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Iowa Code § 476.42 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 476 / Section 476.42
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) (a) “Alternate energy production facility” means any or all of the following:

(1) (a) A solar, wind turbine, electric storage unit, nuclear, waste management, resource recovery, refuse-derived fuel, agricultural crops or residues, or woodburning facility. For purposes of this definition only, “waste management” includes a facility using plasma gasification to produce synthetic gas, either as a stand-alone fuel or for blending with natural gas, the output of which is used to generate electricity or steam. For purposes of this definition only, “plasma gasification” means the thermal dissociation of carbonaceous material into fragments of compounds in an oxygen-starved environment.

(1) (a) Land, systems, buildings, or improvements that are located at the project site and are necessary or convenient to the construction, completion, or operation of the facility.

(1) (a) Transmission or distribution facilities necessary to conduct the energy produced by the facility to users located at or near the project site.

(1) (b) A facility which is a qualifying facility under 18 C.F.R. pt. 292, subpt. B is not precluded from being an alternate energy production facility under this subchapter.

(2) “Electric utility” means a public utility that furnishes electricity to the public for compensation.

(3) “Next generating plant” means an electric utility’s assumed next coal-fired base load electric generating plant, whether planned or not, based on current technology and undiscounted current cost.

(4) (a) “Small hydro facility” means any or all of the following:

(4) (a) A hydroelectric facility at a dam.

(4) (a) Land, systems, buildings, or improvements that are located at the project site and are necessary or convenient to the construction, completion, or operation of the facility.

(4) (a) Transmission or distribution facilities necessary to conduct the energy produced by the facility to users located at or near the project site.

(4) (b) A facility which is a qualifying facility under 18 C.F.R. pt. 292, subpt. B is not precluded from being a small hydro facility under this subchapter.

83 Acts, ch 182, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §31 – 33; 92 Acts, ch 1017, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §125; 2011 Acts, ch 77, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2024 Acts, ch 1108, §2
Iowa Code § 450.67 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 450 / Section 450.67
Inspection of books, records, etc.
Status: in_force

The director of revenue may also inspect and examine the books, records, and accounts of any person, firm, or corporation, including the stock transfer books of any corporation, for the purpose of acquiring any information deemed necessary or desirable by the director for the proper enforcement of the inheritance tax laws of this state, and the collection of the full amount of the tax which may be due to the state thereunder.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7372; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §450.67]2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 633.591A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.591A
Voluntary petition for appointment of conservator for a minor standby basis.
Status: in_force

A person having physical and legal custody of a minor may execute a verified petition for the appointment of a standby conservator of the proposed protected person’s property, upon the express condition that the petition shall be acted upon by the court only upon the occurrence of an event specified or the existence of a described condition of the mental or physical health of the petitioner, the occurrence of which event, or the existence of which condition, shall be established in the manner directed in the petition.

94 Acts, ch 1153, §112024 Acts, ch 1009, §60
Iowa Code § 915.15 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 915 / Section 915.15
Notification by department of justice.
Status: in_force

The department of justice shall notify a registered victim of the filing of an appeal, the expected date of decision on the appeal as the information becomes available to the department, all dispositional orders in the appeal, and the outcome of the appeal of a case in which the victim was involved.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §10, 84
Iowa Code § 904.303 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.303
Officers and employees compensation.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall determine the number and compensation of subordinate officers and employees for each institution subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV. Subject to this chapter, the officers and employees shall be appointed and discharged by the superintendent or district director, as applicable, who shall keep in the record of each subordinate officer and employee, the date of employment, the compensation, and the date of and the reasons for each discharge.

(2) The superintendents, district directors, and employees of the correctional institutions shall receive salaries or compensation as determined by the director, shall receive a midshift meal when on duty, and shall be provided uniforms if uniforms are required to be worn when on duty. The uniforms shall be maintained and replaced by the department at no cost to the employees and shall remain the property of the department.

83 Acts, ch 96, §18, 159CS83, §217A.2385 Acts, ch 21, §16, 54CS85, §246.303C93, §904.3032003 Acts, ch 145, §280; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §61
Iowa Code § 400.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 400 / Section 400.15
Appointing powers.
Status: in_force

(1) All appointments or promotions to positions within the scope of this chapter other than those of chief of police and chief of fire department shall be made:

(1) (a) In cities under the commission form of government, by the superintendents of the respective departments, with the approval of the city council.

