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Iowa Code § 321.120 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.120
Business-trade trucks.
Status: in_force

(1) The annual registration fee for a business-trade truck shall be determined pursuant to section 321.122, subsection 1, paragraph “a”.

(2) Upon application for a new registration, an owner who registers a motor vehicle as a business-trade truck shall be required to provide proof or affirm that the vehicle meets the definition of a business-trade truck. The department may adopt rules as necessary to prescribe the documentation required of the applicant as proof or affirmation under this subsection but shall not require that such documentation be notarized. If requested by the department of transportation or a county treasurer, the department of revenue shall confirm or refute, according to the most recent records available, that an applicant for registration of a business-trade truck is either a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or a person who files a schedule C or schedule F form for federal income tax purposes and that the corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or person is allowed a depreciation deduction with respect to the vehicle under section 167 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(3) Upon approval of the application and payment of the proper fees, the county treasurer shall issue regular registration plates for the business-trade truck. The department may adopt rules requiring the use of a sticker or other means to identify motor vehicles registered under this section.

(4) If the department determines by audit or other means that a person has registered a vehicle as a business-trade truck that is not qualified for such registration, the person shall be required to pay the difference between the regular annual registration fees owed for the vehicle for each year the vehicle was registered in violation of this section and the fees actually paid.

(5) If the department determines by audit or other means that the person had knowingly registered a vehicle as a business-trade truck that is not qualified for such registration, the person shall be required to pay a penalty for improper registration in the amount of seven hundred fifty dollars for each registration year in which the vehicle was registered in violation of this section, not to exceed two thousand two hundred fifty dollars.

2008 Acts, ch 1113, §5, 11; 2011 Acts, ch 68, §2, 5
Iowa Code § 461A.42 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.42
Use of firearms, explosives, weapons, and fireworks prohibited — exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The use of firearms, explosives, and weapons of all kinds by a person is prohibited in all state parks and preserves except under the following conditions:

(1) (a) A firearm or other weapon authorized for hunting may be used in preserves or parts of preserves designated by the department at the request of the commission.

(1) (b) A person may use a bow and arrow with an attached bow fishing reel and ninety-pound minimum line attached to the arrow to take rough fish as provided by rule of the commission.

(1) (c) The commission may establish, by rule, the state parks or parts of state parks where firearms may be discharged during special events, festivals and education programs, or a special hunt to control animal populations. The rules governing special hunts to control animal populations shall be applied separately to each designated state park.

(2) The use of consumer fireworks or display fireworks, as defined in section 727.2, in state parks and preserves is prohibited except as authorized by a permit issued by the department. The commission shall establish, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, a fireworks permit system which authorizes the issuance of a limited number of permits to qualified persons to use or display fireworks in selected state parks and preserves.

(3) A person violating this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation pursuant to section 805.8B, subsection 6, paragraph “c”.

[C39, §1828.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.42]86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877; 91 Acts, ch 101, §1C93, §461A.4297 Acts, ch 180, §1; 99 Acts, ch 153, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1118, §2; 2017 Acts, ch 115, §9, 12; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §333
Iowa Code § 198.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 198 / Section 198.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Iowa Commercial Feed Law”.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §198.1]90 Acts, ch 1165, §1
Iowa Code § 501B.19 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.19
Admission, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion of members.
Status: in_force

(1) A person becomes a member and may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled in accordance with the association’s governing principles. If there are no applicable governing principles, a person may become a member or be suspended, dismissed, or expelled from an association only by a vote of its members. A person may not be admitted as a member without the person’s consent.

(2) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, the suspension, dismissal, or expulsion of a member does not relieve the member from any unpaid capital contribution, dues, assessments, fees, or other obligation incurred or commitment made by the member before the suspension, dismissal, or expulsion.

2010 Acts, ch 1112, §19, 33
Iowa Code § 297.19 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 297 / Section 297.19
Public sale.
Status: in_force

If the owner of the tract from which said site was taken fails to pay the amount of such appraisement to such school district within twenty days after the filing of same with the county sheriff, the school district may sell said site to any other person at the appraised value, or may sell the same at public sale to the highest bidder.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4383; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.19]
Iowa Code § 84A.13A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84A / Section 84A.13A
Iowa child care challenge program fund.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, “consortium” means a consortium of two or more employers or businesses, at least one of which must be a private employer.

