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Iowa Code § 514J.111 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514J / Section 514J.111
Approval of independent review organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner shall approve applications submitted by independent review organizations to conduct external reviews under this chapter. The commissioner may retain an outside expert to perform reviews of such applications.

(2) In order to be eligible for approval by the commissioner to conduct external reviews, an independent review organization shall meet all of the following requirements:

(2) (a) Be accredited by a nationally recognized private accrediting entity that the commissioner determines has independent review organization accreditation standards that are equivalent to or exceed the minimum qualifications for independent review organizations established in this chapter.

(2) (b) Submit an application in a form and format as directed by the commissioner.

(2) (c) Meet the minimum qualifications contained in section 514J.112.

(3) The commissioner may approve independent review organizations that are not accredited by a nationally recognized private accrediting entity if there are no acceptable nationally recognized private accrediting entities providing independent review organization accreditation.

(4) The commissioner shall develop an application form for initially approving and for reapproving independent review organizations to conduct external reviews.

(5) The commissioner may charge an initial application fee and a renewal fee as specified by rule.

(6) The approval of an independent review organization to conduct external reviews by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter is effective for two years, unless the commissioner determines that the independent review organization is not satisfying the minimum qualifications of this chapter. If the commissioner determines that an independent review organization has lost its accreditation or no longer satisfies the minimum requirements established under this chapter, the commissioner shall terminate approval of the independent review organization to conduct external reviews and remove the independent review organization from the list of independent review organizations approved to conduct external reviews that is maintained by the commissioner.

(7) The commissioner shall maintain a list of currently approved independent review organizations.

2011 Acts, ch 101, §11
Iowa Code § 321G.4A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321G / Section 321G.4A
User permit fee.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1093, §14.
Iowa Code § 515.54 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.54
Section 515.54
Status: repealed

Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1057, §13
Iowa Code § 548.115 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 548 / Section 548.115
Forum for actions regarding registration — service on out-of-state registrants.
Status: in_force

(1) Actions to require cancellation of a mark registered pursuant to this chapter shall be brought in district court. In an action for cancellation, the secretary shall not be made a party to the proceeding but shall be notified of the filing of the complaint by the clerk of the district court in which it is filed and shall be given the right to intervene in the action.

(2) In an action brought against a nonresident registrant, service may be effected upon the secretary as agent for service of the registrant in accordance with the procedures established for service upon nonresident corporations and business entities under section 617.3.

94 Acts, ch 1090, §15
Iowa Code § 452A.21 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 452A / Section 452A.21
Refund — credit.
Status: in_force

(1) Persons not licensed under this subchapter who blend motor fuel and alcohol to produce ethanol blended gasoline may file for a refund for the difference between taxes paid on the motor fuel purchased to produce ethanol blended gasoline and the tax due on the ethanol blended gasoline blended. If, during any month, a person licensed under this subchapter uses tax paid motor fuel to blend ethanol blended gasoline and the refund otherwise due under this section is greater than the licensee’s total tax liability for that month, the licensee is entitled to a credit. The claim for credit shall be filed as part of the return required by section 452A.8.

(2) In order to obtain the refund established by this section, the person shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) Obtain a blender’s permit as provided in section 452A.18.

(2) (b) File a refund claim containing the information as required by the department and certified by the claimant under penalty for false certificate.

(2) (c) Retain invoices meeting the requirements of section 452A.17, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (3), for the motor fuel purchased.

(2) (d) Retain invoices for the purchase of alcohol.

(3) A refund shall not be issued unless the claim is filed within three years following the end of the month during which the ethanol blended gasoline was actually blended. An income tax credit is not allowed under this section.

[C81, §324.21]91 Acts, ch 87, §8, 9C93, §452A.2195 Acts, ch 155, §26, 44; 96 Acts, ch 1066, §12, 21; 99 Acts, ch 151, §64, 65, 89; 2002 Acts, ch 1150, §20; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 602.3201 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 602 / Section 602.3201
Requirement of certification use of title.
Status: in_force

A person shall not engage in the profession of shorthand reporting unless the person is certified pursuant to this chapter, or otherwise exempted pursuant to section 602.6603, subsection 3. Only a person who is certified by the board may assume the title of certified shorthand reporter, or use the abbreviation C.S.R., or any words, letters, or figures to indicate that the person is a certified shorthand reporter.

