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Iowa Code § 515.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.9
Reduction of capital or shares.
Status: in_force

Any insurance company, other than life, may, upon the vote of a majority of its shares of stock represented at a meeting legally called for that purpose, reduce its capital stock and the number of shares thereof or the par value of the shares thereof, provided that the total amount of capital shall not be reduced to an amount less than the minimum required by law, but no part of its assets and property shall be distributed to its stockholders without the consent of the insurance commissioner.

[C27, 31, 35, §8903-b1; C39, §8903.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.9]
Iowa Code § 543D.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 543D / Section 543D.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Appraisal Standards and Appraiser Certification Law”.

89 Acts, ch 290, §1CS89, §117B.1C93, §543D.12021 Acts, ch 159, §1
Iowa Code § 527.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 527 / Section 527.1
Statement of intent.
Status: in_force

The general assembly declares as its purpose in adopting this chapter to provide:

(1) That electronic funds transfer systems should provide reliable service to the consumer with full protection of privacy of personal financial information.

(2) That electronic funds transfer systems should not impair the safety and soundness of a person’s funds.

(3) That electronic funds transfer systems are essential facilities in the channels of commerce.

(4) That regulation of electronic funds transfer systems should be fair and not unduly impede the development of new technologies which benefit the public.

[C77, 79, 81, §527.1]
Iowa Code § 8A.439 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.439
Longevity pay prohibited — exception.
Status: in_force

A state employee subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall not be entitled to longevity pay except for those employees granted longevity pay pursuant to section 307.48.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §75
Iowa Code § 231C.9 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231C / Section 231C.9
Disclosure of findings.
Status: in_force

Upon completion of a monitoring evaluation or complaint investigation of an assisted living program by the department pursuant to this chapter, the department’s final findings with respect to compliance by the assisted living program with requirements for certification shall be made available to the public in a readily available form and place. Other information relating to an assisted living program that is obtained by the department which does not constitute the department’s final findings from a monitoring evaluation or complaint investigation of the assisted living program shall not be made available to the public except in proceedings involving the assessment of a civil penalty pursuant to section 231C.14 or the denial, suspension, or revocation of a certificate under this chapter.

2003 Acts, ch 166, §16; 2005 Acts, ch 60, §14, 21; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §173; 2008 Acts, ch 1048, §2, 4; 2013 Acts, ch 26, §5, 7; 2015 Acts, ch 80, §10
Iowa Code § 422.2 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.2
Purpose or object.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Property Relief Act”, and shall have for its purpose the direct replacement of taxes already levied or to be levied on property to the extent of the net revenue obtained from the taxes imposed herein, which shall be apportioned back to the credit of individual taxpayers on the basis of the assessed valuation of taxable property as provided in subchapter VIII of this chapter.

[C35, §6943-f2; C39, §6943.034; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §422.2]2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 314.20 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 314 / Section 314.20
Utility easements on highway right-of-way.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop an accommodation plan for the longitudinal utility use of freeway right-of-way, in consultation with the utilities commission. The plan shall be consistent with the rules of the federal highway administration of the United States department of transportation and shall be submitted to the federal highway administration for its approval by January 1, 1989. In developing the plan, the department shall provide for extended payment and lease agreements to provide continuous funding for the living roadway trust fund. The plan shall provide for charges for the use of the right-of-way and all moneys collected shall be credited to the living roadway trust fund established under section 314.21.

88 Acts, ch 1019, §9; 89 Acts, ch 246, §42024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 260I.9 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260I / Section 260I.9
Participation requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A participant in an eligible certificate program who receives tuition assistance pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:

(1) (a) Maintain regular contact with staff members for the certificate program to document the applicant’s progress in the program.

(1) (b) Sign a release form to provide relevant information to community college faculty or case managers.

(1) (c) Discuss with staff members for the certificate program any issues that may impact the participant’s ability to complete the certificate program, obtain employment, and maintain employment over time.

(1) (d) Attend all required courses regularly.

