Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 307 · 27 active provisions
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Director” means the director of transportation or the director’s designee. 2. “Department” means the state department of transportation. 3. “Commission” means the state transportation commission established in section 307A.1A.
There is created a state department of transportation which shall be responsible for the planning, development, regulation and improvement of transportation in the state as provided by law.
The director and other employees of the department shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. All expenses and salaries shall be paid from appropriations for such purposes and the department shall be subject to the budget requirements of chapter 8.
1. The governor shall appoint a director of transportation, subject to confirmation by the senate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and who shall not be a member of the commission. The director shall not hold any other office under the laws of the United States or of this or any other state or hold any o…
1. The director shall: a. Manage the internal operations of the department and establish guidelines and procedures to promote the orderly and efficient administration of the department. b. Employ personnel as necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the department, consistent with chapter 8A, subchapte…
The director may reassign personnel within the department among the various divisions of the department in order to properly coordinate the work of the divisions and perform the duties and responsibilities of the department efficiently and economically. However, any employee so transferred or transferred from one emplo…
The department shall publish a map of the state of Iowa. At the request of a citizen of a particular city or town, the department shall add the city or town to the existing map of Iowa and identify the main road leading into the city or town if the city or town meets two or more of the following criteria: 1. Has a zip…
1. A biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuel revolving fund is created in the state treasury. The biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuel revolving fund shall be administered by the department and shall consist of moneys received from the sale of EPAct credits banked by the department on April 19, 2001, moneys appropriated b…
1. The department shall: a. Provide for the proper maintenance and protection of the grounds, buildings, and equipment of the department, in cooperation with the department of administrative services. b. Establish, supervise, and maintain a system of centralized electronic data processing for the department, in coopera…
The department shall: 1. Plan all modes of transportation in order to develop an integrated transportation system providing adequate transportation services for all citizens of the state. 2. Develop and maintain transportation statistical data for the department. 3. Establish, analyze, and evaluate alternative transpor…
1. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to do all of the following: a. Act as legal advisor to the department, commission, and director. b. Provide legal services for the department. 2. The attorney general shall appoint assistant attorneys general as necessary to carry out these duties.
The department shall be responsible for highway programs and activities, shall plan, design, construct, and maintain the state primary highways, and shall administer chapters 306 through 306C, chapters 309 through 314, chapters 316 through 318, and chapter 320. The department shall: 1. Be organized to provide assistanc…
The department shall: 1. Develop aeronautics, including but not limited to the location of air terminals; accessibility of air terminals by other modes of public transportation; protective zoning provisions considering safety factors, noise, and air pollution; facilities for private and commercial aircraft; air freight…
The department shall be responsible for the enforcement and regulation of motor carriers, registration of motor vehicles, and licensing of drivers, and shall: 1. Administer and supervise the registration of motor vehicles and the licensing of drivers pursuant to chapter 321. 2. Administer and supervise the licensing of…
The director shall, with the approval of the commission, prorate the costs of the department which will be expended for highways and such costs shall be paid from money appropriated from the road use tax fund. Prorated costs payable from the road use tax fund shall be based upon that portion of the department’s duties…
The department shall adopt rules under chapter 17A to provide for certification of federal heavy vehicle use tax collections required by the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.
1. The department shall periodically review the current revenue levels of the road use tax fund and the sufficiency of those revenues for the projected construction and maintenance needs of city, county, and state governments in the future. The department shall submit a written report to the general assembly regarding…
On or before February 15 of each year, the department, in collaboration with the Iowa county engineers association, shall compile the annual reports received from counties pursuant to sections 309.22 and 309.22A into a cumulative report and submit the cumulative report in electronic format to the chairpersons of the se…
It is the intent of the general assembly that not later than July 1, 1992, the state department of transportation shall dispose of all right-of-way owned by the department and not needed for projects. In determining need, the department shall consider both its five-year program requirements and its long-range, statewid…
The department shall investigate and prosecute violators of the laws concerning motor vehicle fraud including, but not limited to, the state and federal odometer law. The department shall refer available evidence concerning a possible violation of the laws concerning motor vehicle fraud including, but not limited to, s…
The department shall give a copy of each contract for construction or reconstruction of roads, streets, or bridges entered into by the department in which the contract price is for five million dollars or more to the legislative services agency.
1. If funds are allotted or appropriated by the government of the United States for the improvement of transportation facilities and services in this state, the department may cooperate with the government of the United States, and any agency or department thereof, in the planning, acquisition, contract letting, constr…
1. Cities and counties may assess the cost of a public improvement against the state when the improvement benefits property owned by the state and under the jurisdiction and control of the department. The director shall pay from the primary road fund the portion of the cost of the improvement which would be legally ass…
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8.33 or any other provision of law to the contrary, if on June 30 of a fiscal year a balance of an operational appropriation remains unexpended or unencumbered, not more than fifty percent of the balance may be encumbered by the department and used as provided in this sectio…
1. The highway materials and equipment revolving fund is created from moneys appropriated out of the primary road fund. From this fund shall be paid all costs for materials and supplies, inventoried stock supplies, maintenance and operational costs of equipment, and equipment replacements incurred in the operation of c…