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Iowa Code § 135.74 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.74
Annual reports by hospitals, health care facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Each hospital and each health care facility shall annually, after the close of its fiscal year, file all of the following with the department:

(1) (a) A balance sheet detailing the assets, liabilities and net worth of the hospital or health care facility.

(1) (b) A statement of its income and expenses.

(1) (c) Such other reports of the costs incurred in rendering services as the department may prescribe.

(2) Where more than one licensed hospital or health care facility is operated by the reporting organization, the information required by this section shall be reported separately for each licensed hospital or health care facility. The department shall require preparation of specified financial reports by a certified public accountant, and may require attestation of responsible officials of the reporting hospital or health care facility that the reports submitted are to the best of their knowledge and belief prepared in accordance with the prescribed methods of reporting. The department shall have the right to inspect the books, audits and records of any hospital or health care facility as reasonably necessary to verify reports submitted pursuant to this subchapter.

(3) In obtaining the reports required by this section, the department and other state agencies shall coordinate their reporting requirements.

(4) All reports filed under this section, except privileged medical information, shall be open to public inspection.

[C79, 81, §135.75]2013 Acts, ch 30, §28; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1443, 1608C2024, §10A.7252025 Acts, ch 120, §40, 61C2026, §135.74
Iowa Code § 297.27 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 297 / Section 297.27
Preference to owner of tract.
Status: in_force

When the buildings or sites are sold, the owners of the tract from which the same was originally taken shall have first option on the purchase of the same.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.27]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1985
Iowa Code § 20.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.1
Public policy.
Status: in_force

(1) The general assembly declares that it is the public policy of the state to promote harmonious and cooperative relationships between government and its employees by permitting public employees to organize and bargain collectively; to protect the citizens of this state by assuring effective and orderly operations of government in providing for their health, safety, and welfare; to prohibit and prevent all strikes by public employees; and to protect the rights of public employees to join or refuse to join, and to participate in or refuse to participate in, employee organizations.

(2) The general assembly declares that the purposes of the employment appeal board with respect to this chapter are to implement the provisions of this chapter and adjudicate and conciliate employment-related cases involving the state of Iowa and other public employers and employee organizations. For these purposes the powers and duties of the board include but are not limited to the following:

(2) (a) Determining appropriate bargaining units and conducting representation elections.

(2) (b) Adjudicating prohibited practice complaints including the exercise of exclusive original jurisdiction over all claims alleging the breach of the duty of fair representation imposed by section 20.17.

(2) (c) Fashioning appropriate remedial relief for violations of this chapter, including but not limited to the reinstatement of employees with or without back pay and benefits.

(2) (d) Adjudicating and serving as arbitrators regarding state merit system grievances and, upon joint request, grievances arising under collective bargaining agreements between public employers and certified employee organizations.

(2) (e) Providing mediators and arbitrators to resolve impasses in negotiations.

(2) (f) Collecting and disseminating information concerning the wages, hours, and other conditions of employment of public employees.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.1]86 Acts, ch 1238, §39, 58; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §229; 87 Acts, ch 19, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1037, §1, 2; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §1, 2; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2156; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §171
Iowa Code § 280.17 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280 / Section 280.17
Student abuse investigations termination of employment.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of a public school district and the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school shall comply with chapter 232E, and shall cooperate with the department of health and human services during an investigation commenced under chapter 232E.

(2) The board of directors of a public school or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school shall terminate the employment of a school employee if the board of directors or authorities in charge receive a written investigation report under section 232E.2, subsection 5, indicating the department of health and human services has determined the school employee committed student abuse.

(3) The department of education, in consultation with the department of health and human services, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A, and a model policy, for the handling of investigations pursuant to chapter 232E.

