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Iowa Code § 216A.6 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.6
Confidentiality of individual client advocacy records.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Advocacy services” means services in which a department staff member writes or speaks in support of a client or a client’s cause or refers a person to another service to help alleviate or solve a problem.

(1) (b) “Individual client advocacy records” means those files or records which pertain to problems divulged by a client to the department or any related papers or records which are released to the department about a client for the purpose of assisting the client.

(2) Information pertaining to clients receiving advocacy services shall be held confidential, including but not limited to the following:

(2) (a) Names and addresses of clients receiving advocacy services.

(2) (b) Information about a client reported on the initial advocacy intake form and all documents, information, or other material relating to the advocacy issues or to the client which could identify the client, or divulge information about the client.

(2) (c) Information concerning the social or economic conditions or circumstances of particular clients who are receiving or have received advocacy services.

(2) (d) Department or office evaluations of information about a person seeking or receiving advocacy services.

(2) (e) Medical or psychiatric data, including diagnoses and past histories of disease or disability, concerning a person seeking or receiving advocacy services.

(2) (f) Legal data, including records which represent or constitute the work product of an attorney, which are related to a person seeking or receiving advocacy services.

(3) Information described in subsection 2 shall not be disclosed or used by any person or agency except for purposes of administration of advocacy services, and shall not be disclosed to or used by a person or agency outside the department except upon consent of the client as evidenced by a signed release.

(4) This section does not restrict the disclosure or use of information regarding the cost, purpose, number of clients served or assisted, and results of an advocacy program administered by the department, and other general and statistical information, so long as the information does not identify particular clients or persons provided with advocacy services.

88 Acts, ch 1106, §1C89, §601K.6C93, §216A.62011 Acts, ch 34, §48; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §288
Iowa Code § 84I.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84I / Section 84I.5
Powers of the director.
Status: in_force

The director may examine the records, books, and any papers relating to the conduct and operation of an employment agency at any time.

99 Acts, ch 130, §5CS99, §94A.52023 Acts, ch 19, §2285, 2288C2024, §84I.5
Iowa Code § 533.115A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.115A
Conducting business outside of state.
Status: in_force

If a state credit union has an office and conducts business in another state having laws or regulations allowing credit unions to exercise additional powers, the state credit union may request permission from the superintendent to exercise such additional powers while operating in the other state with only the resident members of that other state.

2016 Acts, ch 1030, §4
Iowa Code § 155A.33 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.33
Delegation of functions.
Status: in_force

A pharmacist may delegate any technical functions to pharmacy technicians and any nontechnical functions to pharmacy support persons, but only if the pharmacist is available to provide professional oversight of the delegated functions performed by the pharmacy technician or pharmacy support person. Verification of automated dispensing, technician product verification, and telepharmacy practice accuracy and completeness remains the responsibility of the pharmacist and shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the board.

87 Acts, ch 215, §33; 96 Acts, ch 1070, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1108, §25; 2008 Acts, ch 1016, §5; 2016 Acts, ch 1093, §7; 2018 Acts, ch 1142, §4; 2021 Acts, ch 68, §5
Iowa Code § 8A.360A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.360A
Classification of qualified renewable fuels.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this part, a qualified renewable fuel must meet the same standards and classifications as provided in section 214A.2.

2022 Acts, ch 1067, §34
Iowa Code § 2B.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2B / Section 2B.10
Iowa Acts.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative services agency shall control and maintain in a secure electronic repository custodial information used to produce the Iowa Acts.

(2) The legislative services agency shall publish the annual edition of the Iowa Acts as soon as possible after the final adjournment of a regular session of the general assembly. The legislative services agency may also publish an updated edition of the Iowa Acts or a supplement to the Iowa Acts after a special session of the general assembly.

(3) (a) The arrangement, appearance, and contents of the Iowa Acts shall be determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with the policies of the legislative council and legislative services agency as provided in section 2.42.

(3) (b) The bills and joint resolutions of the Iowa Acts may be arranged by chapter, numbered from one for the first regular session and numbered from one thousand one for the second regular session.

(4) The Iowa Acts shall include all of the following:

(4) (a) A preface.

(4) (b) A table of contents.

(4) (c) A list of elective state officers and deputies, supreme court justices, judges of the court of appeals, members of the general assembly, and members of Iowa’s congressional delegation.

(4) (d) A statement of the condition of the state treasury as provided by Article III, section 18, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. The statement shall be furnished to the legislative services agency by the director of the department of administrative services.

(4) (e) An analysis of its chapters.

