, deliberate, or act upon a matter relating to the budget or a tax levy of the township or relating to the trustees’ duty to provide fire protection service and, if provided, emergency medical service, pursuant to section 359.42. The trustees shall give notice of such meeting at least twenty-four hours preceding the commencement of the meeting. The notice shall state the time, date, and place of the meeting and the proposed agenda. The notice shall be provided to the county auditor who shall post the notice in an area of the courthouse where notices to the public are commonly posted.
[C51, §221, 224; R60, §443, 446; C73, §389, 393, 969; C97, §574, 1074, 1538; S13, §1074, 1528; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5543; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.17]
2000 Acts, ch 1113, §1, 3, 4; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §22; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §30; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §102, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 139, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 132, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1081, §1

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Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Chapter 359 - TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

Section 359.1 - Definitions.

Section 359.2 - Division authorized.

Section 359.3 - Boundaries conterminous with city.

Section 359.4 - Record.

Section 359.5 - Divisions where city included.

Section 359.6 - Petition — remonstrance.

Section 359.7 - Notice.

Section 359.8 - Division — effect.

Section 359.9 - Restoration to former township.

Section 359.10 - New township — first election.

Section 359.11 - Officers to be elected.

Section 359.12 - Order for election.

Section 359.13 - Service and return.

Section 359.14 - Changing name — petition — notice.

Section 359.15 - Hearing — order.

Section 359.16 - Petition dismissed.

Section 359.17 - Trustees — duties — meetings.

Section 359.18 - County attorney as counsel.

Section 359.19 - Employment of counsel.

Section 359.20 - Clerk to keep record.

Section 359.21 - Receipt and custody of funds.

Section 359.23 - Receipts and expenditures — annual statement.

Section 359.24 - Clerk and trustees abolished.

Section 359.25 - Clerk and council to act.

Section 359.26 - Transfer of funds.

Section 359.27 - Payment of funds.

Section 359.28 - Condemnation.

Section 359.29 - Gifts and donations.

Section 359.30 - Cemetery and park tax.

Section 359.31 - Power and control.

Section 359.32 - Sale of lots — gifts.

Section 359.33 - Tax for nonowned cemetery.

Section 359.34 - Scope of levy.

Section 359.35 - Cemetery funds — use.

Section 359.36 - Joint boards.

Section 359.37 - Regulations.

Section 359.38 - Watchpersons appointed.

Section 359.39 - Ex officio police officers.

Section 359.40 - Cemeteries — plats — records.

Section 359.41 - Conveyance of lots.

Section 359.42 - Township fire protection service, emergency warning system, and emergency medical service.

Section 359.43 - Tax levy — supplemental levy — districts.

Section 359.45 - Anticipatory bonds.

Section 359.46 - Compensation of township trustees.

Section 359.47 - Compensation of township clerk.

Section 359.49 - Township budget.

Section 359.50 - Budget amendment.

Section 359.51 - Separate accounts.

Section 359.52 - Disposal of property.