174.15  PURCHASE OR GIFT OF REAL PROPERTY --
 MANAGEMENT.
 1.  Title to land purchased or received for purposes of conducting
 a fair event shall be taken in the name of the county or a fair.
 However, the board of supervisors shall place the land under the
 control and management of a fair.  The fair may act as agent for the
 county in the erection of buildings and maintenance of the
 fairgrounds, including the buildings and improvements constructed on
 the grounds.  Title to new buildings or improvements shall be taken
 in the name of the county or a fair.  However, the county is not
 liable for the improvements or expenditures for them.
 2.  Notwithstanding section 364.7, subsection 3, a city may
 dispose of real property by gift to a fair.
         Section History: Early Form

 [SS15, § 1660; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2907; C46, 50, 54, 58,
 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 174.15; 81 Acts, ch 117, §
 1025]
         Section History: Recent Form

 98 Acts, ch 1219, §16; 2004 Acts, ch 1019, §19; 2005 Acts, ch 19,
 §35; 2009 Acts, ch 92, §1