(4) (f) The text of bills that have been enacted and joint resolutions that have been enacted or passed by the general assembly, including text indicating items disapproved in appropriation bills.

(4) (g) Messages transmitted by the governor disapproving items in appropriation bills.

(4) (h) A notation of the filing of an estimate of a state mandate prepared by the legislative services agency pursuant to section 25B.5.

(4) (i) Tables, including any analysis of tables.

(4) (j) A comprehensive method to search and identify its contents, including the text of bills that have been enacted and joint resolutions that have been enacted or passed by the general assembly.

(4) (j) An electronic version may include search and retrieval programming and an index and a summary index.

(4) (j) A print version may include an index and a summary index.

(4) (k) Other reference material as determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with any policies of the legislative council.

(5) The enrolling clerks of the house and senate shall arrange for the Iowa Code editor to receive suitable copies of all Acts and resolutions as soon as they are enrolled.

[C73, §36; C97, §39; SS15, §224-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, §162, 162-d1, 163, 164, 165, 167; C39, §221.1 – 221.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §14.10]83 Acts, ch 186, §10004, 10201; 91 Acts, ch 258, §11; 92 Acts, ch 1123, §3C93, §2B.1098 Acts, ch 1115, §2, 21; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §16, 45, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §37
Iowa Code § 455B.107 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.107
Warrants by director of department of administrative services.
Status: in_force

The director of the department of administrative services shall draw warrants on the treasurer of state for all disbursements authorized by the provisions of this chapter and chapter 459, upon itemized and verified vouchers bearing the approval of the director of the department of natural resources.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455B.8]C83, §455B.10786 Acts, ch 1245, §1899; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §62
Iowa Code § 626.74 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 626 / Section 626.74
Notice of sale.
Status: in_force

The officer must give four weeks’ notice of the time and place of selling real property, and three weeks’ notice of personal property.

[C51, §1905; R60, §3310; C73, §3079; C97, §4023; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11722; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §626.74]
Iowa Code § 468.550 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.550
Numbering, signing, and attestation.
Status: in_force

Said bonds shall be numbered consecutively, signed by the chairperson of the board and attested by the county auditor with the seal of the county affixed. The interest coupons attached thereto shall be executed by the county auditor.

[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b11; C39, §7714.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.11]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.550
Iowa Code § 24.30 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 24 / Section 24.30
Review by and powers of board.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state board to review and finally pass upon all proposed budget expenditures, tax levies, and tax assessments from which appeal is taken. The state board shall have power and authority to approve, disapprove, or reduce all such proposed budgets, expenditures, and tax levies so submitted to it upon appeal, as provided in this chapter; but in no event may it increase such budget, expenditure, tax levies or assessments or any item contained therein. The state board shall have authority to adopt rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, to employ necessary assistants, authorize such expenditures, require such reports, make such investigations, and take such other action as it deems necessary to promptly hear and determine all such appeals; provided, however, that all persons so employed shall be selected from persons then regularly employed in some one of the offices of the members of the state board.

[C39, §390.5; C46, 50, 54, §24.29; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §24.30]2023 Acts, ch 66, §5
Iowa Code § 384.76 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.76
Application to joint undertakings.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter apply to any public improvement undertaken jointly by the city and another city or by the city and the state or any other political subdivision of the state, and a city may enter into an agreement for such purpose under the provisions of chapter 28E and may assess and pay its portion of the cost of a public improvement as provided in this subchapter, but any requirement of this subchapter in respect to approval of detailed plans and specifications, calling for construction bids, awarding construction contracts and acceptance of the completed improvement may be carried out by each city with other cities, the state or any other political subdivision of the state, as provided in an agreement entered into as permitted by chapter 28E. However, an agreement between the city and the state department of transportation is also governed by the provisions of sections 313.21 through 313.23.

[C50, §391A.34; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391A.37; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.76]2017 Acts, ch 29, §110; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §239
Iowa Code § 515J.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515J / Section 515J.10
Surplus lines placements.
Status: in_force

Diligent search requirements pursuant to section 515I.3, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, shall not apply to flood coverage under an insurance policy issued by an eligible surplus lines insurer until such time that the commissioner certifies in a commissioner’s bulletin or by order that the admitted private flood insurance market is adequate.

2021 Acts, ch 73, §10
Iowa Code § 214A.17 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214A / Section 214A.17
Documentation in transactions.
Status: in_force

Upon any delivery of motor fuel to a retailer, the invoice, bill of lading, shipping or other documentation shall disclose the presence, type, and amount of oxygenates over one percent by weight contained in the fuel.

