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        28J.1  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Authorized purposes" means an activity that enhances,
      fosters, aids, provides, or promotes transportation, economic
      development, housing, recreation, education, governmental operations,
      culture, or research within the jurisdiction of a port authority.
         2.  "Board" means the board of directors of a port authority
      established pursuant to section 28J.2.
         3.  "City" means the same as defined in section 362.2.
         4.  "Construction" means alteration, creation, development,
      enlargement, erection, improvement, installation, reconstruction,
      remodeling, and renovation.
         5.  "Contracting governmental agency" means any governmental
      agency or taxing district of the state that, by action of its
      legislative authority, enters into an agreement with a port authority
      pursuant to section 28J.17.
         6.  "Cost" as applied to a port authority facility means any
      of the following:
         a.  The cost of construction contracts, land, rights-of-way,
      property rights, easements, franchise rights, and interests required
      for acquisition or construction.
         b.  The cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or
      structures on land, including the cost of acquiring any lands to
      which those buildings or structures may be moved.
         c.  The cost of diverting a highway, interchange of a highway,
      and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or
      easements, and relocation of a facility of a utility company or
      common carrier.
         d.  The cost of machinery, furnishings, equipment, financing
      charges, interest prior to and during construction and for no more
      than twelve months after completion of construction, engineering, and
      expenses of research and development with respect to a facility.
         e.  Legal and administrative expenses, plans, specifications,
      surveys, studies, estimates of cost and revenues, engineering
      services, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the
      feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing a
      facility.
         f.  The interest upon the revenue bonds and pledge orders
      during the period or estimated period of construction and for twelve
      months thereafter, or for twelve months after the acquisition date,
      reserve funds as the port authority deems advisable in connection
      with a facility and the issuance of port authority revenue bonds and
      pledge orders.
         g.  The costs of issuance of port authority revenue bonds and
      pledge orders.
         h.  The cost of diverting a rail line, rail spur track, or
      rail spur track switch, including the cost of land or easements, and
      relocation of a facility of a utility company or common carrier.
         i.  The cost of relocating an airport's runways, terminals,
      and related facilities including the cost of land or easements, and
      relocation of a facility of a utility company or common carrier.
         7.  "Facility" or "port authority facility" means real or
      personal property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled or financed
      by a port authority and related to or in furtherance of one or more
      authorized purposes.
         8.  "Governmental agency" means a department, division, or
      other unit of state government of this state or any other state,
      city, county, township, or other governmental subdivision, or any
      other public corporation or agency created under the laws of this
      state, any other state, the United States, or any department or
      agency thereof, or any agency, commission, or authority established
      pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement or combination
      thereof.
         9.  "Person" means the same as defined in section 4.1.
         10.  "Pledge order" means a promise to pay out of the net
      revenues of a port authority, which is delivered to a contractor or
      other person in payment of all or part of the cost of a facility.
         11.  "Political subdivision" means a city, county, city-county
      consolidation, or multicounty consolidation, or combination thereof.

         12.  "Political subdivisions comprising the port authority"
      means the political subdivisions which created or participated in the
      creation of the port authority under section 28J.2, or which joined
      an existing port authority under section 28J.4.
         13.  "Port authority" means an entity created pursuant to
      section 28J.2.
         14.  "Port authority revenue bonds" means revenue bonds and
      revenue refunding bonds issued pursuant to section 28J.21.
         15.  "Public roads" means all public highways, roads, and
      streets in this state, whether maintained by the state or by a county
      or city.
         16.  "Revenues" means rental fees and other charges received
      by a port authority for the use or services of a facility, a gift or
      grant received with respect to a facility, moneys received with
      respect to the lease, sublease, sale, including installment sale or
      conditional sale, or other disposition of a facility, moneys received
      in repayment of and for interest on any loans made by the port
      authority to a person or governmental agency, proceeds of port
      authority revenue bonds for payment of principal, premium, or
      interest on the bonds authorized by the port authority, proceeds from
      any insurance, condemnation, or guarantee pertaining to the financing
      of the facility, and income and profit from the investment of the
      proceeds of port authority revenue bonds or of any revenues.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 150, §89

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-1 > Subtitle-10 > Chapter-28j > 28j-1



