LD 1629
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perform all the duties imposed by law upon superintending school
boards in regard to the care, operation and management of the
public schools within the municipal school district.__Schools
operated by the municipal service district are the official schools
of the participating municipalities, in accordance with section
2120.

 
4.__Sewers and drains.__Within the participating
municipalities of the municipal service district, the municipal
service district has all the powers conferred and shall perform
all the duties imposed by law on municipalities with respect to:

 
A.__Laying out, constructing, reconstructing, repairing,
maintaining, operating, altering, extending and
discontinuing sewer and drainage systems and wastewater
treatment plants; and

 
B.__Prohibiting and regulating the discharge of drains from
roofs of buildings over or upon the sidewalks, streets or
other public places or into sanitary sewers.

 
The municipal service district officers may, by agreement,
delegate the authority over sewers and drains to a participating
municipality.

 
5.__Planning and regulation of development.__Within the
participating municipalities of the municipal service district,
the municipal service district has all the powers conferred and
shall perform all the duties imposed by law on municipalities
with respect to preparing comprehensive plans and preparing and
enforcing zoning, subdivision and other ordinances and capital
improvement plans to implement the comprehensive plan, as
prescribed by and consistent with chapter 187.

 
6.__Buildings.__Within the participating municipalities of the
municipal service district, the municipal service district has
all the powers conferred and shall perform all the duties imposed
by law on municipalities with respect to:

 
A.__Making rules relating to the maintenance of safe and
sanitary housing and adopting building and fire protection
codes, consistent with state law;

 
B.__Regulating the mode of using any buildings when such
regulations seem expedient for the purpose of promoting the
safety, health, morals and general welfare of the
inhabitants of the municipality;


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