(1) (e) Meet with staff members for the certificate program to develop a job search plan.

(2) A community college may terminate tuition assistance for a participant who fails to meet the requirements of this section.

2011 Acts, ch 132, §87, 106
Iowa Code § 554.8207 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.8207
Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners.
Status: in_force

(1) Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificated security in registered form, or of an instruction requesting registration of transfer of an uncertificated security, the issuer or indenture trustee may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to vote, receive notifications, and otherwise exercise all the rights and powers of an owner.

(2) This Article does not affect the liability of the registered owner of a security for a call, assessment, or the like.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §493A.3, 493A.21; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.8207]89 Acts, ch 113, §14; 96 Acts, ch 1138, §30, 84
Iowa Code § 48A.26B — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 48A / Section 48A.26B
Form of acknowledgment.
Status: in_force

The state registrar shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to prescribe the form of written acknowledgments sent to a registrant by a commissioner pursuant to section 48A.26 or 48A.26A.

2017 Acts, ch 110, §20, 35, 36
Iowa Code § 321.344B — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.344B
Immediate safety threat — penalty.
Status: in_force

A violation of section 321.341, 321.342, 321.343, or 321.344 which creates an immediate threat to the safety of a person or property is a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “h”.

2000 Acts, ch 1134, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5
Iowa Code § 554.15304 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.15304
Effectiveness of actions taken before July 1, 2024.
Status: in_force

(1) If action, other than the filing of a financing statement, is taken before July 1, 2024, and this action would have resulted in perfection of the security interest had the security interest become enforceable before July 1, 2024, this action is effective to perfect a security interest that attaches under 2024 Iowa Acts, ch. 1023, before July 1, 2025. An attached security interest becomes unperfected on July 1, 2025, unless the security interest becomes a perfected security interest under 2024 Iowa Acts, ch. 1023, before July 1, 2025.

(2) The filing of a financing statement before July 1, 2024, is effective to perfect a security interest on July 1, 2024, to the extent the filing would satisfy the requirements for perfection under 2024 Iowa Acts, ch. 1023.

(3) The taking of an action before July 1, 2024, is sufficient for the enforceability of a security interest on July 1, 2024, if this action would satisfy the requirements for enforceability under 2024 Iowa Acts, ch. 1023.

2024 Acts, ch 1023, §130
Iowa Code § 8.59 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.59
Appropriations freeze.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §83.
Iowa Code § 489.14304 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.14304
Management.
Status: in_force

(1) A protected series may have more than one protected-series manager.

(2) If a protected series has no associated members, the series limited liability company is the protected-series manager.

(3) Section 489.14108 applies to determine any duties of a protected-series manager of a protected series of a series limited liability company to all of the following:

(3) (a) The protected series.

(3) (b) Any associated member of the protected series.

(3) (c) Any protected-series transferee of the protected series.

(4) Solely by reason of being or acting as a protected-series manager of a protected series of a series limited liability company, a person owes no duty to any of the following:

(4) (a) The company.

(4) (b) Another protected series of the company.

(4) (c) Another person in that person’s capacity as any of the following:

(4) (c) A member of the company which is not an associated member of the protected series.

(4) (c) A protected-series transferee or protected-series manager of another protected series.

(4) (c) A transferee of the company.

(5) An associated member of a protected series of a series limited liability company has the same rights as any other member of the company to vote on or consent to an amendment to the company’s operating agreement or any other matter being decided by the members, whether or not the amendment or matter affects the interests of the protected series or the associated member.

(6) Subchapter IX applies to a protected series in accordance with section 489.14108.

2019 Acts, ch 26, §18, 41; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §136, 161
Iowa Code § 135D.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135D / Section 135D.4
Iowa health information network principles technical infrastructure requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The Iowa health information network shall be administered and governed by a designated entity using, at a minimum, the following principles:

(1) (a) Be patient-centered and market-driven.

(1) (b) Comply with established national standards.

(1) (c) Protect the privacy of consumers and the security and confidentiality of all health information.

