Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 480A - Public Utilities in Public Rights-of-Way

• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Local government: means a county, city, township, school district, or any special-purpose district or authority. See Iowa Code 480A.2
• Management costs: means the reasonable, direct, and fully documented costs a local government actually incurs to manage public rights-of-way. See Iowa Code 480A.2
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Public right-of-way: means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, bridge, cartway, bicycle lane, or public sidewalk in which the local government has an interest, including other dedicated rights-of-way for travel purposes and utility easements. See Iowa Code 480A.2
• Public utility: means a person owning or operating a facility used for furnishing natural gas by piped distribution system, electricity, communications services not including cable television systems, or water by piped distribution system, to the public for compensation. See Iowa Code 480A.2
• Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2