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Iowa Code § 508D.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508D / Section 508D.7
Plan of operation.
Status: in_force

(1) The facility shall submit to the oversight organization a plan of operation and any amendments to the plan of operation necessary or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable, and equitable administration of the facility’s business. The plan of operation and any amendments to the plan are effective upon the oversight organization’s written approval.

(2) The plan of operation, in addition to other requirements established in this chapter, shall establish all of the following:

(2) (a) Procedures for administering the assets under the control of the facility.

(2) (b) Regular places and times for meetings of the board of directors.

(2) (c) Procedures for records to be kept of all financial transactions engaged in by the facility, the agents of the facility, and the board of directors.

(2) (d) Procedures for selecting the board of directors and submitting the selections to the oversight organization.

(2) (e) Procedures for permitting life and health insurance guaranty associations to become members of the facility.

(2) (f) Procedures for the assumption of the insurance business or the assignment of the insurance business to the facility by member guaranty associations.

(2) (g) Procedures for determining and making assessments against member guaranty associations by the board of directors.

(2) (h) Additional provisions necessary and proper for the execution of the powers and duties of the facility.

(2) (i) A description of staffing requirements and qualifications for positions within the facility.

(3) The plan of operation may provide that any powers and duties of the facility, except the power to borrow money and the power to make assessments, may be delegated to a corporation, association, or other organization or individual which performs or will perform those functions. Such corporation, association, or other organization or individual shall be reimbursed for any payments made on behalf of the facility and shall be compensated for the performance of any permissible function, as directed by the facility. A delegation of any power or duty pursuant to this subsection takes effect only with the approval of the board of directors.

94 Acts, ch 1011, §7
Iowa Code § 314.15 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 314 / Section 314.15
Disadvantaged business enterprises — rules.
Status: in_force

The department of transportation shall promulgate rules establishing affirmative action requirements to encourage and increase participation of disadvantaged individuals in business enterprises in all federal aid projects made available by and through the department.

90 Acts, ch 1161, §4
Iowa Code § 496B.16 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496B / Section 496B.16
Reports to department of economic development.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1100, §7.
Iowa Code § 459.504 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459 / Section 459.504
Use of fund for emergency cleanup.
Status: in_force

If the department provides cleanup of a condition caused by a confinement feeding operation as provided in section 459.506, the department may use moneys in the fund for purposes of supporting the cleanup. The department shall reimburse the fund from moneys recovered by the department as reimbursement for the cleanup as provided in section 459.506.

98 Acts, ch 1209, §7, 50C99, §455J.62002 Acts, ch 1137, §68, 71; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §260, 262C2003, §459.504
Iowa Code § 522E.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522E / Section 522E.15
Application of other law.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter regulating the sale of portable electronics insurance shall be construed to impair or impede the application of any other law regulating the sale of portable electronics insurance.

2015 Acts, ch 87, §15, 16
Iowa Code § 9E.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9E / Section 9E.4
Certification cancellation.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary may cancel a program participant’s certification under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) The program participant’s legal name or contact information changes, unless the program participant provides the secretary with prior written notice of the name change or contact information.

(1) (b) Mail forwarded by the secretary to the program participant’s address is returned as undeliverable by the United States postal service.

(1) (c) The program participant is no longer eligible for the program.

(1) (d) The program participant does not accept service of process or is unavailable for delivery of service of process as described in section 9E.5, subsection 4.

(2) The secretary shall cancel a program participant’s certification for any of the following reasons:

(2) (a) The program participant’s application contains false information.

(2) (b) The secretary receives information from a reliable source that the program participant has died.

(2) (c) A program participant with legal documentation from a reliable source requests an adult member of a household to be removed from the program. An adult member of a household whose program certification is canceled is eligible to rejoin the program.

2015 Acts, ch 96, §5, 17; 2025 Acts, ch 65, §2
Iowa Code § 523C.22 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523C / Section 523C.22
Claim procedures.
Status: in_force

A licensed service company shall promptly provide a written explanation to the service contract holder, describing the reasons for denying a claim or for the offer of a compromise settlement, based on all relevant facts or legal requirements and referring to applicable provisions of the service contract.

94 Acts, ch 1031, §20; 2019 Acts, ch 142, §14, 19
Iowa Code § 123.177 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.177
Authority under class “A” wine permit.
Status: in_force

(1) A person holding a class “A” wine permit may manufacture and sell, or sell at wholesale, wine for consumption off the premises. Sales within the state may be made only to persons holding a class “A” wine permit and to persons holding a retail alcohol license. However, if the person holding the class “A” permit is a manufacturer of native wine, the person may sell only native wine to a person holding a retail alcohol license. A person holding a class “A” wine permit may sell wine to distributors outside of the state that are authorized by the laws of that jurisdiction to sell wine at wholesale. A class “A” wine permittee having more than one place of business shall obtain a separate permit for each place of business where wine is to be manufactured, stored, warehoused, or sold.

