2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 309 - SECONDARY ROADS
309.40A - EMERGENCY HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE PROJECTS.

        309.40A  EMERGENCY HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE PROJECTS.
         Notwithstanding section 309.40, a county may contract for the
      emergency repair, restoration, or reconstruction of a highway or
      bridge under the county's jurisdiction without advertising for bids
      if all of the following conditions are met:
         1.  The emergency was caused by an unforeseen event causing the
      failure of a highway, bridge, or other highway structure so that the
      highway is unserviceable, or where immediate action is necessary to
      prevent further damage or loss.
         2.  The county solicits written bids from three or more
      contractors engaged in the type of work needed.
         3.  The necessary work can be done for less than one hundred
      thousand dollars.
         4.  If possible, the county notifies the appropriate Iowa highway
      contractors' associations of the proposed work.  

         2001 Acts, ch 32, §3
         Referred to in § 309.41, 314.1, 331.341