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Iowa Code § 249M.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249M / Section 249M.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Assessment” means the hospital health care access assessment imposed pursuant to this chapter.

(2) “Department” means the department of health and human services.

(3) “Net patient revenue” means all revenue reported by a hospital on the hospital’s 2008 Medicare cost report for acute patient care and services, but does not include contractual adjustments, charity care, bad debt, Medicare revenue, or other revenue derived from sources other than hospital operations including but not limited to nonoperating revenue, other operating revenue, skilled nursing facility revenue, physician revenue, and long-term care revenue.

(4) “Nonoperating revenue” means income from activities not relating directly to the day-to-day operations of a hospital such as gains from disposal of a hospital’s assets, dividends and interests from security investments, gifts, grants, and endowments.

(5) “Other operating revenue” means income from nonpatient care services including but not limited to tax levy receipts, laundry services, gift shop operations, meal services to individuals other than patients, and vending machine commissions.

(6) “Participating hospital” means a nonstate-owned hospital licensed under chapter 135B that is paid on a prospective payment system basis by Medicare and the medical assistance program for inpatient and outpatient services.

(7) “Program” means the hospital health care access assessment program created in this chapter.

(8) “Trust fund” means the hospital health care access trust fund created in section 249M.4.

(9) “Upper payment limit” means the maximum ceiling imposed by federal regulation on a participating hospital’s medical assistance program reimbursement for inpatient services under 42 C.F.R. §447.272 and outpatient services under 42 C.F.R. §447.321, calculated separately for hospital inpatient and outpatient services, and excluding from the calculation medical assistance program disproportionate share hospital payments.

2010 Acts, ch 1135, §3, 9; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §824
Iowa Code § 349.14 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 349 / Section 349.14
Publication pending contest — interest payable.
Status: in_force

After the selection by the board of supervisors of official newspapers, no publisher shall receive pay for publishing official proceedings until the contest is finally determined, insofar as the publisher is concerned. After determination of the contest, payment for publications made during the contest shall include interest at the rate of one-half percent per month calculated from date of publication to the date of payment, less thirty days.

[C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5409; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.14]86 Acts, ch 1183, §2
Iowa Code § 450.68 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.68
Information confidential.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Any and all information acquired by the department of revenue under and by virtue of the means and methods provided for by sections 450.66 and 450.67 shall be deemed and held as confidential and shall not be disclosed by the department except so far as the same may be necessary for the enforcement and collection of the inheritance tax provided for by the laws of this state; provided, however, that the director of revenue may authorize the examination of the information by other state officers or, if a reciprocal arrangement exists, by tax officers of another state or of the federal government.

(1) (b) Federal tax returns, copies of returns, return information as defined in section 6103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and state inheritance tax returns, which are required to be filed with the department for the enforcement of the inheritance tax laws of this state, shall be deemed and held as confidential by the department. However, such returns or return information may be disclosed by the director to officers or employees of other state agencies, subject to the same confidentiality restrictions imposed on the officers and employees of the department.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any present or former officer or employee of the state to disclose, except as provided by law, any return, return information, or any other information deemed and held confidential under the provisions of this section. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7373; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.68]92 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1001, §2452003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2008 Acts, ch 1119, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §257; 2010 Acts, ch 1138, §54; 2014 Acts, ch 1076, §17
Iowa Code § 455B.425 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.425
Annual report on hazardous substance remedial fund.
Status: in_force

The director shall annually on January 1 give a full accounting of moneys received, moneys expended, sources and recipients, and purposes of the expenditures for the preceding fiscal year in the hazardous substance remedial fund to the general assembly and the governor.

84 Acts, ch 1108, §11; 86 Acts, ch 1025, §6; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899
Iowa Code § 47.10 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 47 / Section 47.10
Optical scan voting system fund.
Status: in_force

An optical scan voting system fund is established in the office of the treasurer of state under the control of the secretary of state. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the office of the secretary of state for purchase and distribution of optical scan voting system equipment to counties to assist county compliance with section 52.2. The secretary of state, in consultation with the department of administrative services, shall establish a procedure for purchasing and distributing the equipment.

