Iowa Code 388.5 – Control of tax revenues
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1. A utility board shall control tax revenues allocated to the city utility, city utilities, or combined utility system it administers and all moneys derived from the operation of the city utility, city utilities, or combined utility system, the sale of utility property, interest on investments, or from any other source related to the city utility, city utilities, or combined utility system.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 388.5
- board: means a board of trustees established to operate a city utility, city utilities, or a combined utility system. See Iowa Code 388.1
- City utility: means all or part of a waterworks, gasworks, sanitary sewage system, storm water drainage system, electric light and power plant and system, heating plant, cable communication or television system, telephone or telecommunications systems or services offered separately or combined with any system or service specified in this subsection or authorized by other law, any of which are owned by a city, including all land, easements, rights-of-way, fixtures, equipment, accessories, improvements, appurtenances, and other property necessary or useful for the operation of the utility. See Iowa Code 362.2
- Combined utility system: means the same as defined in section 384. See Iowa Code 388.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. All city utility moneys received must be held in a separate utility fund, with a separate account or accounts for each city utility or combined utility system. If a board administers a municipal utility or combined utility system, moneys may be paid out of that utility account only at the direction of the board.