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Iowa Code § 634A.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 634A / Section 634A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Person with a disability” means a person to whom one of the following applies, prior to creation of a trust which otherwise qualifies as a supplemental needs trust for the person’s benefit:

(1) (a) Is considered to be a person with a disability under the disability criteria specified in Tit. II or Tit. XVI of the federal Social Security Act.

(1) (b) Has a physical or mental illness or condition which, in the expected natural course of the illness or condition, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, is expected to continue for a continuous period of twelve months or more and substantially impairs the person’s ability to provide for the person’s care or custody.

(2) “Supplemental needs trust” means an inter vivos or testamentary trust created for the benefit of a person with a disability and funded by a person other than the trust beneficiary or the beneficiary’s spouse, and which is declared to be a supplemental needs trust in the instrument creating the trust. “Supplemental needs trust” shall include, but is not limited to, a trust created for the benefit of a person with a disability and funded solely with moneys awarded as damages in a personal injury case or moneys received in the settlement of a personal injury case provided that the trust is created within six months of receiving the award or settlement, the trust is irrevocable, the beneficiary is not named a trustee of the trust, and the instrument creating the trust declares the trust to be a supplemental needs trust.

97 Acts, ch 112, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §84
Iowa Code § 13.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 13 / Section 13.12
Prosecution of criminal offenses committed by law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may prosecute a criminal offense committed by a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 80B.3, arising from the actions of the officer resulting in the death of another, regardless of whether the county attorney requests the assistance of the attorney general or decides to independently prosecute the criminal offense committed by the officer. If the attorney general determines that criminal charges are not appropriate, the attorney general may refer the matter to the Iowa law enforcement academy council to recommend revocation or suspension of the officer’s certification if the attorney general determines that the officer committed misconduct that would be grounds for revocation or suspension of a certification under chapter 80B or 80D, or rules adopted pursuant to those chapters.

2020 Acts, ch 1037, §1
Iowa Code § 684A.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 684A / Section 684A.1
Power to answer.
Status: in_force

The supreme court may answer questions of law certified to it by the supreme court of the United States, a court of appeals of the United States, a United States district court or the highest appellate court or the intermediate appellate court of another state, when requested by the certifying court, if there are involved in a proceeding before it questions of law of this state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court and as to which it appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the appellate courts of this state.

[C81, §684A.1]
Iowa Code § 232D.102 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232D / Section 232D.102
Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Adult” means a person eighteen years of age or older or a person declared to be emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) “Conservator” means a person appointed by a court to have custody and control of the property of a minor.

(3) “Court” means the juvenile court established under section 602.7101.

(4) “Demonstrated lack of consistent parental participation” means the refusal of a parent to comply with duties and responsibilities imposed upon a parent by the parent-child relationship, including but not limited to providing the minor with necessary food, clothing, shelter, health care, education, and other care and supervision necessary for the minor’s physical, mental, and emotional health and development.

(5) “Guardian” means a person appointed by the court to have custody of a minor.

(6) “Legal custodian” means a person awarded legal custody of a minor.

(7) “Legal custody” means an award of the rights of legal custody of a minor under which a parent has legal custodial rights and responsibilities toward the minor child including but not limited to decision making affecting the minor’s legal status, medical care, education, extracurricular activities, and religious instruction.

(8) “Limited guardianship” means a guardianship that grants the guardian less than all powers available under this chapter or otherwise restricts the powers of the guardian.

(9) “Minor” means an unmarried and unemancipated person under the age of eighteen years.

(10) “Parent” means a biological or adoptive mother or father of a child, a person whose parental status has been established by operation of law due to the person’s marriage to the mother at the time of the conception or birth of the child, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by an administrative order when authorized by state law. “Parent” does not include a person whose parental rights have been terminated.

2019 Acts, ch 56, §2, 44, 45
Iowa Code § 479B.28 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 479B / Section 479B.28
Negotiated fee.
Status: in_force

In lieu of a one-time lump sum payment for an easement or other property interest allowing a pipeline to cross property or allowing underground storage of hazardous liquids, a landowner and the pipeline company may negotiate an annual fee, to be paid over a fixed number of years. Unless the easement provides otherwise, the annual fee shall run with the land and shall be payable to the owner of record.

