Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 605 - Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department
Chapter 14 - Flood Mitigation Program
Rule 605-14.2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 605-14.2
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024

"Board" means the flood mitigation board as created in Iowa Code section 4185..

"Department" means the department of homeland security and emergency management.

"Director " means the director of the department of homeland security and emergency management.

"Governmental entity" means any of the following:

1. A county.

2. A city.

3. A joint board or other legal or administrative entity established or designated in an agreement pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 28E or 28F between any of the following:

* Two or more cities located in whole or in part within the same county.

* A county and one or more cities that are located in whole or in part within the county.

* A county, one or more cities that are located in whole or in part within the county, and a drainage district formed by mutual agreement under Iowa Code section 468142. located in whole or in part within the county.

* One or more counties, one or more cities that are located in whole or in part within those counties, and one or more sanitary districts established under Iowa Code chapter 358 or a combined water and sanitary district as provided for in Iowa Code sections 3571B. and 3581B., located in whole or in part within those counties.

"Project" means the construction and reconstruction of levees, embankments, impounding reservoirs, conduits or other means that are necessary for the protection of property from the effects of floodwaters and may include the deepening, widening, alteration, change, diversion, or other improvement of watercourses if necessary for the protection of such property from the effects of floodwaters. A project may consist of one or more phases of construction or reconstruction that are contracted for separately if the larger project, of which the project is a part, otherwise meets the requirements of Iowa Code section 4184..

"Sales tax" means the sales and services tax imposed pursuant to Iowa Code section 4232..

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