Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 357J · 13 active provisions
1. This chapter authorizes the establishment of emergency response districts. 2. The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following: a. Serve a public use and promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the citizens of emergency response districts by preventing or reducing duplicatio…
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Commission” means a governing body composed of a member or designee of each governmental entity that is a member of the emergency response district. 2. “District” means an emergency response area. 3. “Governmental entity” means a county, city, or towns…
1. Each governmental entity intending to participate in an emergency response district shall issue a notice of intent to hold a public hearing concerning the establishment of a proposed district. The hearing shall not be held until at least thirty days after the notice is issued but not more than ninety days after the…
1. The boundary lines of a district may include any incorporated or unincorporated areas. 2. a. The boundary lines of a district shall not be changed after the district is established except as provided in this subsection. b. The boundary lines of a district shall be changed and shall become effective immediately upon…
Annually, the commission shall propose the levy of a tax of not more than one dollar and sixty and three-quarters cents per one thousand dollars of assessed value on all taxable property within the district. A proposed property tax levy rate shall not be approved by the commission unless two-thirds of the commission’s…
The district shall be governed by a commission, as defined in section 357J.2.
1. The commission may purchase, own, rent, or maintain fire and emergency medical services apparatus or equipment within the state or outside the territorial jurisdiction and boundary limits of this state, provide housing for such apparatus and equipment, provide fire protection service and emergency medical service an…
The commission shall appoint a district fire chief who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall be responsible for the coordination of fire protection service and emergency medical service throughout the district.
If a city is included in a district, the maximum tax levy authorized for the general fund of that city under section 384.1 shall be reduced by the amount of the tax rate levied within the city by the district. Such city shall not be responsible for providing fire protection service and emergency medical service as prov…
A district may anticipate the collection of taxes by the levy authorized in section 357J.10, and to carry out the purposes of this chapter may issue bonds payable in not more than ten equal installments with the rate of interest not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A. An indebtedness shall not be incurred under th…
When the boundary lines of the district include all or a portion of a township and the district has certified a tax levy within the township for the purpose of fire protection service and emergency medical service, the township trustees shall no longer levy the tax provided by section 359.43 in that portion of the town…
When the boundary lines of the emergency response district include all or a portion of an emergency medical services district under chapter 357F or chapter 357G and the emergency response district has certified a tax to be levied on property located within the emergency medical services district for the purpose of emer…
Incorporation documents of an emergency response district shall include provisions for dissolution, the withdrawal of an individual participant in the emergency response district, and the dispensing of property in the case of either event.