(2) A class “A” wine permit holder may purchase and resell only those brands of wine which are manufactured, fermented, bottled, shipped, or imported by a person holding a certificate of compliance issued pursuant to section 123.180.

85 Acts, ch 32, §68; 88 Acts, ch 1241, §25; 93 Acts, ch 91, §21; 2003 Acts, ch 143, §10, 17; 2017 Acts, ch 119, §14; 2018 Acts, ch 1060, §68; 2019 Acts, ch 113, §52; 2022 Acts, ch 1099, §79, 80, 88
Iowa Code § 124.413 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124 / Section 124.413
Mandatory minimum sentence parole eligibility.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 3 and sections 901.11 and 901.12, a person sentenced pursuant to section 124.401, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, “b”, “e”, “f”, “g”, or “h”, shall not be eligible for parole or work release until the person has served a minimum term of confinement of one-third of the maximum indeterminate sentence prescribed by law.

(2) This section shall not apply if:

(2) (a) The offense is found to be an accommodation pursuant to section 124.410; or

(2) (b) The controlled substance is marijuana.

(3) A person serving a sentence pursuant to section 124.401, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, shall be denied parole or work release, based upon all the pertinent information as determined by the court under section 901.11, subsection 1, until the person has served between one-half of the minimum term of confinement prescribed in subsection 1 and the maximum indeterminate sentence prescribed by law.

[C79, 81, §204.413]89 Acts, ch 225, §14C93, §124.4132009 Acts, ch 41, §182; 2016 Acts, ch 1104, §1, 2; 2017 Acts, ch 122, §10, 11; 2023 Acts, ch 86, §8
Iowa Code § 182.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 182 / Section 182.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Assessment” means an excise tax on the sale of sheep or wool as provided in this chapter.

(2) “Board” means the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board established pursuant to section 182.5.

(3) “Concentration point” means a location or facility where sheep are assembled for purposes of sale or resale for feeding, breeding, or slaughtering, and where contact may occur between groups of sheep from various sources. “Concentration point” includes a public stockyard, auction market, street market, state or federal market, untested consignment sales location, buying station, or a livestock dealer’s yard, truck, or facility.

(4) “District” means an official crop reporting district formed by the United States department of agriculture and set out in the annual farm census published by the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship.

(5) “First purchaser” means a person who purchases sheep or wool from a producer.

(6) “Producer” means a person who is actively engaged within this state in the business of producing or marketing sheep or wool and who receives income from the production of sheep or wool.

(7) “Sale” or “sold” means a transaction in which the property in or to sheep or wool is transferred from the producer to a first purchaser for full or partial consideration.

(8) “Secretary” means the secretary of agriculture.

(9) “Sheep” means an animal of the ovine species, regardless of age, produced or marketed in this state.

(10) “Wool” means the natural fiber produced by sheep.

85 Acts, ch 207, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §631; 99 Acts, ch 50, §1 – 4; 2012 Acts, ch 1109, §1, 2, 7
Iowa Code § 496C.18 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 496C / Section 496C.18
Merger or consolidation.
Status: in_force

No professional corporation shall merge or consolidate with any other corporation except another professional corporation subject to this chapter. Merger or consolidation shall not be permitted unless the surviving or new corporation is a professional corporation which complies with all requirements of this chapter.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §496C.18]
Iowa Code § 455B.478 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.478
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 455B.477, subsection 5, judicial review of an order or other action of the commission or the director may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A. Notwithstanding chapter 17A, the Iowa administrative procedure Act, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the alleged offense was committed or the final order was entered.

85 Acts, ch 162, §8; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899A
Iowa Code § 298A.12 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 298A / Section 298A.12
Child care fund.
Status: in_force

(1) A child care fund is an enterprise fund. A child care fund must be established in any school corporation receiving moneys from the child care program authorized under section 279.49.