83 Acts, ch 186, §4201, 10201; 89 Acts, ch 296, §812025 Acts, ch 101, §17
Iowa Code § 469A.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 469A / Section 469A.3
Public welfare promoted.
Status: in_force

Before the executive council shall issue a certificate of convenience and necessity, it shall first be satisfied that the public convenience and necessity will be promoted thereby, that the applicant has the financial ability to carry out the terms and conditions imposed, and the applicant has in writing agreed to accept, abide by and comply with such reasonable terms and conditions as the executive council may require and impose.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §469A.3]
Iowa Code § 12F.4 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12F / Section 12F.4
Prohibited investments — divestment.
Status: in_force

(1) The public fund shall not acquire publicly traded securities of a company on the public fund’s most recent scrutinized companies list with active business operations so long as such company remains on the public fund’s scrutinized companies list as a company with active business operations as provided in this section.

(2) (a) The public fund shall sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw all publicly traded securities of a company on the public fund’s list of scrutinized companies with active business operations, so long as the company remains on that list, no sooner than ninety days, but no later than eighteen months, following the first written notice sent to the scrutinized company with active business operations as required by section 12F.3.

(2) (b) This subsection shall not be construed to require the premature or otherwise imprudent sale, redemption, divestment, or withdrawal of an investment, but such sale, redemption, divestment, or withdrawal shall be completed as provided by this subsection.

(3) The requirements of this section shall not apply to the following:

(3) (a) A company which the United States government affirmatively declares to be excluded from its present or any future federal sanctions regime relating to Sudan.

(3) (b) Indirect holdings of a scrutinized company with active business operations. The public fund shall, however, submit letters to the managers of such investment funds containing companies with scrutinized active business operations requesting that they consider removing such companies from the fund or create a similar fund with indirect holdings devoid of such companies. If the manager creates a similar fund, the public fund is encouraged to replace all applicable investments with investments in the similar fund consistent with prudent investing standards.

2007 Acts, ch 39, §4
Iowa Code § 484B.3 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.3
Authority of the director exceptions to chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall develop, administer, and enforce hunting preserve programs and requirements within the state which implement the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter.

(2) (a) The chapter does not apply to keeping farm deer as regulated by the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to chapter 170 or to preserve whitetail kept on a hunting preserve as regulated by the department of natural resources pursuant to chapter 484C.

(2) (b) This chapter does not apply to an owner or tenant of land raising or releasing pen-reared pheasants on the owner’s or tenant’s land as provided in section 481A.6A, provided that a person taking a pen-reared pheasant complies with all requirements provided in chapters 481A and 483A.

92 Acts, ch 1160, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 149, §19, 23; 2005 Acts, ch 139, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1180, §2
Iowa Code § 164.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 164 / Section 164.3
Female animals vaccinated.
Status: in_force

Native female bovine animals of any breed between the ages of four months and twelve months may be officially vaccinated for brucellosis according to procedures approved by the United States department of agriculture. Native female designated animals other than bovine animals may be vaccinated as provided by rules adopted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The expense of the vaccination shall be borne in the same manner as provided in section 164.6.

[C54, §164.11; C58, 62, §164.28; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.3]86 Acts, ch 1036, §4; 97 Acts, ch 124, §3; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §22; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §49
Iowa Code § 327D.75 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.75
Joint tariff schedules.
Status: in_force

The names of the several common carriers which are parties to any joint tariff shall be specified in the schedule showing the same. Unless otherwise ordered by the department, a schedule showing such joint tariff need be filed with the department by only one of the parties if there is also filed with the department, in such form as the department may require, a concurrence in such joint tariff by each of the other parties thereto.

[C97, §2128; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8092; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.58; C77, 79, 81, §327D.75; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]
Iowa Code § 820.6 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.6
Criminal acts committed in third state.
Status: in_force

The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in such other state in the manner provided in section 820.3 with committing an act in this state, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand, and the provisions of this chapter not otherwise inconsistent, shall apply to such cases, even though the accused was not in that state at the time of the commission of the crime, and has not fled therefrom.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.6; C79, 81, §820.6]
Iowa Code § 501A.206 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.206
Forms.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The secretary may prescribe and furnish on request forms, including but not limited to the following:

(1) (a) An application for a certificate of existence.

