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Iowa Code § 54.3 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 54 / Section 54.3
Canvass.
Status: in_force

The canvass of the votes for candidates for president and vice president of the United States and the returns thereof shall be a canvass and return of the votes cast for the electors of the same party or group of petitioners, respectively, and the certificate of such election made by the governor shall be in accord with such return.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §965; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §54.3]
Iowa Code § 552.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 552 / Section 552.15
Section 552.15
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2000 Acts, ch 1021, §4.
Iowa Code § 481A.143 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.143
Licensed aquaculture units — requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Each licensed aquaculture unit shall prepare an annual report of all fish bought, sold, and shipped. The records shall include species name as well as the weight, volume, or count of fish involved. Reports shall be filed on or before December 31 of each year for the preceding year. The department may refuse to renew a unit license if the annual report is not provided.

(2) Each licensed aquaculture unit shall secure its breeding stock from licensed aquaculture units or licensed aquaculturists in the state or from lawful sources outside the state. An aquaculture unit shall not secure stock in any other manner.

(3) A shipment of fish must be accompanied by a duplicate of the sales invoice showing the name and address of the producer, date of shipment, the species being transported, the weight, volume, or count of each species being shipped and the name and address of the consignee. A duplicate of the sales invoice must be retained by the aquaculture unit or aquaculturist for one year following the sale.

(4) A licensed aquaculture unit shall comply with all state laws pertaining to possession, taking, or selling of bait which it handles. The director may revoke the unit license of any person violating this subsection or a rule adopted by the department.

(5) Minnow and bait boxes and tanks within licensed aquaculture units shall be open for inspection by the department at all times.

(6) Aquaculture units shall not import live fish, viable eggs, or semen of any species of the salmonid family (trout, salmon, or char) and ictalurid family (catfishes and bullheads), including hybrids, unless the owner or operator possesses a fish importation permit. For the species listed in this subsection only, importation permits shall not be issued unless the fish, eggs, or semen have been inspected by the department and found to be free of disease detrimental to the state’s fishery resources. The owner or operator of an aquaculture unit must provide a statement certifying the fish listed in this subsection or their eggs or semen to be disease free, and include the date of inspection. Certification is not required for other fish species, but the department may require inspection at any time. The department shall establish, by rule, those diseases detrimental to the state’s fishery resources and the location of authorized certified pathologists for inspection.

92 Acts, ch 1216, §5
Iowa Code § 423.22 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.22
Taxation in another state.
Status: in_force

If any person who causes tangible personal property or specified digital products to be brought into this state or who uses in this state services enumerated in section 423.2 has already paid a tax in another state in respect to the sale or use of the property or the performance of the service, or an occupation tax in respect to the property or service, in an amount less than the tax imposed by subchapter II or III, the provisions of those subchapters shall apply, but at a rate measured by the difference only between the rate fixed by subchapter II or III and the rate by which the previous tax on the sale or use, or the occupation tax, was computed. If the tax imposed and paid in the other state is equal to or more than the tax imposed by those subchapters, then a tax is not due in this state on the personal property or service.

2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §115, 205; 2018 Acts, ch 1161, §207, 229
Iowa Code § 541.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.2
Section 541.2
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 904.903 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.903
Agreement by inmate.
Status: in_force

An inmate approved to participate in the work release program shall sign a work release agreement. The agreement shall include all terms and conditions of the particular plan adopted for the inmate by the board of parole and shall include a statement that the inmate agrees to abide by all terms and conditions in the agreement. The agreement shall be signed by the inmate prior to participation in the program. Following the release of the inmate, the agreement may be terminated by the department in accordance with rules of the department.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §247A.4]85 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.90386 Acts, ch 1245, §1507C93, §904.90393 Acts, ch 98, §1
Iowa Code § 306A.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306A / Section 306A.2
Definition of a controlled-access facility.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, a controlled-access facility is defined as a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such controlled-access facility or for any other reason. Such highways or streets may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic or they may be parkways from which trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles shall be excluded.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.2]
Iowa Code § 484C.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.3
Rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this chapter.