85 Acts, ch 173, §27; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §36; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §95, 106; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §42; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1040; 2025 Acts, ch 159, §29
Iowa Code § 330A.13 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 330A / Section 330A.13
Acquisition of lands and property.
Status: in_force

An authority shall have the power to acquire, within or without the geographical boundaries of the member municipalities, by purchase or eminent domain proceedings, either the fees or such rights, title, interest, or easement in such lands and property, including but not limited to air rights and avigation easements, as the authority may deem necessary for any of the purposes of this chapter. The right of eminent domain herein conferred shall be exercised by the authority in the manner provided by law, as though the authority were a municipal corporation.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §330A.13]
Iowa Code § 455C.15 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455C / Section 455C.15
Plastic cans prohibited.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 12, §26.
Iowa Code § 135B.13 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135B / Section 135B.13
Annual report of department.
Status: in_force

The department shall prepare and publish an annual report of its activities under this chapter.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.13]90 Acts, ch 1204, §11
Iowa Code § 422.12A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.12A
Adoption tax credit.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Adoption” means the permanent placement in this state of a child by the department of health and human services, by an adoption service provider as defined in section 600A.2, or by an agency that meets the provisions of the interstate compact in section 232.158.

(1) (b) “Child” means an individual who is under the age of eighteen years.

(1) (c) “Qualified adoption expenses” means unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred in connection with the adoption of a child, including medical and hospital expenses of the biological mother which are incident to the child’s birth, welfare agency fees, legal fees, and all other fees and costs which relate to the adoption of a child. “Qualified adoption expenses” does not include expenses paid or incurred in violation of state or federal law.

(2) The taxes imposed under this subchapter, less the credits allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by an adoption tax credit equal to the amount of qualified adoption expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer in connection with the adoption of a child by the taxpayer, not to exceed five thousand dollars per adoption.

(3) Any credit in excess of the tax liability is refundable. In lieu of claiming a refund, the taxpayer may elect to have the overpayment shown on the taxpayer’s final, completed return credited to the tax liability for the following tax year.

(4) The credit under this section with respect to any qualified adoption expense shall be allowed during a tax year as follows:

(4) (a) For any qualified adoption expense paid or incurred prior to or during the tax year in which the adoption becomes final, the tax year in which the adoption becomes final.

(4) (b) For any qualified adoption expense paid or incurred after the tax year in which the adoption becomes final, the tax year in which an adoption expense is paid or incurred.

(5) The department of revenue and the department of health and human services shall each adopt rules to jointly administer this section.

2014 Acts, ch 1113, §1, 3; 2016 Acts, ch 1128, §5, 17, 26; 2017 Acts, ch 113, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 152, §61 – 63; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1119, 1120
Iowa Code § 509A.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 509A / Section 509A.5
Fund under control of governing body — interest earnings of certain funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The fund for each plan shall be under the control and shall be expended under the directions of the governing body and shall be used solely for the purpose of administering and carrying out the provisions of the plan adopted by the governing body.

(2) Any interest earnings from investments or time deposits of the funds under the control of the department of administrative services shall be deposited to the credit of these funds.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §365A.5; C66, §509.19; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §509A.5]84 Acts, ch 1071, §1; 85 Acts, ch 266, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2024 Acts, ch 1169, §35
Iowa Code § 455F.9 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455F / Section 455F.9
Public information and education program.
Status: in_force

The department shall implement a public information and education program regarding the proper management of household hazardous materials. The program shall provide appropriate information concerning the reduction in use of the materials, including the purchase of smaller quantities, selection of alternative products, and proper disposal. The department shall also develop and provide to a retailer upon request, at departmental expense, consumer brochures which provide information about household hazardous materials. The retailer shall distribute the brochures without charge to customers upon request. The department shall cooperate with existing educational institutions, the household product industry, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, and other agencies of government and shall enlist the support of service organizations, whenever possible, in promoting and conducting the program in order to effectuate the household hazardous materials policy of the state.

87 Acts, ch 225, §509; 97 Acts, ch 191, §3; 2016 Acts, ch 1010, §10
Iowa Code § 136D.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 136D / Section 136D.7
Duties of the department.
Status: in_force

The department shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish requirements for the operation of tanning facilities, including but not limited to, proper sanitation of tanning devices, provisions of proper equipment, the presence of knowledgeable operators during operating hours, and the use of accurate timers and temperature controls.

(2) Adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 17A, as necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this chapter, including but not limited to rules relating to the operation and use of tanning devices, rules regarding the warning signs required to be posted by a tanning facility, and rules prescribing the criteria for revocation, cancellation, or suspension of a tanning facility permit.

(3) Establish and collect fees to defray the costs of administering the program established in this chapter. Fees collected shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.