2008 Acts, ch 1176, §1, 10; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §168
Iowa Code § 196.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 196 / Section 196.14
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. In addition, if the offender is a handler or a retailer, the court for the third offense shall suspend the offender’s license for thirty days; for the fourth and any subsequent offense, such license shall be revoked for a period of one year.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §196.18; C77, 79, 81, §196.14]
Iowa Code § 614.37 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 614 / Section 614.37
Limitation statutes not extended.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to extend the period for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any other required act under any statutes of limitations, nor, except as herein specifically provided, to effect the operation of any statutes governing the effect of the recording or the failure to record any instrument affecting land. It is intended that nothing contained in this chapter be interpreted to revive or extend the period of filing a claim or bringing an action that may be limited or barred by any other statute.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.37]2004 Acts, ch 1052, §8; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §387
Iowa Code § 322.11 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.11
Injunctions.
Status: in_force

Whenever the department shall believe from evidence satisfactory to it that any person has or is now violating any provision of this chapter, the department may, in addition to any other remedy, bring an action in the name and on behalf of the state of Iowa against such person and any other person concerned in or in any way participating in or about to participate in practices or acts in violation of this chapter, to enjoin such person and said other person from continuing the same. In any such action, the department may apply for and on due showing be entitled to have issued the court’s subpoena, requiring forthwith the appearance of any defendant, the defendant’s agent and employees and the production of documents, books, and records as may appear necessary for the hearing of such petition to testify and give evidence concerning the acts or conduct or practices or things complained of in such application for injunction. In said action an order or judgment may be entered, awarding such preliminary or final injunctions as may be proper.

[C39, §5039.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322.11]
Iowa Code § 216B.3A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.3A
Director duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The director of the department shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall set the salary of the director within the applicable salary range established by section 8A.461.

(2) The director shall be the executive officer of the commission and shall be responsible for implementing policy set by the commission. The director shall carry out programs and policies as determined by the commission.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §2472, 2475; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §162, 168
Iowa Code § 533.321 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.321
Authority to receive property for safekeeping.
Status: in_force

(1) A state credit union may accept property for safekeeping if the state credit union issues a receipt for the property, except in the case of night depositories.

(1) (a) A state credit union accepting property for safekeeping shall purchase and maintain reasonable insurance coverage to ensure against loss incurred in connection with the acceptance of property for safekeeping.

(1) (b) Property held for safekeeping shall not be commingled with the property of the state credit union or the property of others.

(2) A state credit union has a lien upon any property held for safekeeping and for expenses incurred in any sale made pursuant to this subsection.

(2) (a) If the charge for safekeeping of property is not paid within six months from the day the charge is due, at any time after the six months and while the charge remains unpaid, the state credit union may mail a notice to the member at the member’s last known address as shown upon the records of the state credit union, stating that if the amount due is not paid on or before a specified day, which shall be at least thirty days after the date of mailing the notice, the state credit union will remove the property from safekeeping and hold the property for the account of the member.

(2) (b) After the expiration of the period specified in the notice, if the charge for safekeeping has not been paid, the state credit union may remove the property from safekeeping, cause the property to be inventoried, and hold the property for the account of the member.

(2) (c) If the property is not claimed within two years after its removal from safekeeping, the state credit union may proceed to sell so much of the property as is necessary to pay the charge which remains unpaid and the expense incurred in making the sale in the manner provided for in section 533.320, subsections 4 and 5.

(2) (d) The proceeds of any sale made pursuant to this section, after payment of any amounts with respect to which the state credit union has a lien, any property that was not offered for sale, and property which, although offered for sale, was not sold, shall be retained by the state credit union until such time as the property is presumed abandoned according to section 556.2, and shall be handled pursuant to chapter 556.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §52
Iowa Code § 1C.15 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 1C / Section 1C.15
Gift to Iowa’s Future Recognition Day.
Status: in_force

The governor of this state is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation designating the first Monday in April as Gift to Iowa’s Future Recognition Day to recognize, celebrate, and honor those public-spirited individuals and corporations who have donated land or a conservation easement to benefit Iowa’s parks, trails, fish and wildlife habitat, natural areas, open spaces, and public recreation areas and for other public uses and benefits. The department of natural resources shall maintain a registry to record the names of and suitably honor all persons who have donated land or a conservation easement for public use as described in this section.

