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Iowa Code § 285.5 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 285 / Section 285.5
Contracts for transportation.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Contracts for school bus service with private parties shall be in writing and be for the transportation of children who attend public school and children who attend nonpublic school. Such contracts shall define the route, the length of time, service contracted for, the compensation, and the vehicle to be used. The contract shall prescribe the duties of the contractor and driver of the vehicles and shall provide that every person in charge of a vehicle conveying children to and from school shall be at all times subject to any rules said board shall adopt for the protection of the children, or to govern the conduct of the persons in charge of said conveyance. Contracts may be made for a period not to exceed three years.

(1) (b) The contract shall provide that the contractor will sell the equipment to the board should the contractor desire to terminate the contract, provided the board should desire to purchase said equipment, the price of the equipment to be determined by an appraisal board composed of one person appointed by the school board, one appointed by the owner of the equipment, and a third selected by these two.

(2) The contractor shall operate the vehicle or provide a driver who must be approved by the board. The contractor and driver shall be subject to all laws and prescribed standards for school bus drivers. Failure to comply shall constitute grounds for dismissal of the driver or cancellation of the contract if the board so desires.

(3) All vehicles of transportation provided by contractor shall be inspected, approved and certified before being put into operation.

(4) All contracts may be terminated by either party on a ninety-day notice.

(5) The director of the department of education shall prepare a uniform contract containing provisions not in conflict with this chapter which shall be used by all schools in contracting for transportation service.

(6) All contractors shall carry liability insurance in amounts and kind as provided in the official contract.

(7) All contracts for transportation service and for drivers of school-owned and operated buses shall be made with someone outside the board except where no other transportation service is available, a board member may transport the member’s own children.

(8) Private buses other than common carriers not used exclusively in transportation of pupils while under contract to a school district shall meet all requirements for school-owned buses, as to construction and operation.

(9) All bus drivers for school-owned equipment shall be under contract with the board. The director of the department of education shall prepare a uniform contract containing provision not in conflict with this chapter which shall be used by all school boards in contracting with drivers of school-owned vehicles.

[SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4182, 4183; C46, §276.30, 276.31; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §285.5]85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §24
Iowa Code § 422.10B — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.10B
Renewable chemical production tax credit.
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed under this subchapter, less the credits allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by a renewable chemical production tax credit allowed under section 15.319. This section is repealed January 1, 2041.

2016 Acts, ch 1065, §12, 15, 16; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2023 Acts, ch 116, §15
Iowa Code § 504.1432 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1432
Procedure for judicial dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Venue for a proceeding brought by the attorney general to dissolve a corporation lies in Polk county. Venue for a proceeding brought by any other party named in section 504.1431 lies in the county where a corporation’s principal office is located or, if none is located in this state, where its registered office is or was last located.

(2) It is not necessary to make directors or members parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.

(3) A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, or carry on the activities of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §149, 192
Iowa Code § 135.32 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.32
Publication and distribution.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1113, §19.
Iowa Code § 599.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 599 / Section 599.3
Misrepresentations — engaging in business.
Status: in_force

No contract can be thus disaffirmed in cases where, on account of the minor’s own misrepresentations as to the minor’s majority, or from the minor’s having engaged in business as an adult, the other party had good reason to believe the minor capable of contracting.

[C51, §1489; R60, §2541; C73, §2239; C97, §3190; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10494; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §599.3]
Iowa Code § 498.28 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.28
Cancellation.
Status: in_force

If the biennial report required is not filed and penalties paid on or before the last day of June the secretary of state shall, on the first day of July following, cancel the name of any delinquent corporation from the list of live corporations in the secretary of state’s office, and enter such cancellation on the proper records.

[C27, 31, 35, §8508-a4; C39, §8508.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §498.28]2000 Acts, ch 1022, §7
Iowa Code § 313.6 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313 / Section 313.6
Accounts and records required.
Status: in_force

The department shall keep accounts in relation to the primary road fund, crediting said fund with all amounts by law creditable thereto and charging said fund with the amount of all duly and finally approved vouchers for claims properly chargeable thereto.

