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Iowa Code § 1C.11 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 1C / Section 1C.11
Iowa State Flag Day.
Status: in_force

The governor of this state is hereby requested and authorized to issue annually a proclamation designating the twenty-ninth day of March as Iowa State Flag Day and to urge that schools, civic organizations, governmental departments, and all citizens and groups display the Iowa state flag on that day and to reflect on and consider the heritage of the state flag.

98 Acts, ch 1023, §1
Iowa Code § 12E.3 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12E / Section 12E.3
Tobacco settlement authority — created — purposes — powers — restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) A tobacco settlement authority is created and constitutes a public instrumentality and agency of the state, separate and distinct from the state, exercising public and essential governmental functions.

(2) The purposes of the authority include all of the following:

(2) (a) To implement and administer the program plan and to establish a stable source of revenue to be used for the purposes designated in section 12E.3A and other provisions of this chapter.

(2) (b) To enter into sales agreements.

(2) (c) To issue bonds and enter into funding options, consistent with this chapter, including refunding and refinancing its debt and obligations.

(2) (d) To sell, pledge, or assign, as security or consideration, all or a portion of the state’s share sold to the authority pursuant to a sales agreement, to provide for and secure the issuance and repayment of its bonds.

(2) (e) To invest funds available under this chapter to provide for a source of revenue in accordance with the program plan.

(2) (f) To enter into agreements with the state for the periodic distribution of amounts due the state under any sales agreement.

(2) (g) To refund and refinance the authority’s debts and obligations, and to manage its funds, obligations, and investments as necessary and if consistent with its purpose.

(2) (h) To sell, pledge, or assign, as security or consideration, all or a portion of the state’s share to implement alternative funding options.

(2) (i) To implement the purposes of this chapter.

(3) The authority shall invest its funds and accounts in accordance with this chapter and shall not take action or invest in any manner that would cause the state to become a stockholder in any corporation or that would cause the state to assume or agree to pay the debt or liability of any corporation in violation of the United States Constitution or the Constitution of the State of Iowa.

(4) The authority shall not create any obligation of this state or any political subdivision of this state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation.

(5) The authority shall not pledge the credit or taxing power of this state or any political subdivision of this state, or make its debts payable out of any moneys except those of the authority specifically pledged for their payment.

(6) The authority shall not pledge or make its debts payable out of the moneys deposited in the tobacco settlement trust fund.

2000 Acts, ch 1208, §3, 25; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §14, 15; 2001 Acts, ch 164, §6, 21; 2008 Acts, ch 1186, §11, 19
Iowa Code § 468.281 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.281
Meetings of joint boards.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in which a petition for the establishment of a levee or drainage district to extend into or through two or more counties is on file, may meet with the board or boards of any other county or counties in which such petition is on file, for the purpose of acting jointly with such other board or boards in reference to said petition or any business relating to such district. Any such joint meetings held in either of the counties in which such petition is on file shall constitute a valid and legal meeting of said joint boards for the transaction of any business pertaining to said petition or to the business of such district.

[S13, §1989-a37; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7610; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §457.12]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.281
Iowa Code § 598C.202 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598C / Section 598C.202
Nature of authority created by agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) An agreement under this article is temporary and terminates pursuant to article IV after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that time by court order or modification under section 598C.203. The agreement does not create an independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact in an individual to whom custodial responsibility is given.

(2) A nonparent who has caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact by an agreement under this article has standing to enforce the agreement until it has been terminated by court order, by modification under section 598C.203, or under article IV.

2016 Acts, ch 1084, §9
Iowa Code § 190A.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 190A / Section 190A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

(2) “Food animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; a turkey, chicken, or other type of poultry; a farm deer as defined in section 170.1; a fish or other aquatic organism confined in private waters for human consumption; or a bee as defined in section 160.1A.

(3) “Food commodity” means any of the following:

(3) (a) A food animal that is to be slaughtered or harvested and that is to be processed into a food product.

(3) (b) An item regularly generated by a food animal, including milk, eggs, or honey, that has been collected, and that is to be processed into a food product.

(3) (c) Sap, whole nuts, or whole produce, including vegetables or fruit, that has been harvested and that is to be processed into a food product.

(4) “Food product” means a perishable or nonperishable product derived from processing a food commodity to be fit for human consumption, including but not limited to cuts of meat, poultry, or fish; shelled aquatic items; pasteurized milk or dairy products; washed shelled eggs; honey; maple syrup; cleaned unshelled or shelled nuts; washed whole produce; and washed and cut produce.

(5) “Fund” means the farm-to-school fund created in section 190A.5.

(6) “Process” means to prepare a food commodity in a manner that allows it to be sold to consumers as a food product, including by altering the form or identity of the food commodity; trimming, cutting, cleaning, drying, freezing, filtering, sorting, or shelling the food commodity; or packaging the food commodity.

(7) “Program” means the farm-to-school program created in section 190A.6.

(8) “School” means a public school or nonpublic school, as those terms are defined in section 280.2, or that portion of a public school or nonpublic school that provides facilities for teaching any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve.

(9) “School district” means a school district as described in chapter 274.

2021 Acts, ch 149, §5
Iowa Code § 504.1023 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1023
Class voting by members on amendments.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the articles or bylaws of the corporation provide otherwise, the members of a class in a public benefit corporation are entitled to vote as a class on a proposed amendment to the bylaws if the amendment would change the rights of that class as to voting in a manner different than such amendment affects another class or members of another class.

(2) Unless the articles or bylaws of the corporation provide otherwise, members of a class in a mutual benefit corporation are entitled to vote as a class on a proposed amendment to the bylaws if the amendment would do any of the following:

(2) (a) Affect the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions, or conditions of that class as to voting, dissolution, redemption, or transfer of memberships in a manner different than such amendment would affect another class.

(2) (b) Change the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions, or conditions of that class as to voting, dissolution, redemption, or transfer by changing the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions, or conditions of another class.

(2) (c) Increase or decrease the number of memberships authorized for that class.

(2) (d) Increase the number of memberships authorized for another class.

(2) (e) Effect an exchange, reclassification, or termination of all or part of the memberships of that class.

(2) (f) Authorize a new class of memberships.

(3) The members of a class of a religious corporation are entitled to vote as a class on a proposed amendment to the bylaws only if a class vote is provided for in the articles or bylaws.

(4) Unless the articles or bylaws of the corporation provide otherwise, if a class is to be divided into two or more classes as a result of an amendment to the bylaws, the amendment must be approved by the members of each class that would be created by the amendment.

(5) Unless the articles or bylaws of the corporation provide otherwise, if a class vote is required to approve an amendment to the bylaws, the amendment must be approved by the members of the class by two-thirds of the votes cast by the class or a majority of the voting power of the class, whichever is less.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §122, 192
Iowa Code § 147.67 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 147 / Section 147.67
Section 147.67
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §78.
Iowa Code § 10A.719 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.719
Department to make final decision.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §135.68; 2025 Acts, ch 120, §40.
Iowa Code § 303.32 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.32
Ordinary maintenance and repair.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §15.457; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2125.
Iowa Code § 633C.1 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633C / Section 633C.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Available monthly income” means in reference to a medical assistance income trust beneficiary, any income received directly by the beneficiary, not from the trust, that counts as income in determining eligibility for medical assistance and any amounts paid to or otherwise made available to the beneficiary by the trustee pursuant to section 633C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, or section 633C.3, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.

(2) “Beneficiary” means the original beneficiary of a medical assistance special needs trust or medical assistance income trust, whose assets funded the trust.

(3) “Department” means the department of health and human services.

(4) “Institutionalized individual” means an individual receiving nursing facility services, a level of care in any institution equivalent to nursing facility services, or home and community-based services under the medical assistance home and community-based services waiver program.

(5) “Maximum monthly medical assistance payment rate for services in an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability” means the allowable rate established by the department and as published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.

(6) “Medical assistance” means medical assistance as defined in section 249A.2.

(7) “Medical assistance income trust” means a trust or similar legal instrument or device that meets the criteria of 42 U.S.C. §1396p(d)(4)(B)(i)-(ii).

(8) “Medical assistance special needs trust” means a trust or similar legal instrument or device that meets the criteria of 42 U.S.C. §1396p(d)(4)(A) or (C).

(9) “Statewide average charge for nursing facility services” means the statewide average charge for such care, excluding charges by Medicare-certified, skilled nursing facilities, as calculated by the department and as published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.

(10) “Statewide average charge for state mental health institute care” means the statewide average charge for such care as calculated by the department and as published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.

(11) “Statewide average charge to private-pay patients for psychiatric medical institutions for children care” means the statewide average charge for such care as calculated by the department and as published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.

(12) “Total monthly income” means in reference to a medical assistance income trust beneficiary, income received directly by the beneficiary, not from the trust, that counts as income in determining eligibility for medical assistance, income of the beneficiary received by the trust that would otherwise count as income in determining the beneficiary’s eligibility for medical assistance, and income or earnings of the trust received by the trust.

94 Acts, ch 1120, §3C95, §633.70796 Acts, ch 1129, §106; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §99; 2004 Acts, ch 1166, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §52, 53, 55CS2005, §633C.12012 Acts, ch 1019, §139; 2015 Acts, ch 137, §118, 162, 163; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1284
Iowa Code § 14A.2 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 14A / Section 14A.2
Deputy to qualify.
Status: in_force

The deputy shall qualify by taking the oath of the principal, to be endorsed upon and filed with the certificate of appointment, and when so qualified shall, in the absence or disability of the appointing officer, unless otherwise provided, perform all the duties pertaining to the office of the appointing officer.

[C51, §411, 412, 416; R60, §642, 643, 647; C73, §766, 767, 770; C97, §87, 99, 116; S13, §87, 99, 116; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §431; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §27.2]C93, §14A.2
Iowa Code § 481A.18 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.18
Hunting incidents — mandatory reporting.
Status: in_force

This section applies to a person who is involved in a hunting incident with a firearm or a fall from a device that allows or assists a person to hunt from an elevated location, if the hunting incident results in an injury to a person, or property damage exceeding one hundred dollars. The person shall report the hunting incident to the sheriff’s office in the county where the hunting incident occurred or to the department within twelve hours after the hunting incident occurred. However, if an injury caused by the hunting incident prevents timely reporting, the person shall make the report as soon as practicable. A person who fails to report the hunting incident as required in this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

90 Acts, ch 1198, §1C91, §109.18C93, §481A.182008 Acts, ch 1161, §15
Iowa Code § 600.7A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600 / Section 600.7A
Adoption services provided by or through the department selection of adoptive parent criteria.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules which provide that if adoption services are provided by or through the department, notwithstanding any other selection of adoptive parent criteria, the overriding criterion shall be a preference for placing a child in a stable home environment as expeditiously as possible.

96 Acts, ch 1174, §72023 Acts, ch 19, §1246
Iowa Code § 589.17 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 589 / Section 589.17
Conveyances by spouse under power.
Status: in_force

A conveyance of real estate executed more than ten years earlier, in which the husband or wife conveyed or contracted to convey the inchoate right of dower through the other spouse, acting as the attorney in fact, by virtue of a power of attorney executed by the spouse, the power of attorney not having been executed as a part of a contract of separation, are not invalid.

[S'02, §2942-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10399; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §589.17]84 Acts, ch 1090, §14; 91 Acts, ch 183, §24
Iowa Code § 465C.10 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 465C / Section 465C.10
When dedicated as a preserve.
Status: in_force

An area shall become a preserve when it has been approved by the department for dedication as a preserve, whether in public or private ownership, formally dedicated as a preserve within the system by a public agency or private owner and designated by the governor as a preserve.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111B.10]C93, §465C.102006 Acts, ch 1030, §50; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §340
Iowa Code § 161C.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161C / Section 161C.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used or referred to in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

(2) “District” means a soil and water conservation district established in chapter 161A.

(3) “Division” means the division of soil conservation and water quality created within the department pursuant to section 159.5.

(4) “Landowner” includes any person, including a federal agency, this state or any of its political subdivisions, who holds title to land lying within a proposed district.

(5) “United States” or “agencies of the United States” includes the United States of America, the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.

88 Acts, ch 1189, §2C89, §467F.1C93, §161C.195 Acts, ch 216, §25; 2015 Acts, ch 103, §35; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §16; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §25
Iowa Code § 172A.13 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 172A / Section 172A.13
Rules.
Status: in_force

The secretary is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which are reasonable and necessary for the enforcement of this chapter.

[C77, 79, 81, §172A.13]
Iowa Code § 537A.6 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537A / Section 537A.6
In-state construction contracts Iowa law to govern.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “in-state construction contract” means a public, private, foreign, or domestic agreement relating to construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of any real property in this state and includes agreements for architectural services, demolition, design services, development, engineering services, excavation, or any other improvement to real property in this state, including buildings, shafts, wells, and structures, whether on, above, or under real property in this state. “In-state construction contract” does not include any agreement between this state and any other state.

(2) A provision of an in-state construction contract is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy if the provision does any of the following:

(2) (a) Makes the in-state construction contract subject to the laws of another state.

(2) (b) Requires any litigation, mediation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution proceeding arising from the in-state construction contract to be conducted in another state.

(3) The laws of this state shall apply to every in-state construction contract.

(4) Any litigation, mediation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution proceeding arising from or relating to an in-state construction contract shall be conducted in this state.

2013 Acts, ch 87, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 261B.3 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261B / Section 261B.3
Registration.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in section 261B.11, a school shall register with the commission if a person compensated by the school conducts any portion of a course of instruction in this state or if the school otherwise has a presence in this state.

(1) (a) Registrations shall be renewed every two years and shall be amended upon any substantive change in location, program offering, or accreditation. A school makes a substantive change in a program offering when the school proposes to offer or modify a program that requires the approval of the state board of education or any other state agency authorized to approve the school or its program in this state.

(1) (b) Registration shall be made on application forms approved and made available by the commission and at the time and in the manner prescribed by the commission.

(2) The commission may require a school to provide additional information the commission deems necessary to evaluate a school’s suitability for registration.

(3) The commission shall notify a school in writing of its decision to grant or deny registration and any stipulation associated with the school’s registration.

(4) If a school fails to meet any of the registration criteria, or if the commission believes that false, misleading, or incomplete information has been submitted in connection with an application for registration, the commission may deny registration. The commission shall conduct a hearing on the denial if a hearing is requested by a school. Upon a finding after the hearing that the school fails to meet any of the registration criteria, or that information contained in the registration application is false, misleading, or incomplete, the commission shall deny registration. The commission shall make the final decision on each registration. However, the decision of the commission is subject to judicial review in accordance with section 17A.19.

(5) The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for the implementation of this chapter.

84 Acts, ch 1098, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1158, §7; 2004 Acts, ch 1145, §4, 5; 2009 Acts, ch 12, §5; 2012 Acts, ch 1077, §2
Iowa Code § 189A.20 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 189A / Section 189A.20
No inspection for products inedible as human food.
Status: in_force

Inspection shall not be provided under this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of livestock or poultry or the preparation of any livestock products or poultry products which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the secretary to deter their use for human food.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.20]
Iowa Code § 8A.376 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.376
Capitol complex projects.
Status: in_force

(1) All capital projects on the capitol complex shall be planned, approved, and funded only after considering the guiding principles enunciated in any capitol complex master plan adopted by the commission on or after January 1, 2000. At a minimum, the extent to which the proposed capital project does all of the following shall be considered:

(1) (a) Preserves and enhances the dignity, beauty, and architectural integrity of the capitol building, other state office buildings, and the capitol grounds.

(1) (b) Protects and enhances the public open spaces on the capitol complex when deemed necessary for public use and enjoyment.

(1) (c) Protects the most scenic public views to and from the capitol building.

(1) (d) Recognizes the diversity of adjacent neighborhoods and reinforces the connection of the capitol complex to its neighbors and the city of Des Moines.

(1) (e) Accommodates pedestrian and motorized traffic that achieves appropriate public accessibility.

(2) This section applies only to projects for which a construction site was not determined prior to May 11, 2000.

2000 Acts, ch 1225, §34, 39C2001, §18A.62007 Acts, ch 115, §15CS2007, §8A.3762008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
Iowa Code § 488.1206 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.1206
Fees.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §488.117A; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104.