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Iowa Code § 509.3A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 509 / Section 509.3A
Creditable coverage.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of any policies of group accident or health insurance or combination of such policies issued in this state, “creditable coverage” means health benefits or coverage provided to an individual under any of the following:

(1) A group health plan.

(2) Health insurance coverage.

(3) Part A or Part B Medicare pursuant to Tit. XVIII of the federal Social Security Act.

(4) Medicaid pursuant to Tit. XIX of the federal Social Security Act, other than coverage consisting solely of benefits under section 1928 of that Act.

(5) 10 U.S.C. ch. 55.

(6) A health or medical care program provided through the Indian health service or a tribal organization.

(7) A state health benefits risk pool.

(8) A health plan offered under 5 U.S.C. ch. 89.

(9) A public health plan as defined under federal regulations.

(10) A health benefit plan under section 5(e) of the federal Peace Corps Act, 22 U.S.C. §2504(e).

(11) A short-term limited duration policy.

(12) The Hawki program authorized by chapter 514I.

2009 Acts, ch 118, §19; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §34; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1187
Iowa Code § 148I.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148I / Section 148I.3
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not do any of the following:

(1) (a) Limit or regulate the practice of qualified members of other professions including but not limited to advanced registered nurse practitioner midwives under chapter 152, advanced practice registered nurse midwives under chapter 152E, or certified nurse midwives, from providing services that would constitute midwifery under this chapter.

(1) (b) Apply to a person who is a member of a Native American, Mennonite, or Amish community who provides traditional midwife services to such a community.

(1) (c) Apply to a person who, in good faith, engages in the practice of the religious tenets of a church or a religious act if no fee is contemplated, charged, or received.

(1) (d) Apply to a person rendering aid in an emergency.

(1) (e) Apply to a student midwife currently enrolled in an accredited midwifery education program and providing services to clients under the direct, on-site, in-person supervision of a certified professional midwife who is licensed and registered as a preceptor with the North American registry of midwives or its successor organization.

(1) (f) Apply to an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152, an advanced practice registered nurse under chapter 152E, or a certified nurse midwife.

(2) The practice of midwifery shall not constitute the practice of medicine, certified nurse midwifery, certified midwifery, or emergency medical care to the extent that a midwife advises, attends, or assists a person during pregnancy, labor, childbirth, or the postpartum period.

2023 Acts, ch 127, §6
Iowa Code § 39.13 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 39 / Section 39.13
Conference boards appointment limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding section 441.2, for the purposes of conducting the business of a conference board established pursuant to section 441.2, a person shall not serve in a voting unit of a conference board if such service would be incompatible with another office held by that person.

(2) If a person is a member of more than one body whose members make up a voting unit on the conference board, that person shall waive the person’s position on the conference board for all but one of the bodies the person represents. A waiver pursuant to this subsection does not cause the person to vacate any elective office.

2021 Acts, ch 12, §2, 73
Iowa Code § 554.2712 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.2712
“Cover” — buyer’s procurement of substitute goods.
Status: in_force

(1) After a breach within section 554.2711 the buyer may “cover” by making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any reasonable purchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those due from the seller.

(2) The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference between the cost of cover and the contract price together with any incidental or consequential damages as hereinafter defined (section 554.2715), but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller’s breach.

(3) Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar the buyer from any other remedy.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.2712]2008 Acts, ch 1032, §77
Iowa Code § 29B.17 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29B / Section 29B.17
Jurisdiction of general courts-martial.
Status: in_force

Subject to section 29B.16, general courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for any offense made punishable by this code and may, under such limitations as the adjutant general may prescribe, adjudge any one or a combination of the following punishments:

(1) A fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

(2) Forfeiture of not more than twenty days’ pay and allowances.

(3) A reprimand.

(4) Dismissal or dishonorable discharge.

(5) Reduction of a noncommissioned officer to the ranks.

[C39, §467.33; C46, 50, §29.33; C54, 58, 62, §29.71; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.17]2008 Acts, ch 1026, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §23
Iowa Code § 489.1303 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1303
Savings clause.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §489.1203; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §143, 161.
Iowa Code § 455G.13 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455G / Section 455G.13
Cost recovery enforcement.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.
Iowa Code § 323.4A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 323 / Section 323.4A
Use of renewable fuel.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 3, this section applies to a supply agreement or other document executed on or after July 1, 2013, by parties who are receiving and furnishing motor fuel or special fuel as follows:

(1) (a) A dealer who is a party receiving motor fuel or special fuel from another party who is a refiner, supplier, or distributor furnishing the motor fuel or special fuel.