[C24, §4692; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b6; C39, §4755.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.6]
Iowa Code § 600A.6C — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600A / Section 600A.6C
Payment of services of guardian ad litem.
Status: in_force

(1) A person filing a petition for termination of parental rights under this chapter shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable fees for services provided by a guardian ad litem appointed pursuant to section 600A.6 in juvenile court or in an appellate proceeding initiated by the person filing the petition unless the person filing the petition is a private child-placing agency licensed under chapter 238 or the court determines that the person filing the petition is indigent.

(2) If the person filing the petition is a private child-placing agency licensed under chapter 238 or if the person filing the petition is indigent, the prospective parent on whose behalf the petition is filed shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable fees for services provided in juvenile court or an appellate proceeding for a guardian ad litem appointed pursuant to section 600A.6 unless the court determines that the prospective parent on whose behalf the petition is filed is indigent.

(3) If the prospective parent on whose behalf the petition is filed is indigent, and if the person filing the petition is indigent or a private child-placing agency licensed under chapter 238, the appointed guardian ad litem shall be paid reasonable fees as determined by the state public defender from the indigent defense fund established in section 815.11.

(4) The state public defender shall review all the claims submitted under subsection 2 or 3 and shall have the same authority with regard to the payment of these claims as the state public defender has with regard to claims submitted under chapters 13B and 815, including the authority to adopt rules concerning the review and payment of claims submitted.

2024 Acts, ch 1112, §3
Iowa Code § 161A.11 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.11
Report to governor.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 74, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 128, §2.
Iowa Code § 96.17 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 96 / Section 96.17
Counsel.
Status: in_force

(1) In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the department and the state may be represented by any qualified attorney who is a regular salaried employee of the department and is designated by it for this purpose or, at the department’s request, by the attorney general. In case the governor designates special counsel to defend on behalf of the state, the validity of this chapter, the expenses and compensation of such special counsel employed by the department in connection with such proceeding may be charged to the unemployment compensation administration fund.

(2) All criminal actions for violations of any provision of this chapter, or of any rules issued by the department pursuant thereto, shall be prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney of any county in which the employer has a place of business or the violator resides, or, at the request of the department, shall be prosecuted by the attorney general.

(3) Any member of the department or any employee of the department shall be indemnified for any damages and legal expenses incurred as a result of the good faith performance of their official duties, for any claim for civil damages not specifically covered by the Iowa tort claims Act, chapter 669. Any payment described herein shall be paid from the special employment security contingency fund in section 96.13, subsection 3.

[C39, §1551.23; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §96.17]96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §29
Iowa Code § 637.202 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 637 / Section 637.202
Distribution to residuary and remainder beneficiaries.
Status: in_force

(1) Each beneficiary described in section 637.201, subsection 4, is entitled to receive a portion of the net income equal to the beneficiary’s fractional interest in undistributed principal assets, using values as of the distribution date. If a fiduciary makes more than one distribution of assets to beneficiaries to whom this section applies, each beneficiary, including one who does not receive part of the distribution, is entitled, as of each distribution date, to the net income the fiduciary has received after the date of death or terminating event or earlier distribution date but has not distributed as of the current distribution date.

(2) In determining a beneficiary’s share of net income, the following rules apply:

(2) (a) The beneficiary is entitled to receive a portion of the net income equal to the beneficiary’s fractional interest in the undistributed principal assets immediately before the distribution date, including assets that later may be sold to meet principal obligations.

(2) (b) The beneficiary’s fractional interest in the undistributed principal assets must be calculated without regard to property specifically given to a beneficiary and property required to pay pecuniary amounts not in trust.

(2) (c) The beneficiary’s fractional interest in the undistributed principal assets must be calculated on the basis of the aggregate value of those assets as of the distribution date without reducing the value by any unpaid principal obligation.

(2) (d) The distribution date for purposes of this section may be the date as of which the fiduciary calculates the value of the assets if that date is reasonably near the date on which assets are actually distributed.