        28J.1  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Authorized purposes" means an activity that enhances,
      fosters, aids, provides, or promotes transportation, economic
      development, housing, recreation, education, governmental operations,
      culture, or research within the jurisdiction of a port authority.
         2.  "Board" means the board of directors of a port authority
      established pursuant to section 28J.2.
         3.  "City" means the same as defined in section 362.2.
         4.  "Construction" means alteration, creation, development,
      enlargement, erection, improvement, installation, reconstruction,
      remodeling, and renovation.
         5.  "Contracting governmental agency" means any governmental
      agency or taxing district of the state that, by action of its
      legislative authority, enters into an agreement with a port authority
      pursuant to section 28J.17.
         6.  "Cost" as applied to a port authority facility means any
      of the following:
         a.  The cost of construction contracts, land, rights-of-way,
      property rights, easements, franchise rights, and interests required
      for acquisition or construction.
         b.  The cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or
      structures on land, including the cost of acquiring any lands to
      which those buildings or structures may be moved.
         c.  The cost of diverting a highway, interchange of a highway,
      and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or
      easements, and relocation of a facility of a utility company or
      common carrier.
         d.  The cost of machinery, furnishings, equipment, financing
      charges, interest prior to and during construction and for no more
      than twelve months after completion of construction, engineering, and
      expenses of research and development with respect to a facility.
         e.  Legal and administrative expenses, plans, specifications,
      surveys, studies, estimates of cost and revenues, engineering
      services, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the
      feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing a
      facility.
         f.  The interest upon the revenue bonds and pledge orders
      during the period or estimated period of construction and for twelve
      months thereafter, or for twelve months after the acquisition date,
      reserve funds as the port authority deems advisable in connection
      with a facility and the issuance of port authority revenue bonds and
      pledge orders.
         g.  The costs of issuance of port authority revenue bonds and
      pledge orders.
         h.  The cost of diverting a rail line, rail spur track, or
      rail spur track switch, including the cost of land or easements, and
      relocation of a facility of a utility company or common carrier.
         i.  The cost of relocating an airport's runways, terminals,
      and related facilities including the cost of land or easements, and
      relocation of a facility of a utility company or common carrier.
         7.  "Facility" or "port authority facility" means real or
      personal property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled or financed
      by a port authority and related to or in furtherance of one or more
      authorized purposes.
         8.  "Governmental agency" means a department, division, or
      other unit of state government of this state or any other state,
      city, county, township, or other governmental subdivision, or any
      other public corporation or agency created under the laws of this
      state, any other state, the United States, or any department or
      agency thereof, or any agency, commission, or authority established
      pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement or combination
      thereof.
         9.  "Person" means the same as defined in section 4.1.
         10.  "Pledge order" means a promise to pay out of the net
      revenues of a port authority, which is delivered to a contractor or
      other person in payment of all or part of the cost of a facility.
         11.  "Political subdivision" means a city, county, city-county
      consolidation, or multicounty consolidation, or combination thereof.

         12.  "Political subdivisions comprising the port authority"
      means the political subdivisions which created or participated in the
      creation of the port authority under section 28J.2, or which joined
      an existing port authority under section 28J.4.
         13.  "Port authority" means an entity created pursuant to
      section 28J.2.
         14.  "Port authority revenue bonds" means revenue bonds and
      revenue refunding bonds issued pursuant to section 28J.21.
         15.  "Public roads" means all public highways, roads, and
      streets in this state, whether maintained by the state or by a county
      or city.
         16.  "Revenues" means rental fees and other charges received
      by a port authority for the use or services of a facility, a gift or
      grant received with respect to a facility, moneys received with
      respect to the lease, sublease, sale, including installment sale or
      conditional sale, or other disposition of a facility, moneys received
      in repayment of and for interest on any loans made by the port
      authority to a person or governmental agency, proceeds of port
      authority revenue bonds for payment of principal, premium, or
      interest on the bonds authorized by the port authority, proceeds from
      any insurance, condemnation, or guarantee pertaining to the financing
      of the facility, and income and profit from the investment of the
      proceeds of port authority revenue bonds or of any revenues.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 150, §89

