Title XI, NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)

The city council within the limits of the municipal corporation and the state department of transportation may permit use of maintenance equipment under their control in state parks and other lands of the commission. [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81 , S81, §111.58 ; 81 Acts, …

Municipalities or corporations organized only for the purpose of establishing a water recreational area, acting separately or in conjunction with each other in counties not having a county conservation board, may establish water recreational areas. If a water recreational area is…

If it appears to the department that a person is violating or about to violate a provision of section 461A.4 or refuses to comply with an order issued by the commission pursuant to section 461A.4 , the department may refer the matter to the attorney general, who may bring an acti…

1. Except as provided in subsection 2 , a person who violates a provision of section 461A.4 or of a departmental rule or refuses to comply with an order issued by the commission pursuant to section 461A.4 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. The state may proceed against a perso…

The cost of removing a structure as provided in section 461A.4 shall be paid by its owner, and the state shall have a lien upon the property for the cost of removal. The costs shall be payable at the time of removal and such lien may be enforced and foreclosed, as provided for th…

Any municipality or corporation seeking to establish a water recreational area without public funds of the state of Iowa shall file with the commission a verified petition asking for a permit to establish a water recreational area. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.60 ] 86 Acts,…

A petition filed under section 461A.60 shall state: 1. The name of the municipality or corporation. 2. The applicant’s principal office and place of business. 3. A legal description of the lands to be included within said water recreational area, a showing that seventy-five perce…

A copy of the petition and the applications, plans, and specifications required under chapter 455B shall be filed with the environmental protection commission and any approval or permit required under chapter 455B shall be obtained prior to the establishment of the water recreati…

On the filing of said petition the commission shall fix a date for hearing thereon and shall cause notice thereof to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in each county in which said proposed water recreational area will be established, said notice to be publishe…

The hearing under section 461A.63 shall be held not less than ten days nor more than thirty days from the date of the last publication of the notice in the office of the commission or such other place as the commission shall decide. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.64 ] 86 Acts…

Any person, corporation, company, levee or drainage district, or city whose rights or interests may be affected by a proposed water recreational area may file written objections to the proposed water recreational area or to the granting of a permit for the proposed water recreati…

All objections under section 461A.65 shall be on file in the office of the commission not less than five days before the date of hearing on the application. The commission may permit the filing of objections later than five days before the hearing, in which event the applicant mu…

The commission may examine the proposed water recreational area or may cause such examination to be made by an engineer or such other persons as it desires to be selected by it, who shall report the results of said examination to the commission. At said hearing the commission sha…

The commission may grant such permit in whole or in part upon such terms, conditions, and restrictions as may be determined by the commission to be just and proper and in the public interest. However, before any permit shall be granted to any such municipality or corporation, the…

Applicant shall pay all costs and expenses of the hearing and necessary preliminary investigation in connection therewith, including the cost of publishing notice of hearing. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.69 ] C93, §461A.69 Referred to in §331.382

The commission may purchase or condemn lands for public parks. No contract for the purchase of such public parks shall be made to an amount in excess of funds appropriated therefor by the general assembly. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1800; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,…

The commission shall cause to be prepared a uniform blank form of permit which shall provide a space for a general description of the area authorized to be included in any water recreational area to be established hereunder, the name and address of the municipality or corporation…

Any lake in the water recreational area, together with at least twenty-five percent of the water frontage of the water recreational area and all land which adjoins and lies within one hundred yards from any point of such twenty-five percent of the water frontage, shall be permane…

No permit shall be sold until the sale is approved by the commission. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.72 ] C93, §461A.72 Referred to in §331.382

The commission shall keep a record of all permits granted and issued by it showing when and to whom issued and the location of the area of the proposed water recreational area covered thereby. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.73 ] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877 C93, §461A.73 Referred …

Any municipality or corporation owning a permit granted under this subchapter , which desires to acquire an extension of the permit, may petition the commission in the same manner provided for the granting of the permit and the same proceeding shall be had on the extension petiti…

Whenever a permit has been granted as provided in section 461A.70 and the commission finds that the municipality or corporation owning such permit cannot acquire at a reasonable cost any necessary land or interest therein, the commission, with the approval of the executive counci…

1. Notwithstanding anything in chapter 468, subchapter I, parts 1 through 5 , to the contrary, county boards of supervisors and trustees having control of any levee or drainage district established thereunder, including joint levee or drainage districts, may enter into contracts …

In order to reduce the possibility of affecting conservation measures to flood control projects which may be in progress in other states, water recreational areas shall not be established under this subchapter within seventy miles of the border of any other state. [C66, 71, 73, 7…

This subchapter shall not be the exclusive method for establishing a water recreational area. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.78 ] 91 Acts, ch 246, §4 C93, §461A.78 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143 ; 2021 Acts, ch 48, §3 Referred to in §331.382

The commission may purchase or condemn highways connecting parks with the public highways. When the highways have been purchased or condemned, the same shall be public highways of this state and shall be maintained as other public highways of the county. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1…

The department shall establish a state lands volunteer program to authorize nonprofit organizations, and individuals providing services on behalf of the nonprofit organizations, to provide, at no compensation, volunteer services for the benefit of state parks and recreation areas…

All the provisions of the law relating to the condemnation of lands for public state purposes shall apply to the provisions of this chapter in and so far as applicable. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1802; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.9 ] C93, §461A.9 2019 Acts,…