(3) The rules in this section apply to net gain or loss realized after the date of death or terminating event or earlier distribution date from the disposition of a principal asset if this section applies to the income from the asset.

(4) If a fiduciary does not distribute all of the collected but undistributed net income or gain to each person as of a distribution date, the fiduciary shall maintain appropriate records showing the interest of each beneficiary in that net income or gain.

99 Acts, ch 124, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §52
Iowa Code § 714.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 714 / Section 714.5
Library materials and equipment — unpurchased merchandise — evidence of intention.
Status: in_force

(1) The fact that a person has concealed library materials or equipment as defined in section 702.22 or unpurchased property of a store or other mercantile establishment, either on the premises or outside the premises, is material evidence of intent to deprive the owner, and the finding of library materials or equipment or unpurchased property concealed upon the person or among the belongings of the person, is material evidence of intent to deprive and, if the person conceals or causes to be concealed library materials or equipment or unpurchased property, upon the person or among the belongings of another, the finding of the concealed materials, equipment or property is also material evidence of intent to deprive on the part of the person concealing the library materials, equipment or goods.

(2) The fact that a person fails to return library materials for two months or more after the date the person agreed to return the library materials, or fails to return library equipment for one month or more after the date the person agreed to return the library equipment, is evidence of intent to deprive the owner, provided a reasonable attempt, including the mailing by restricted certified mail of notice that such material or equipment is overdue and criminal actions will be taken, has been made to reclaim the materials or equipment. Notices stating the provisions of this section and of section 808.12 with regard to library materials or equipment shall be posted in clear public view in all public libraries, in all libraries of educational, historical or charitable institutions, organizations or societies, in all museums and in all repositories of public records.

(3) After the expiration of three days following the due date, the owner of borrowed library equipment may request the assistance of a dispute resolution center, mediation center or appropriate law enforcement agency in recovering the equipment from the borrower.

(4) The owner of library equipment may require deposits by borrowers and in the case of late returns the owner may impose graduated penalties of up to twenty-five percent of the value of the equipment, based upon the lateness of the return.

(5) In the case of lost library materials or equipment, arrangements may be made to make a monetary settlement.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §709.21; C79, 81, §714.5]85 Acts, ch 187, §2; 87 Acts, ch 56, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Iowa Code § 218.13 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.13
Record checks.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person is being considered for employment involving direct responsibility for a resident or with access to a resident when the resident is alone, or if a person will reside in a facility utilized by an institution, and if the person has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the record check evaluation system of the department shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the crime or founded abuse warrants prohibition of employment or residence in the facility. The record check evaluation system shall conduct criminal and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of the person in this state and may conduct these checks in other states. The investigation and evaluation shall be performed in accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose by the department.

(2) If the record check evaluation system determines that a person, who is employed by an institution or resides in a facility utilized by an institution, has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the record check evaluation system shall perform an evaluation to determine whether prohibition of the person’s employment or residence is warranted. The evaluation shall be performed in accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose by the department.

(3) In an evaluation, the record check evaluation system shall consider the nature and seriousness of the crime or founded child or dependent adult abuse in relation to the position sought or held, the time elapsed since the commission of the crime or founded abuse, the circumstances under which the crime or founded abuse was committed, the degree of rehabilitation, the likelihood that the person will commit the crime or founded abuse again, and the number of crimes or founded abuses committed by the person involved. The record check evaluation system may permit a person who is evaluated to be employed or reside or to continue employment or residence if the person complies with the record check evaluation system’s conditions relating to employment or residence which may include completion of additional training.

(4) If the record check evaluation system determines that the person has committed a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse which warrants prohibition of employment or residence, the person shall not be employed by an institution or reside in a facility utilized by an institution.

91 Acts, ch 138, §3; 97 Acts, ch 169, §122023 Acts, ch 19, §364
Iowa Code § 904.309 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.309
Consultants.
Status: in_force

The director may secure the services of consultants to furnish advice on administrative, professional, or technical problems to the director or the employees of institutions under the director’s jurisdiction or to provide in-service training and instruction for the employees. The director may pay the consultants from funds appropriated to the department or to any institution under the department’s jurisdiction.

