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Iowa Code § 303.58 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.58
Powers of board.
Status: in_force

The board of adjustment may:

(1) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of this chapter or of any ordinance adopted pursuant to it.

(2) Hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the ordinance upon which the board is required to pass under the ordinance.

(3) Authorize upon appeal, in specific cases, a variance from the terms of the land use plan which are not contrary to the public interest, where owing to special conditions a literal enforcement of the plan would result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the plan shall be observed and substantial justice done.

83 Acts, ch 108, §18
Iowa Code § 692B.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692B / Section 692B.1
Citation.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act”.

2000 Acts, ch 1065, §1
Iowa Code § 541.166 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.166
Section 541.166
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 633B.202 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633B / Section 633B.202
Incorporation of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) An agent has authority described in this chapter if the power of attorney refers to general authority with respect to the descriptive term for the subjects stated in sections 633B.204 through 633B.217 or cites the section in which the authority is described.

(2) A reference in a power of attorney to general authority with respect to the descriptive term for a subject stated in sections 633B.204 through 633B.217 or a citation to a section in sections 633B.204 through 633B.217 incorporates the entire section as if it were set out in full in the power of attorney.

(3) A principal may modify authority incorporated by reference.

2014 Acts, ch 1078, §27
Iowa Code § 335.8 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 335 / Section 335.8
Commission appointed powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this chapter, the board of supervisors shall appoint a commission consisting of eligible electors, as defined in section 39.3, who reside within the county, but outside the corporate limits of any city, to be known as the county zoning commission. The commission may recommend the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate regulations and restrictions to be enforced in the districts. The commission shall, with due diligence, prepare a preliminary report and hold public hearings on the preliminary report before submitting the commission’s final report. The board of supervisors shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the commission. After the adoption of the regulations, restrictions, and boundaries of districts, the zoning commission may, from time to time, recommend to the board of supervisors amendments, supplements, changes, or modifications. The commission’s report and any recommendations may include a proposed ordinance or amendments to an ordinance.

(2) The zoning commission may recommend to the board of supervisors for adoption a comprehensive plan pursuant to section 335.5, or amendments thereto.

(3) The zoning commission, with the approval of the board of supervisors, may contract with professional consultants, regional planning commissions, the economic development authority, or the federal government, for local planning assistance.

[C50, 54, 58, §358A.8; C62, 66, 71, 73, §358A.8, 373.21; C75, 77, 79, 81, §358A.8]C93, §335.82010 Acts, ch 1184, §22; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2020 Acts, ch 1034, §3, 6, 8; 2020 Acts, ch 1121, §116, 118, 119
Iowa Code § 135C.5 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.5
Limitations on use.
Status: in_force

Another business or activity serving persons other than the residents of a health care facility may be operated or provided in a designated part of the physical structure of the health care facility if the other business or activity meets the requirements of applicable state and federal laws, administrative rules, and federal regulations. The department shall not limit the ability of a health care facility to operate or provide another business or activity in the designated part of the facility if the business or activity does not interfere with the use of the facility by the residents or with the services provided to the residents, and is not disturbing to the residents. In denying the ability of a health care facility to operate or provide another business or activity under this section, the burden of proof shall be on the department to demonstrate that the other business or activity substantially interferes with the use of the facility by the residents or the services provided to the residents, or is disturbing to the residents. The director, in accordance with chapter 17A, shall adopt rules which establish criteria for approval of a business or activity to be operated or provided in a designated part of the physical structure of a health care facility. For the purposes of this section, “another business or activity” shall not include laboratory services with the exception of laboratory services for which a waiver from regulatory oversight has been obtained under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-578, as amended, radiological services, anesthesiology services, obstetrical services, surgical services, or emergency room services provided by hospitals licensed under chapter 135B.

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.5]91 Acts, ch 241, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 126, §12023 Acts, ch 19, §1612
Iowa Code § 160.9 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 160 / Section 160.9
Rules.
Status: in_force

The state apiarist shall adopt rules relating to the inspection, regulation of movement, sale, and cleanup of bee colonies and used beekeeping equipment that is infested with a contagious disease, harmful parasites, or an undesirable subspecies of honey bees.