(1) (a) A foreign cooperative’s application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.

(1) (a) A foreign cooperative’s application for a certificate of withdrawal.

(1) (b) If the secretary so requires, use of these listed forms prescribed by the secretary is mandatory.

(2) The secretary may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, but their use is not mandatory.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §9; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Iowa Code § 453A.11 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.11
Cancellation of stamps.
Status: in_force

Stamps affixed to a package of cigarettes shall not be canceled by any letter, numeral, or other mark of identification or otherwise mutilated in any manner that will prevent or hinder the department in making an examination as to the genuineness of the stamp. However, the director may require such cancellation of the tax stamps affixed to packages of cigarettes which is necessary to carry out properly the provisions of this subchapter. A person who cancels or causes the cancellation of stamps in violation of this section shall be considered in possession of unstamped cigarettes and is subject to the penalty provided in section 453A.31, subsection 1, paragraph “a”.

[C39, §1556.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.11]C93, §453A.112004 Acts, ch 1073, §37; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 232.94A — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.94A
Records — subsequent hearings.
Status: in_force

Juvenile court records, social records, and the material required to be recorded pursuant to section 232.94 shall be maintained and shall be a part of each hearing relating to the child so long as and whenever the child is a child in need of assistance.

84 Acts, ch 1279, §12
Iowa Code § 12.79 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12 / Section 12.79
FY 2009 prison bonding fund.
Status: in_force

(1) An FY 2009 prison bonding fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund shall not be subject to appropriation for any other purpose by the general assembly, but shall be used only for the purposes of the FY 2009 prison bonding fund.

(2) Revenue for the fund shall consist of the net proceeds from the bonds issued pursuant to section 12.80.

(3) Moneys in the fund in a fiscal year shall be used as appropriated by the general assembly for prison improvement and prison construction projects. However, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the fund from the previous fiscal year are appropriated to the department of corrections for major maintenance projects.

(4) Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(5) Annually, on or before January 15 of each year, the department of corrections shall report to the legislative services agency and the department of management the status of all projects completed or in progress. The report shall include a description of the project, the work completed, the total estimated cost of the project, a list of all revenue sources being used to fund the project, the amount of funds expended, the amount of funds obligated, and the date the project was completed or an estimated completion date of the project, where applicable.

2008 Acts, ch 1179, §41; 2016 Acts, ch 1133, §21
Iowa Code § 490.1601 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.1601
Corporate records.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation shall maintain all of the following records:

(1) (a) Its articles of incorporation as currently in effect.

(1) (b) Any notices to shareholders referred to in section 490.120, subsection 11, paragraph “e”, specifying facts on which a filed document is dependent if those facts are not included in the articles of incorporation or otherwise available as specified in section 490.120, subsection 11, paragraph “e”.

(1) (c) Its bylaws as currently in effect.

(1) (d) All written communications within the past three years to shareholders generally.

(1) (e) Minutes of all meetings of, and records of all actions taken without a meeting by, its shareholders, its board of directors, and board committees established under section 490.825.

(1) (f) A list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers.

(1) (g) Its most recent biennial report delivered to the secretary of state under section 490.1621.

(2) A corporation shall maintain all annual financial statements prepared for the corporation for its last three fiscal years, or such shorter period of existence, and any audit or other reports with respect to such financial statements.

(3) A corporation shall maintain accounting records in a form that permits preparation of its financial statements.

(4) A corporation shall maintain a record of its current shareholders in alphabetical order by class or series of shares showing the address of each shareholder to which notices and other communications from the corporation are to be sent, and which shall include the number and class or series of shares held by each such shareholder. In addition, if a shareholder has provided an electronic mail address to the corporation or has consented to receive notices or other communications by electronic mail or other electronic transmission, the record of shareholders shall include the electronic mail or other electronic transmission address of the shareholder if notices or other communications are being delivered by the corporation to the shareholder at such electronic mail or other electronic transmission address pursuant to section 490.141, subsection 4. An electronic mail address of a shareholder shall be deemed to be provided by a shareholder if the electronic mail address is contained in a communication to the corporation by or on behalf of the shareholder unless the communication expressly indicates that the electronic mail address shall not be used to deliver notices or other communications.