2008 Acts, ch 1054, §1
Iowa Code § 633.680 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.680
Limit on application to terminate.
Status: in_force

If any petition for terminating such guardianship or conservatorship shall be denied, no other petition shall be filed therefor until at least six months shall have elapsed since the denial of the former one.

[C97, §3222; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12627; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §670.15; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.680]
Iowa Code § 481A.146 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.146
Authority of the director.
Status: in_force

The director may take any fish from the public waters of the state, at any time and in any manner, for the purpose of propagation or restocking other waters, or exchanging with fish and wildlife agencies of other states, the federal government, or licensed aquaculture units.

92 Acts, ch 1216, §8
Iowa Code § 99F.4D — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99F / Section 99F.4D
Gambling games at gambling structures — requirements — licensing.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, the provisions of this chapter applicable to an excursion gambling boat shall also apply to a gambling structure.

(2) A licensee authorized to conduct gambling games on an excursion boat may convert the license to authorize the conducting of gambling games on a gambling structure with the approval of the commission. In addition, a licensee authorized to conduct gambling games on a moored barge may elect to have the license treated to allow the conducting of gambling games on a gambling structure with the approval of the commission.

2007 Acts, ch 188, §9
Iowa Code § 434.1 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 434 / Section 434.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
Iowa Code § 8A.126 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.126
Department debts and liabilities — appropriation request.
Status: in_force

If a service provided by the department and funded from an internal service fund established under section 8A.123 ceases to be provided and insufficient funds remain in the internal service fund to pay any outstanding debts and liabilities relating to that service, the director shall notify the general assembly and request that moneys be appropriated from the general fund of the state to pay such debts and liabilities.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §16
Iowa Code § 6B.32 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 6B / Section 6B.32
Removal of condemner.
Status: in_force

The sheriff, upon being furnished with a copy of the assessment as determined on appeal, certified to by the clerk of the district court, may remove from said premises the condemner and all persons acting for or under the condemner, unless the amount of the assessment is forthwith paid or deposited as provided in sections 6B.25 through 6B.31.

[C73, §1258; C97, §2012; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7851; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §472.32]C93, §6B.322020 Acts, ch 1063, §1
Iowa Code § 8A.233 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.233
Agreements.
Status: in_force

The compact administrator and the chief executive of a county, city, or library board may enter into agreements with other states or their political subdivisions pursuant to the compact. The agreements made pursuant to this compact on behalf of the state of Iowa shall be made by the compact administrator. The agreements made on behalf of a political subdivision shall be made after due notice to and consultation with the compact administrator.

93 Acts, ch 48, §35CS93, §256.722023 Acts, ch 19, §1382C2024, §8A.233
Iowa Code § 515B.9 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515B / Section 515B.9
Nonduplication of recovery.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Any person having a claim under an insurance policy, and the claim under such other policy alleges the same damages or arises from the same facts, injury, or loss that gives rise to a covered claim against the association, shall be required to first exhaust all coverage provided by that policy, whether such coverage is on a primary, excess, or pro rata basis and any obligation of the association shall not be considered other insurance.

(1) (a) Any amount payable on a covered claim shall be reduced by the full applicable limits of such other insurance policy and the association shall receive full credit for such limits or where there are no applicable limits, the claim shall be reduced by the total recovery.

(1) (a) A policy providing liability coverage to a person who may be jointly and severally liable with, or a joint tortfeasor with, the person covered under the policy of the insolvent insurer shall be first exhausted before any claim is made against the association and the association shall receive credit for the same as provided above.

(1) (b) For purposes of this section, an insurance policy means a policy issued by an insurance company, whether or not a member insurer, which policy insures any of the types of risks insured by an insurance company authorized to write insurance under chapter 515, 516A, or 520, or comparable statutes of another state, except those types of risks set forth in chapters 508 and 514.