2005 Acts, ch 139, §16
Iowa Code § 29B.67 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.67
Review counsel.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the final review of a sentence of a general court-martial or of a sentence to a dishonorable discharge, dismissal, or confinement, the accused has the right to be represented by counsel before the reviewing authority and before the appropriate staff judge advocate.

(2) Upon the request of an accused entitled to be so represented, the appropriate staff judge advocate shall appoint a lawyer who is a member of the state military forces and who has the qualifications prescribed in section 29B.28, if available, to represent the accused before the reviewing authority and before the appropriate staff judge advocate, in the review of cases specified in this section.

(3) If provided by the accused, an accused entitled to be so represented may be represented by civilian counsel before the reviewing authority and before the appropriate staff judge advocate.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.67; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §39]2002 Acts, ch 1117, §49, 52; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 573A.6 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 573A / Section 573A.6
Appeal.
Status: in_force

Any party aggrieved by the findings and judgment of the district court may appeal to the supreme court as in other cases and the case shall be given preference over other cases in the supreme court.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573A.6]
Iowa Code § 252K.505 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252K / Section 252K.505
Penalties for noncompliance.
Status: in_force

An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state.

97 Acts, ch 175, §158; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §40
Iowa Code § 717.1A — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 717 / Section 717.1A
Livestock abuse.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of livestock abuse if the person intentionally injures or destroys livestock owned by another person, in any manner, including, but not limited to, intentionally doing any of the following:administering drugs or poisons to the livestock, or disabling the livestock by using a firearm or trap. A person guilty of livestock abuse commits an aggravated misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) A person acting with the consent of the person owning the livestock, unless the action constitutes livestock neglect as provided in section 717.2.

(2) A person acting to carry out an order issued by a court.

(3) A licensed veterinarian practicing veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169.

(4) A person acting in order to carry out another provision of law which allows the conduct.

(5) A person reasonably acting to protect the person’s property from damage caused by estray livestock.

(6) A person reasonably acting to protect a person from injury or death caused by estray livestock.

(7) A research facility, as defined in section 162.2, provided that the research facility performs functions within the scope of accepted practices and disciplines associated with the research facility.

94 Acts, ch 1103, §8; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §17
Iowa Code § 523.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523 / Section 523.9
Penalty for selling stock not directly owned by seller.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any such beneficial owner, director or officer, directly or indirectly, to sell any equity security of such company if the person selling the security or the person’s principal does not own the security sold, or if owning the security, does not deliver it against such sale within twenty days thereafter, or does not within five days after such sale deposit it in the mails or other usual channels of transportation; but no person shall be deemed to have violated this section if the person proves that notwithstanding the exercise of good faith the person was unable to make such delivery or deposit within such time, or that to do so would cause undue inconvenience or expense.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §523.9]
Iowa Code § 483A.31 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.31
Reciprocal privileges authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) Reciprocal fishing, hunting, or trapping privileges are contingent upon a grant of similar privileges by another state to residents of this state.

(2) The commission may negotiate fishing, hunting, or trapping reciprocity agreements with other states.

(3) When another state confers upon fishing, hunting, or trapping licensees of this state reciprocal rights, privileges, and immunities, a fishing, hunting, or trapping license issued by that state entitles the licensee to all rights, privileges, and immunities in the public waters or public lands of this state enjoyed by the holders of equivalent licenses issued by this state, subject to duties, responsibilities, and liabilities imposed on licensees of this state by the laws of this state.

90 Acts, ch 1178, §3C91, §110.31C93, §483A.312008 Acts, ch 1161, §17; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §114
Iowa Code § 273.16 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.16
Online learning program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the general assembly for this purpose, the area education agencies may offer, separately or in collaboration with other area education agencies, or in partnership with school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, to provide an online learning program to deliver distance education to Iowa’s secondary students, including students receiving competent private instruction under chapter 299A.

(2) Coursework offered under this section must meet the requirements established by rule pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 32, paragraph “c”.

