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Iowa Code § 368.14 (2026)

Local representatives

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If an involuntary petition is not dismissed, the board shall direct the appointment of local representatives to serve with board members as a committee to consider the proposal. Each local representative is entitled to receive from the state the representative’s actual and necessary expenses spent in performance of committee duties. Three board members and one local representative, or if the number of local representatives exceeds one, three board members and at least one-half of the appointed local representatives, are required for a quorum of the committee. A local representative must be a registered voter of the territory or city which the representative represents, and must be selected as follows:

1. From a territory to be incorporated, one representative appointed by the county board of supervisors. If the territory is in more than one county, the board shall direct the appointment of a local representative from each county involved.

2. From a city to be discontinued, one representative appointed by the city council.

3. From a territory to be annexed to or severed from a city, one representative appointed by the county board of supervisors. If there are no registered voters residing in an area to be annexed to or severed from a city, the county board of supervisors shall appoint as local representative an individual owning property in the territory whether or not the individual is a registered voter or appoint a designee of such individual. If the territory is in more than one county, the board shall direct the appointment of a local representative from each county involved by its board of supervisors.

4. From a city to which territory is to be annexed or from which territory is to be severed, one representative appointed by the city council. If the territory is in more than one county, the board shall direct the appointment of an equal number of city and county local representatives.\n\nTue Dec 09 22:13:46 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 368 (31, 1) §368.14, CITY DEVELOPMENT 10\n\n 5. From each city to be consolidated, one representative appointed by each city council. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.14] 91 Acts, ch 250, §8; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64 Referred to in §331.321, 368.1, 368.3, 368.7, 368.14A, 368.20 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1979–2014 · leading case: Neumeister v. City Dev. Bd., 291 N.W.2d 11 (Iowa 1980).

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Neumeister v. City Dev. Bd., 291 N.W.2d 11 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 8× “17(3), The Code, and (2) the Board's failure to appoint a local representative from each territory to be annexed violated section 368.14, The Code 1975. Pursuant to motion made by the Board and the Committee, trial court dismissed plaintiffs' action as to those defendants.”

Iowa Farm Bureau Fed'n, Iowa Renewable Fuels Ass'n, & Iowa Water Env't Ass'n, 850 N.W.2d 403 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 368.14 (“A local representative [to the City Development Board] must be a registered voter of the territory or city which the representative represents .”

Budde v. City Dev. Bd., 276 N.W.2d 846 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 2× “Respondent City Development Committee is composed of the Board and local representatives appointed as provided in § 368.14 to hear and consider the annexation petition by the City of Dubuque.”

City of Des Moines v. City Dev. Bd. of the State, 633 N.W.2d 305 (Iowa 2001). “§ 368.14. The committee consists of the members of the board and the local representatives appointed by either the county board of supervisors or the city council.”

Dunn v. City Dev. Bd. of Iowa, 623 N.W.2d 820 (Iowa 2001). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 368.14 . (This committee is not given a name in the statute, and parties to this appeal simply call it “the committee.”

Citizens of Rising Sun v. Rising Sun City Dev. Comm., 528 N.W.2d 597 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 4× “In order to consider Rising Sun’s proposal, the Rising Sun City Development Committee (Committee) was formed pursuant to Iowa Code section 368.14. The Committee consisted of five permanent members of the City Development Board who had been appointed by the governor, see id.”

State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Allen, 569 N.W.2d 143 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 2× “Section 368.14 provides for the appointment of a committee to consider such petitions.”

— Iowa Code § 368.14(1) — 1 case

Citizens of Rising Sun v. Rising Sun City Dev. Comm., 528 N.W.2d 597 (Iowa 1995). “In order to consider Rising Sun’s proposal, the Rising Sun City Development Committee (Committee) was formed pursuant to Iowa Code section 368.14. The Committee consisted of five permanent members of the City Development Board who had been appointed by the governor, see id.”

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