(2) If the sum of the fees collected under section 279.49 for participation in a before and after school program and other moneys deposited in the fund as the result of the before and after school program exceeds the amount necessary to operate the before and after school program, the excess amount may, following a public hearing, be transferred by resolution of the board of directors of the school corporation for deposit in the general fund of the school corporation to be used for school district general fund purposes. The board shall publish notice of the time and the place of the public hearing in the same manner as required in section 24.9. The resolution transferring the excess amount shall state the original source and purpose of the funds, the method used to establish fee amounts for the before and after school program under section 279.49, subsection 4, the proposed use of such funds, and the amount of the transfer. The department of education shall prescribe the form for public hearing notices. The board shall provide a copy of the resolution to the department of education and shall make the resolution available for any audit performed under chapter 11. A transfer under this subsection does not increase a school district’s authorized expenditures as defined in section 257.7.

94 Acts, ch 1029, §12; 99 Acts, ch 192, §33; 2018 Acts, ch 1112, §14, 16, 17
Iowa Code § 453B.2 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453B / Section 453B.2
Administration — rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall administer this chapter. The director shall collect all taxes, interest, and civil penalties imposed under this chapter and deposit them in the general fund of the state.

(2) The director may adopt rules under chapter 17A that are necessary to enforce this chapter. The director shall adopt a uniform system of providing, affixing, and displaying official stamps, labels, or other official indicia for taxable substances.

90 Acts, ch 1251, §38C91, §421A.2C93, §453B.22018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 43.108 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 43 / Section 43.108
Organization of state convention proxies prohibited.
Status: in_force

The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the state central committee, or that individual’s designee, who shall present a list of delegates, as certified by the various county conventions, and effect a temporary organization. If any county is not fully represented, the delegates present from that county shall cast the full vote of the county if the rules of the convention or party bylaws or constitution so allow, and there shall be no proxies.

[S13, §1087-a27; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §635; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.108]2021 Acts, ch 80, §23
Iowa Code § 622.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.9
Communications between husband and wife.
Status: in_force

Neither husband nor wife can be examined in any case as to any communication made by the one to the other while married, nor shall they, after the marriage relation ceases, be permitted to reveal in testimony any such communication made while the marriage subsisted.

[C51, §2392; R60, §3984; C73, §3642; C97, §4607; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11262; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.9]
Iowa Code § 633.123 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.123
Prudent investments — fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

(1) When investing, reinvesting, purchasing, acquiring, exchanging, selling, or managing property for the benefit of another, a fiduciary shall consider all of the following circumstances along with the circumstances identified in section 633A.4302, if applicable:

(1) (a) The length of time the fiduciary will have control over the estate assets and the anticipated costs of complying with the provisions of this section.

(1) (b) The unique nature of all of the following:

(1) (b) The duties of a personal representative or conservator.

(1) (b) The assets, income, expenses, and distribution requirements of the estate.

(1) (b) The needs and rights of the beneficiaries or the protected person.

(1) (c) The express provisions of a will, codicil, or other controlling instrument.

(2) The standards identified in this section shall be applied differently than similar standards for investment and management of trust property. Special consideration shall be given to the expected term of estates. Because some estates will have limited duration, there may be situations where an investment or a change in an investment is not warranted.

2007 Acts, ch 134, §7, 28; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §58
Iowa Code § 466.4 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466 / Section 466.4
Conservation buffer strip program.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “conservation buffer strip” means a riparian buffer, filter strip, waterway, contour buffer strip, shallow water area for wildlife, field border, or any vegetative barrier on private land that meets the criteria established by the United States department of agriculture, natural resources conservation service.

(2) (a) The department of agriculture and land stewardship, in consultation with the department of natural resources, shall establish a program to accelerate the United States department of agriculture’s program to install conservation buffer strips in this state.

(2) (b) The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall request waivers from the United States department of agriculture to initiate projects that reward landowners maintaining current conservation practices. The goal of the projects is to discourage the destruction of existing conservation buffer strips and to monetarily reward landowners who maintain quality conservation practices. If the waivers are granted, up to twenty-five percent of the program resources shall be committed to establishing projects.

(2) (c) The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall request a waiver from the United States department of agriculture for the purpose of establishing that a person who is subject to a twenty-five percent reduction in conservation buffer strip payments due to grazing shall be allowed ninety days to graze animals.

(2) (d) The department of natural resources shall establish a prairie seed harvest program to assist in the restoration of prairies and provide for private land stewardship and public resource management through assistance with the implementation of buffer and filter strip practices, and public or private habitat development and management. The department shall carry out these efforts through landowner contacts and cooperation with private and public organizations.

(2) (e) The five-year goal of the conservation buffer strip program shall be to meet the objective of water quality improvement by enrolling an additional four hundred seven thousand five hundred acres.