(3) To participate in an online learning program offered by an area education agency, a student must be enrolled in a participating school district or accredited nonpublic school or be receiving private instruction under chapter 299A as described in subsection 1. The school district or accredited nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled is responsible for recording a student’s program coursework grades in the student’s permanent record, awarding high school credit for program coursework, and issuing a high school diploma to a student enrolled in the district or school who participates and completes coursework under the program. Each school that participates in the program shall identify a site coordinator to serve as a student advocate and as a liaison between the program staff and teachers and the school district or accredited nonpublic school. The individual providing instruction to a student under chapter 299A as described in subsection 1 shall receive the student’s score for completed program coursework.

(4) School districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall pay to area education agencies the cost of providing coursework under an online learning program offered in accordance with this section.

2020 Acts, ch 1107, §8; 2021 Acts, ch 88, §2
Iowa Code § 263B.10 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 263B / Section 263B.10
Confidentiality of archaeological locations and information.
Status: in_force

The state archaeologist shall comply with the requirements of section 22.7, subsection 20, regarding information pertaining to the nature and location of archaeological resources or sites. The state archaeologist shall consult with other public officers serving as lawful custodians of archaeological information to determine whether the information should be confidential or be released.

86 Acts, ch 1228, §2C87, §305A.10C93, §263B.10
Iowa Code § 7D.30 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 7D / Section 7D.30
Necessary record.
Status: in_force

Before authorizing any expense in accordance with section 7D.29, the executive council shall, in each case, by resolution, entered upon its records, set forth the necessity for authorizing such expense, the special fitness of the one employed to perform such work, the definite rate of compensation or salary allowed, and the total amount of money that may be expended. Compensation or salary for personal services in such cases must be determined by unanimous vote of all members of the council.

[S13, §170-m, -n; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §307; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §19.30]C93, §7D.302011 Acts, ch 131, §13, 158
Iowa Code § 141A.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 141A / Section 141A.2
Lead agency.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is designated as the lead agency in the coordination and implementation of the Iowa comprehensive HIV plan.

(2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and enforce this chapter. The rules may include procedures for taking appropriate action with regard to health facilities or health care providers which violate this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(3) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which require that if a health care provider attending a person prior to the person’s death determines that the person suffered from or was suspected of suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, the health care provider shall place with the remains written notification of the condition for the information of any person handling the body of the deceased person subsequent to the person’s death. For purposes of this subsection, “contagious or infectious disease” means hepatitis in any form, meningococcal disease, tuberculosis, and any other disease including AIDS or HIV infection, determined to be life-threatening to a person exposed to the disease as established by rules adopted by the department based upon a determination by the state epidemiologist and in accordance with guidelines of the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services.

(4) The department shall provide consultation services to all care providers, including paramedics, ambulance personnel, physicians, nurses, hospital personnel, first responders, peace officers, and fire fighters, who provide care services to a person, and to all persons who attend dead bodies regarding standard precautions to prevent the transmission of contagious and infectious diseases.

(5) The department shall coordinate efforts with local health officers to investigate sources of HIV infection and use every appropriate means to prevent the spread of HIV.

(6) The department may conduct blinded epidemiological studies and nonblinded epidemiological studies to determine the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection. Initiation of any new blinded epidemiological studies or nonblinded epidemiological studies shall be contingent upon the receipt of funding sufficient to cover all the costs associated with the studies. The informed consent, reporting, and counseling requirements of this chapter shall not apply to blinded epidemiological studies.

99 Acts, ch 181, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 70, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §24; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §226; 2024 Acts, ch 1043, §61; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §402
Iowa Code § 515F.22 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.22
Competitive market.
Status: in_force

(1) A noncompetitive market is presumed to exist unless the commissioner determines after a hearing that a reasonable degree of competition exists in the market and the commissioner issues an order to that effect. Such an order shall not become effective until sixty days after the date of the order and shall expire not later than one year thereafter unless the commissioner renews the order. Any affected insurer or insured may petition for a hearing on the renewal of an order relating to competitive status.

(2) In determining whether a reasonable degree of competition exists, the commissioner shall consider relevant factors of workable competition pertaining to the market structure, market performance, and market conduct, and the practical opportunities available to consumers in the market to obtain pricing and other consumer information and to compare and obtain insurance from competing insurers. Such factors may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(2) (a) The size and number of insurers actually engaged in the market.