(1) (d) Promote interoperability.

(1) (e) Increase the accuracy, completeness, and uniformity of data.

(1) (f) Preserve the choice of the patient to have the patient’s health information available through the record locator service.

(1) (g) Provide education to the general public and provider communities on the value and benefits of health information technology.

(2) Widespread adoption of health information technology is critical to a successful Iowa health information network and is best achieved when all of the following occur:

(2) (a) The network, through the designated entity complying with chapters 490, 496C, and 504 and reporting as required under this chapter, operates in an entrepreneurial and businesslike manner in which it is accountable to all participants utilizing the network’s products and services.

(2) (b) The network provides a variety of services from which to choose in order to best fit the needs of the user.

(2) (c) The network is financed by all who benefit from the improved quality, efficiency, savings, and other benefits that result from use of health information technology.

(2) (d) The network is operated with integrity and freedom from political influence.

(3) The Iowa health information network technical infrastructure shall provide a mechanism for all of the following:

(3) (a) The facilitation and support of the secure electronic exchange of health information between participants.

(3) (b) Participants without an electronic health records system to access health information from the Iowa health information network.

(4) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to impede or preclude the formation and operation of regional, population-specific, or local health information networks or the participation of such networks in the Iowa health information network.

2015 Acts, ch 73, §4, 9; 2025 Acts, ch 120, §76
Iowa Code § 10A.202 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.202
Labor services responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(1) The division is responsible for the administration of the laws of this state under chapters 88 and 89B and sections 85.67A and 85.68, and such other duties assigned to the division or commissioner. The executive head of the division is the commissioner, appointed pursuant to section 10A.203.

(2) The department is responsible for the administration of the laws of this state under chapters 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 90A, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 92, and such other labor-services duties assigned to the department or director.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §1445
Iowa Code § 490.741 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.741
Standing.
Status: in_force

A shareholder shall not commence or maintain a derivative proceeding unless the shareholder satisfies both of the following:

(1) Was a shareholder of the corporation at the time of the act or omission complained of or became a shareholder through transfer by operation of law from one who was a shareholder at that time.

(2) Fairly and adequately represents the interests of the corporation in enforcing the right of the corporation.

2002 Acts, ch 1154, §24, 125
Iowa Code § 718C.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 718C / Section 718C.3
Arrest prohibited in certain locations.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a peace officer may not arrest or detain a person for purposes of enforcing a provision of this chapter if the person is on the premises or grounds of any of the following places:

(1) A public or private primary or secondary school for educational purposes.

(2) A church, synagogue, or other established place of religious worship.

(3) A health care facility, as defined in section 135C.1, including a facility a state agency maintains or operates to provide health care, or the office of a health care provider, provided that the person is on the premises or grounds of the facility or office for the purpose of receiving medical treatment.

(4) A facility that provides forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors provided that the person is on the premises or grounds of the facility for purposes of obtaining a forensic medical examination and treatment.

2024 Acts, ch 1020, §3
Iowa Code § 313A.36 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313A / Section 313A.36
Purposes of powers granted.
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Iowa, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance by the department of the projects herein defined will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the department shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon such projects or upon any property acquired or used by the department under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income from such projects, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom including any profit made on the sale thereof shall at all times be free from taxation by or within the state of Iowa.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.36]
Iowa Code § 99G.32 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99G / Section 99G.32
Department legal representation lottery.
Status: in_force

The department shall retain the services of legal counsel to advise the department and the commission under this chapter and to provide representation in legal proceedings. The department may retain the attorney general or a full-time assistant attorney general in that capacity and provide reimbursement for the cost of advising and representing the commission and the department.

2003 Acts, ch 178, §85, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2337; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 475A.6 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 475A / Section 475A.6
Certification of expenses to utilities commission.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The consumer advocate shall determine the advocate’s expenses, including a reasonable allocation of general office expenses, directly attributable to the performance of the advocate’s duties involving specific persons subject to direct assessment, and shall certify the expenses to the utilities commission not less than quarterly. The expenses shall then be includable in the expenses of the commission subject to direct assessment under section 476.10.