(1) (b) A distributor who is a party receiving motor fuel or special fuel from another party who is a refiner, supplier, or other distributor furnishing the motor fuel or special fuel.

(2) A supply agreement or other document shall not contain a provision restricting a dealer or distributor who is a party receiving motor fuel or special fuel from the other party furnishing the motor fuel or special fuel as described in subsection 1 from doing any of the following:

(2) (a) Installing, converting, or operating a storage tank or a dispenser located on the distributor’s or dealer’s business premises for use in storing or dispensing renewable fuel. However, this paragraph does not apply to a dealer or distributor whose business premises are leased from the other party furnishing the renewable fuel.

(2) (b) Using a dispenser to dispense ethanol blended gasoline, including gasoline with a specified blend or a range of blends under chapter 214A, if the dispenser is approved as required by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for dispensing the specified blend or range of blends, including as provided in section 455G.31.

(2) (c) Purchasing, selling, or dispensing motor fuel or special fuel that is a renewable fuel from a source other than the party furnishing other motor fuel or special fuel, if such party furnishing the other motor fuel or special fuel does not furnish motor fuel or special fuel that is a renewable fuel for sale by the distributor or dealer.

(2) (d) Marketing the sale of any renewable fuel, including but not limited to advertising its availability or price on a sign, on a dispenser, or by media.

(2) (e) Selling or dispensing renewable fuel in any specified area located on the distributor’s or dealer’s business premises, including but not limited to any area in which a name or logo of a franchiser or any other entity appears.

(2) (f) Using a payment form for the sale of a renewable fuel by the retail dealer that is the same type as the payment form used for the sale of another type of motor fuel or special fuel by the dealer on the dealer’s retail premises.

(3) This section does not apply to any activity that constitutes mislabeling, misbranding, willful adulteration, or other trademark violation by a dealer.

2013 Acts, ch 127, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1657
Iowa Code § 19B.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 19B / Section 19B.2
Equal opportunity in state employment affirmative action.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the policy of this state to provide equal opportunity in state employment to all persons. An individual shall not be denied equal access to state employment opportunities because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or physical or mental disability. It also is the policy of this state to apply affirmative action measures to correct deficiencies in the state employment system where those remedies are appropriate. This policy shall be construed broadly to effectuate its purposes.

(2) It is the policy of this state to permit special appointments by bypassing the usual testing procedures for any applicant for whom the division of vocational rehabilitation services of the department of workforce development or the department for the blind has certified the applicant’s disability and competence to perform the job. The department of administrative services, in cooperation with the department for the blind and the division of vocational rehabilitation services, shall develop appropriate certification procedures. This subsection should not be interpreted to bar promotional opportunities for persons who are blind or persons with physical or mental disabilities. If this subsection conflicts with any other provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this subsection govern.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §221; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §12; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §4; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2233
Iowa Code § 633.36 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.36
Orders in probate.
Status: in_force

All orders and decrees of the court sitting in probate are final decrees as to the parties having notice and those who have appeared without notice.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.36]
Iowa Code § 455D.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455D / Section 455D.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commission” means the environmental protection commission.

(2) “Department” means the department of natural resources created pursuant to section 455A.2.

(3) “Director” means the director of the department.

(4) “Pollution prevention techniques” means any of the following practices employed by the user of a toxic substance:

(4) (a) Input substitution, which is the replacement of a toxic substance or raw material used in a production process with a nontoxic or less toxic substance.

(4) (b) Product reformulation, which is the substitution of an end product which is nontoxic or less toxic upon use or release for an existing end product.

(4) (c) Production process redesign or modification, which is the development and use of production processes of a different design other than those currently in use.

(4) (d) Production process modernization, which is the upgrading or replacing of existing production process equipment or methods with other equipment or methods based on the same production process.

(4) (e) Improved operation and maintenance of existing production process equipment and methods, which is the modification or addition to existing equipment or methods, including but not limited to such techniques as improved housekeeping practices, system adjustments, product and process inspections, and production process control equipment or methods.

(4) (f) Recycling, reuse, or extended use of toxic substances by using equipment or methods that become an integral part of the production process.

