{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-357a.23","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 357A.23","heading":"City sewer and water franchise authorized.","body":"Notwithstanding section 364.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, for the purposes of obtaining or qualifying for federal funding, a city may grant a franchise to a rural water district incorporated under this chapter or chapter 504, for a term of not more than forty years. In addition to the franchises listed in section 364.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, a city may grant a franchise to a rural water district incorporated under this chapter or chapter 504, to erect, maintain, and operate plants and systems for sewer services. All provisions of section 364.2 shall otherwise apply to a franchise granted to a rural water district.","path":["Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)","Chapter 357A - RURAL WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/357A.23.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:09Z","sha256":"7a42f7574ce7dc4a90bb237d987e5e076a1839486f31f5b8ff28c84d188fa129","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-357a.22a","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-357a.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}