[C27, 31, 35, §4039-a4; C39, §4039.4; C46, 50, 54, 58, §266.17; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §160.9]88 Acts, ch 1051, §3; 93 Acts, ch 21, §8
Iowa Code § 182.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 182 / Section 182.14
Assessment.
Status: in_force

(1) An assessment provided in this chapter shall be imposed on the producer as follows:

(1) (a) If the producer sells wool or sheep to the first purchaser within this state, the following shall apply:

(1) (a) If the sale occurs at a concentration point, the assessment shall be imposed at the time of delivery. The first purchaser shall deduct the assessment from the price paid to the producer at the time of sale.

(1) (a) If the sale does not occur at a concentration point, the producer shall deduct the assessment from the amount received from the sale and shall forward the amount deducted to the board within thirty days following each calendar quarter.

(1) (b) If the producer sells, ships, or otherwise disposes of wool or sheep to any person outside this state, the producer shall deduct the assessment from the amount received from the sale and shall forward the amount deducted to the board.

(2) The assessment imposed by this section shall be remitted to the board not later than thirty days following each calendar quarter during which the assessment amount was deducted.

85 Acts, ch 207, §14; 99 Acts, ch 50, §6; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §16; 2012 Acts, ch 1109, §4 – 7
Iowa Code § 249A.38B — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 249A / Section 249A.38B
Supported community living services.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “supported community living service” means a service provided in a noninstitutional setting to persons sixteen years of age and older with mental illness, an intellectual disability, brain injury, or developmental disabilities to meet the persons’ daily living needs.

(2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing minimum standards for supported community living services.

(3) The department shall determine whether to grant, deny, or revoke approval for any supported community living service.

(4) Approved supported community living services may receive funding from the state, federal and state social services block grant funds, and other appropriate funding sources, consistent with state legislation and federal regulations. The funding may be provided on a per diem, per hour, or grant basis, as appropriate.

2024 Acts, ch 1161, §103, 137
Iowa Code § 123.159 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 123 / Section 123.159
Exemption from taxation.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 17, §16.
Iowa Code § 136C.7 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 136C / Section 136C.7
Acceptance of funds.
Status: in_force

The department may accept from any source loans, grants, gifts, or other funds to be used for programs authorized by this chapter.

84 Acts, ch 1286, §2
Iowa Code § 633A.3113 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633A / Section 633A.3113
Definitions revocable trusts.
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Charges” means the same as defined in section 633.3.

(2) “Costs of administration” means the same as defined in section 633.3.

(3) “Debts” means the same as defined in section 633.3.

2012 Acts, ch 1123, §24, 32
Iowa Code § 554.5106 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.5106
Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration.
Status: in_force

(1) A letter of credit is issued and becomes enforceable according to its terms against the issuer when the issuer sends or otherwise transmits it to the person requested to advise or to the beneficiary. A letter of credit is revocable only if it so provides.

(2) After a letter of credit is issued, rights and obligations of a beneficiary, applicant, confirmer, and issuer are not affected by an amendment or cancellation to which that person has not consented except to the extent the letter of credit provides that it is revocable or that the issuer may amend or cancel the letter of credit without that consent.

(3) If there is no stated expiration date or other provision that determines its duration, a letter of credit expires one year after its stated date of issuance or, if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued.

(4) A letter of credit that states that it is perpetual expires five years after its stated date of issuance or, if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.5106]96 Acts, ch 1026, §5, 28
Iowa Code § 692A.110 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.110
Registration fees and civil penalty for offenders.
Status: in_force

(1) A sex offender shall pay an annual fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars to the sheriff of the county of principal residence, beginning with the first required in-person appearance at the sheriff’s office after July 1, 2009. If the sex offender has more than one principal residence in this state, the offender shall pay the annual fee in the county where the offender is first required to appear in person after July 1, 2009. The sheriff shall accept the registration. If, at the time of registration, the sex offender is unable to pay the fee, the sheriff may allow the offender time to pay the fee, permit the payment of the fee in installments, or may waive payment of the fee. Fees paid to the sheriff shall be used to defray the costs of duties related to the registration of sex offenders under this chapter.

