Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 330.17 (2026)

Airport commission — election

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1. The council of any city or county which owns or acquires an airport may, and upon the council’s receipt of a valid petition as provided in section 362.4, or receipt of a petition by the board of supervisors as provided in section 331.306 shall, at an election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a” or “b”, as applicable, submit to the voters the question as to whether the management and control of the airport shall be placed in an airport commission. If a majority of the voters favors placing the management and control of the airport in an airport commission, the commission shall be established as provided in this chapter.

2. The management and control of an airport by an airport commission may be ended in the same manner. If a majority of the voters does not favor continuing the management and control of the airport in an airport commission, the commission shall stand abolished sixty days from and after the date of the election, and the power to maintain and operate the airport shall revert to the city or county. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §330.17; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1054] 91 Acts, ch 129, §24; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §54, 71 Referred to in §330.4, 330.23, 330.24, 331.381, 331.382 \n

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Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2022 · leading case: The CARROLL AIRPORT Comm'n, Appellee, v. Loren W. DANNER & Pan Danner, Appellants., 927 N.W.2d 635 (Iowa 2019).

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The CARROLL AIRPORT Comm'n, Appellee, v. Loren W. DANNER & Pan Danner, Appellants., 927 N.W.2d 635 (Iowa 2019). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 330.17 (1). These commissions have "all of the powers in relation to airports granted to cities and counties under state law, except powers to sell the airport.”

Site A Landowners & Mahaska Cnty. v. South Cent. Reg'l Airport Agency, City of Pella, & City of Oskaloosa (Iowa 2022). · cites it 3× “§ 330.17(1). Should a majority of voters assent, the governing body of the municipality must appoint a three- or five-member commission to govern the airport.”

— Iowa Code § 330.17(1) — 1 case

Site A Landowners & Mahaska Cnty. v. South Cent. Reg'l Airport Agency, City of Pella, & City of Oskaloosa (Iowa 2022). “§ 330.17(1). Should a majority of voters assent, the governing body of the municipality must appoint a three- or five-member commission to govern the airport.”

— Iowa Code § 330.17(2) — 1 case

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