{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-28m.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 28M.2","heading":"Regional transit district created.","body":"1. A county with a population in excess of one hundred seventy-five thousand and participating cities may create, by chapter 28E agreement, a regional transit district in the county pursuant to this chapter. Two or more contiguous counties and participating cities may create, by chapter 28E agreement, a regional transit district pursuant to this chapter if one of the counties has a population in excess of one hundred seventy-five thousand. A district shall consist of the unincorporated area of any participating county and the incorporated area of any city in the county that does not have an urban transit system. However, a city without an urban transit system may decline, by resolution forwarded to the board of supervisors, to participate in a regional transit district.\n2. A city with an urban transit system may participate in a regional transit district if the city council, by resolution forwarded to the board of supervisors, notifies the county that the city wishes to participate.\n3. A city that is located in a nonparticipating county that is contiguous to a county with a population in excess of one hundred seventy-five thousand that is creating a regional transit district may notify that county, by resolution forwarded to the board of supervisors of that county, that the city wishes to participate.\n4. The chapter 28E agreement shall include a map showing the area and boundaries of the regional transit district.","path":["Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)","Chapter 28M - REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICTS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/28M.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:00Z","sha256":"4c213f7597c97cc8015c0fd332e025f066bb3b4bdec65a09504b2a188952ea0a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-28m.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-28m.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}