(2) In addition to any other penalty, at the time of conviction for a public offense committed on or after July 1, 1995, which requires a sex offender to register under this chapter, the offender shall be assessed a civil penalty payable to the clerk of the district court as provided in section 602.8105 and distributed as provided in section 602.8108.

(3) The fee and penalty required by this section shall not be assessed against a person who has been acquitted by reason of insanity of the offense which requires registration under this chapter.

2009 Acts, ch 119, §10; 2021 Acts, ch 145, §7
Iowa Code § 156.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 156 / Section 156.14
Funeral establishment and cremation establishment license.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not establish, conduct, or maintain a funeral establishment or a cremation establishment in this state without a license. The license shall be identified as an establishment license.

(1) (a) An establishment license issued by the board under this chapter shall be issued for a site and in the name of the individual in charge and is not transferable or assignable.

(1) (b) A license is required for each place of practice.

(1) (c) The license of the establishment shall be displayed.

(2) The board shall specify by rule the licensing procedures to be followed, including specifications of forms for use in applying for an establishment license and fees for filing an application. The board shall specify by rule minimum standards for professional responsibility in the conduct of a funeral establishment or a cremation establishment.

(3) To qualify for a funeral establishment or a cremation establishment license, the applicant shall submit to the board a license fee as determined by the board and a completed application on a form prescribed by the board that shall include the following information and be given under oath:

(3) (a) Ownership of the establishment.

(3) (b) Location of the establishment.

(3) (c) The license number of each funeral director employed by the establishment at the time of the application.

(3) (d) The trade or corporate name of the establishment.

(3) (e) The name of the individual in charge, who has the authority and responsibility for the establishment’s compliance with laws and rules pertaining to the operation of the establishment.

(4) A person who falsely makes the affidavit prescribed in subsection 3 is subject to all penalties prescribed for making a false affidavit.

96 Acts, ch 1148, §9
Iowa Code § 172D.2 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 172D / Section 172D.2
Compliance — a defense to nuisance actions.
Status: in_force

In any nuisance action or proceeding against a feedlot brought by or on behalf of a person whose date of ownership of realty is subsequent to the established date of operation of that feedlot, proof of compliance with sections 172D.3 and 172D.4 shall be an absolute defense, provided that the conditions or circumstances alleged to constitute a nuisance are subject to regulatory jurisdiction in accordance with either section 172D.3 or 172D.4.

[C77, 79, 81, §172D.2]
Iowa Code § 235B.4 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 235B / Section 235B.4
Legislative findings and purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that a central registry is required to provide a single source for the statewide collection, maintenance, and dissemination of dependent adult abuse information. Such a registry is imperative for increased effectiveness in dealing with the problem of dependent adult abuse. The general assembly also finds that vigorous protection of rights of individual privacy is an indispensable element of a fair and effective system of collecting, maintaining, and disseminating dependent adult abuse information.

(2) The purposes of this section and sections 235B.5 through 235B.13 are to facilitate the identification of victims or potential victims of dependent adult abuse by making available a single, statewide source of dependent adult abuse data; to facilitate research on dependent adult abuse by making available a single, statewide source of dependent adult abuse data; and to provide maximum safeguards against the unwarranted invasions of privacy which such a registry might otherwise entail.

91 Acts, ch 231, §4; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §80
Iowa Code § 321.235A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.235A
Electric personal assistive mobility devices.
Status: in_force

An electric personal assistive mobility device, which is a two-wheeled device as defined in section 321.1, subsection 20B, may be operated by a person at least sixteen years of age on sidewalks and bikeways in accordance with this section.

(1) None of the following are required for operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device:

(1) (a) Licensure or registration of the electric personal assistive mobility device under this chapter.

(1) (b) Possession of a driver’s license or permit by the operator of the electric personal assistive mobility device.

(1) (c) Proof of financial responsibility.

