28A.4 - DEFINITIONS.
28A.4 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Authority" means the quad cities interstate metropolitan
authority created as provided in this division.
2. "Board" means the board of commissioners of the authority.
3. "Cost" of any project for a metropolitan facility includes
construction contract costs and the costs of engineering,
architectural, technical, and legal services, preliminary reports,
property valuations, estimates, plans, specifications, notices,
acquisition of real and personal property, consequential damages or
costs, easements, rights- of-way, supervision, inspection, testing,
publications, printing and sale of bonds, if any, and provisions for
contingencies.
4. "Greater metropolitan area" means the combined area of
Rock Island county, Illinois, and Scott county, Iowa.
5. "Metropolitan area" means Rock Island county, Illinois, as
a separate and distinct area, or Scott county, Iowa, as a separate
and distinct area, or each as a part of the greater metropolitan
area.
6. "Metropolitan facility" means a structure, fixture,
equipment, or property of any kind or nature related to or connected
with an intermodal water port, waste disposal system, mass transit
system, airport, park, recreation, or bridge, which the authority may
construct, acquire, own, lease, or operate, including all related
facilities necessary, appurtenant, or incidental to the facilities.
7. "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership,
corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, and
includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative
of any of the entities.
8. "Waste disposal system" means a facility or service for
collection, transportation, processing, storage, or disposal of solid
waste including a facility or service established pursuant to chapter
28G. Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 198, §3
CS91, § 330B.4
C93, § 28A.4