(2) The Iowa child care challenge program is established in the department of workforce development. The department shall administer the program in consultation with the workforce development board. The purpose of the Iowa child care challenge program is to encourage and enable businesses, nonprofit organizations, and consortiums to establish local child care facilities and increase the availability of quality, affordable child care for working Iowans.

(3) The department of workforce development shall adopt rules under chapter 17A establishing a program application and award process to match business, nonprofit organization, or consortium moneys and the criteria for the allocation of moneys in the fund established pursuant to subsection 4. A business, nonprofit organization, or consortium seeking matching moneys shall submit an application and a proposal for the new construction of a child care facility, rehabilitation of an existing structure as a child care facility, or the retrofitting and repurposing of an existing structure for use as a child care facility to the department. Proposals shall include a financial statement and a description of funds to be provided by the business, nonprofit organization, or consortium, including in-kind donations, and a plan for sustainability. Match amount awards made by the department that are unclaimed or unused as of June 1 of the fiscal year shall be canceled by the department.

(4) An Iowa child care challenge fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of the department of workforce development, in consultation with the workforce development board. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund, any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from the federal government or private sources for placement in the fund, and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. The assets of the fund shall be used by the department only for purposes of this section. All moneys deposited, transferred to, or paid into the fund are appropriated and made available to the department to be used for purposes of this section. Any unclaimed moneys in the fund by June 1 annually shall be transferred to the Iowa employer innovation fund, created pursuant to section 84A.13, to be used only for purposes of the Iowa employer innovation program established pursuant to section 84A.13. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys deposited after May 1 annually in the Iowa child care challenge fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall be transferred to the Iowa employer innovation fund created pursuant to section 84A.13 to be used for purposes of the Iowa employer innovation program established pursuant to section 84A.13.

2020 Acts, ch 1117, §6
Iowa Code § 476.77 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.77
Time and standards for review.
Status: in_force

(1) A reorganization shall not take place if the commission disapproves. Prior to reorganization, the applicant shall file with the commission a proposal for reorganization with supporting testimony and evidence to establish that the reorganization is not contrary to the interests of the public utility’s ratepayers and the public interest.

(2) A proposal for reorganization shall be deemed to have been approved unless the commission disapproves the proposal within ninety days after its filing. The commission, for good cause shown, may extend the deadline for acting on an application for an additional period not to exceed ninety days. However, the commission shall not disapprove a proposal for reorganization without providing for notice and opportunity for hearing. The notice of hearing shall be provided no later than fifty days after the proposal for reorganization has been filed.

(3) In its review of a proposal for reorganization, the commission may consider all of the following:

(3) (a) Whether the commission will have reasonable access to books, records, documents, and other information relating to the public utility or any of its affiliates.

(3) (b) Whether the public utility’s ability to attract capital on reasonable terms, including the maintenance of a reasonable capital structure, is impaired.

(3) (c) Whether the ability of the public utility to provide safe, reasonable, and adequate service is impaired.

(3) (d) Whether ratepayers are detrimentally affected.

(3) (e) Whether the public interest is detrimentally affected.

(4) The commission may adopt rules which exempt a public utility or class of public utility or class of reorganization from this section if the commission finds that with respect to the public utility or class of public utility or class of reorganization review is not necessary in the public interest. The commission may adopt rules necessary to protect the interest of the customers of the exempt public utility. These rules may include, but are not limited to, notification of a proposed sale or transfer of assets or stock. The commission may waive the requirements of this section, if the commission finds that commission review is not necessary in the public interest.

89 Acts, ch 103, §891 Acts, ch 68, §198 Acts, ch 1097, §1, 22024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 28A.15 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28A / Section 28A.15
Change of name.
Status: in_force

The board may change the name of the authority by ordinance. A certified copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the appropriate state office and the county recorder or equivalent county officer of each county in which the authority or part of the authority is located. The name change shall be effective on the date of the filing.