(1) (b) The consumer advocate shall annually, within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year, determine the advocate’s expenses, including a reasonable allocation of general office expenses, attributable to the performance of the advocate’s duties generally, and shall certify the expenses to the utilities commission. The expenses shall then be includable in the expenses of the commission subject to remainder assessment under section 476.10.

(2) The consumer advocate is entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard in any utilities commission proceeding on objection to an assessment for expenses certified by the consumer advocate. Expenses assessed under this section shall not exceed the amount appropriated for the consumer advocate division of the department of justice.

(3) The office of consumer advocate may expend additional funds, including funds for outside consultants, if those additional expenditures are actual expenses which exceed the funds budgeted for the performance of the advocate’s duties. Before the office expends or encumbers an amount in excess of the funds budgeted, the director of the department of management shall approve the expenditure or encumbrance. Before approval is given, the director of the department of management shall determine that the expenses exceed the funds budgeted by the general assembly to the office of consumer advocate and that the office does not have other funds from which such expenses can be paid. Upon approval of the director of the department of management, the office may expend and encumber funds for excess expenses. The amounts necessary to fund the excess expenses shall be collected from those utilities or persons which caused the excess expenditures, and the collections shall be treated as appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.

83 Acts, ch 127, §13; 90 Acts, ch 1247, §10; 99 Acts, ch 20, §1, 6; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §84; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2652; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §179
Iowa Code § 12J.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12J / Section 12J.7
Legal obligations immunity.
Status: in_force

With respect to actions taken in compliance with this chapter, including all good-faith determinations regarding companies as required by this chapter, the public fund shall be immune from any liability and exempt from any conflicting statutory or common law obligations, including any such obligations in respect to choice of asset managers, investment funds, or investments for the public fund’s securities portfolios.

2016 Acts, ch 1102, §7
Iowa Code § 331.234 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.234
Organization and expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the commission, the county auditor shall give written notice of the date, time, and location of the first meeting of the commission. At the first meeting the commission shall organize by electing a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers as necessary. The commission shall adopt rules governing the conduct of its meetings, subject to chapter 21.

(2) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but they are entitled to travel and other necessary expenses relating to their duties of office.

(3) The board shall make available to the commission in-kind services such as office space, printing, supplies, and equipment and shall pay the other necessary expenses of the commission including compensation for secretarial, clerical, professional, and consultant services. The total annual expenses, not including the value of in-kind expenses, to be paid from public funds shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars or an amount equal to thirty cents times the population of the commission area, according to the most recent certified federal census. The commission may employ staff as necessary.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the expenses of the commission may be paid from the general fund of the county. Expenses of the commission may also be paid from any combination of public or private funds available for that purpose. The commission’s annual expenses may exceed the amount in subsection 3 only if the excess is paid from private funds. If a proposed charter is submitted to the electorate, private funds donated to the commission may be used to promote passage of the proposed charter.

(5) In the case of a city-county consolidation charter commission or a community commonwealth charter commission, the expenses of the commission shall be paid by each city and county participating in the charter process pursuant to section 331.233A. Each participating city’s share shall be its pro rata share of the expenses based upon the ratio that the population of the city bears to the total population in the county. The remainder shall be paid from the general fund of the county. The amount paid by each city and county participating in the charter process shall be deposited in a segregated account maintained by the county.

88 Acts, ch 1229, §6; 91 Acts, ch 256, §9; 2004 Acts, ch 1066, §6, 7, 31
Iowa Code § 728.7 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 728 / Section 728.7
Exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter prohibits the use of appropriate material for educational purposes in any accredited school, or any public library, or in any educational program in which the minor is participating. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the attendance of minors at an exhibition or display of art works or the use of any materials in any public library.

[C75, 77, §725.5; C79, 81, §728.7]
Iowa Code § 403.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 403 / Section 403.1
Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Renewal Law”.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403.1]