Title VIII, TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)

A road or street which is a continuation of a secondary road within a city and which the county board desires to improve, may by resolution of the county board and concurrence by the council of the city be improved as a secondary road assessment district project or part of a proj…

1. The petition for a secondary road assessment district proposing to establish the district shall intelligibly describe the road or roads proposed to be improved, the nature of the proposed improvement, the percentage of the estimated cost of improving the road proposed to be as…

1. a. The owner or a group of owners of not less than seventy-five percent of the lands adjacent to, or abutting upon any secondary road may, on or before October 1 of any year, petition the board of supervisors of their county for the improvement of the road, and for the assessm…

Upon the filing of the petition with the county engineer proposing the establishment of a secondary road assessment district, the county engineer shall prepare a report on the proposed district, which report shall include: 1. An estimate of the cost of the improvement proposed on…

In making the apportionment under section 311.8 , real estate owned by the state, county, or any city, shall be treated as other real estate, but no other publicly owned real estate shall be included. In apportioning benefits to real estate owned by a city, the county, or the sta…

1. There is hereby created, in the state treasury, a road use tax fund. The road use tax fund shall include all of the following: a. All the net proceeds of the registration of motor vehicles under chapter 321 . b. All the net proceeds of the motor fuel tax or license fees under …

Each city shall keep accounts showing the amount spent on street construction and reconstruction on extensions of rural systems and city streets. The amount spent shall be shown on the annual street report required by section 312.14 . [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §312.11 ] 9…

Cities in the state which receive allotments of funds from road use tax funds shall prepare and deliver on or before December 1 each year to the department an annual report showing all street receipts and expenditures for the city for the previous fiscal year. The report shall in…

1. Funds shall not be allocated to any city until such city shall have complied with the provisions of sections 312.11 and 312.14 . 2. If a city has not complied with the provisions of section 312.14 , the treasurer of state shall withhold funds allocated to the city until the ci…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Commission” means the state transportation commission. 2. “Department” means the state department of transportation. 3. “Fiscal year” means the period of twelve months beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. …

1. The treasurer of state shall, on the first day of each month, credit all road use tax funds which have been received by the treasurer, to the primary road fund, the secondary road fund of the counties, the farm-to-market road fund, and the street construction fund of cities in…

Moneys credited pursuant to section 312.2, subsection 1 , paragraphs “b” and “c” , and section 312.2, subsection 12 , paragraph “a” , shall not be used for debt service or to otherwise pay principal and interest on bonds, loans, or other indebtedness issued or incurred on or afte…

The treasurer of state shall, on the first day of each month: 1. Apportion among the counties the road use tax funds credited to the secondary road fund by using the distribution methodology adopted by the commission by rule. 2. a. Apportion among the cities of the state, in the …

Prior to the allocation to the cities under section 312.3, subsection 2 , the department is authorized to set aside each year two hundred thousand dollars from the street construction fund of the cities in a fund to be known as the street research fund. The street research fund s…

1. Prior to the allocation to the counties under section 312.3, subsection 1 , the department is authorized to set aside each year twenty-five hundredths of one percent from the secondary road fund for deposit in a fund to be known as the Iowa county engineers association service…

The treasurer of state shall, each month, certify to the department: 1. The amount which the treasurer has received and credited to the road use tax fund from each source of revenue creditable to the said road use tax fund. 2. The amount of the road use tax fund which the treasur…

1. Each fiscal year, the treasurer of state shall apportion among the counties the road use tax funds credited to the farm-to-market road fund by using the distribution methodology adopted by the commission. 2. All farm-to-market road funds, except funds which under section 310.2…

Funds received by municipal corporations from the road use tax fund shall be used for any purpose relating to the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public streets. [C39, § 4686.21, 4686.25; C46, §310.21, 310.25; C50, §308A.6; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 8…

1. The treasurer of state shall maintain in the road use tax fund in the state treasury, of the funds collected as provided in chapter 321 or as said chapter may be amended, a cash balance sufficient, when added to the cash balance of receipts in the road use tax fund from other …

1. Where a tract of land is owned by a corporation organized under the provisions of chapter 490 with assets of the value of one million dollars or more, and having one or more platted villages located within the territorial limits of said tract of land, all of the territory with…

Moneys credited to the road use tax fund shall not be appropriated for the payment of salaries, support, or maintenance of any personnel in the department of public safety. [ 81 Acts 2d Ex, ch 2, §4 ]

