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174.15 - PURCHASE OR GIFT OF REAL PROPERTY -- MANAGEMENT.

        174.15  PURCHASE OR GIFT OF REAL PROPERTY --
      MANAGEMENT.
         1.  Title to land purchased or received for purposes of conducting
      a fair event shall be taken in the name of the county or a fair.
      However, the board of supervisors shall place the land under the
      control and management of a fair.  The fair may act as agent for the
      county in the erection of buildings and maintenance of the
      fairgrounds, including the buildings and improvements constructed on
      the grounds.  Title to new buildings or improvements shall be taken
      in the name of the county or a fair.  However, the county is not
      liable for the improvements or expenditures for them.
         2.  Notwithstanding section 364.7, subsection 3, a city may
      dispose of real property by gift to a fair.
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 1660; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2907; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 174.15; 81 Acts, ch 117, §
      1025]
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1219, §16; 2004 Acts, ch 1019, §19; 2005 Acts, ch 19,
      §35; 2009 Acts, ch 92, §1