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Iowa Code § 476.4 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.4
Tariffs filed.
Status: in_force

(1) Every public utility shall file with the commission tariffs showing the rates and charges for its public utility services and the rules and regulations under which such services were furnished, on April 1, 1963, which rates and charges shall be subject to investigation by the commission as provided in section 476.3, and upon such investigation the burden of establishing the reasonableness of such rates and charges shall be upon the public utility filing the same. These filings shall be made under such rules as the commission may prescribe within such time and in such form as the commission may designate. In prescribing rules and regulations with respect to the form of tariffs and any other regulations, the commission shall, in the case of public utilities subject to regulation by any federal agency, give due regard to any corresponding rules and regulations of such federal agency, to the end that unnecessary duplication of effort and expense may be avoided so far as reasonably possible. Each public utility shall keep copies of its tariffs open to public inspection under such rules as the commission may prescribe.

(2) No later than January 1, 2015, a telephone utility is required to file tariffs as provided in this section only for such wholesale services as may be specified by the commission.

(3) Every rate, charge, rule, and regulation contained in any filing made with the Iowa state commerce commission on or prior to July 4, 1963, shall be effective as of such date, subject, however, to investigation as provided in this chapter. If any such filing is made prior to the time the Iowa state commerce commission prescribes rules, and if such filing does not comply as to form or substance with such rules, then the public utility which filed the same shall, within a reasonable time after the adoption of such rules, make a new filing or filings complying with such rules, which new filing or filings shall be deemed effective as of July 4, 1963.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.4; C77, 79, 81, §476.4]2014 Acts, ch 1099, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1135, §7; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §263; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §308; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 311.23 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 311 / Section 311.23
Payment of construction costs.
Status: in_force

(1) The total cost of any secondary road assessment district project shall in the first instance be paid out of the county treasury. Any assessments which are paid in cash, and in anticipation of which assessments no certificates have been issued, shall be transferred to the county treasury.

(2) If no special assessment certificates are issued and sold on account of any particular secondary road assessment district, the special assessments on lands included in that district, and the interest on the assessments when collected, shall be transferred to the secondary road fund of the county. If certificates are issued and sold in anticipation of the special assessments levied on a district, the proceeds of the certificates shall be credited to the county treasury. In that event, the special assessments in anticipation of which certificates have been issued, and the interest on the assessments shall, when collected, be used to retire the certificates.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4752; C46, §311.9; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §311.23]83 Acts, ch 123, §114, 209; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §58
Iowa Code § 231.60 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231 / Section 231.60
Section 231.60
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 141, §16.
Iowa Code § 468.541 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.541
Petition for refunding.
Status: in_force

Before the time of payment of said assessments or any installment or installments thereof shall be extended and before the board shall institute proceedings for the issuance of drainage refunding bonds, the owners of not less than fifteen percent of the land within a drainage district as shown by the transfer books in the auditor’s office upon which drainage assessments are unpaid, shall file a petition with the board requesting the extension of the time of payment of assessments levied in said drainage district or of any installment or installments thereof, setting forth the date said assessments to be extended were levied, the aggregate amount thereof unpaid, and requesting the issuance of drainage refunding bonds, stating the amount and purpose of said bonds.

[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b2; C39, §7714.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.2]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.541
Iowa Code § 633.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Probate Code”.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.1]
Iowa Code § 275.20 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 275 / Section 275.20
Separate vote in existing districts.
Status: in_force

The voters shall vote separately in each existing school district affected and voters residing in the entire existing district are eligible to vote upon the proposition to create a new school corporation and on any additional provision authorized pursuant to section 275.12, subsection 6. If a proposition receives a majority of the votes cast in each of at least seventy-five percent of the districts, and also a majority of the total number of votes cast in all of the districts, the proposition is carried.

[R60, §2097, 2105; C73, §1800, 1801; C97, §2794; SS15, §2794, 2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4142, 4166, 4167, 4191; C39, §4142, 4144.1, 4166, 4167; C46, 50, §274.24, 274.27, 276.13; C54, §275.20, 275.21; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.20]89 Acts, ch 135, §66; 2014 Acts, ch 1013, §19
Iowa Code § 135.68 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.68
Department to make final decision.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall complete its formal review of the application within ninety days after acceptance of the application, except as otherwise provided by section 135.71, subsection 4. Upon completion of the formal review, the department shall approve or deny the application. The department shall issue written findings stating the basis for its decision on the application and shall send copies of the decision and the written findings supporting the decision to the applicant and to any other person who so requests.