90 Acts, ch 1220, §6
Iowa Code § 29A.78 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.78
Brevet rank.
Status: in_force

The commander in chief, on the recommendation of the adjutant general, may commission by brevet general and field grade officers in the national guard whose names appear on the roll of retired military personnel as defined in section 29A.23 in the next higher grade than that held at retirement or resignation. Brevet rank is only honorary and does not confer any privilege, precedence or command or pay any emoluments. Brevet officers may wear the uniform of their brevet rank on occasions of ceremonies related to state functions only.

[C81, §29A.78]2011 Acts, ch 47, §6
Iowa Code § 499B.10 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499B / Section 499B.10
Individual apartments and interest in common elements are alienable.
Status: in_force

When real property containing a building is committed to a horizontal property regime, each individual apartment located in the building and the interests in the general common elements and limited common elements if any, appurtenant thereto, shall constitute for all purposes a separate parcel of real property and shall be as completely and freely alienable as any separate parcel of real property is or may be under the laws of this state, except as limited by the provisions of this chapter.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499B.10]2000 Acts, ch 1142, §2, 5
Iowa Code § 499.29 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 499 / Section 499.29
Manner of voting.
Status: in_force

A vote shall not be cast by proxy. The vote of a member-association shall be cast only by its representative duly authorized in writing. A member may cast that member’s vote in advance of the meeting by mail ballot or, if the association’s articles or bylaws permit, by an alternative voting method upon any proposition of which the member has been previously notified in writing.

[C35, §8512-g29; C39, §8512.29; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §499.29]96 Acts, ch 1115, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 23, §2
Iowa Code § 316.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.9
Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to effect the provisions of this chapter and to assure:

(1) (a) Compliance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Pub. L. No. 91-646, as amended by the Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987, Tit. IV, Pub. L. No. 100-17.

(1) (b) The payments authorized by this chapter are fair and reasonable and as uniform as practicable.

(1) (c) A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized by this chapter is paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, is paid in advance.

(2) A person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for assistance or a payment authorized by this chapter, or the amount of a payment, upon application may have the matter reviewed.

(3) Rules governing reviews shall provide for a prompt one-step uncomplicated fact-finding process. Such a review is an appeal of an agency action as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 2, and is not a contested case. The decision rendered shall be the displacing agency’s final agency action.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §316.9]88 Acts, ch 1209, §1; 89 Acts, ch 20, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §85
Iowa Code § 349.16 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 349 / Section 349.16
What published.
Status: in_force

There shall be published in each of the official newspapers at the expense of the county during the ensuing year:

(1) The proceedings of the board of supervisors, as furnished by the county auditor, excluding from the publication of those proceedings the canvass of the various elections, as provided by law; the complete text of any questions or propositions submitted to the registered voters of the county by the board of supervisors, which shall be published with the required notice of a general or special election; and witness fees of witnesses before the grand jury and in the district court in criminal cases.

(2) The schedule of bills allowed by the board of supervisors.

(3) The reports of the county treasurer, including a schedule of the receipts and expenditures of the county and the current cash balance in each fund in the treasurer’s office together with the total of warrants outstanding against each of the funds as shown by the warrant register in the auditor’s office. A listing of warrants outstanding is not required if the county issues checks in lieu of warrants and there are no remaining outstanding warrants issued by the county.

(4) A synopsis of the expenditures of township trustees for road purposes as provided by law.

[R60, §313; C73, §304; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5411; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.16]2006 Acts, ch 1070, §19, 31; 2018 Acts, ch 1133, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §106
Iowa Code § 85B.1 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85B / Section 85B.1
Citation.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Iowa Occupational Hearing Loss Act”.

[C81, §85B.1]
Iowa Code § 217.20 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.20
Trips to other states.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 127, §56, 89; . See §8A.512A.
Iowa Code § 321.13 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.13
Authority to grant or refuse applications.
Status: in_force

The department shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application made to the department, and may investigate or require additional information. The department may reject any application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity, or legality of the application or the truth of any statement made within the application, or for any other reason, when authorized by law. The department may retain possession of any record or document until the investigation of the application is completed if it appears that the record or document is fictitious or unlawfully or erroneously issued and shall not return the record or document if it is determined to be fictitious or unlawfully or erroneously issued.

