Iowa Code 390.1 – Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Acquisition” of a joint facility includes the purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, extension, remodeling, improvement, repair, and equipping of the joint facility.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 390.1
- City: means a municipal corporation, but not including a county, township, school district, or special purpose district or authority. See Iowa Code 390.1
- 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
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Electric cooperative: means a cooperative association which owns and operates property for generating, purchasing, obtaining by exchange or otherwise acquiring, or transmitting electric power and energy. See Iowa Code 390.1
- Joint agreement: means an agreement of participants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Iowa Code 390.1
- Joint facility: means all property necessary or useful for generating, purchasing, obtaining by exchange or otherwise acquiring, or transmitting electric power and energy, which is owned and operated pursuant to a joint agreement. See Iowa Code 390.1
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- property: includes personal and real property. 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. “City” means a municipal corporation, but not including a county, township, school district, or special purpose district or authority.
3. “City utility” has the same meaning provided in section 362.2, subsection 6, and includes a “combined utility system”, as defined in section 384.80, which operates facilities for the generation or transmission of electric energy.
4. “Electric cooperative” means a cooperative association which owns and operates property for generating, purchasing, obtaining by exchange or otherwise acquiring, or transmitting electric power and energy.
5. “Governing body” means the public body which by law is charged with the management and control of a city utility as defined in section 384.80, subsection 5.
6. “Joint agreement” means an agreement of participants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A joint agreement may be one or more documents, and may be entitled joint agreement, agreement, contract, or otherwise.
7. “Joint facility” means all property necessary or useful for generating, purchasing, obtaining by exchange or otherwise acquiring, or transmitting electric power and energy, which is owned and operated pursuant to a joint agreement.
8. “Or” includes the conjunctive “and” and “and” includes the disjunctive “or”, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
9. “Own” and “ownership” in the case of transmission facilities, including substations and associated facilities, may include the right to the use of an amount of the capacity of the facilities, if the joint agreement so provides. “Own” and “ownership” may include a joint facility located in this state or outside this state.
10. “Participant” means a city, electric cooperative, or privately owned utility company, which is a party to a joint agreement.