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<br />,., <br />ootits <br /> <br />Special Purpose Districts <br /> <br />1. Levee and Drainage Districts <br /> <br />.-!uthoriIY- L{'\('(" and dr:unage ulstrkls may he <br />!'ur!TI\'d III (Ollstru":lllnpru\'Cmenls fur the dramage <br />01 \urfa~'e WJler~ UI th... pwtO;'diu" \)1 land lrom <br />merllo\.\ In (olllorTllll} "Hh an o(fklal plan filed <br />wilh tho: ,:oun'y Judit,)f and approved by the <br />(lIun!} hoard of ~lIr...rVI"llf\_ Dl~lrl'ts may be l,)fm- <br />cd by pellllon with nOli":,' and hearmg [hereon Of <br />by mutual dgreemcnl. r\urhofllt'd impruH'menls <br />mdud,' the ,:ol1slrUdinl\ uf h'\e'e". bank pro!e":lJlln <br />stru.:tures. dll.:hes. drallls. or W;IlCh.',lur~s llf set. <br />tllng ha'1I1' 1rI ..:onne":llll11lherewllh. ur Ihl' str:ug.hl- <br />emng. widenlllg. l.kepl."nlllg IlT dlang1l1g of any <br />nalural waltr,,:ouls(' Sub-dramagl' dlslrldS ma) be <br />cs1Jbhsh...d IU pm ae-'C,S to the prindpal dll..:h \IT <br />waler,'OlHM:. Rclal,'J ~Iatule~ aulhoflle formation <br />of Jralna!!~' Jlstl1d~ fur ~pe.:ifi,,; ~ituall()ns-highway <br />drama!!.. JI~lflch. Inler-county and 1I1ler~tate dis- <br />1rld~. dl~lrid. wllh pumping ~tatlum. elc. <br /> <br />O,xol/i;olio"- In lhe JI!otriCl formed by pellliun. <br />Ih... ,,;,mnty I'''lard appOlnh all engUlf'er and other <br />f'll1ployee~ nreJed hl prepiU,' all englllel'ring report <br />and plan~_ It rhe b\lJrd find~ that the IlllprO\'ement <br />will malerlally benefit Im:luded lands and will be <br />conduci\'e to the public health. con\"Cnience. wd- <br />fale. benefit or utility, it appoints thr,'e appral~ers <br />10 a~M'~S damages. If the bwrd finds that the l'O.t <br />and <'\pense is nol e\.eSSlVt'. It finally lo.:ates <br />and e~IJbll~hes the UIStflCl and Imprmen"ll'nL <br />Thereafter. Ihree commis~i()ncr. are appnlnted to <br />assess benefits and claSSify lands affedl'd by' Ihe <br />Improvemenl. <br />In mutual agreement distllCb, J o:opy of Ihe u. <br />nanimou~ agreement of all owner. of affeO:led land. <br />is I1led with the ('Ounty auditor and Ihe dhtrictls <br />II}('ail~d and established by the board. The board <br />Ihereafter carries out the purpo>t' of lhe agreenwnL <br />0:0l1stru..11IIg tmprovements and Iev)'lIIg dtJlI1age <br />ta\e~ and a~se~~menls a~ III pelitlOn dl~lrlo:h. <br />Any levre or drainage dlStrl..1 III which the ori. <br />glllal con!itruction ha~ been wmpleted and pall.! <br />for may be plal'ed (petition of majorllY of land. <br />l)Wnus) under the ..-ontrol and management of J <br />three.man bO.3rd of trustees eleo:ted by I'wners of <br />land in the district. <br /> <br />ProgramJ and AC'lil'ities- There have been literally <br />thousand~ of dramage distrl..IS established m Iowa. <br />puncipally 111 lhe central and nOlth.central part of <br />the ~tate. One counly reportedly has more than <br />350 drall1Jgc dlstll\:ts. A great many of thes<' di~. <br /> <br />!riclS ha...c heen completcly Ina..tive since comple. <br />tion of Ihe onglnal o:onstruction; others have main, <br />tained continuing pro!!rams. There pres.clllly is no <br />state a!!en..y 10 regulate. .:oordinat,'. Of reO:OId <br />a':Il\'111esofdrainagl'di!ilricts. <br /> <br />2. Soil Conservation Districts <br /> <br />AUlhorilY- S11l0:e enaO:lmenl 01 enabling leglslalion <br />1I1 1939. Soil (('lISen'Jlmn Dl>ukts have beell Ilr- <br />ganiled in each of lowa's qq wunties Itwo districts <br />formed 1I1 Poltawallarnie County. I by rekrendum <br />vote of lanuu.... ners. 1111.' di."ict~ haw the usual <br />authority 10 make ~u"'ey~ and m'il'~(igations. de- <br />wlop plans. o:any OUI control me am res, Jnd coop- <br />aale With landowners for conSl'r'<ation of rotl ;lI1d <br />waler resouro:es. ParuO:lpatiU!l In programs of the <br />dbtrtcts is enlLrely \'oluntary a~ Ihe districts have <br />no aUlholll\' 10 enfor..e land u~e regulalions, <br />In 1955 the legislature authortled lhe establish. <br />ment of subdistricts. the boundaries of whlr:h fol. <br />low those of the watershed In which il is loo:ated. <br />The subdistrict IS gO\'erned by the commissioners <br />of the soil conservation districts illvolved wilh the <br />:lId uf three tnmees living withm the ~ubdlstricl. <br /> <br />lJrgGni:.tJIion-1be districts are /i:o\'emed b~' fin" mm- <br />missioners ek"Cted for six-year o...erlappit'l/i: tt'nns b~' the <br />landu....T1ers and fann operaturs of thE' district. The dis. <br />tril:ts receive adrninistrati\'e guidance from the Statf" <br />Soil Conservation Committee and the U.S. Soil Conser- <br />vation Senict" assiJomS a .....ork unil cnnSt"n'atinnisl and <br />tedmicians to assist In dl"veJopinJo': fann plans and woup <br />effort. The numbt-r of commissioners on the Jo':oveming <br />board of each district has been ,ha!l/i:N from thrE'e to <br />five b~' thl;'" ..\cIS of 1967 (63 G.A.) ,h. 263 (I.C.A. sec. <br />467A.6). <br /> <br />Progrom~ and ..tClil'ili('S- Water manJgement pra..:- <br />IIl-e~ arc inslatlt'd to cunserve soil and waler re- <br />sources through de...e1opmenl and Implementation <br />of o:omplete soil and water o:ollscn'alion farm plall~. <br />includmg sud! nel-ded conse,,'aIlOIl practices as <br />~ound clOp lulallon. contouring. leHacing. water- <br />.....a)"s. ponds. structures. and lllc draln!i. <br />The State provides finan':lal JSSiSlana 10 dls- <br />IflCI~ through blenlllalappropllJtlOns admllllstered <br />by the State Soil Clln~rvatlun (ommlltee to pay <br />Ihe admllllstralive. personnel and equipment co~ts <br />of the dlSlu,'IS. Also, a quarter-mill tax mJY be- <br />leVIed by the (ounty Board of Supervisors ~1I1 all <br />agnculwrallands wllhin the ,'ounty to be used by <br />Ihe districts for the lTIainlt'nano:e of projects on <br />land under the ..ontrol or Jumdiction of the <br />county. <br /> <br />,. <br />