(5) “Recycling” means any process by which waste, or materials that would otherwise become waste, are collected, separated, or processed and revised or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products pursuant to section 455D.4A. “Recycling” includes but is not limited to the composting of yard waste which has been previously separated from other waste, but does not include any form of energy recovery.

(6) “Scrap metal” means any ferrous or nonferrous metal suitable for reprocessing into a viable market commodity grade specification.

(7) “Waste reduction” means practices which reduce, avoid, or eliminate both the generation of solid waste and the use of toxic materials so as to reduce risks to health and the environment and to avoid, reduce, or eliminate the generation of wastes or environmental pollution at the source and not merely achieved by shifting a waste output or waste stream from one environmental medium to another environmental medium.

89 Acts, ch 272, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §12, 13; 2018 Acts, ch 1023, §5, 6
Iowa Code § 161A.12 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.12
Statement to department of management.
Status: in_force

On or before October 1 next preceding each annual legislative session, the department shall submit to the department of management, on official estimate blanks furnished for those purposes, statements and estimates of the expenditure requirements for each fiscal year, and a statement of the balance of funds, if any, available to the division, and the estimates of the division as to the sums needed for the administrative and other expenses of the division for the purposes of this chapter.

[C46, §160.12; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.12]86 Acts, ch 1245, §654C93, §161A.1296 Acts, ch 1034, §6; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §10
Iowa Code § 321.220 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.220
Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person’s control to be driven upon a highway by a person who is not issued a driver’s license valid for the vehicle’s operation.

(2) A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 4.

[C31, 35, §4960-d50; C39, §5015.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.220]90 Acts, ch 1230, §61; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1203, §8; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1190, §44
Iowa Code § 261A.8 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261A / Section 261A.8
Powers of authority.
Status: in_force

The authority may:

(1) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded.

(2) Employ consultants, attorneys, accountants, financial experts, loan processors, bankers, managers, and other employees and agents necessary in the authority’s judgment, and fix their compensation.

(3) When refunding obligations are issued to refund obligations, the proceeds of which were used to make authority loans, reduce the amount it is owed by the institutions which had received authority loans from the proceeds of the refunded obligations. The institutions may use this reduced amount to reduce the amount of interest being paid on education loans which the institutions had made pursuant to the authority loans from the proceeds of the refunded obligations.

[82 Acts, ch 1031, §8]
Iowa Code § 189.30 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189 / Section 189.30
Contracts invalid.
Status: in_force

No action shall be maintained in any of the courts of the state upon any contract or sale made in violation of or with the intent to violate any provision of this subtitle by one who was knowingly a party thereto.

[C97, §2520; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3056; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.28; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.30]94 Acts, ch 1023, §39
Iowa Code § 691.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 691 / Section 691.3
Commissioner to make rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public safety shall make rules defining the capabilities of the criminalistics laboratory. The commissioner shall make rules governing the handling of items to be processed by the criminalistics laboratory from the time they are forwarded to the laboratory by a county medical examiner or a city or state law enforcement agency or county sheriff until their return to the forwarder. The rules shall prescribe a method of identifying, forwarding, handling and returning items that will maintain the identity and integrity of the item. An item handled in conformity with the rules shall be presumed to be admissible in evidence as to the period in transit to and from and while in custody of the laboratory without further foundation.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, §749A.3; C79, 81, §691.3]
Iowa Code § 15F.205 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15F / Section 15F.205
River enhancement community attraction and tourism fund.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, “lake” means a lake of which the state or a political subdivision owns the lake bed up to the ordinary high water line and which is open to the use of the general public.

(2) A river enhancement community attraction and tourism fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury under the control of the board, consisting of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the board for placement in the fund.

(3) Payments of interest, repayments of moneys loaned pursuant to this subchapter, and recaptures of grants or loans shall be deposited in the fund.

(4) The fund shall be used to provide assistance only from funds, rights, and assets legally available to the board, and the assistance shall be in the form of grants, loans, forgivable loans, and credit enhancements and financing instruments as described in the community attraction and tourism program established in section 15F.202.

(5) An applicant for financial assistance from moneys in the river enhancement community attraction and tourism fund for a river or lake enhancement project under the community attraction and tourism program shall receive financial assistance from the fund in an amount not to exceed one third of the total cost of the project.

