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Statutes > Iowa > Title-9 > Subtitle-2 > Chapter-357e > 357e-3 357E.3 PETITION FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 1. The supervisors shall, on the petition of twenty-five percent of the property owners of a proposed benefited recreational lake district if the assessed valuation of the property owned by the petitioners represents at least twenty-five percent of the total assessed value of the proposed district, hold a public hearing concerning the establishment of a proposed district. However, for a proposed water quality district, the petition shall contain signatures of the fewer of twenty-five property owners or twenty-five percent of the property owners of the proposed district. The petition shall include a statement containing the following information: a. The need for the district. b. A description of the district to be served. c. The approximate number of families in the district. 2. The board of supervisors may require a bond of the petitioners conditioned for the payment of all costs and expenses incurred in the proceedings in case the district is not established.
Section History: Recent Form 88 Acts, ch 1194, § 3; 89 Acts, ch 53, § 1; 2000 Acts, ch 1181, §4 Referred to in § 357E.2, 357E.4, 357E.5
