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Iowa Code § 28E.1 (2026)

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The purpose of this chapter is to permit state and local governments in Iowa to make efficient use of their powers by enabling them to provide joint services and facilities with other agencies and to cooperate in other ways of mutual advantage. This chapter shall be liberally construed to that end. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §28E.1]

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Tue Dec 09 22:32:04 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 28E (41, 1) §28E.2, JOINT EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS 2

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1970–2023 · leading case: Clarke Cnty. Reservoir Comm'n v. Linda Sue Abbott, 862 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa 2015).
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Clarke Cnty. Reservoir Comm'n v. Linda Sue Abbott, 862 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 8× “” Iowa Code § 28E.1. 4 The agreement also gave the Commission the power and responsibility to acquire funds for the new reservoir, pay any necessary expenses, and manage the new reservoir after its creation.”
Hawkeye Foodservice Distrib., Inc. v. Iowa Educators Corp., 812 N.W.2d 600 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 28E.1. Hawkeye alleged the AEAs are “public agencies” under chapter 28E.”
Goreham v. Des Moines Metro. Area Solid Waste Agency, 179 N.W.2d 449 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 4× “Its worthy purpose is clearly expressed in section 28E.1. Section 28E.2 provides definitions, and section 28E.”
Ne. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Easton Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist., 857 N.W.2d 488 (Iowa 2014). “§ 28E.1. School districts, as a political subdivision of the state, fall under the definition of a public agency for the purposes of a 28E agreement.”
City of Windsor Heights v. Spanos, 572 N.W.2d 591 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 28E.1. Section 28E.12 specifically allows a political subdivision of the state to “contract with [another political subdivision] to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which [either of the political subdivisions] is authorized by law to…”
Barnes v. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 341 N.W.2d 766 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 28E.1. While chapter 28E is broad enough to encompass joint exercise of powers with regard to housing, it does not purport to be a housing law.”
Weiss v. City of Denison, 491 N.W.2d 805 (Iowa Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 28E.1. Nothing in the language of chapter 28E implies a restriction on the individual powers of an agency party to the agreement.”
Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Emmet Cnty. Council of Governments, 355 N.W.2d 586 (Iowa 1984). “” § 28E.1. Political subdivisions are authorized to exercise their powers jointly.”
Amended June 22, 2015 Clarke Cnty. Reservoir Comm'n v. Linda Sue Abbott (Iowa 2015). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 28E.1. 4 The agreement also gave the Commission the power and responsibility to acquire funds for the new reservoir, pay any necessary expenses, and manage the new reservoir after its creation.”
Site A Landowners & Mahaska Cnty. v. South Cent. Reg'l Airport Agency, City of Pella, & City of Oskaloosa (Iowa 2022). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 28E.1 (2017). The stated purpose of the 28E Agreement is to provide for the “joint acquisition, construction, equipping, use and operation” of the new regional airport.”
Auditor of the State of Iowa, Rob Sand v. An Unnamed Local Gov't Risk Pool (Iowa 2023). · cites it 2× “2d 586, 588 (Iowa 1984) (en banc) (alteration in original) (quoting Iowa Code § 28E.1). To create an entity organized under chapter 28E, the participating government entities must comply with the terms of the statute.”
Christensen v. Sergeant Bluff, City of (N.D. Iowa 2021). · cites it 2× “The parties 2 Iowa Code § 28E.1 provides: “The purpose of this chapter is to permit state and local governments in Iowa to make efficient use of their powers by enabling them to provide joint services and facilities with other agencies and to cooperate in other ways of mutual…”
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