2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 309 - SECONDARY ROADS
309.19 - ADJACENT COUNTIES JOINING IN EMPLOYMENT.

        309.19  ADJACENT COUNTIES JOINING IN EMPLOYMENT.
         The boards of supervisors of two or more adjacent counties may
      enter into an agreement to jointly employ a county engineer, employ
      professional and clerical assistants for the engineer, and to provide
      such services as can be carried on jointly and will operate to their
      mutual benefit.  Such agreement shall be written and entered in their
      respective minutes.  The engineer employed under such agreement shall
      be the official county engineer for each of the respective boards and
      shall be employed for such term of years as shall be determined by
      the boards but in no event longer than the period of time the mutual
      agreement between the boards is to be in effect.  The written
      agreement shall provide for the determination of the cost of such
      joint program and the manner of allocation of the cost to each board
      for inclusion in the respective budgets.  The boards by mutual
      agreement shall designate one board to make payments for salaries and
      other costs of the joint program.  The board shall be reimbursed by
      the other board or boards in accordance with the joint agreement.
      The provisions of chapter 28E shall be applicable to this section.
      

         [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 309.19]
         Referred to in § 331.321