2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303.45 - HEARING OF PETITION AND ORDER.

        303.45  HEARING OF PETITION AND ORDER.
         The board of supervisors to whom the petition is addressed shall
      preside at the hearing provided for in section 303.44 and shall
      continue the hearing in session, with adjournments from day to day,
      if necessary, until completed, without being required to give any
      further notice of it.  Proof of the residence and qualification of
      the petitioners as eligible electors shall be made by affidavit or
      otherwise as the board may direct.  The board shall consider the
      boundaries of the proposed land use district, whether they shall be
      as described in the petition or otherwise, and for that purpose may
      alter and amend the petition and limit or change the boundaries of
      the proposed district as stated in the petition.  The boundaries of a
      proposed district shall not be changed to include property not
      included in the original petition and published notice until the
      owner of that property is given notice as on the original hearing.
      All persons in the proposed district shall have an opportunity to be
      heard regarding the location and boundaries of the proposed district
      and to make suggestions regarding them.  The board of supervisors,
      after hearing the statements, evidence, and suggestions made and
      offered at the hearing, shall enter an order fixing the boundaries of
      the proposed district and directing that an election be held for the
      purpose of submitting to the registered voters residing within the
      boundaries of the proposed district the question of organization and
      establishment of the proposed land use district as determined by the
      board of supervisors.  The order shall fix a date for the election
      not more than sixty days after the date of the order, establish
      voting precincts within the proposed district and define their
      boundaries, and specify the polling places which in the board's
      judgment will best serve the convenience of the voters, and shall
      appoint from residents of the proposed district three judges and two
      clerks of election for each voting precinct established.  

         83 Acts, ch 108, § 5; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §17
         Referred to in § 303.48, 303.64