91 Acts, ch 198, §14CS91, §330B.15C93, §28A.15
Iowa Code § 203C.28 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 203C / Section 203C.28
Tariff rates.
Status: in_force

(1) A warehouse operator shall, at the time of application for a license, file a tariff with the department which shall contain rates to be charged for receiving, storage, and load-out of grain. The tariff shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the place of business of the licensee in a form prescribed by the department and shall become effective at the time the license becomes effective.

(2) Storage charges shall commence on the date of delivery to the warehouse. Storage, receiving, or load-out charges other than those specified in the tariff may be made if the charge is required by the terms of a written contract with the United States government or any of its subdivisions or agencies.

(3) Grain deposited with the warehouse for the sole purpose of processing and redelivery to the depositor is subject only to the charges listed under the grain bank section of the tariff. Drying and cleaning of grain shall not be construed as processing.

(4) A tariff may be amended at any time and is effective immediately, except that grain in store on the effective date of a storage charge increase does not assume the increased rate until the subsequent anniversary date of deposit. Any decrease in storage rates shall be effective immediately and shall be applicable to all grain in store on the effective date of the decrease.

(5) A warehouse operator may file with the department and publish the supplemental tariff applicable only to grain meeting special descriptive standards or characteristics as set forth in the supplemental tariff. A supplemental tariff shall be in a form prescribed by the department and be posted adjacent to the warehouse tariff.

(6) All tariff charges shall be nondiscriminatory within classes.

[C24, 27, 31, §9737; C35, §9751-g18; C39, §9751.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §543.28]86 Acts, ch 1103, §2C93, §203C.282014 Acts, ch 1026, §42
Iowa Code § 522B.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522B / Section 522B.7
Nonresident licensing.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless denied licensure pursuant to section 522B.11, a nonresident person shall receive a nonresident insurance producer license if all of the following apply:

(1) (a) The person is currently licensed as an insurance producer and is in good standing in the person’s home state.

(1) (b) The person has submitted the proper request for licensure and has paid the required fees.

(1) (c) The person has submitted or transmitted to the commissioner the application for licensure that the person submitted to the person’s home state, or in lieu of such application, a completed uniform application.

(1) (d) The person’s home state awards nonresident insurance producer licenses to residents of this state on the same basis.

(2) The commissioner may verify the insurance producer’s licensing status through the producer database.

(3) A nonresident insurance producer who moves from one state to another state or a resident insurance producer who moves from this state to another state shall file a change of address and provide certification from the new resident state within thirty days of the change of legal residence. No fee or license application is required. The certification may be obtained through the producer database.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person licensed as a limited lines insurance producer in the person’s home state shall receive a nonresident limited lines insurance producer license, pursuant to subsection 1, granting the same scope of authority as granted under the license issued by such person’s home state.

2001 Acts, ch 16, §21, 37
Iowa Code § 513B.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513B / Section 513B.3
Applicability and scope.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a health benefit plan providing coverage to the employees of a small employer in this state if any of the following apply:

(1) Any portion of the premium or benefits is paid by or on behalf of the small employer.

(2) An eligible employee or dependent is reimbursed in any manner by or on behalf of the small employer for any portion of the premium or benefits.

(3) The health insurance coverage is treated by the employer or any of the eligible employees or dependents as part of a coverage or program for the purposes of section 106, 125, or 162 of the Internal Revenue Code as defined in section 422.3.

(4) (a) Except as provided in paragraph “b”, for purposes of this subchapter, carriers that are affiliated companies or that are eligible to file a consolidated tax return shall be treated as one carrier and any restrictions or limitations imposed by this subchapter shall apply as if all health insurance coverages delivered or issued for delivery to small employers in this state by such carriers were issued by one carrier.

(4) (b) An affiliated carrier which is a health maintenance organization possessing a certificate of authority issued pursuant to chapter 514B shall be considered to be a separate carrier for the purposes of this subchapter.

(4) (c) Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner, a small employer carrier shall not enter into one or more ceding arrangements with respect to health insurance coverages delivered or issued for delivery to small employers in this state if the arrangements would result in less than fifty percent of the insurance obligation or risk for such health insurance coverages being retained by the ceding carrier.

91 Acts, ch 244, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1167, §2; 97 Acts, ch 103, §12, 13
Iowa Code § 232D.505 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232D / Section 232D.505
Expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the court shall inquire into the ability of the minor or the minor’s parent to pay expenses incurred pursuant to the guardianship proceedings established under this chapter. After giving the minor and the parent a reasonable opportunity to be heard, the court may order the minor or the parent to pay all or part of the following:

(1) (a) Costs of legal expenses of the minor and the parent.