85 Acts, ch 76, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §83
Iowa Code § 217.42 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.42
County offices.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain an office in each county. Based on the annual appropriations for field operations, the department shall strive to maintain a full-time presence in each county. If it is not possible to maintain a full-time presence in each county, the department shall provide staff based on its caseweight system to assure the provision of services. The department shall consult with the county boards of supervisors of those counties regarding staffing prior to any modification of office hours.

(2) A county or group of counties may voluntarily enter into a chapter 28E agreement with the department to provide funding or staff persons to deliver field services in county offices. The agreement shall cover the full fiscal year but may be revised by mutual consent.

92 Acts, ch 1079, §1; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 4, §1, 92010 Acts, ch 1031, §296, 401, 402; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §351
Iowa Code § 622B.2 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622B / Section 622B.2
Interpreter appointed.
Status: in_force

If a deaf or hard-of-hearing person is a party to, a witness at, or a participant in a proceeding before a grand jury, court, or administrative agency of this state, the court or administrative agency shall appoint a sign language interpreter without expense to the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to interpret or translate the proceedings to the deaf or hard-of-hearing person and to interpret or translate the person’s testimony unless the deaf or hard-of-hearing person waives the right to a sign language interpreter.

[C81, §622B.2]93 Acts, ch 75, §8; 2021 Acts, ch 77, §14
Iowa Code § 646.6 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 646 / Section 646.6
Petition.
Status: in_force

The petition may state generally that the plaintiff is entitled to the possession of the premises, particularly describing them, also the quantity of the plaintiff’s estate and the extent of the plaintiff’s interest therein, and that the defendant unlawfully keeps the plaintiff out of possession, and the damages, if any, which the plaintiff claims for withholding the same; but if the plaintiff claims other damages than the rents and profits, the plaintiff shall state the facts constituting the cause thereof.

[R60, §3570; C73, §3250; C97, §4187; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12235; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §646.6]
Iowa Code § 135.73 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.73
Uniform financial reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, after study and in consultation with any advisory committees which may be established pursuant to law, shall promulgate by rule pursuant to chapter 17A uniform methods of financial reporting, including such allocation methods as may be prescribed, by which hospitals and health care facilities shall respectively record their revenues, expenses, other income, other outlays, assets and liabilities, and units of service, according to functional activity center. These uniform methods of financial reporting shall not preclude a hospital or health care facility from using any accounting methods for its own purposes provided these accounting methods can be reconciled to the uniform methods of financial reporting prescribed by the department and can be audited for validity and completeness. Each hospital and each health care facility shall adopt the appropriate system for its fiscal year, effective upon such date as the department shall direct.

(2) In establishing uniform methods of financial reporting, the department shall consider all of the following:

(2) (a) The existing systems of accounting and reporting currently utilized by hospitals and health care facilities.

(2) (b) Differences among hospitals and health care facilities, respectively, according to size, financial structure, methods of payment for services, and scope, type and method of providing services.

(2) (c) Other pertinent distinguishing factors.

(3) The department shall, where appropriate, provide for modification, consistent with the purposes of this subchapter, of reporting requirements to correctly reflect the differences among hospitals and among health care facilities referred to in subsection 2, and to avoid otherwise unduly burdensome costs in meeting the requirements of uniform methods of financial reporting.

(4) The uniform financial reporting methods, where appropriate, shall be structured so as to establish and differentiate costs incurred for patient-related services rendered by hospitals and health care facilities, as distinguished from those incurred in the course of educational, research and other nonpatient-related activities including but not limited to charitable activities of these hospitals and health care facilities.

[C79, 81, §135.74]2013 Acts, ch 30, §27; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §60; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1443, 1607C2024, §10A.7242025 Acts, ch 120, §40, 60C2026, §135.73
Iowa Code § 386.11 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 386 / Section 386.11
Self-supported municipal improvement district bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) A city may issue and sell self-supported municipal improvement district bonds at public or private sale payable from taxes which must be levied in accordance with chapter 76. The bonds are payable from the levy of unlimited ad valorem taxes on all the taxable property within the district through the district debt service fund authorized by section 386.10. When self-supported municipal improvement district bonds are issued and taxes are levied in accordance with chapter 76, the taxes shall continue to be levied, until the bonds and interest thereon are paid in full, against all of the taxable property that was included in the district at the time of the issuance of the bonds, regardless of any subsequent removal of any property from the district or the dissolution of the district.

