2016 Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 28A - QUAD CITIES INTERSTATE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY COMPACT
Section 28A.21 - Transfer of existing facilities.

28A.21

Transfer of existing facilities.

1. Any county, city, commission, authority, or person may sell, lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority, a facility or any part of a facility, or any interest in real or personal property which may be used by an authority in the construction, improvement, maintenance, leasing, or operation of any metropolitan facilities. Any county, city, commission, authority, or person may transfer and assign over to the authority a contract which may have been awarded by the county, city, commission, authority, or person for the construction of facilities not begun or, if begun, not completed.

2. A proposed action of the board, and a proposed agreement to acquire, shall be approved by the governing body of the owner of the facilities. If the governing body of a county, city, commission, or authority desires to sell, lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority a facility or any part of a facility, the governing body shall adopt a resolution signifying its intention to do so and shall publish the resolution at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and in a newspaper or newspapers, if necessary, of general circulation in the area served by the county, city, commission, or authority giving notice of a hearing to be held on the question of the sale, lease, loan, grant, or conveyance. The resolution shall be published at least fourteen days prior to the date of hearing. After the hearing and if in the public interest, the county, city, commission, or authority shall enact an ordinance authorizing the sale, lease, loan, grant, or conveyance.

3. An owner transferring an existing facility to the authority under this section shall notify the board of and make provision in the transfer documents for, where necessary, existing rights, liens, securities, and rights of reentry belonging to the state or federal government.

4. This section, without reference to any other law, shall be deemed complete authority for the acquisition by agreement, of a facility as provided in subsection 1, and no proceedings or other action shall be required except as prescribed in this division.

91 Acts, ch 198, §20

CS91, §330B.21

C93, §28A.21