(5) A corporation shall maintain the records specified in this section in a manner so that they may be made available for inspection within a reasonable time.

89 Acts, ch 288, §175; 97 Acts, ch 171, §19; 2007 Acts, ch 140, §11, 12; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §74, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §199, 230; 2022 Acts, ch 1058, §4
Iowa Code § 15.440 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.440
Iowa great places program fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2025 Acts, ch 147, §37.
Iowa Code § 468.145 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.145
Procedure.
Status: in_force

The board shall proceed to carry out the provisions of the agreement, advertising for and receiving bids, letting the work, making contracts, levying assessments, paying on estimates, issuing warrants, improvement certificates, or drainage bonds as the case may be, in the same manner as in districts established on petition, except as in said mutual agreement otherwise provided.

[S13, §1989-a28; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7576; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.155]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.145
Iowa Code § 515.44 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.44
Dividends.
Status: in_force

The directors or managers of a stock company, incorporated under the laws of this state shall make no dividends except from the earned profits arising from their business, which shall not include contributed capital or contributed surplus.

[C73, §1136; C97, §1702; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8936; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.44]
Iowa Code § 661.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 661 / Section 661.9
Petition.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff in such action shall state the plaintiff’s claim, and shall also state facts sufficient to constitute a cause for such claim, and shall also set forth that the plaintiff, if a private individual, is personally interested therein, and that the plaintiff sustains and may sustain damage by the nonperformance of such duty, and that performance thereof has been demanded by the plaintiff, and refused or neglected, and shall pray an order of mandamus commanding the defendant to fulfill such duty.

[R60, §3762; C73, §3378; C97, §4346; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12448; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §661.9]
Iowa Code § 453A.50 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 453A / Section 453A.50
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who in any manner knowingly attempts to evade the tax imposed by this subchapter or who knowingly aids or abets in the evasion or attempted evasion of the tax or who knowingly violates the provisions of section 453A.44, subsection 1, of this subchapter, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

(2) Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates any provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

(3) (a) The following civil penalties shall be imposed for a violation of this subchapter:

(3) (a) A two hundred dollar penalty for the first violation.

(3) (a) A five hundred dollar penalty for a second violation within three years of the first violation.

(3) (a) A one thousand dollar penalty for a third or subsequent violation within three years of the first violation.

(3) (b) The penalty imposed in this subsection is in addition to the tax, penalty, and interest imposed in other sections of this subchapter. Each day a violation occurs counts as a new violation for purposes of this subsection.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §98.50]C93, §453A.502007 Acts, ch 186, §50, 51; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §56; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 3.13 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 3.13
Pro rata disbursement of appropriations.
Status: in_force

Annual appropriations shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of the Acts granting the same pro rata from the time such Acts shall take effect up to the first day of the succeeding quarter as provided in section 3.12.

[S13, §116-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §59; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §3.13]
Iowa Code § 394.4 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 394 / Section 394.4
Contracts with other cities — election.
Status: in_force

(1) Contracts may be made between any city establishing or having established a zoo or zoological garden and any other city or county, but a county may contract only with respect to residents outside of any city, for the use of such zoo or zoological garden or any extension service thereof by its residents, and for the levy of a tax in support thereof. Such contracts shall provide for the rate of tax to be levied during the term thereof, not exceeding twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. Said contracts may be submitted to the voters of either city and shall not be subject to termination if approved by the voters of both parties.

(2) If not so approved, such contracts may be modified by mutual consent or may be terminated by the voters of either party thereto.

(3) Any such tax shall be subject to cumulative levy limitations applicable generally to the contracting parties unless the contract shall have been approved by the voters.

(4) Any election held hereunder may be held upon notice and in any manner provided by law applicable to the contracting party with respect to elections upon special public propositions; provided that it shall not be necessary to set out the contract provisions in full as a part of the ballot.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §394.4]2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 633.343 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.343
Appointment of temporary administrator during administration.
Status: in_force

At any time during the administration of an estate, the court, for good cause shown, may appoint a temporary administrator to carry out such orders of the court as may be necessary for the proper administration of such estate. No appeal from such appointment shall prevent the temporary administrator from proceeding in the discharge of the administrator’s duties.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.343]