House File 903 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 903 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 296) A BILL FOR An Act relating to partial payments during construction of a 1 farm-to-market road. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2937HV (1) 91 th/ns
H.F. 903 Section 1. Section 310.18, Code 2025, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 310.18 Partial payments during construction. 3 Partial payments may be made on work in progress, but no 4 such partial payment shall not be deemed final acceptance of 5 the work nor a waiver of any defect in the work. The board of 6 supervisors, the county engineer, or the department may approve 7 partial and final claims. Approval may be evidenced by the 8 signature of the county engineer or chairperson of the board 9 or department, or a majority of the members of the board or 10 department, on the individual claims or on the abstract of a 11 number of claims with the individual claims attached to the 12 abstract. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 Under current law, all claims for improving farm-to-market 17 roads must be paid from the farm-to-market road fund and 18 charged to the allotment of the fund for the county in which 19 the project is located. Partial payments may be made on 20 work in progress, and a partial payment is not deemed final 21 acceptance of the work or a waiver of any defect in the work. 22 The board of supervisors of a county, the county engineer, or 23 the department of transportation (DOT) may approve claims. 24 This bill specifies that the board of supervisors of a 25 county, the county engineer, or the DOT may approve partial and 26 final claims for partial payments made during construction of 27 a farm-to-market road. 28 -1- LSB 2937HV (1) 91 th/ns 1/ 1