(2) A person having a claim which may be recovered under more than one insurance guaranty association or its equivalent shall seek recovery first from the association of the place of residence of the insured. However, if the claim is a first party claim for damage to property with a permanent location, recovery shall be first sought from the association of the location of the property. If the claim is a workers’ compensation claim, recovery shall be first sought from the association of the residence of the claimant. Any sums recovered from any other guaranty association or equivalent organization shall be subtracted from the maximum liability of the association under section 515B.5, subsection 1, paragraph “a”.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515B.9]86 Acts, ch 1184, §7; 88 Acts, ch 1112, §508; 91 Acts, ch 26, §45; 2003 Acts, ch 91, §42; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §123
Iowa Code § 915.27 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 915 / Section 915.27
Sexual assault by juvenile.
Status: in_force

A victim of a sexual assault by a juvenile adjudicated to have committed the assault is entitled to the rights listed in sections 915.40 through 915.44.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §24, 84
Iowa Code § 556.18 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556 / Section 556.18
Deposit of funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 3, all funds received under this chapter, including the proceeds from the sale of abandoned property under section 556.17, shall be deposited quarterly by the treasurer of state in the general fund of the state. However, the treasurer of state shall retain in a separate trust fund a sufficient amount from which the treasurer of state shall make prompt payment of claims duly allowed under section 556.20. Before making the deposit, the treasurer of state shall record the name and last known address of each person appearing from the holders’ reports to be entitled to the abandoned property and the name and last known address of each insured person or annuitant, and with respect to each policy or contract listed in the report of a life insurance corporation, its number, the name of the corporation, and the amount due. The record shall be available for public inspection at all reasonable business hours.

(2) Before making any deposit to the credit of the general funds, the state treasurer may deduct:

(2) (a) Any costs in connection with sale of abandoned property.

(2) (b) Any costs of mailing and publication in connection with any abandoned property.

(2) (c) Reasonable service charges.

(2) (d) Any costs in connection with information on outstanding state warrants addressed pursuant to section 556.2C.

(3) The treasurer of state shall annually credit all moneys received under section 556.4 to the general fund of the state. Moneys credited to the general fund of the state pursuant to this subsection are subject to the requirements of subsections 1 and 2.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.18]83 Acts, ch 191, §13, 14, 27; 84 Acts, ch 1295, §20; 88 Acts, ch 1175, §4; 89 Acts, ch 287, §6; 91 Acts, ch 253, §24; 91 Acts, ch 260, §1248; 93 Acts, ch 131, §26, 27; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §96, 97, 100; 94 Acts, ch 1188, §38; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §1032024 Acts, ch 1185, §189
Iowa Code § 195.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 195 / Section 195.3
Exclusions.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a bulk milk tanker, milk grader, milk hauler, milk plant, milk processing plant, dairy plant, transfer station, or receiving station.

2023 Acts, ch 75, §15
Iowa Code § 462B.12 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462B / Section 462B.12
Local tax reimbursement.
Status: in_force

The state of Iowa shall reimburse from the general fund of the state any political subdivision the amount of tax moneys lost due to any lower assessments of property resulting from lease agreements, and the acquisition of public lands and conservation easements stemming from designation of a protected water area.

84 Acts, ch 1261, §14C85, §108A.12C93, §462B.12
Iowa Code § 541.180 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.180
Section 541.180
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 20.14 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.14
Bargaining representative determination.
Status: in_force

(1) Board certification of an employee organization as the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit shall be upon a petition filed with the board by a public employer, public employee, or an employee organization and an election conducted pursuant to section 20.15.

(2) The petition of an employee organization shall allege that:

(2) (a) The employee organization has submitted a request to a public employer to bargain collectively on behalf of a designated group of public employees.

(2) (b) The petition is accompanied by written evidence that thirty percent of such public employees are members of the employee organization or have authorized it to represent them for the purposes of collective bargaining.

(3) The petition of a public employee shall allege that an employee organization which has been certified as the bargaining representative does not represent a majority of such public employees and that the petitioners do not want to be represented by an employee organization or seek certification of an employee organization.

(4) The petition of a public employer shall allege that it has received a request to bargain from an employee organization which has not been certified as the bargaining representative of the public employees in an appropriate bargaining unit.

(5) The board shall investigate the allegations of any petition and shall give reasonable notice of the receipt of such a petition to all public employees, employee organizations and public employers named or described in such petitions or interested in the representation questioned. The board shall thereafter call an election under section 20.15, unless:

(5) (a) It finds that less than thirty percent of the public employees in the unit appropriate for collective bargaining support the petition for decertification or for certification.

(5) (b) The appropriate bargaining unit has not been determined pursuant to section 20.13.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.14]2010 Acts, ch 1165, §16, 17