(1) (b) In cities under the city manager plan, by the city manager.

(1) (c) In all other cities, with the approval of the city council.

(1) (d) In the police and fire departments, by the chiefs of the respective departments.

(2) All such appointments or promotions shall promptly be reported to the clerk of the commission by the appointing officer. An appointing authority may transfer an employee, other than police officers and fire fighters, from one department to the same civil service classification in another department, and such employee shall retain the same civil service status.

[SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5698; C39, §5699.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.15]97 Acts, ch 162, §8; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §51
Iowa Code § 498.15 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 498 / Section 498.15
Combinations of local associations.
Status: in_force

Likewise, associations may be formed under this chapter whose membership shall consist of other associations formed under the provisions of this chapter, the purpose being to federate local associations into central cooperative associations for the more economical and efficient performance of their marketing or other operations.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8499; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §498.15]
Iowa Code § 261A.11 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261A / Section 261A.11
Conveyance of loan funding deposit after payment of principal and interest.
Status: in_force

When the principal of and interest on obligations of the authority issued to finance the cost of an education loan financing program or programs, including any refunding obligations issued to refund and refinance the obligations, have been fully paid and retired or when adequate provision has been made to fully pay and retire the obligations of the authority, and all other conditions of the bond resolution have been satisfied and the lien created by the bond resolution has been released in accordance with its provisions, the authority shall promptly perform functions and execute deeds and conveyances necessary and required to convey remaining moneys, properties, and other assets comprising loan funding deposits to the institutions which furnished the loan funding deposits in proportion to the amounts furnished by the respective institutions.

[82 Acts, ch 1031, §11]
Iowa Code § 384.66 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 384 / Section 384.66
Test of regularity.
Status: in_force

(1) A person having an interest in property subject to special assessment may, within twenty days after the adoption of a resolution of necessity, test the regularity of the proceedings or legality of the assessment procedure by a petition in equity filed in the district court of the county where the property is located. A petition does not stay further proceedings on the improvement by the council, unless there is also filed a bond in an amount and with security approved by the court.

(2) A person having an interest in any property specially assessed may appeal from the amount of the assessment, at any stage of the special assessment procedure up to twenty days after the final publication of notice of filing of the final assessment schedule, by petition to the district court of the county where the property is located but such appeal is only to the amount of that assessment and does not stay further proceedings by the council on the improvement. No action shall be brought appealing the amount of any special assessment from and after twenty days after said final publication.

(3) A person having an interest in property subject to special assessment has a right of appeal to the district court on the ground of fraud.

(4) No action may be brought questioning the regularity of the proceedings pertaining to special assessments or the validity of any special assessment levied for any public improvement under this subchapter, from and after sixty days after the final publication of notice of filing the final assessment schedule.

[C97, §839; S13, §792-c, -f, 840-a; SS15, §840-r; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6063 – 6065, 6091; C46, §391.88 – 391.90, 395.13; C50, §391.88 – 391.90, 391A.28, 395.13; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.88 – 391.90, 391A.31, 395.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §384.66]2017 Acts, ch 29, §109; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 256.71 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.71
Administrator.
Status: in_force

Transferred to §8A.232; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1382.
Iowa Code § 10.8 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10 / Section 10.8
Multiple interests restricted.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who holds an interest in a farmers cooperative association holding an interest in agricultural land pursuant to section 10.7 shall not hold an interest in another farmers entity if any of the following applies:

(1) (a) The person holds a twenty-five percent or greater interest in a farmers cooperative association having six or fewer members.

(1) (b) The person holds a fifteen percent or greater interest in a farmers cooperative association having seven or more members.

(2) A person who holds a majority interest in an authorized entity shall not hold a majority interest in a farmers cooperative association.