[C39, §5000.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.13]95 Acts, ch 118, §3
Iowa Code § 488.1203 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.1203
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §7001 et seq., but this chapter does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that Act or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that Act.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §104, 118
Iowa Code § 260C.70 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.70
Ten-year program and two-year bonding estimate submitted each year.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §44.
Iowa Code § 468.63 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.63
Drainage subdistrict.
Status: in_force

After the establishment of a drainage district, a person owning land within the district which has been assessed for benefits, but which is separated from the main ditch, drain, or watercourse for which it has been so assessed, by the land of others, who desires a ditch or drain constructed from the person’s land across the land of the others in order to connect with the main ditch, drain, or watercourse, and is unable to agree with the intervening owners on the terms and conditions on which the person may enter upon their lands and cause to be constructed the connecting drain or ditch, may file a petition for the establishment of a subdistrict. After the petition is filed, the proceedings shall be the same as provided for the establishment of an original district.

[S13, §1989-a23; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7490; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.70]86 Acts, ch 1050, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1069, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.6397 Acts, ch 163, §1
Iowa Code § 422.10C — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.10C
Sustainable aviation fuel tax credit.
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed under this subchapter, less the credits allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit allowed under section 15.533. This section is repealed January 1, 2037.

2025 Acts, ch 136, §125, 129, 130
Iowa Code § 99E.7 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99E / Section 99E.7
Internet fantasy sports contests age restrictions.
Status: in_force

A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not enter an internet fantasy sports contest. A person who violates this section with respect to entering an internet fantasy sports contest commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection 13.

2019 Acts, ch 132, §32, 45, 46
Iowa Code § 713.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 713 / Section 713.3
Burglary in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits burglary in the first degree if, while perpetrating a burglary in or upon an occupied structure in which one or more persons are present, any of the following circumstances apply:

(1) (a) The person has possession of an explosive or incendiary device or material.

(1) (b) The person has possession of a dangerous weapon.

(1) (c) The person intentionally or recklessly inflicts bodily injury on any person.

(1) (d) The person performs or participates in a sex act with any person which would constitute sexual abuse under section 709.1.

(2) Burglary in the first degree is a class “B” felony.

(3) For purposes of determining whether the person should register as a sex offender pursuant to the provisions of chapter 692A for violations of subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, or “c”, the fact finder shall make a determination as provided in section 692A.126.

[C51, §2609; R60, §4233; C73, §3892; C97, §4788; S13, §4799-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39; §12995, 12997 – 12999; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §708.2, 708.4-708.6, C79, 81, §713.2]C83, §713.390 Acts, ch 1233, §41; 92 Acts, ch 1231, §57; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §15; 98 Acts, ch 1059, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1104, §16, 23
Iowa Code § 509B.1 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 509B / Section 509B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Accident or health insurance” means hospital, surgical, or major medical insurance, or a combination of these.

(2) “Commissioner” means the state commissioner of insurance.

(3) “Group policy” means a group accident or health insurance policy issued by an insurance company under chapter 509, a group accident or health contract issued by a health service corporation under chapter 514, or a plan for health care services provided by a health maintenance organization under chapter 514B, or issued or provided by any similar corporation or organization.

(4) “Insurance”, “insures”, and “insured” refer to coverage under a group policy, individual policy, or converted policy on a premium-paying basis, and do not include coverage provided solely as an accrued liability or by reason of a disability extension.

(5) “Insurer” means the entity issuing a group policy or an individual or converted policy.

(6) “Medicare” means Tit. XVIII of the United States Social Security Act.

(7) “Premium” includes any premium or payment or other consideration payable for coverage under a group or individual policy.

86 Acts, ch 1124, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §36; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §78
Iowa Code § 617.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 617 / Section 617.2
Penalty — amendment.
Status: in_force

If a notice is not filed or returned by the sheriff to the person from whom it was received, or if the return thereon is defective, the officer making the same shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor, and the officer shall be liable to an action for damages by any person aggrieved thereby. The court may, before or after judgment is entered, permit an amendment according to the truth of the case.

[R60, §2820; C73, §2606; C97, §3521; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11063; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §617.2]
Iowa Code § 455B.473A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.473A
Petroleum underground storage tank registration amnesty program.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 34, §164.