(1) (b) Expenses for a court visitor.

(1) (c) Filing fees and other court costs, unless the costs are waived for good cause shown.

(2) If the court finds a minor’s parents to be indigent, or if the minor has no parent, costs shall be assessed against the county in which the proceeding is pending. For purposes of assessing costs under this subsection, the court shall find a minor’s parents to be indigent if the minor’s or the parent’s income and resources do not exceed one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, or the minor’s parent would be unable to pay such costs without prejudicing the parent’s ability to provide economic necessities for the parent or the parent’s dependents.

2019 Acts, ch 56, §29, 44, 45
Iowa Code § 45.2 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 45 / Section 45.2
Adding name by petition.
Status: in_force

The name of a candidate placed upon the ballot by any other method than by petition shall not be added by petition for the same office in the same election.

[C97, §1100; C24, §651; C27, 31, 35, §655-a18; C39, §655.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §45.2]
Iowa Code § 515.23 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.23
Prohibited loans.
Status: in_force

Capital, surplus, funds, or other assets, or any part of any or all of the foregoing, shall not be directly or indirectly loaned to an officer, director, stockholder, or employee of a company or to a relative of an officer or director of a company.

[S13, §1783-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8905; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.11]88 Acts, ch 1112, §401; 90 Acts, ch 1234, §35; 2015 Acts, ch 128, §50 – 52C2016, §515.23
Iowa Code § 321P.8 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321P / Section 321P.8
Restrictions on use of revenue.
Status: in_force

A local authority shall not use any revenue received as a result of the use of a system and retained by the local authority, not including the cost to install, operate, and maintain the system, other than for any of the following purposes:

(1) To fund transportation infrastructure improvement projects.

(2) To offset costs incurred relating to the operation of a police department or fire department.

2024 Acts, ch 1181, §8
Iowa Code § 607A.15 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.15
Section 607A.15
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 133, §25.
Iowa Code § 616.18 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 616 / Section 616.18
Personal injury or damage actions.
Status: in_force

Actions arising out of injuries to a person or damage to property may be brought in the county in which the defendant, or one of the defendants, is a resident or in the county in which the injury or damage is sustained.

[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §616.18]
Iowa Code § 350.12 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 350 / Section 350.12
Iowa’s county beautification program.
Status: in_force

(1) A county conservation board may establish an Iowa’s county beautification program to encourage the prevention and cleanup of litter in public areas of the county. The county conservation director shall prepare and implement the program which is designed to employ persons from fourteen years of age to eighteen years of age in a six-week summer program. The program may include public informational activities, but shall be directed primarily toward encouraging and facilitating involvement in litter prevention and cleanup. The program shall also include weekly instruction on safety in the workplace while employed with an Iowa’s county beautification program. Financial assistance for an Iowa’s county beautification program may be received through the county conservation account pursuant to section 455A.19. County matching funds shall not be required for eligibility for funding an Iowa’s county beautification program.

(2) A county conservation board shall coordinate its Iowa’s county beautification program with the county engineer or director of the county secondary road department and with the district highway engineer of the state department of transportation. The respective county and state highway authorities, within time and budgetary limitations, shall cooperate with the county conservation board in implementing the litter program in regard to the rights-of-way of primary and secondary roads when requested by the county conservation board.

89 Acts, ch 236, §10CS89, §111A.12C93, §350.12
Iowa Code § 2C.13 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2C / Section 2C.13
No investigation notice to complainant.
Status: in_force

If the ombudsman decides not to investigate, the complainant shall be informed of the reasons for the decision. If the ombudsman decides to investigate, the complainant and the agency shall be notified of the decision. After completing consideration of a complaint, whether or not it has been investigated, the ombudsman shall without delay inform the complainant of the fact, and if appropriate, shall inform the agency involved. The ombudsman shall on request of the complainant, and as appropriate, report the status of the investigation to the complainant.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601G.13; 82 Acts, ch 1026, §2]C93, §2C.132005 Acts, ch 19, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 10, §15