(2) Failure by the department to issue a written decision on an application for a certificate of need within the time required by this section shall constitute denial of and final administrative action on the application.

[C79, 81, §135.69]91 Acts, ch 225, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1443C2024, §10A.7192025 Acts, ch 120, §33, 40C2026, §135.68
Iowa Code § 321.119 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.119
Church buses.
Status: in_force

For motor vehicles designed to carry nine passengers or more which are owned and used exclusively by a church or religious organization to transport passengers to and from activities of or sponsored by the church or religious organization and not operated for rent or hire for purposes unrelated to the activities of the church or religious organization, the annual registration fee shall be twenty-five dollars.

[C81, §321.119]84 Acts, ch 1305, §62; 2008 Acts, ch 1113, §92
Iowa Code § 523C.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523C / Section 523C.15
Annual report.
Status: in_force

A licensed service company that does not demonstrate financial responsibility by insuring service contracts under a reimbursement insurance policy as provided in section 523C.5, subsection 1, shall file with the commissioner an annual report no later than August 31 of each year. The annual report shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and contain all of the following:

(1) A current financial statement including a balance sheet and statement of operations prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and certified by an independent certified public accountant.

(2) Any other information relating to the performance and solvency of the service company required by the commissioner.

83 Acts, ch 87, §16; 2019 Acts, ch 142, §11, 19
Iowa Code § 8C.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8C / Section 8C.7
Utility poles.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an authority shall not mandate, require, or regulate the installation, location, or use of transmission equipment on a utility pole.

2015 Acts, ch 120, §7, 10
Iowa Code § 663.44 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 663 / Section 663.44
Costs.
Status: in_force

(1) If the plaintiff is discharged, the costs shall be assessed to the defendant, unless the defendant is an officer holding the plaintiff in custody under a commitment, or under other legal process, in which case the costs shall be assessed to the county. If the plaintiff’s application is refused, the costs shall be assessed against the plaintiff, and, in the discretion of the court, against the person who filed the petition in the plaintiff’s behalf.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, if the plaintiff is confined in any state institution and is discharged in habeas corpus proceedings, or if the habeas corpus proceedings fail, and costs and fees cannot be collected from the person liable to pay costs and fees, the costs and fees shall be paid by the county in which such state institution is located. The facts of such payment and the proceedings on which it is based, with a statement of the amount of fees or costs incurred, with approval in writing by the presiding judge appended to the statement or endorsed on the statement, shall be certified by the clerk of the district court under the seal of office to the state executive council. The executive council shall review the proceedings and authorize reimbursement for all such fees and costs or such part of the fees and costs as the executive council finds justified, and shall notify the director of the department of administrative services to draw a warrant to such county treasurer for the amount authorized. There is appropriated from moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated an amount necessary to pay the reimbursement authorized by the executive council. The costs and fees referred to above shall include any award of fees made to a court appointed attorney representing an indigent party bringing the habeas corpus action.

[C97, §4459; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12511; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.44]86 Acts, ch 1237, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §39, 158
Iowa Code § 321A.25 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.25
Certificate of deposit as proof.
Status: in_force

(1) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by filing with the department fifty-five thousand dollars in the form of a certificate of deposit made payable to the department. The certificate of deposit shall be obtained from an Iowa financial institution in the amount of fifty-five thousand dollars plus any early withdrawal penalty fee. Upon receipt of the certificate of deposit, the department shall issue to the person a security insurance card for each motor vehicle registered in this state by the person. The security insurance card shall state the name and address of the person and the registration number of the motor vehicle for which the card is issued. The department shall not accept a certificate of deposit unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the person in the county where the person resides.

