1. The area of jurisdiction of a port authority shall include all of the territory of the political subdivisions comprising the port authority and, if the port authority owns or leases a railroad line or airport, the territory on which the railroad’s line, terminals, and related facilities or the airport’s runways, terminals, and related facilities are located, regardless of whether the territory is located in the political subdivisions comprising the port authority.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 28J.8

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Political subdivision: means a city, county, city-county consolidation, or multicounty consolidation, or combination thereof. See Iowa Code 28J.1
  • Political subdivisions comprising the port authority: means the political subdivisions which created or participated in the creation of the port authority under section 28J. See Iowa Code 28J.1
  • Port authority: means an entity created pursuant to section 28J. See Iowa Code 28J.1
 2. A political subdivision that has created a port authority or joined an existing port authority shall not be included in any other port authority.
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