Terms Used In Iowa Code 28E.12

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • undertaking: means a promise or security in any form. See Iowa Code 4.1
 Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives, and responsibilities of the contracting parties.