83 Acts, ch 96, §50, 159CS83, §217A.7285 Acts, ch 21, §54CS85, §246.309C93, §904.309
Iowa Code § 544C.15 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 544C / Section 544C.15
Registered interior designer stamp and seal conflicts of interest penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not intentionally do any of the following:

(1) (a) Affix the signature or seal of a registered interior designer to any interior technical submission without the permission of the registered interior designer.

(1) (b) Use or attempt to use the interior design registration or seal of another except as provided in section 544C.14.

(1) (c) Impersonate a registered interior designer.

(1) (d) Obtain or attempt to obtain registration from the board by fraud.

(1) (e) Make any willfully false oath or affirmation to the board.

(1) (f) As a registered interior designer, accept compensation from a client in connection with a registered interior design project, except as payment for the provision of registered interior design services, which would reasonably appear to compromise the registered interior designer’s professional judgment in serving the best interests of the client or public.

(2) A person who intentionally violates a provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(3) A registered interior designer shall avoid conflicts of interest.

(3) (a) If an unavoidable conflict of interests arises, a registered interior designer shall do all of the following:

(3) (a) Immediately inform the client or employer of all circumstances that may interfere with or impair the obligation of the registered interior designer to provide professional services.

(3) (a) Notify the client or employer and withdraw from employment at any time when it is not possible to faithfully discharge the responsibilities and duties owed to the client or employer.

(3) (b) If an unavoidable conflict of interest arises, a registered interior designer shall not do any of the following:

(3) (b) Agree to perform professional registered interior design services for a client or employer if the registered interior designer has a significant financial or other interest that would impair or interfere with the responsibility of the registered interior designer to faithfully discharge professional interior design services on behalf of the client or employer.

(3) (b) Accept payment from any party other than a client or employer for a particular project and not have any direct or indirect financial interest in a service or phase of a service to be provided as part of a project unless the client or employer approves of the conflict.

(3) (b) Solicit or accept anything of value from material or equipment suppliers in return for specifying or endorsing a product.

(3) (b) Violate the confidences of a client or employer except as otherwise required by law.

(3) (b) Perform services for a client or employer while a full-time employee of another employer without notifying all parties concerned.

(4) This section shall not limit the professional responsibility of a registered interior designer to an owner of a project when the registered interior designer is employed by a person under contract to engage in interior design practice for that project.

2023 Acts, ch 20, §7
Iowa Code § 357E.6 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357E / Section 357E.6
Engineer.
Status: in_force

(1) When the board establishes a district, a competent disinterested civil engineer shall be appointed, who shall prepare a preliminary plat showing:

(1) (a) The proper design in general outline of the district.

(1) (b) The lots and parcels of land within the proposed district as they appear on the county auditor’s plat books with the names of the owners.

(1) (c) The assessed valuations of the lots and parcels.

(2) The compensation of the engineer on the preliminary investigation shall be determined by the board. The engineer shall file a report with the county auditor within thirty days of appointment. The board may extend the time upon good cause shown.

88 Acts, ch 1194, §6
Iowa Code § 468.82 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.82
Payment.
Status: in_force

The board, at the time of making the levy, shall fix a time within which all assessments in excess of one hundred dollars may be paid, and before any bonds are issued, publish notice in an official newspaper in the county where the district is located, of such time. After the expiration of such time, no assessments may be paid except in the manner and at the times fixed by the board in the resolution authorizing the issue of the bonds.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7511, 7512; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.90, 455.91]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.822014 Acts, ch 1110, §7, 8
Iowa Code § 504.201 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.201
Incorporators.
Status: in_force

One or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering articles of incorporation to the secretary of state for filing.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §17, 192
Iowa Code § 190C.1B — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190C / Section 190C.1B
General authority.
Status: in_force

Any provision in this chapter referring generally to compliance with the requirements of this chapter also includes compliance with requirements in rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter, orders issued by the department as authorized under this chapter, and the terms and conditions applicable to any certification made pursuant to this chapter.

2003 Acts, ch 104, §3, 21