Iowa Code Title IX. Local Government [Chs. 331-420] § 418A.1. Definitions

1. “Board” means the flood mitigation board created in section 418.5.

2. “Department” means the department of homeland security and emergency management created in section 29C.5.

3. “Hazardous event” means an event caused by a levee's uncontrolled or controlled release of surface water in a manner that may injure humans and animals or damage real and personal property used for agricultural, commercial, industrial, residential, or public purposes.

4. “Levee district” means a levee district, including a subdistrict, established pursuant to chapter 468.

5. “Office” means the office of levee safety created in section 418A.3.

6. “Program” means the levee improvement program established pursuant to section 418A.5.

7. “Survey” means the Iowa geological survey created in section 456.1.