(2) The proceeds of the sale of the bonds may be used to pay any or all of the costs of any improvement, or be used to pay any legal indebtedness incurred for the cost of any improvement including bonds or warrants previously issued to pay the costs of an improvement, or bonds may be exchanged for the evidences of such legal indebtedness.

(3) Before the council may institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds, it shall proceed in the same manner as is required for the institution of proceedings for the issuance of bonds for an essential corporate purpose as provided in section 384.25, subsection 2 and all of the provisions of that subsection apply to bonds issued pursuant to this section.

(4) A city may issue bonds authorized by this section pursuant to a resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting by an affirmative vote of a majority of the total members to which the council is entitled. The proceeds of a single bond issue may be used for various improvements.

(5) The provisions of sections 384.29, 384.30, and 384.31 apply to bonds issued pursuant to this section, except that the bonds shall be designated “municipal improvement district bonds”.

(6) No action may be brought which questions the legality of bonds issued pursuant to this section or the power of a city to issue the bonds or the effectiveness of any proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of the bonds after thirty days from the time the bonds are ordered issued by the city.

[C77, 79, 81, §386.11]
Iowa Code § 490.852 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.852
Mandatory indemnification.
Status: in_force

A corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the corporation against expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

89 Acts, ch 288, §100; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §46, 125; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §112, 230
Iowa Code § 364.23 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 364 / Section 364.23
Energy-efficient lighting required.
Status: in_force

All city-owned exterior flood lighting, including but not limited to street and security lighting but not including era or period lighting which has a minimum efficiency rating of fifty-eight lumens per watt and not including stadium or ball park lighting, shall be replaced, when worn-out, exclusively with high pressure sodium lighting or lighting with equivalent or better energy efficiency as approved in rules adopted by the utilities commission. In lieu of the requirements established for replacement lighting under this section, stadium or ball park lighting shall be replaced, when worn-out, with the most energy-efficient lighting available at the time of replacement which may include metal halide, high-pressure sodium, or other light sources which may be developed.

89 Acts, ch 297, §691 Acts, ch 253, §1692 Acts, ch 1233, §32023 Acts, ch 19, §2665; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
Iowa Code § 504.826 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.826
Committees of the board.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless prohibited or limited by the articles or bylaws of a corporation, the board of directors may create one or more committees of the board and appoint members of the board to serve on them. Each committee shall have two or more directors, who serve at the pleasure of the board.

(2) The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of either of the following:

(2) (a) A majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken.

(2) (b) The number of directors required by the articles or bylaws to take action under section 504.825.

(3) Sections 504.821 through 504.825, which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the board, apply to committees of the board and their members as well.

(4) To the extent specified by the board of directors or in the articles or bylaws, each committee of the board may exercise the board’s authority under section 504.801.

(5) A committee of the board shall not, however, do any of the following:

(5) (a) Authorize distributions.

(5) (b) Approve or recommend to members dissolution, merger, or the sale, pledge, or transfer of all or substantially all of the corporation’s assets.

(5) (c) Elect, appoint, or remove directors or fill vacancies on the board or on any of its committees.

(5) (d) Adopt, amend, or repeal the articles or bylaws.

(6) The creation of, delegation of authority to, or action by a committee does not alone constitute compliance by a director with the standards of conduct described in section 504.831.

(7) A corporation may create or authorize the creation of one or more advisory committees whose members are not required to be directors. An advisory committee is not a committee of the board of directors and shall not exercise any powers of the board.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §89, 192; 2012 Acts, ch 1049, §10
Iowa Code § 70A.10 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.10
Mileage and expenses — prohibition.
Status: in_force

No law shall be construed to give to a public officer or employee both mileage and expenses for the same transaction.

[C31, 35, §1225-d2; C39, §1225.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §79.10]C93, §70A.10
Iowa Code § 712.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 712 / Section 712.3
Arson in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(1) Arson which is not arson in the first degree is arson in the second degree when the property which is the subject of the arson is a building or a structure, or real property of any kind, or standing crops, or is personal property the value of which exceeds seven hundred fifty dollars.

(2) Arson in the second degree is a class “C” felony.

[C51, §2600 – 2602; R60, §4224 – 4226; C73, §3882 – 3884; C97, §4778 – 4780; C24, §12986 – 12988; C27, 31, 35, §12991-b1, 12991-b3; C39, §12991.2, 12991.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §707.2, 707.3; C79, 81, §712.3]2004 Acts, ch 1125, §15; 2019 Acts, ch 140, §10; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §71