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Iowa Code § 2.46 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.46
Powers of legislative fiscal committee.
Status: in_force

The legislative fiscal committee may, subject to the approval of the legislative council:

(1) Gather information relative to budget matters for the purpose of aiding the legislature to properly appropriate money for the functions of government, and to report their findings to the legislature.

(2) Examine the reports and official acts of the executive council and of each officer, board, commission, and department of the state, in respect to the conduct and expenditures thereof and the receipts and disbursements of public funds thereby. All state departments and agencies are required to immediately notify the legislative fiscal committee of the legislative council and the director of the legislative services agency if any state facilities within their jurisdiction have been cited for violations of any federal, state, or local laws or regulations or have been decertified or notified of the threat of decertification from compliance with any state, federal, or other nationally recognized certification or accreditation agency or organization.

(3) Make a continuous study of all offices, departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, and commissions of the state government and shall determine and recommend to each session of the legislature what changes therein are necessary to accomplish the following purposes:

(3) (a) To reduce expenditures and promote economy to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient operation of state government.

(3) (b) To increase the efficiency of the operations of the state government to the fullest extent practicable within the available revenues.

(3) (c) To group, coordinate, and consolidate judicial districts, agencies and functions of the government, as nearly as may be according to major purposes.

(3) (d) To reduce the number of offices, agencies, boards, commissions, and departments by consolidating those having similar functions, and to abolish such offices, agencies, boards, commissions, and departments, or functions thereof, as may not be necessary for the efficient and economical conduct of state government.

(3) (e) To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort on the part of such offices, agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state government.

(4) Determine the policy for the content and administration of a legislative database.

(5) Determine the information needs of the general assembly and report them to the director of the department of administrative services who shall consider such needs in establishing the operating policies for a database management system.

[C97, §181, 182; S13, §181; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §42, 45; C46, 50, §2.44, 2.47; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §2.43; C75, 77, §2.46; C79, §2.46, 2.54; C81, §2.46]86 Acts, ch 1245, §302; 89 Acts, ch 298, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 76.11 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 76 / Section 76.11
Confidentiality of bond holders — exceptions.
Status: in_force

Records of identity of owners of public bonds or obligations maintained as provided in section 76.10 or by the issuer of the bonds are confidential records entitled to protection under section 22.7, subsection 17. However, the issuer of the bonds or a state or federal agency may obtain information as necessary.

83 Acts, ch 90, §3
Iowa Code § 423.21 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.21
Bad debt deductions.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, “bad debt” means an amount properly calculated pursuant to section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code then adjusted to exclude financing charges or interest, sales or use taxes charged on the purchase price, uncollectible amounts on property that remain in the possession of the seller until the full purchase price is paid, expenses incurred in attempting to collect any debt, and repossessed property.

(2) In computing the amount of tax due, a seller may deduct bad debts from the total amount upon which the tax is calculated for any return. Any deduction taken or refund paid which is attributed to bad debts shall not include interest.

(3) A seller may deduct bad debts on the return for the period during which the bad debt is written off as uncollectible in the seller’s books and records and is eligible to be deducted for federal income tax purposes. For purposes of this subsection, a seller who is not required to file federal income tax returns may deduct a bad debt on a return filed for the period in which the bad debt is written off as uncollectible in the seller’s books and records and would be eligible for a bad debt deduction for federal income tax purposes if the seller were required to file a federal income tax return.

(4) If a deduction is taken for a bad debt and the seller subsequently collects the debt in whole or in part, the tax on the amount so collected must be paid and reported on the return filed for the period in which the collection is made.

(5) A seller may obtain a refund of tax on any amount of bad debt that exceeds the amount of taxable sales within the period allowed for refund claims by section 423.47. However, the period allowed for refund claims shall be measured from the due date of the return on which the bad debt could first be claimed.

(6) For the purposes of computing a bad debt deduction or reporting a payment received on a previously claimed bad debt, any payments made on a debt or account shall be applied first to the price of the property or service and tax thereon, proportionally, and secondly to interest, service charges, and any other charges.

2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §114, 205
Iowa Code § 349.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 349 / Section 349.1
Time of selection.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall, at the January session each year, select the newspapers in which the official proceedings shall be published for the ensuing year.

[R60, §314; C73, §307; C97, §441; SS15, §441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5397; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §349.1]
Iowa Code § 347.20 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 347 / Section 347.20
Municipal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

When a county hospital is located on land outside of but adjacent to a city, the ordinances of the city relating to fire and police protection and control, sanitary regulations, and public utility service shall be in force upon and over the hospital and grounds, and the city shall have jurisdiction to enforce those ordinances.

[S13, §409-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5366; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.20]2022 Acts, ch 1021, §85
Iowa Code § 541.190 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.190
Section 541.190
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 28I.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 28I / Section 28I.2
Membership.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have not less than five members, appointed by the governing bodies of the area served by the commission. A majority of the members of the commission may be citizens who hold no other public office or position except appointive membership on a city plan commission or other planning commission, board or agency. Citizen members shall be appointed for overlapping terms of not less than three nor more than five years or thereafter until their successors are appointed. The appointing governing bodies shall determine the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid to the members of a commission. Any vacancy in the membership of a commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the initial appointment. The governing bodies shall have authority to remove any member for cause stated in writing and after a public hearing.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §473A.2]C91, §28I.2
Iowa Code § 4A.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Board” means any board, commission, committee, council, panel, review team, or foundation of this state.

(2) “Committee” means the state government efficiency review committee established pursuant to this chapter.

2024 Acts, ch 1154, §32; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §43
Iowa Code § 455B.246 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.246
Review of contracts by attorney general.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §10.
Iowa Code § 256.224 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.224
Health care award program.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2025 Acts, ch 120, §7.
Iowa Code § 537.5202 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.5202
Damages or penalties as setoff to obligation.
Status: in_force

Damages or penalties to which a consumer is entitled pursuant to this part may be setoff against the consumer’s obligation, and may be raised as a defense to a suit on the obligation without regard to the time limitations prescribed by this part.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.5202]
Iowa Code § 902.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 902 / Section 902.3
Indeterminate sentence.
Status: in_force

When a judgment of conviction of a felony other than a class “A” felony is entered against a person, the court, in imposing a sentence of confinement, shall commit the person into the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for an indeterminate term, the maximum length of which shall not exceed the limits as fixed by section 902.9, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, nor shall the term be less than the minimum term imposed by law, if a minimum sentence is provided. However, if the court suspends a person’s sentence under section 321J.2, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, the court shall order the offender to serve time in the county jail as provided in section 321J.2, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 903.4.

[S13, §5718-a13; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13960; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §789.13; C79, 81, §902.3; 82 Acts, ch 1239, §3]83 Acts, ch 96, §128, 159; 86 Acts, ch 1220, §43; 99 Acts, ch 12, §15; 2002 Acts, ch 1042, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1124, §4, 9
Iowa Code § 103.38 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103 / Section 103.38
Criminal violations.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a permanent injunction issued pursuant to section 103.37 or presents or attempts to file as the person’s own the certificate of licensure of another, or who gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the board in obtaining a certificate of licensure, or who falsely impersonates another practitioner of like or different name, or who uses or attempts to use a revoked certificate of licensure, is guilty of a fraudulent practice under chapter 714.

2007 Acts, ch 197, §48, 50
Iowa Code § 307A.1A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307A / Section 307A.1A
Transportation commission.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a state transportation commission which shall consist of seven members, not more than four of whom shall be from the same political party. The governor shall appoint the members of the state transportation commission for a term of four years beginning at 12:01 a.m. on July 1 in the year of appointment and expiring at 12:00 midnight on June 30 in the year of expiration, subject to confirmation by the senate.

(2) The commission shall meet in July of each year for the purpose of electing one of its members as chairperson.

2015 Acts, ch 123, §16; 2018 Acts, ch 1065, §2 – 4
Iowa Code § 482.12 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 482 / Section 482.12
Freshwater mussels.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 144, §48.See §483A.28.
Iowa Code § 501.503 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501 / Section 501.503
Distribution of net savings.
Status: in_force

The board shall annually dispose of the cooperative’s earnings in excess of its operating expenses as follows:

(1) If the articles authorize the payment of distributions on a class of interests, then the directors may declare a distribution pursuant to the articles. Distributions shall not exceed eight percent of the value of the interest in each fiscal year. The members may control the amount that is allocated under this subsection.

(2) To provide a reasonable reserve for depreciation, obsolescence, bad debts, or contingent losses or expenses. The members may control the amount that is allocated under this subsection.

(3) To increase the cooperative’s retained savings to the extent determined by the board to be necessary based on its evaluation of the future needs and the competitive position of the cooperative.

(4) The cooperative shall have an unconditional binding obligation to distribute to the members all remaining net savings as determined under the United States Internal Revenue Code. These net savings shall be allocated to each member in proportion to the business the member did with the cooperative during the preceding fiscal year. The net savings may be separately calculated for two or more categories of business, and allocated to the members on the basis of business done within each of these categories. Net savings shall be distributed in the form of cash or interests, or a combination of cash and interests, as determined by the board.

96 Acts, ch 1010, §32; 98 Acts, ch 1152, §33, 69
Iowa Code § 910.3B — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 910 / Section 910.3B
Restitution for death of victim.
Status: in_force

(1) In all criminal cases in which the offender is convicted of a felony in which the act or acts committed by the offender caused the death of another person, in addition to the amount determined to be payable and ordered to be paid to a victim for pecuniary damages, as defined under section 910.1, and determined under section 910.3, the court shall also order the offender to pay at least one hundred fifty thousand dollars in restitution to the victim’s estate if the victim died testate. If the victim died intestate the court shall order the offender to pay the restitution to the victim’s heirs at law as determined pursuant to section 633.210. The obligation to pay the additional amount shall not be dischargeable in any proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Act. Payment of the additional amount shall have the same priority as payment of a victim’s pecuniary damages under section 910.2, in the offender’s plan for restitution.

(2) An award under this section does not preclude or supersede the right of a victim’s estate or heirs at law to bring a civil action against the offender for damages arising out of the same facts or event. However, no evidence relating to the entry of the judgment against the offender pursuant to this section or the amount of the award ordered pursuant to this section shall be permitted to be introduced in any civil action for damages arising out of the same facts or event.

(3) An offender who is ordered to pay a victim’s estate or heirs at law under this section is precluded from denying the elements of the felony offense which resulted in the order for payment in any subsequent civil action for damages arising out of the same facts or event.

(4) An award under this section made to the victim’s estate or heirs at law shall not be reduced by any third-party payment, including any insurance payment, unless the offender is a named or covered insured.

97 Acts, ch 125, §11; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §63, 209; 2018 Acts, ch 1103, §1
Iowa Code § 64.21 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 64 / Section 64.21
Approval by auditor.
Status: in_force

When a bond, approvable by the board of supervisors, of any public officer is presented after the final adjournment of the January session of said board, except those of the county auditor and treasurer, the auditor may approve such bond, in which case the auditor shall report that action to the board at its next session. The action of the auditor in approving the bond shall stand as the action of the board unless the board enters its disapproval. If such disapproval be entered, the new bond must be given within five days from the date of such decision, but the old bond shall stand good for all acts done up to the time of the approval of the new bond.

[C51, §330; R60, §560; C73, §680; C97, §1189; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1075; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §64.21]
Iowa Code § 456B.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 456B / Section 456B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commission” means the natural resource commission.

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

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

(4) “Protected wetlands” means type 3, type 4, and type 5 wetlands as described in circular 39, “Wetlands of the United States”, 1971 Edition, published by the United States department of the interior. However, a protected wetland does not include land where an agricultural drainage well has been plugged causing a temporary wetland or land within a drainage district or levee district.

(5) “Wetlands” means an area of two or more acres in a natural condition that is mostly under water or waterlogged during the spring growing season and is characterized by vegetation of hydric soils.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1846C87, §108.190 Acts, ch 1199, §1C93, §456B.1
Iowa Code § 602.10126 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.10126
Copy of accusation — duty of clerk.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the district court shall immediately certify to the clerk of the supreme court a copy of the accusation.

[C27, 31, 35, §10934-b2; C39, §10934.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.28]83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)CS83, §602.10126
Iowa Code § 321.271 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.271
Reports confidential — without prejudice — exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) All accident reports filed by a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident as required under section 321.266 shall be in writing. The report shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the department, except that upon the request of any person involved in the accident, the person’s insurance company or its agent, or the attorney for such person, the department shall disclose the identity and address of other persons involved in the accident and may disclose the name of the insurance companies with whom the other persons have liability insurance. The department, upon written request of the person making the report, shall provide the person with a copy of that person’s report. The written report filed with the department shall not be admissible in or used in evidence in any civil or criminal case arising out of the facts on which the report is based.

(2) All written reports filed by a law enforcement officer as required under section 321.266 shall be made available to any party to an accident, the party’s insurance company or its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety administration, or the attorney general, on written request to the department and the payment of a fee of four dollars for each copy. If a copy of an investigating officer’s report of a motor vehicle accident filed with the department is retained by the law enforcement agency of the officer who filed the report, a copy shall be made available to any party to the accident, the party’s insurance company or its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety administration, other law enforcement agencies, or the attorney general, on written request and the payment of a fee. However, the attorney general and the federal motor carrier safety administration shall not be required by the department or the law enforcement agency to pay a fee for a copy of a report filed by a law enforcement or investigating officer.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, the date, time, specific location, and immediate facts and circumstances surrounding a crime or incident shall not be kept confidential under this section, except in those unusual circumstances where disclosure would plainly and seriously jeopardize an investigation or pose a clear and present danger to the safety of an individual.

[C39, §5020.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.271; 81 Acts, ch 14, §25]83 Acts, ch 72, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1054, §1, 2; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 32, §18; 2003 Acts, ch 8, §162023 Acts, ch 28, §1
Iowa Code § 125.89 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 125 / Section 125.89
Respondents charged with or convicted of crime.
Status: in_force

(1) If a court orders a respondent placed at a facility for evaluation and treatment under section 125.83 at a time when the respondent has been convicted of a public offense, or when there is pending against the respondent an unresolved formal charge of a public offense, and the respondent’s liberty has therefore been restricted in any manner, the findings of fact required by section 125.83 shall clearly so inform the administrator of the facility where the respondent is placed.

(2) The commitment powers of the court under section 124.409 supersede the procedures and requirements of this subchapter.

[82 Acts, ch 1212, §17]2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 468.381 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.381
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Every person who violates any provisions of this part is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §461.27]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.3812022 Acts, ch 1021, §120
Iowa Code § 692.17 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692 / Section 692.17
Exclusions — purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) Criminal history data in a computer data storage system shall not include arrest or disposition data or custody or adjudication data after the person has been acquitted or the charges dismissed, except that records of acquittals or dismissals by reason of insanity and records of adjudications of mental incompetence to stand trial in cases in which physical or mental injury or an attempt to commit physical or mental injury to another was alleged may be included. Criminal history data shall not include custody or adjudication data, except as necessary for the purpose of administering chapter 692A, after the juvenile has reached twenty-one years of age, unless the juvenile was convicted of or pled guilty to a serious or aggravated misdemeanor or felony between age eighteen and age twenty-one.

(2) For the purposes of this section, “criminal history data” includes the following:

(2) (a) In the case of an adult, information maintained by any criminal justice agency if the information otherwise meets the definition of criminal history data in section 692.1, except that source documents shall be retained.

(2) (b) In the case of a juvenile, information maintained by any criminal or juvenile justice agency if the information otherwise meets the definition of criminal history data in section 692.1. In the case of a juvenile, criminal history data and source documents, other than fingerprint records, shall not be retained.

(3) Fingerprint cards received that are used to establish a criminal history data record shall be retained in the automated fingerprint identification system when the criminal history data record is expunged.

(4) Criminal history data may be collected for management or research purposes.

[C75, 77, §749B.17; C79, 81, §692.17]90 Acts, ch 1053, §1; 91 Acts, ch 116, §20; 93 Acts, ch 115, §8; 95 Acts, ch 191, §46; 98 Acts, ch 1021, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 24, §4
Iowa Code § 636.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 636 / Section 636.13
Record by clerk.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1120, §9.
Iowa Code § 256.88 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.88
Trusts.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 633.63, the board may accept and administer trusts and may authorize nonprofit foundations acting solely for the support of educational telecommunications including the broadcast and narrowcast systems to accept and administer trusts deemed by the board to be beneficial to the operation of the educational radio and television facility. The board and the foundations may act as trustees in such instances.

93 Acts, ch 48, §45