357.1A - PETITION -- LIMITATION.

        357.1A  PETITION -- LIMITATION.         The board of supervisors of any county shall, on the petition of      twenty-five percent or more of the eligible electors residing in any      proposed benefited water district, grant a hearing relative to the      establishment of the proposed water district.  The petition shall set      out the following and any other pertinent facts:         1.  The need of a public water supply.         2.  The approximate district to be served.         3.  The approximate number of families in the district.         4.  The proposed source of supply.         5.  The type of service desired, whether domestic only or for fire      protection and other uses.         The board of supervisors may, at its option, require a bond of the      petitioners as provided in section 468.9.         A benefited water district located wholly within the corporate      limits of a city is not subject to the provisions of this chapter.         Water services, other than water services provided as of April 1,      1987, shall not be provided within two miles of the limits of a city      except as provided in this section.         A benefited water district established under this chapter may give      notice of intent to provide water service to a new area within two      miles of a city by submitting a water plan to the city.  The plan is      only required to indicate the area within two miles of the city which      the benefited water district intends to serve.  If the city fails to      respond to the benefited water district's plan within ninety days of      receipt of the plan, the benefited water district may provide service      in the area designated in the plan.  The city may inform the      benefited water district within ninety days of receipt of the plan      that the city requires additional time or information to study the      question of providing water service outside the limits of the city.      If additional time or information is required, the city shall respond      to the benefited water district's plan within one hundred eighty days      of receipt of the plan.  In responding to the plan, the city may      waive its right to provide water service within the areas designated      for service by the benefited water district, or the city may reserve      the right to provide water service in some or all of the areas which      the benefited water district intends to serve.  If the city reserves      the right to provide water service within some or all of the areas      which the benefited water district intends to serve, the city shall      provide service within four years of receipt of the plan.  This      section does not preclude a city from providing water service in an      area which is annexed by the city.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5523; C39, § 5526.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,      66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 357.1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         87 Acts, ch 109, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1015, § 1, 2; 92 Acts, ch 1204,      § 9         C2001, § 357.1A         Referred to in § 357.1B, 499.5