(2) Such certificate of deposit shall be held by the department to satisfy, in accordance with this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against the person filing the certificate of deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use of property, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle after the certificate of deposit was filed. A certificate of deposit so filed shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless the attachment or execution arises out of a suit for damages as previously provided in this subsection.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.25]92 Acts, ch 1175, §43; 97 Acts, ch 139, §9, 17; 2000 Acts, ch 1025, §3, 6; 2013 Acts, ch 37, §3
Iowa Code § 331.242 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.242
Duties of manager.
Status: in_force

The manager shall:

(1) Enforce laws, ordinances, and resolutions.

(2) Perform the duties required of the manager by law, ordinance, or resolution.

(3) Administer the affairs of the county government.

(4) Direct, supervise, and administer all departments, agencies, and offices of the county government unit except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance.

(5) Carry out policies established by the board.

(6) Prepare the board agenda.

(7) Recommend measures to the board.

(8) Report to the board on the affairs and financial condition of the county government.

(9) Execute bonds, notes, contracts, and written obligations of the board, subject to the approval of the board.

(10) Report to the board as the board may require.

(11) Attend board meetings and take part in the discussion, but shall not vote.

(12) Prepare and present the budget to the board for its approval and execute the budget adopted by the board.

(13) Appoint, suspend, and remove all employees of the county government except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance.

(14) Appoint members of temporary advisory committees.

88 Acts, ch 1229, §14
Iowa Code § 505.32 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 505 / Section 505.32
Iowa insurance information exchange.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1012, §2.
Iowa Code § 456A.21 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456A / Section 456A.21
Forestry management and enhancement fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A forestry management and enhancement fund is created in the state treasury under the department’s control. The fund is composed of moneys deposited into the fund pursuant to section 456A.20, moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from the United States or private sources for placement in the fund.

(2) Moneys in the fund are subject to an annual audit by the auditor of state. The fund is subject to warrants written by the director of the department of administrative services, drawn upon the written requisition of the department.

(3) The fund shall be used exclusively to support the management and enhancement of forests, including woodlands or timber stands in this state, on private lands in cooperation with the owners of those lands. The department shall use moneys in the fund to support the following full-time equivalent positions in addition to those supported from the general fund of the state:

(3) (a) Four forestry technicians who shall serve regions of the state as designated by the department.

(3) (b) One professional forester who shall serve the southwest region of the state.

(4) The commission may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

(5) Section 8.33 shall not apply to moneys in the fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, moneys earned as income, including as interest, from the fund shall remain in the fund until expended as provided in this section.

99 Acts, ch 206, §26; 2000 Acts, ch 1160, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §66; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §80, 81; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 321.486 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.486
Authorized bond forms.
Status: in_force

When bond or bail is required under section 811.2 to guarantee appearance for any offense charged under this chapter, the following nonexclusive forms shall be permitted subject to the following limitations:

(1) A current guaranteed arrest bond certificate as defined in section 321.1, subsection 30, shall be considered sufficient surety if the defendant is charged with an offense where the penalty does not exceed one thousand dollars.

(2) A valid credit card, as defined in section 537.1301, subsection 17, may be used and is sufficient surety when the defendant is charged with a scheduled offense under section 805.8A, 805.8B, or 805.8C. The defendant may use a credit card for bail purposes only in accordance with rules of the department of public safety adopted pursuant to chapter 17A.

[C39, §5037.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.486]83 Acts, ch 101, §72; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 6, §3
Iowa Code § 24.18 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 24 / Section 24.18
Summary of budget.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §186.
Iowa Code § 280.5 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280 / Section 280.5
Display of United States flag and Iowa state flag pledge of allegiance.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of each public school district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall provide and maintain a suitable flagstaff on each school site under its control, and the United States flag and the Iowa state flag shall be raised on all school days when weather conditions are suitable.

(2) The board of directors of each public school district shall administer the pledge of allegiance in grades one through twelve each school day. Each classroom in which the pledge of allegiance is recited pursuant to this subsection shall display the United States flag during the recitation. A student shall not be compelled against the student’s objections or those of the student’s parent or guardian to recite the pledge.

[S13, §2804-a, -b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4253; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §280.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §280.5]95 Acts, ch 1, §4; 2021 Acts, ch 139, §27
Iowa Code § 256F.12 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256F / Section 256F.12
Operation of existing charter schools.
Status: in_force

Charter schools established under this chapter prior to July 1, 2021, shall continue to operate under and be subject to the requirements of this chapter and shall not be subject to chapter 256E.