2000 Acts, ch 1068, §4
Iowa Code § 135.24A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.24A
Free clinics volunteer record check.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, “free clinic” means a free clinic as defined in section 135.24 that is also a network of free clinics in this state that offers operational and collaborative opportunities to free clinics.

(2) Persons who are potential volunteers or volunteers in a free clinic in a position having direct individual contact with patients of the free clinic shall be subject to criminal history and child and dependent adult abuse record checks in accordance with this section. The free clinic shall request that the department of public safety perform the criminal history check and the record check evaluation system of the department of health and human services perform child and dependent adult abuse record checks of the person in this state and may request these checks in other states.

(3) A free clinic subject to this section shall establish an evaluation process to determine whether a crime of founded child or dependent adult abuse warrants prohibition of the person’s participation as a volunteer in the free clinic. The evaluation process shall not be less stringent than the evaluation process performed by the record check evaluation system and shall be approved by the department.

2018 Acts, ch 1104, §1, 5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §133
Iowa Code § 469A.8 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 469A / Section 469A.8
Unlawful combination — receivership.
Status: in_force

The state may take possession of a dam for which a permit has been issued under section 455B.275 through receivership proceedings, if the dam becomes owned, leased, trusteed, possessed, or controlled by a person in a manner constituting an unlawful combination or trust, or if the dam is the subject or part of the subject of an agreement to limit the output of hydraulic or hydroelectric power derived from the dam for the purpose of price fixing. The receivership proceedings must be instituted by the executive council, and shall be conducted for the purpose of disposing of the dam for a lawful use. The proceeds from the disposition shall be used to reimburse the state for expenses incurred in the receivership. The remaining proceeds shall be awarded to persons found by the court to be entitled to the proceeds.

90 Acts, ch 1108, §5
Iowa Code § 515.130 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.130
Short rates.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance shall prepare and promulgate tables of the short rates provided for in section 515.132, for the various kinds and classes of insurance governed by the provisions of this chapter, which, when promulgated, shall be for the guidance of all companies covered in this chapter and shall be the rate to be given in any notice therein required. No company shall discriminate unfairly between like assureds in the rate or rates so provided.

[C97, §1729; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8961; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.82]2007 Acts, ch 152, §14, 61; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §256CS2007, §515.1302008 Acts, ch 1074, §11
Iowa Code § 29A.25 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 29A / Section 29A.25
Enlistments and discharges.
Status: in_force

All enlistments and discharges in the national guard shall be as prescribed by federal law and regulations.

[C97, §2173; S13, §2215-f13; C24, 27, 31, §444; C39, §467.22; C46, 50, §29.22; C54, 58, 62, §29.25; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29A.25]2002 Acts, ch 1117, §11, 23
Iowa Code § 105.14 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 105 / Section 105.14
Display of contractor license.
Status: in_force

A person holding a contractor license under this chapter shall keep the current license certificate publicly displayed in the primary place in which the person practices.

2007 Acts, ch 198, §14; 2008 Acts, ch 1089, §10, 12; 2009 Acts, ch 151, §15
Iowa Code § 235A.22 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235A / Section 235A.22
Education program.
Status: in_force

The department shall require an educational program for employees of the department with access to child abuse information on the proper use and control of child abuse information.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §235A.22]97 Acts, ch 176, §152023 Acts, ch 19, §712
Iowa Code § 622.50 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.50
Certificate of register or receiver.
Status: in_force

The certificate of the register or receiver of any land office of the United States, as to the entry of land within the register’s or receiver’s district, shall be presumptive evidence of title, in the person entering, to the real estate therein named.

[R60, §4055; C73, §3710; C97, §4642; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11303; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.50]
Iowa Code § 103A.45 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.45
State historical society board — duties.
Status: in_force

The state historical society board shall:

(1) Recommend to the commissioner alternative building standards and building regulations for inclusion in the state historic building code.

(2) Approve or disapprove alternative building standards and building regulations which the commissioner proposes to include in the state historic building code. A majority vote of the membership of the board is required for this function.

(3) Advise and confer with the commissioner in matters relating to the state historic building code.

(4) Consult with state agencies, including the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing and the economic development authority, governmental subdivisions, architects, engineers, and others who have knowledge of or interest in the rehabilitation, preservation, restoration, and relocation of historic buildings, with respect to matters relating to the state historic building code.

(5) At the request of a state agency, governmental subdivision or other interested party, provide review and advice as to specific applications of the state historic building code.

(6) At the request of the commissioner, hold public hearings and perform other functions as the commissioner requests.

84 Acts, ch 1113, §6; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §13392023 Acts, ch 19, §2083