95 Acts, ch 192, §55
Iowa Code § 231D.3 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231D / Section 231D.3
Certification required.
Status: in_force

(1) A person or governmental unit acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall not establish or operate an adult day services program and shall not represent an adult day services program to the public as certified unless and until the program is certified pursuant to this chapter. If an adult day services program is voluntarily accredited by a recognized accrediting entity with specific adult day services standards, the department shall accept voluntary accreditation as the basis for certification by the department. The owner or manager of a certified adult day services program shall comply with the rules adopted by the department for an adult day services program.

(2) An adult day services program may provide any type of adult day services for which the program is certified. An adult day services program shall provide services and supervision commensurate with the needs of the participants. An adult day services program shall not provide services to individuals requiring a level or type of services for which the program is not certified and services provided shall not exceed the level or type of services for which the program is certified.

(3) An adult day services program that has been certified by the department shall not alter the program, operation, or adult day services for which the program is certified in a manner that affects continuing certification without prior approval of the department. The department shall specify, by rule, alterations that are subject to prior approval.

(4) A department, agency, or officer of this state or of any governmental unit shall not pay or approve for payment from public funds any amount to an adult day services program for an actual or prospective participant, unless the program holds a current certificate issued by the department and meets all current requirements for certification.

(5) The department shall adopt rules regarding the conducting or operating of another business or activity in the distinct part of the physical structure in which the adult day services program is provided, if the business or activity serves persons who are not participants. The rules shall be developed in consultation with affected state agencies and affected industry, professional, and consumer groups.

(6) The department shall conduct training sessions for personnel responsible for conducting monitoring evaluations and complaint investigations of adult day services programs.

(7) Beginning January 1, 2013, certification of an adult day services program shall be for three years unless revoked for good cause by the department.

2003 Acts, ch 165, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 61, §3, 4, 17; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §187; 2013 Acts, ch 55, §1, 3, 4
Iowa Code § 468.318 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.318
Objections — appeal.
Status: in_force

The council or clerk of such city or individual owners may file objections to such percentage and assessment of benefits in the time and manner provided in case of landowners outside such city, and they shall have the same right to appeal from the finding of the board with reference to such assessment.

[S13, §1989-a38; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7630; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §459.4]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.318
Iowa Code § 455G.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455G / Section 455G.3
Establishment of Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund — appropriation.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.
Iowa Code § 85B.13 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85B / Section 85B.13
Payment of compensation discharges employer.
Status: in_force

Payments of compensation and compliance with other provisions of this chapter by the employer or the employer’s insurance carrier in accordance with the findings and orders of the workers’ compensation commissioner or a court making a final adjudication in appealed cases, discharges the employer from further obligation.

[C81, §85B.13]98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
Iowa Code § 169.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 169 / Section 169.2
Legislative purpose.
Status: in_force

This chapter is enacted as an exercise of the police powers of the state to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by safeguarding the people of this state against incompetent, dishonest, or unprincipled practitioners of veterinary medicine. It is declared that the right to practice veterinary medicine is a privilege conferred by legislative grant to persons possessed of the personal and professional qualifications specified in this chapter. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose.

[C79, 81, §169.2]
Iowa Code § 97B.74 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.74
Reinstatement as a vested member (buy-back).
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1103, §60.See §97B.80C.
Iowa Code § 423G.6 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423G / Section 423G.6
Deposit of revenues.
Status: in_force

(1) All moneys received and all refunds shall be deposited in or withdrawn from the general fund of the state.

(2) Subsequent to the deposit in the general fund of the state, the department shall transfer the following amounts to the following funds:

(2) (a) For revenues reported on or after July 1, 2018, but before August 1, 2019, one-twelfth of the revenues to the water quality infrastructure fund created in section 8.57B, and one-twelfth of the revenues to the water quality financial assistance fund created in section 16.134A.

(2) (b) For revenues reported on or after August 1, 2019, but before August 1, 2020, one-sixth of the revenues to the water quality infrastructure fund created in section 8.57B, and one-sixth of the revenues to the water quality financial assistance fund created in section 16.134A.

