Title II, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)

At any time before the date fixed for the issuance of such bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, interested objectors in any municipality equal in number to one percent of those voting for the office of president of the United States or governor, as the case may be, at the las…

Upon the filing of any such petition, the clerk or secretary of such municipality shall immediately certify a copy thereof, together with such other data as may be necessary in order to present the questions involved, to the appeal board, and upon receipt of such certificate, pet…

1. The appeal board shall determine the matters involved in such appeal. Its decision shall be certified to the executive officer of the municipality affected. Judicial review of the action of the appeal board may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative …

Any bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued contrary to the provisions of this subchapter , and any tax levied or attempted to be levied for the payment of any such bonds or interest thereon, shall be null and void. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 367; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,…

It shall be lawful for any municipality to issue revenue bonds, the principal and interest of which are to be paid solely from revenue derived from the operations of the project for which such bonds are issued, notwithstanding that there are other revenue bonds remaining unpaid w…

When the estimated total cost of construction, erection, demolition, alteration or repair of a public improvement exceeds the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 , or as established in section 314.1B , the municipality shall advertise for bids on the proposed improvement by…

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any municipality may authorize, sell, issue and deliver its bonds without regard to whether or not notice and hearing on the plans, specifications and form of contract for the public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part fro…

Before any municipality shall enter into any contract for any public improvement to cost in excess of the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 , or as established in section 314.1B , the governing body proposing to make the contract shall adopt proposed plans and specificati…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Code, any contracting authority may authorize the use of bid bonds executed by corporations authorized to contract as surety in Iowa and on a form prescribed by the contracting authority, in lieu of certified or cashiers checks or any o…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act” . 2017 Acts, ch 65, §5, 9, 10

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for more economical, nondiscriminatory, neutral, and efficient procurement of construction-related goods and services by this state and political subdivisions of this state. 2017 Acts, ch 65, §6, 9, 10 ; 2017 Acts, ch 170, §32, 43

As used in this subchapter , unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 1. “Governmental entity” means the state, political subdivisions of the state, public school corporations, and all officers, boards, or commissions empowered by law to enter into contracts for the constr…

1. A governmental entity awarding a contract for the construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a public improvement and any construction manager acting on its behalf shall not, in any bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do any of the fo…

At such hearing, any person interested may appear and file objections to the proposed plans, specifications or contract for, or cost of such improvement. The governing body of the municipality proposing to enter into such contract shall hear said objections and any evidence for o…

1. Interested objectors in any municipality equal in number to one percent of those voting for the office of president of the United States or governor, as the case may be, at the last general election in said municipality, but in no event less than twenty-five, may appeal from t…

In case an appeal is taken, such body shall forthwith certify and submit to the appeal board for examination and review the following: 1. A copy of the plans and specifications for such improvement. 2. A copy of the proposed contract. 3. An estimate of the cost of such improvemen…

1. The appeal board shall forthwith fix a time and place in the municipality or nearby convenient place for hearing said appeal, and notice of such hearing shall be given by certified mail to the executive officer of the municipality, and to the first five persons whose names app…

1. At such hearing, the appellants and any other interested person may appear and be heard. The appeal board shall examine, with the aid of competent assistants, the entire record, and if it shall find that the form of contract is suitable for the improvement proposed, that the i…

After any contract for any public improvement has been completed and any five persons interested request it, the appeal board shall examine into the matter as to whether or not the contract has been performed in accordance with its terms, and if on such investigation it finds tha…

If an appeal is taken, no contract for public improvements shall be valid unless the same is finally approved by the appeal board. In no case shall any municipality expend for any public improvement any sum in excess of five percent more than the contract price without the approv…