Terms Used In Iowa Code 368.24

  • Annexation: means the addition of territory to a city. See Iowa Code 368.1
  • Ordinance: means a city law of a general and permanent nature. See Iowa Code 362.2
  • Public utility: means a public utility subject to regulation pursuant to chapter 476. See Iowa Code 368.1
  • Severance: means the deletion of territory from a city. See Iowa Code 368.1
  • Territory: means the land area or areas proposed to be incorporated, annexed, or severed, whether or not contiguous to all other areas proposed to be incorporated, annexed, or severed. See Iowa Code 368.1
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any city that annexes territory or any city from which territory is severed shall provide written notification consisting of a legal description and map of the annexed or severed territory, each street address within the annexed or severed area, where possible, a statement containing the effective date of the annexation or severance and a copy of the order, resolution, or ordinance proclaiming the annexation or severance to all public utilities operating in the annexed or severed area and to the department of revenue. If the notification of an annexation is provided to a public utility less than sixty days prior to the effective date of the annexation, the public utility shall have sixty days from the date of notification to adjust its tax and accounting records to reflect the annexation for any tax purpose.