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        28J.27  CHANGE IN LOCATION OF PUBLIC WAY, RAILROAD, OR
      UTILITY FACILITY -- VACATION OF HIGHWAY.
         1.  When a port authority changes the location of any portion of
      any public road, railroad, or utility facility in connection with the
      construction of a port authority facility, the port authority shall
      reconstruct at such location as the governmental agency having
      jurisdiction over such road, railroad, or utility facility finds most
      favorable.  The construction of such road, railroad, or utility
      facility shall be of substantially the same type and in as good
      condition as the original road, railroad, or utility facility.  The
      cost of such reconstruction, relocation, or removal and any damage
      incurred in changing the location of any such road, railroad, or
      utility facility shall be paid by the port authority as a part of the
      cost of the port authority facility.
         2.  When the port authority finds it necessary that a public
      highway or portion of a public highway be vacated by reason of the
      acquisition or construction of a port authority facility, the port
      authority may request the director of the state department of
      transportation to vacate such highway or portion in accordance with
      chapter 306 if the highway or portion to be vacated is on the state
      highway system, or if the highway or portion to be vacated is under
      the jurisdiction of a county, the port authority shall petition the
      board of supervisors of that county, in the manner provided in
      chapter 306, to vacate such highway or portion.  The port authority
      shall pay to the county, as a part of the cost of such port authority
      facility, any amounts required to be deposited with a court in
      connection with proceedings for the determination of compensation and
      damages and all amounts of compensation and damages finally
      determined to be payable as a result of such vacation.
         3.  The port authority may adopt bylaws for the installation,
      construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal
      of railroad or utility facilities in, on, over, or under any port
      authority facility.  Whenever the port authority determines that it
      is necessary that any such facility installed or constructed in, on,
      over, or under property of the port authority pursuant to such bylaws
      be relocated, the utility company owning or operating such facility
      shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the
      port authority.  The cost and expenses of such relocation or removal,
      including the cost of installing such facility in a new location, the
      cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands, and any other
      rights, acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, shall be
      paid by the port authority as a part of the cost of the port
      authority facility.  In case of any such relocation or removal of
      such facilities, the railroad or utility company owning or operating
      them, its successors, or assigns may maintain and operate such
      facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location in,
      on, over, or under the property of the port authority for as long a
      period and upon the same terms as the railroad or utility company had
      the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former
      location.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 150, §115

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-1 > Subtitle-10 > Chapter-28j > 28j-27

        28J.27  CHANGE IN LOCATION OF PUBLIC WAY, RAILROAD, OR
      UTILITY FACILITY -- VACATION OF HIGHWAY.
         1.  When a port authority changes the location of any portion of
      any public road, railroad, or utility facility in connection with the
      construction of a port authority facility, the port authority shall
      reconstruct at such location as the governmental agency having
      jurisdiction over such road, railroad, or utility facility finds most
      favorable.  The construction of such road, railroad, or utility
      facility shall be of substantially the same type and in as good
      condition as the original road, railroad, or utility facility.  The
      cost of such reconstruction, relocation, or removal and any damage
      incurred in changing the location of any such road, railroad, or
      utility facility shall be paid by the port authority as a part of the
      cost of the port authority facility.
         2.  When the port authority finds it necessary that a public
      highway or portion of a public highway be vacated by reason of the
      acquisition or construction of a port authority facility, the port
      authority may request the director of the state department of
      transportation to vacate such highway or portion in accordance with
      chapter 306 if the highway or portion to be vacated is on the state
      highway system, or if the highway or portion to be vacated is under
      the jurisdiction of a county, the port authority shall petition the
      board of supervisors of that county, in the manner provided in
      chapter 306, to vacate such highway or portion.  The port authority
      shall pay to the county, as a part of the cost of such port authority
      facility, any amounts required to be deposited with a court in
      connection with proceedings for the determination of compensation and
      damages and all amounts of compensation and damages finally
      determined to be payable as a result of such vacation.
         3.  The port authority may adopt bylaws for the installation,
      construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal
      of railroad or utility facilities in, on, over, or under any port
      authority facility.  Whenever the port authority determines that it
      is necessary that any such facility installed or constructed in, on,
      over, or under property of the port authority pursuant to such bylaws
      be relocated, the utility company owning or operating such facility
      shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the
      port authority.  The cost and expenses of such relocation or removal,
      including the cost of installing such facility in a new location, the
      cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands, and any other
      rights, acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, shall be
      paid by the port authority as a part of the cost of the port
      authority facility.  In case of any such relocation or removal of
      such facilities, the railroad or utility company owning or operating
      them, its successors, or assigns may maintain and operate such
      facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location in,
      on, over, or under the property of the port authority for as long a
      period and upon the same terms as the railroad or utility company had
      the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former
      location.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 150, §115

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-1 > Subtitle-10 > Chapter-28j > 28j-27

        28J.27  CHANGE IN LOCATION OF PUBLIC WAY, RAILROAD, OR
      UTILITY FACILITY -- VACATION OF HIGHWAY.
         1.  When a port authority changes the location of any portion of
      any public road, railroad, or utility facility in connection with the
      construction of a port authority facility, the port authority shall
      reconstruct at such location as the governmental agency having
      jurisdiction over such road, railroad, or utility facility finds most
      favorable.  The construction of such road, railroad, or utility
      facility shall be of substantially the same type and in as good
      condition as the original road, railroad, or utility facility.  The
      cost of such reconstruction, relocation, or removal and any damage
      incurred in changing the location of any such road, railroad, or
      utility facility shall be paid by the port authority as a part of the
      cost of the port authority facility.
         2.  When the port authority finds it necessary that a public
      highway or portion of a public highway be vacated by reason of the
      acquisition or construction of a port authority facility, the port
      authority may request the director of the state department of
      transportation to vacate such highway or portion in accordance with
      chapter 306 if the highway or portion to be vacated is on the state
      highway system, or if the highway or portion to be vacated is under
      the jurisdiction of a county, the port authority shall petition the
      board of supervisors of that county, in the manner provided in
      chapter 306, to vacate such highway or portion.  The port authority
      shall pay to the county, as a part of the cost of such port authority
      facility, any amounts required to be deposited with a court in
      connection with proceedings for the determination of compensation and
      damages and all amounts of compensation and damages finally
      determined to be payable as a result of such vacation.
         3.  The port authority may adopt bylaws for the installation,
      construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal
      of railroad or utility facilities in, on, over, or under any port
      authority facility.  Whenever the port authority determines that it
      is necessary that any such facility installed or constructed in, on,
      over, or under property of the port authority pursuant to such bylaws
      be relocated, the utility company owning or operating such facility
      shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the
      port authority.  The cost and expenses of such relocation or removal,
      including the cost of installing such facility in a new location, the
      cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands, and any other
      rights, acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, shall be
      paid by the port authority as a part of the cost of the port
      authority facility.  In case of any such relocation or removal of
      such facilities, the railroad or utility company owning or operating
      them, its successors, or assigns may maintain and operate such
      facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location in,
      on, over, or under the property of the port authority for as long a
      period and upon the same terms as the railroad or utility company had
      the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former
      location.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 150, §115