331.465 - RATES FOR PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS.

        331.465  RATES FOR PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS.         1.  The board may establish, impose, adjust, and provide for the      collection of rates to produce gross revenues at least sufficient to      pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of the county      enterprise or combined county enterprise and, if revenue bonds or      pledge orders are issued and outstanding under this part, shall      establish, impose, adjust, and provide for the collection of rates to      produce gross revenues at least sufficient to pay the expenses of      operation and maintenance of the county enterprise or combined county      enterprise, and to leave a balance of net revenues sufficient at all      times to pay the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds and      pledge orders as they become due and to maintain a reasonable reserve      for the payment of the principal and interest, and a sufficient      portion of net revenues shall be pledged for that purpose.  Rates      shall be established by ordinance.  Rates or charges for the services      of a county enterprise defined in section 331.461, subsection 2,      paragraph "b", if not paid as provided by ordinance, constitute a      lien upon the premises served and may be certified to the county      treasurer and collected in the same manner as taxes.  The treasurer      may charge five dollars for each lien certified as an administrative      expense, which amount shall be added to the amount of the lien to be      collected at the time of payment of the assessment from the payor and      credited to the county general fund.         2.  The board may:         a.  By ordinance establish, impose, adjust and provide for the      collection of charges for connection to a county enterprise or      combined county enterprise.         b.  Contract for the use of or services provided by a county      enterprise or combined county enterprise with persons whose type or      quantity of use or service is unusual.         c.  Lease for a period not to exceed fifteen years all or part      of a county enterprise or combined county enterprise, if the lease      will not reduce the net revenues to be produced by the county      enterprise or combined county enterprise.         d.  Contract for a period not to exceed forty years with other      governmental bodies for the use of or the services provided by the      county enterprise or combined county enterprise on a wholesale basis.         e.  Contract for a period not to exceed forty years with      persons including but not limited to other governmental bodies for      the purchase or sale of water.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S81, § 331.465; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 464] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         93 Acts, ch 73, § 1         Referred to in § 28M.3, 358.25, 445.1