(2) (b) The profitability for insurers generally in the market segment and whether that profitability is unreasonably high.

(2) (c) The price variance on premiums offered in the market.

(2) (d) The availability of consumer information concerning the product and sales outlets or other sales mechanisms.

(2) (e) The efforts of insurers to provide consumer information.

(2) (f) Consumer complaints regarding the market generally.

87 Acts, ch 132, §8CS87, §515A.2290 Acts, ch 1234, §77C91, §515F.22
Iowa Code § 523A.811 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523A / Section 523A.811
Receiverships.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner may notify the attorney general of the potential need for establishment of a receivership if a receivership is requested or consented to by a seller subject to this chapter.

(2) The commissioner shall notify the attorney general of the potential need for establishment of a receivership if the commissioner finds that a seller subject to this chapter meets one or more of the following conditions:

(2) (a) Is insolvent.

(2) (b) Has utilized trust funds for personal or business purposes in a manner inconsistent with this chapter.

(2) (c) The amount of funds currently held in trust for cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise, and funeral services is less than the amount required in section 523A.201, subsection 2 or 3, as applicable.

(2) (d) Has refused to pay any just claim or demand based on a purchase agreement referred to in section 523A.201.

(2) (e) The commissioner finds upon investigation that a seller is unable to pay any claim or demand based on a purchase agreement which has been legally determined to be just and outstanding.

(2) (f) A receivership has been established for a cemetery subject to chapter 523I that is owned or operated by a seller who is subject to this chapter.

(3) The commissioner or attorney general may apply to the district court in any county of the state for the establishment of a receivership. Upon proof of any of the grounds for a receivership described in this section, the court may grant a receivership.

(4) If a seller who is subject to this chapter owns or operates a cemetery subject to chapter 523I, for which a receivership has been established, the receivership provisions of section 523I.212 shall apply to any receivership established under this section.

2001 Acts, ch 118, §51; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §30, 31; 2008 Acts, ch 1103, §10; 2017 Acts, ch 14, §1
Iowa Code § 238.44 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 238 / Section 238.44
Contracts for services — liability for costs.
Status: in_force

An agency which enters into a contract with a referral agency to provide child placement services is liable for the costs of services which are paid prior to the provision of services, if the services are not subsequently provided.

94 Acts, ch 1174, §5
Iowa Code § 465C.11 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 465C / Section 465C.11
Area held in trust.
Status: in_force

(1) An area designated as a preserve within the system is hereby declared put to its highest, best, and most important use for public benefit. It shall be held in trust and shall not be alienated except to another public use upon a finding by the department of imperative and unavoidable public necessity and with the approval of the commission, the general assembly by concurrent resolution, and the governor. The department’s interest or interests in any area designated as a preserve shall not be taken under the condemnation statutes of this state without such a finding of imperative and unavoidable public necessity by the department, and with the consent of the commission, the general assembly by concurrent resolution, and the governor.

(2) The department, with the approval of the governor, may enter into amendments to any articles of dedication upon its finding that such amendment will not permit an impairment, disturbance, or development of the area inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.

(3) Before the department shall make a finding of imperative and unavoidable public necessity, or shall enter into any amendment to articles of dedication, the department shall provide notice of such proposal and opportunity for any person to be heard. Such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper with a general circulation in the county or counties wherein the area directly affected is situated, and mailed within ten days of such published notice to all persons who have requested notice of all such proposed actions. Each notice shall set forth the substance of the proposed action and describe, with or without legal description, the area affected, and shall set forth a place and time not less than sixty days thence for all persons desiring to be heard to have reasonable opportunity to be heard prior to the finding of the department.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111B.11]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877C93, §465C.112018 Acts, ch 1041, §97; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §341
Iowa Code § 225.7 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 225 / Section 225.7
Classes of patients.
Status: in_force

Patients admitted to the said state psychiatric hospital shall be divided into four classes:

(1) Voluntary private patients.

(2) Committed private patients.

(3) Voluntary public patients.

(4) Committed public patients.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §3961; C39, §3482.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §225.7]