98 Acts, ch 1110, §108, 301
Iowa Code § 512B.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 512B / Section 512B.5
Representative form of government.
Status: in_force

A society has a representative form of government if all of the following apply:

(1) It has a supreme governing body constituted in one of the following ways:

(1) (a) Assembly. The supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delegates as prescribed in the society’s laws. A society may provide for election of delegates by mail. The elected delegates must constitute a majority of the delegates in number and have not less than two-thirds of the votes and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society’s laws. The assembly must be elected and meet at least once every four years and must elect a board of directors to conduct the business of the society between meetings of the assembly. Vacancies on the board of directors between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society’s laws. The board of directors may appoint the officers of the society if authorized to do so by the articles or bylaws of the society. A board of directors elected by an assembly shall have such powers authorized the board by the articles or bylaws of the society, and may or may not be a supreme governing body as described in paragraph “b”, depending upon the powers authorized by the articles or bylaws.

(1) (b) Direct election. The supreme governing body is a board of directors composed of persons elected by the members, either directly or by their representatives in intermediate assemblies, and any other persons prescribed in the society’s laws. A society may provide for election of the board by mail. Each term of a board member must not exceed four years. Vacancies on the board between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society’s laws. The elected board members must constitute a majority of the board members in number and have not less than the number of votes required to amend the society’s laws. A person filling the unexpired term of an elected board member shall be considered to be an elected member. The board must meet at least quarterly to conduct the business of the society.

(2) The officers of the society are elected by the supreme governing body or board of directors.

(3) Only benefit members are eligible for election to the supreme governing body, board of directors, or any intermediate assembly.

(4) Each voting member has one vote.

(5) A voting member is not entitled to cast a vote by proxy.

90 Acts, ch 1148, §5
Iowa Code § 155.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155 / Section 155.3
Qualifications for licensure.
Status: in_force

The board shall have authority to issue licenses to qualified persons as nursing home administrators, and shall establish qualification criteria for such nursing home administrators. No license shall be issued to a person as a nursing home administrator unless:

(1) The applicant is of sound mental health and physically able to perform the duties.

(2) The applicant has presented evidence satisfactory to the board of sufficient education, training, or experience to administer, supervise, and manage a nursing home.

(3) The applicant has passed an examination prescribed by the board pursuant to section 147.34.

[C71, 73, 75, §147.120; C77, 79, 81, §135E.3]C93, §155.32012 Acts, ch 1113, §2
Iowa Code § 12B.15 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 12B / Section 12B.15
Official delinquency.
Status: in_force

If any auditor or treasurer or other officer shall neglect or refuse to perform any act or duty specifically required of the officer, such officer shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor, and the officer and the officer’s surety shall be liable on the official bond for any fine imposed, and for the damages sustained by any person through such neglect or refusal.

[R60, §744, 749, 805; C73, §919; C97, §1463; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7417; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §452.15]C93, §12B.15
Iowa Code § 10A.521 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.521
Time for compliance with order — penalty.
Status: in_force

If a petition of review has not been filed or the court on review has affirmed or modified an order for the removal, destruction, or repair of a building, or the removal of any of its contents, or the change of any of its conditions, the owner, lessee, or occupant shall comply with the order within thirty days after the delivery of the order or a copy of the order to the person, either personally or by certified letter to the last known address, or by service upon the person’s appointed agent. Failure of the owner, lessee, or occupant to comply with the order shall subject the owner, lessee, or occupant to a penalty of ten dollars for each day of failure or neglect after the expiration of the period. The penalty shall be recovered in the name of the state and paid into the treasury of the political subdivision which issues the order or the treasurer of state if the order is issued by the state. If the owner, lessee, or occupant cannot reasonably comply with the order within thirty days and a good faith effort at compliance has been made within thirty days, the owner, lessee, or occupant shall not be subject to a penalty under this section. However, the penalty may be imposed on the person upon a failure to continue the good faith compliance with the order.

