Definitions.

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357A.1 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Auditor” means the county auditor of a county in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized.

2. “Board” means the board of directors of a district, and “director” means a member of such board of directors.

3. “Department” means the department of natural resources.

4. “District” means a rural water district incorporated and organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

5. “Member” means an owner of real property which is located within a district, the tenant of the real property, or another person acting for the owner with the owner’s written consent.

6. “Participating member” means a member who has subscribed to and paid the established fee for at least one benefit unit in a district, in the manner provided by this chapter.

7. “Rural water association” or “association” means a rural water association organized and incorporated as a cooperative association under chapter 499 or as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 504.

8. “Supervisors” means the board of supervisors of a county, or the board of supervisors of an adjacent county, in which a district has been incorporated and organized or is proposed to be incorporated and organized.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §357A.1; 82 Acts, ch 1199, §62, 96]

91 Acts, ch 134, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1086, §1

Referred to in §16.151


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