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-1 > Subtitle-10 > Chapter-28j > 28j-1



        28J.1  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Authorized purposes" means an activity that enhances,
      fosters, aids, provides, or promotes transportation, economic
      development, housing, recreation, education, governmental operations,
      culture, or research within the jurisdiction of a port authority.
         2.  "Board" means the board of directors of a port authority
      established pursuant to section 28J.2.
         3.  "City" means the same as defined in section 362.2.
         4.  "Construction" means alteration, creation, development,
      enlargement, erection, improvement, installation, reconstruction,
      remodeling, and renovation.
         5.  "Contracting governmental agency" means any governmental
      agency or taxing district of the state that, by action of its
      legislative authority, enters into an agreement with a port authority
      pursuant to section 28J.17.
         6.  "Cost" as applied to a port authority facility means any
      of the following:
         a.  The cost of construction contracts, land, rights-of-way,
      property rights, easements, franchise rights, and interests required
      for acquisition or construction.
         b.  The cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or
      structures on land, including the cost of acquiring any lands to
      which those buildings or structures may be moved.
         c.  The cost of diverting a highway, interchange of a highway,
      and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or
      easements, and relocation of a facility of a utility company or
      common carrier.
         d.  The cost of machinery, furnishings, equipment, financing
      charges, interest prior to and during construction and for no more
      than twelve months after completion of construction, engineering, and
      expenses of research and development with respect to a facility.
         e.  Legal and administrative expenses, plans, specifications,
      surveys, studies, estimates of cost and revenues, engineering
      services, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the
      feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing a
      facility.
         f.  The interest upon the revenue bonds and pledge orders
      during the period or estimated period of construction and for twelve
      months thereafter, or for twelve months after the acquisition date,
      reserve funds as the port authority deems advisable in connection
      with a facility and the issuance of port authority revenue bonds and
      pledge orders.
         g.  The costs of issuance of port authority revenue bonds and
      pledge orders.
         h.  The cost of diverting a rail line, rail spur track, or
      rail spur track switch, including the cost of land or easements, and
      relocation of a facility of a utility company or common carrier.
         i.  The cost of relocating an airport's runways, terminals,
      and related facilities including the cost of land or easements, and
      relocation of a facility of a utility company or common carrier.
         7.  "Facility" or "port authority facility" means real or
      personal property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled or financed
      by a port authority and related to or in furtherance of one or more
      authorized purposes.
         8.  "Governmental agency" means a department, division, or
      other unit of state government of this state or any other state,
      city, county, township, or other governmental subdivision, or any
      other public corporation or agency created under the laws of this
      state, any other state, the United States, or any department or
      agency thereof, or any agency, commission, or authority established
      pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement or combination
      thereof.
         9.  "Person" means the same as defined in section 4.1.
         10.  "Pledge order" means a promise to pay out of the net
      revenues of a port authority, which is delivered to a contractor or
      other person in payment of all or part of the cost of a facility.
         11.  "Political subdivision" means a city, county, city-county
      consolidation, or multicounty consolidation, or combination thereof.

         12.  "Political subdivisions comprising the port authority"
      means the political subdivisions which created or participated in the
      creation of the port authority under section 28J.2, or which joined
      an existing port authority under section 28J.4.
         13.  "Port authority" means an entity created pursuant to
      section 28J.2.
         14.  "Port authority revenue bonds" means revenue bonds and
      revenue refunding bonds issued pursuant to section 28J.21.
         15.  "Public roads" means all public highways, roads, and
      streets in this state, whether maintained by the state or by a county
      or city.
         16.  "Revenues" means rental fees and other charges received
      by a port authority for the use or services of a facility, a gift or
      grant received with respect to a facility, moneys received with
      respect to the lease, sublease, sale, including installment sale or
      conditional sale, or other disposition of a facility, moneys received
      in repayment of and for interest on any loans made by the port
      authority to a person or governmental agency, proceeds of port
      authority revenue bonds for payment of principal, premium, or
      interest on the bonds authorized by the port authority, proceeds from
      any insurance, condemnation, or guarantee pertaining to the financing
      of the facility, and income and profit from the investment of the
      proceeds of port authority revenue bonds or of any revenues.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 150, §89