{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-468.538","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 468.538","heading":"Scope.","body":"This part applies when the board of trustees of an overlying district accepts all improvements and rights-of-way surrendered by a board of supervisors or board of trustees of a contained district, in accordance with sections 468.256 through 468.259. In addition, after such acceptance, the overlying district must include at least thirty-five thousand acres with a pumping station, regardless of whether the drainage or levee district is located in more than one county. Such a district shall continue to be controlled and managed by a board of trustees elected as provided in this part.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 468 - LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS","Subchapter III - MANAGEMENT OF DRAINAGE OR LEVEE DISTRICTS BY TRUSTEES","Part 3 - ESTABLISHMENT OF OVERLYING DISTRICT AS NEW DRAINAGE OR LEVEE DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/468.538.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"242c3e21fc6a25250503badecb6deaa8ea676c7758354647ec20b878077e434b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-468.537","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-468.539"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}