(6) Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(7) At the beginning of each fiscal year, the board shall allocate moneys in the fund for financial assistance to projects that promote and enhance recreational opportunities and community attractions on and near rivers or lakes within cities across the state. Such recreational opportunities and community attractions shall be closely connected to a river or lake and may include but is not limited to pedestrian trails and walkways, amphitheaters, bike trails, water trails or whitewater courses for watercraft, and any modifications necessary for the safe mitigation of dams.

(8) The board may make a multiyear commitment to an applicant or may award assistance for multiple projects to the same applicant provided the fund contains sufficient moneys. Any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year may be carried over to a subsequent fiscal year, or may be obligated in advance for a subsequent fiscal year.

(9) The board is not required to award financial assistance pursuant to this section unless moneys are appropriated to and available from the fund.

2008 Acts, ch 1178, §7
Iowa Code § 13.7 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13 / Section 13.7
Special counsel.
Status: in_force

(1) A department, agency, or other state governmental entity shall not contract for legal services to be provided by a private attorney unless authorized by the executive council under this section or section 13.3. The executive council may authorize employment of legal assistance, at a reasonable compensation, in a pending action or proceeding to protect the interests of the state, but only upon a sufficient showing, in writing, made by the attorney general, that the department of justice cannot for reasons stated by the attorney general perform the service. The reasons and action of the executive council shall be entered upon its records. If the attorney general determines that the department of justice cannot perform legal service in an action or proceeding, the executive council shall request the department involved in the action or proceeding to recommend legal counsel to represent the department. If the attorney general concurs with the department that the person recommended is qualified and suitable to represent the department, the person recommended shall be employed. If the attorney general does not concur in the recommendation, the department shall submit a new recommendation.

(2) The executive branch and the attorney general shall also comply with chapter 23B when retaining legal counsel on a contingency fee basis under this section, as appropriate.

[S13, §208-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §152; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §13.7; 81 Acts, ch 22, §1]83 Acts, ch 127, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2005 Acts, ch 150, §120; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §20, 158; 2012 Acts, ch 1112, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2050, 2073
Iowa Code § 232.55 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.55
Effect of adjudication and disposition.
Status: in_force

(1) An adjudication or disposition in a proceeding under this subchapter shall not be deemed a conviction of a crime and shall not impose any civil disabilities or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment.

(2) (a) Adjudication and disposition proceedings under this subchapter are not admissible as evidence against a person in a subsequent proceeding in any other court before or after the person reaches majority except in a proceeding pursuant to chapter 229A or in a sentencing proceeding after conviction of the person for an offense other than a simple or serious misdemeanor.

(2) (b) Adjudication and disposition proceedings may properly be included in a presentence investigation report prepared pursuant to chapter 901 and section 906.5.

(2) (c) However, the use of adjudication and disposition proceedings pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the restrictions contained in section 232.150.

(3) This section does not apply to dispositional orders entered regarding a child who has been placed on youthful offender status under section 907.3A who is not discharged from probation before or upon the child’s eighteenth birthday.

[C79, 81, §232.55]85 Acts, ch 179, §1; 97 Acts, ch 126, §29; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §238; 2013 Acts, ch 42, §11; 2014 Acts, ch 1059, §3; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 904.804 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.804
Duties of department state industries.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules to further the intent stated by section 904.801.

[C79, 81, §216.4]85 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.804C93, §904.8042024 Acts, ch 1170, §355
Iowa Code § 425A.6 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 425A / Section 425A.6
Warrants authorized by director — proration.
Status: in_force

After receiving from the county auditors the certifications provided for in section 425A.5, and during the following fiscal year, the director of revenue shall authorize the department of administrative services to draw warrants on the family farm tax credit fund created in section 425A.1, payable to the county treasurers in the amount certified by the county auditors of the respective counties and mail the warrants to the county auditors on June 1 of each year taking into consideration the relative budget and cash position of the state resources. However, if the family farm tax credit fund is insufficient to pay in full the total of the amounts certified to the director of revenue, the director shall prorate the fund to the county treasurers and shall notify the county auditors of the pro rata percentage on or before June 1.

90 Acts, ch 1250, §15; 91 Acts, ch 267, §617; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §50
Iowa Code § 135A.4 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135A / Section 135A.4
Governmental public health advisory council legislative intent.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 85, §74.