2021 Acts, ch 112, §14
Iowa Code § 498.12 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.12
Certificates nontransferable — surrender.
Status: in_force

No such certificate shall be transferable by the member to any other person, but shall be surrendered to the association in case of the member’s voluntary withdrawal.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8496; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §498.12]
Iowa Code § 126.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 126 / Section 126.7
Prosecutions.
Status: in_force

The attorney general, or a county attorney, or a city attorney to whom the board reports a violation of this chapter, shall cause appropriate court proceedings to be instituted without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before a violation of this chapter is reported to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present the person’s views before the board or its agent, either orally or in writing, in person or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceeding. However, the drug, device, or cosmetic shall be embargoed by the duly authorized agent.

89 Acts, ch 197, §7CS89, §203B.7C93, §126.7
Iowa Code § 229A.10 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229A / Section 229A.10
Petition for discharge — procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) If the director determines that the person’s mental abnormality has so changed that the person is not likely to engage in predatory acts that constitute sexually violent offenses if discharged, the director shall authorize the person to petition the court for discharge. The petition shall be served upon the court and the attorney general. The court, upon receipt of the petition for discharge, shall order a hearing within thirty days. The attorney general shall represent the state, and shall have the right to have the petitioner examined by an expert or professional person of the attorney general’s choice. The hearing shall be before a jury if demanded by either the petitioner or the attorney general. If the attorney general objects to the petition for discharge, the burden of proof shall be upon the attorney general to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner’s mental abnormality or personality disorder remains such that the petitioner is likely to engage in predatory acts that constitute sexually violent offenses if discharged.

(2) Upon a finding that the state has failed to meet its burden of proof under this section, the court shall authorize the committed person to be discharged.

98 Acts, ch 1171, §10; 99 Acts, ch 61, §8, 14; 2002 Acts, ch 1139, §15, 27; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §482023 Acts, ch 19, §546
Iowa Code § 12E.14 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12E / Section 12E.14
Exemption from competitive bid laws.
Status: in_force

The authority and contracts entered into by the authority in carrying out its public and essential governmental functions are exempt from the laws of the state which provide for competitive bids and hearings in connection with contracts, except as provided in section 12.30.

2000 Acts, ch 1208, §14, 25
Iowa Code § 414.32 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.32
Home and community-based services waiver recipient residence.
Status: in_force

(1) A city, city council, or city zoning commission shall consider the residence of the recipient of services under a home and community-based services waiver as a residential use of property for the purposes of zoning and shall treat the use of the residence as a permitted use in all residential zones or districts, including all single-family residential zones or districts, of the city.

(2) A city, city council, or city zoning commission shall not require that the recipient, or owner of such residence if other than the recipient, obtain a conditional use permit, special use permit, special exception, or variance. A city, city council, or city zoning commission shall not establish limitations regarding the proximity of one such residence to another.

(3) A city, city council, or city zoning commission shall not classify such a residence as a residential group R-3 occupancy or as a care facility within a dwelling for the purposes of enforcement of compliance with the sprinkler systems provisions specified in section 903.3.1.3 of the international building code or section P2904 of the international residential code, if adopted, or if such residence is inspected by the city.

(4) This section applies to the residence of a recipient of services under a home and community-based services waiver if the residence meets any of the following conditions:

(4) (a) The residence is a single-family dwelling owned or rented by the recipient.

(4) (b) The residence is a multifamily dwelling which does not hold itself out to the public as a community-based residential provider otherwise regulated by law, including but not limited to a residential care facility, and which provides dwelling units to no more than four recipients of services under a home and community-based services waiver at any one time.

(5) For the purposes of this section, “home and community-based services waiver” means “waiver” as defined in section 249A.29.

2007 Acts, ch 218, §131, 132; 2023 Acts, ch 112, §65, 66
Iowa Code § 479B.8 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479B / Section 479B.8
Examination — testimony.
Status: in_force

The commission may examine the proposed route of the pipeline and location of the underground storage facility. At the hearing the commission shall consider the petition and any objections and may hear testimony to assist the commission in making its determination regarding the application.

95 Acts, ch 192, §352024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 414.29 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.29
Elder family homes.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §95.