(2) (c) For revenues reported on or after August 1, 2020, one-half of the revenues to the water quality financial assistance fund created in section 16.134A.

2018 Acts, ch 1001, §16, 27; 2018 Acts, ch 1161, §26
Iowa Code § 103A.16 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.16
Board of review — appeal.
Status: in_force

Any aggrieved person may appeal to the board for:

(1) A reversal, modification, or annulment of any ruling, direction, determination, or order of any state agency or local building department affecting or relating to the construction of any building or structure, the construction of which is pursuant or purports to be pursuant to the provisions of the state building code.

(2) Review of the disapproval or failure to approve within sixty days after submission of:

(2) (a) An application for permission to construct pursuant to the code, or

(2) (b) Plans or specifications for construction pursuant to the code.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §103A.16]
Iowa Code § 261E.9 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261E / Section 261E.9
Regional academies.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A regional academy is a program established by a school district to which multiple school districts send students in grades seven through twelve. A school district establishing a regional academy may collaborate and partner with, enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E with, or enter into a contract with, one or more school districts, area education agencies, community colleges, accredited public and private postsecondary institutions, accredited nonpublic schools, businesses, and private agencies located within or outside of the state.

(1) (b) The purpose of a regional academy established pursuant to this section shall be to build a culture of innovation for students and community, to diversify educational and economic opportunities by engaging in learning experiences that involve students in complex, real-world projects, and to develop regional or global innovation networks.

(1) (c) If a school district establishing a regional academy in accordance with this section submits a plan to the department for approval that demonstrates how the regional academy will increase and assess student achievement or increase and assess competency-based learning opportunities for students, the department may waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to school districts except the department shall not waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision relating to requirements applicable to school districts under chapters 11, 21, 22, 216, 216A, 256B, 279, 284, and 285; or relating to contracts with and discharge of teachers and administrators under chapters 20 and 279; or relating to audit requirements under section 256.9, subsection 20, and section 279.29.

(2) (a) A regional academy shall include in its curriculum advanced level courses.

(2) (b) A regional academy may include in its curriculum virtual or internet-based coursework and courses delivered via the Iowa communications network, career and technical courses, core curriculum coursework, courses required pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, or section 256.11, subsections 4 and 5, and asynchronous learning networks.

(3) School districts participating in regional academies are eligible for supplementary weighting as provided in section 257.11, subsection 2. The school districts participating in the regional academy shall enter into an agreement on how the funding generated by the supplementary weighting received shall be used and shall submit the agreement to the department for approval.

(4) Information regarding regional academies shall be provided to a student and the student’s parent or guardian prior to the development of the student’s career and academic plan under section 279.61.

2008 Acts, ch 1181, §59; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §15, 29; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §5, 9
Iowa Code § 650.14 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 650 / Section 650.14
Boundaries by acquiescence established.
Status: in_force

If it is found that the boundaries and corners alleged to have been recognized and acquiesced in for ten years have been so recognized and acquiesced in, such recognized boundaries and corners shall be permanently established.

[C97, §4236; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12306; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §650.14]
Iowa Code § 229.40 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 229 / Section 229.40
Rules for proceedings.
Status: in_force

Proceedings under this chapter are subject to rules prescribed by the supreme court under section 602.4201.

[C79, 81, §229.40]83 Acts, ch 186, §10053, 10201
Iowa Code § 331.491 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.491
Authority.
Status: in_force

The authority of a county or a city under this part with respect to districts and the financing of public improvements is in addition to any other authority of a county or city to contract and levy special assessments and issue bonds to fund the costs.

