Iowa Code 307.45 – State-owned lands — assessment
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1. Cities and counties may assess the cost of a public improvement against the state when the improvement benefits property owned by the state and under the jurisdiction and control of the department. The director shall pay from the primary road fund the portion of the cost of the improvement which would be legally assessable against the land if privately owned.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 307.45
- Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 321H.2
- Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 307.1
- Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 321I.1
- Director: means the director of transportation or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 307.1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- road: include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" "common road" and "state road". See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. Assessments against property under the jurisdiction of the department shall be made in the same manner as those made against private property, except that the city or county making the assessment shall cause a copy of the public notice of hearing to be mailed to the director by certified mail.
3. Assessments against property owned by the state and not under the jurisdiction and control of the department shall be made in the same manner as those made against private property and payment shall be subject to authorization by the executive council. There is appropriated from moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated an amount necessary to pay the expense authorized by the executive council.