[S13, §2468-j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1646; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §100.26]84 Acts, ch 1095, §6; 94 Acts, ch 1078, §52023 Acts, ch 19, §1711C2024, §10A.521
Iowa Code § 313A.19 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 313A / Section 313A.19
Expenses of department.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision contained in this chapter, the proceeds received from the sale of bonds and the tolls or other revenues received from the operation of any toll bridge may be used to defray any expenses incurred by the department in connection with and incidental to the issuance and sale of bonds for the acquisition, purchase, or construction of any such toll bridge including expenses for the preparation of surveys and estimates, legal, fiscal and administrative expenses, and the making of such inspections and examinations as may be required by the purchasers of such bonds; provided, that the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds may contain appropriate provisions governing the use and application of said bond proceeds and toll or other revenues for the purposes herein specified.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313A.19]
Iowa Code § 99G.33 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99G / Section 99G.33
Law enforcement investigations.
Status: in_force

The department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, shall be the primary state agency responsible for investigating criminal violations under this chapter. The director shall contract with the department of public safety for investigative services, including the employment of special agents and support personnel, and procurement of necessary equipment to carry out the responsibilities of the division of criminal investigation under the terms of the contract and this chapter.

2003 Acts, ch 178, §86, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §27; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2338
Iowa Code § 341A.20 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 341A / Section 341A.20
Budget.
Status: in_force

The county board of supervisors of each county shall provide in the county budget for each fiscal year a sum equal to one-half of one percent of the preceding year’s total payroll of those included under the jurisdiction and scope of this chapter. The funds so provided shall be used for the support of the commission. Any part of the funds not expended for the support of the commission during the fiscal year shall be returned to the county, or counties, according to the ratio of contribution, on the first day of January which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday following the end of the fiscal year.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.20]83 Acts, ch 123, §156, 209
Iowa Code § 103A.33 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103A / Section 103A.33
Listing and form of certification of approved systems provided.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1090, §23, 26.See §103A.62.
Iowa Code § 80D.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80D / Section 80D.3
Training standards.
Status: in_force

(1) Each person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer shall satisfactorily complete a minimum training course as established by academy rules. In addition, if a reserve peace officer is authorized to carry weapons, the officer shall satisfactorily complete the same training course in the use of weapons as is required for basic training of regular peace officers by the academy. The minimum training course for reserve peace officers shall be satisfactorily completed within the time period prescribed by academy rules. Academy-approved reserve peace officer training received before July 1, 2007, may be applied to meet the minimum training course requirements established by academy rules.

(2) A reserve peace officer who does not carry a weapon shall not be required to complete a weapons training course, but the officer shall comply with all other training requirements.

(3) (a) A person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer who has received basic training as a peace officer and has been certified by the academy pursuant to chapter 80B and rules adopted pursuant to chapter 80B may be exempted from completing the minimum training course at the discretion of the appointing authority. However, such a person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer shall meet mandatory in-service training requirements established by academy rules if the person has not served as an active peace officer within one hundred eighty days of appointment as a reserve peace officer.

(3) (b) A person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer who has met the one-hundred-fifty-hour training requirement by obtaining training at a community college or other facility selected by the individual and approved by the law enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2007, shall be exempted from completing the minimum training course at the discretion of the appointing authority and shall continue to hold certification with the appointing authority.

(4) The minimum training course required for a reserve peace officer shall be conducted pursuant to sections 80D.4 and 80D.7. If weapons are to be carried, a reserve peace officer shall complete a weapons training course having the same number of hours of training as is required of regular peace officers in basic training pursuant to section 80D.7.

(5) A person is eligible for state certification as a reserve peace officer upon satisfactory completion of the training and testing requirements specified by academy rules.

[C81, §80D.3]90 Acts, ch 1092, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 47, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 78, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §33
Iowa Code § 437B.21 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.21
Rules.
Status: in_force

The director of revenue may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

2013 Acts, ch 94, §30, 35, 36
Iowa Code § 9B.8 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 9B / Section 9B.8
Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.
Status: in_force

(1) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notarial officer is not satisfied that any of the following apply:

(1) (a) The individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record.

(1) (b) The individual’s signature is knowingly and voluntarily made.

(2) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by law other than this chapter.

(3) A notarial officer shall not condition the performing of notarial services upon the requirement that the person served be a customer or client of the establishment by which the notarial officer is employed. The employer of a notary public shall not condition the performing of a notarial service upon the requirement that the person served be a customer or client of the establishment by which the notary public is employed.

2012 Acts, ch 1050, §7, 60