90 Acts, ch 1115, §7
Iowa Code § 501A.205 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.205
Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary shall collect the following fees when documents described in this subsection are delivered to the secretary’s office for filing:

(1) (a) Articles of organization $50

(1) (b) Application for use of indistinguishable name $10

(1) (c) Application for reserved name $10

(1) (d) Notice of transfer of reserved name $10

(1) (e) Application for registered name per month or part thereof $2

(1) (f) Application for renewal of registered name $20

(1) (g) Statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both No fee

(1) (h) Agent’s statement of change of registered office for each affected cooperative No fee

(1) (i) Agent’s statement of resignation No fee

(1) (j) Amendment of articles of organization$50

(1) (k) Restatement of articles of organization with amendment of articles$50

(1) (l) Articles of merger $50

(1) (m) Articles of dissolution $5

(1) (n) Articles of revocation of dissolution $5

(1) (o) Certificate of administrative dissolutionNo fee

(1) (p) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution $5

(1) (q) Certificate of reinstatement No fee

(1) (r) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee

(1) (s) Application for certificate of authority$100

(1) (t) Application for amended certificate of authority $100

(1) (u) Application for certificate of cancellation$10

(1) (v) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business No fee

(1) (w) Articles of correction $5

(1) (x) Application for certificate of existence or authorization $5

(1) (y) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter$5

(2) The secretary shall collect a fee of five dollars each time process is served on the secretary under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.

(3) The secretary shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative:

(3) (a) One dollar a page for copying.

(3) (b) Five dollars for the certificate.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §8
Iowa Code § 208.26 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 208 / Section 208.26
Rules — inspection of site.
Status: in_force

The division may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. The administrator or the administrator’s designee may enter at all times upon any mine site or suspected mine site for the purpose of determining whether the operator is or has been complying with the provisions of this chapter. All operators shall cooperate with the division in seeking methods of operation which will cause minimum disruption to the land and property adjoining a mining operation.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §83A.26]C93, §208.2696 Acts, ch 1043, §18
Iowa Code § 97.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97 / Section 97.3
Section 97.3
Status: repealed

Repealed by 53 Acts, ch 71, §1, except as indicated herein.
Iowa Code § 70A.26 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.26
Disaster service volunteer leave.
Status: in_force

(1) An employee of an appointing authority who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American red cross may be granted leave with pay from work for not more than fifteen working days in any twelve-month period to participate in disaster relief services for the American red cross at the request of the American red cross for the services of that employee and upon the approval of the employee’s appointing authority without loss of seniority, pay, vacation time, personal days, sick leave, insurance and health coverage benefits, or earned overtime accumulation. The appointing authority shall compensate an employee granted leave under this section at the employee’s regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work.

(2) An employee granted leave under this section shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of workers’ compensation. An employee granted leave under this section shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of the Iowa tort claims Act, chapter 669.

(3) Leave under this section shall be granted only for services relating to a disaster in the state of Iowa.

95 Acts, ch 132, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §15; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §27
Iowa Code § 489.202 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.202
Amendment or restatement of certificate of organization.
Status: in_force

(1) A certificate of organization may be amended or restated at any time.

(2) To amend its certificate of organization, a limited liability company must deliver to the secretary of state for filing an amendment stating all of the following:

(2) (a) The name of the limited liability company.

(2) (b) The date of filing of its initial certificate.

(2) (c) The text of the amendment.

(3) To restate its certificate of organization, a limited liability company must deliver to the secretary of state for filing a restatement, designated as such in its heading, and setting forth all of the following:

(3) (a) The name of the limited liability company.

(3) (b) The text of the restated certificate of organization.

(3) (c) A statement that the restated certificate consolidates all amendments into a single document.

(3) (d) If a new amendment is included in the restated certificate of organization, the statements required under subsection 2 with respect to the new amendment if not otherwise provided.

(4) If a member of a member-managed limited liability company, or a manager of a manager-managed limited liability company, knows that any information in a filed certificate of organization was inaccurate when the certificate of organization was filed or has become inaccurate due to changed circumstances, the member or manager shall promptly do any of the following:

(4) (a) Cause the certificate of organization to be amended.

(4) (b) If appropriate, deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change under section 489.116 or a statement of correction under section 489.209.

2008 Acts, ch 1162, §19, 155; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §22, 161
Iowa Code § 321.150 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.150
Time limit.
Status: in_force

Blanks or forms for listing used motor vehicles shall be placed in the hands of county treasurers not later than December 15 of any year.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §5007; C39, §5010.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.150]