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the state department of transportation. 2. “Fund” , or “TIME-21 fund” , means the transportation investment moves the economy in the twenty-first century fund. 2007 Acts, ch 200, §1

1. A transportation investment moves the economy in the twenty-first century fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall be known and referred to as the TIME-21 fund. The fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated by the general as…

Moneys in the TIME-21 fund shall be credited and used as follows: 1. Sixty percent for deposit in the primary road fund to be used exclusively for highway maintenance and construction, including purchase of right-of-way but not including project planning and design. The following…

This chapter is repealed June 30, 2028. 2007 Acts, ch 200, §4

The department is empowered on behalf of the state to enter into any arrangement or contract with and required by the duly constituted federal authorities, in order to secure the full cooperation of the government of the United States, and the benefit of all present and future fe…

1. As soon as the approved plans and specifications for any primary road construction project are filed with the department, the department shall, if the estimated cost exceeds one thousand dollars, proceed to advertise for bids for the construction of the improvement. 2. The dep…

The department may contract for specialized construction work for beam straightening, beam replacement, and beam repair on bridges, without advertising for bids as required under section 313.10 , if all of the following conditions are met: 1. The work is of a specialized type in …

The department is expressly charged with the duty of supervision, inspection, and direction of the work of construction of primary roads on behalf of the state, and of supervising the expenditure of all funds paid on account of such work by the state or the county on the primary …

All engineers having responsible charge of any improvements, shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties and for like accounting for all property entrusted to their custody. All bonds given by such engineers in the employ of the department shall be deemed to emb…

All claims for improving and maintaining the primary road system shall be paid from the primary road fund. [C24, §4702; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b14; C39, § 4755.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.14 ]

There is hereby appropriated from the primary road fund to the department a sum sufficient for the purpose of paying any award or judgment to a claimant under chapters 25 and 669 on a claim arising out of activities of the department when such an award cannot be charged to a curr…

The state treasurer is hereby directed to set aside from the primary road fund the sum of five hundred thousand dollars to be known as the primary road contingent fund. [C24, §4703; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b17; C39, § 4755.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.17 ]…

When claims for labor, freight, or other items which must be paid promptly are presented to the said department for payment, the said department may direct that warrants in payment of said claims be drawn on said primary road contingent fund. Such warrants when so drawn and signe…

The claims in payment of which warrants are drawn on the primary road contingent fund, shall be audited in the usual manner prescribed by law and shall have noted thereon that warrants in payment thereof have been drawn on the said contingent fund. After the final audit of such c…

1. The roads and streets of the state are, for the purpose of this chapter , those roads and streets established under chapter 306 . 2. a. Whenever the board of supervisors of a county and the department mutually determine that a portion of a highway under the jurisdiction of eit…

The director of the department of administrative services shall appoint the auditor of the department who shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the auditor’s duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the department from the pr…

1. The department, upon consultation with the council, may construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain extensions of the primary road system within any city, including the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of storm sewers and electrical traffic control devices reaso…

Any city and the department may enter into an agreement with respect to any project for the paving of any portion of a primary road extension, and for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of storm sewers and electrical traffic control devices reasonably incident and …

Payment for the work, including the city’s portion thereof, may in the first instance be made out of the primary road fund. Upon completion of the project, the city shall reimburse the department for the amount so advanced out of the primary road fund, including the city’s portio…

The department shall designate the street or streets which shall constitute the primary road extensions in any city of the state, which city is separated from the remainder of the state by a river more than five hundred feet in width from bank to bank. The laws of this state rela…

The department may construct or aid in the construction, and may maintain bridges, viaducts, and railroad grade crossing eliminations on primary road extensions in cities. [C31, 35, §4755-d1; C39, § 4755.25; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.27 ] For departmen…

1. When the department, for the purpose of establishing, constructing, or maintaining any primary road, determines that any secondary road or portion thereof is necessary for a detour or haul road, the department, after consultation with the county board of supervisors having jur…

When the temporary primary road detour or temporary primary road haul road, or any portion thereof, is located within the corporate limits of a city, then as to the portion so located, the provisions of section 313.28 as to consultation, designation, restoration, and payment by t…

1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to enhance opportunities for the development and diversification of the state’s economy through the identification and improvement of a network of commercial and industrial highways. The network shall consist of interconnected routes …

1. There is hereby created a primary road fund which shall include and embrace: a. All road use tax funds which are by law credited to the primary road fund. b. All federal aid primary and urban road funds received by the state. c. All other funds which may by law be credited to …