(2) A person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a sidewalk or bikeway shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) Yield the right-of-way to other pedestrians.

(2) (b) Give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian.

(3) A person shall not operate an electric personal assistive mobility device at the times specified in section 321.384 unless the person or the electric personal assistive mobility device is equipped with a headlight visible from the front of the electric personal assistive mobility device and at least one red reflector visible from the rear of the electric personal assistive mobility device.

(4) Violations of this section are punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 9A.

2002 Acts, ch 1063, §30; 2004 Acts, ch 1013, §29, 35; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §397, 400; 2024 Acts, ch 1137, §4
Iowa Code § 462A.17B — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.17B
Nonprofit corporations regulation of watercraft on public lakes.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(1) (a) “Association” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated under chapter 504, named as an association, and that manages a community with one thousand or more units that is located on a subdivision that is adjacent to or abuts a public lake.

(1) (b) “Bylaws” means the same as defined in section 504.141.

(1) (c) “Member” means a person who is a record lot owner of the association.

(1) (d) “Public lake” means any lake located within the boundaries of this state that is a navigable body of water and that is lawfully accessible by the general public.

(1) (e) “Rules and regulations” means the rules and regulations adopted by the association’s board of directors as authorized by the bylaws of the association.

(1) (f) “Unit” means a dwelling unit designated for separate ownership or occupancy or as otherwise defined in the statute under which the association is organized.

(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an association may establish policies in the association’s rules and regulations regarding the operation of watercraft, including but not limited to equipment specifications. The authority granted to an association under this subsection shall only apply to the association’s members and the association’s members’ guests.

(3) Notwithstanding section 462A.32, an association may communicate the association’s policies established under subsection 2 through the use of private buoys and other safety-related installations until the date the commission adopts rules regulating buoys and other safety-related installations for the public lake that is adjacent to or abuts the association.

(4) The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

2024 Acts, ch 1001, §2, 3
Iowa Code § 501A.1005 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 501A / Section 501A.1005
Allocations and distributions — profits, losses, cash, or other assets.
Status: in_force

(1) If nonpatron membership interests are authorized by the patrons, the bylaws shall prescribe the allocation of profits and losses between patron membership interests collectively and any other membership interests. If the bylaws do not otherwise provide, the profits and losses between patron membership interests collectively and other membership interests shall be allocated on the basis of the value of contributions to capital made by the patron membership interests collectively and other membership interests accepted by the cooperative. The allocation of profits to the patron membership interests collectively shall not be less than fifty percent of the total profits in any fiscal year, except if authorized in the cooperative’s articles or bylaws that are adopted by an affirmative vote of the patron members, or in the articles or bylaws as amended by the affirmative vote of the patron members. However, the allocation of profits to the patron membership interests collectively shall not be less than fifteen percent of the total profits in any fiscal year.

(2) A cooperative’s bylaws shall prescribe the distribution of cash or other assets of the cooperative among the membership interests of the cooperative. If nonpatron membership interests are authorized by the patrons and the bylaws do not provide otherwise, distributions shall be made to the patron membership interests collectively and other members on the basis of the value of contributions to capital made and accepted by the cooperative, by the patron membership interests collectively, and other membership interests. The distributions to patron membership interests collectively shall not be less than fifty percent of the total distributions in any fiscal year, except if authorized in the articles or bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of the patron members, or the articles or bylaws as amended by the affirmative vote of the patron members. However, the distributions to patron membership interests collectively shall not be less than fifteen percent of the total distributions in any fiscal year.

2005 Acts, ch 135, §77; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §59
Iowa Code § 522.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 522 / Section 522.4
Own risk and solvency assessment requirement.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to section 522.6, an insurer, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, shall regularly conduct an own risk and solvency assessment consistent and comparable with the assessment process contained in the own risk and solvency assessment guidance manual.

(2) An own risk and solvency assessment shall be conducted at least annually, but an assessment shall also be conducted at any time when there are significant changes to the risk profile of an insurer or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member.

2013 Acts, ch 40, §4, 11
Iowa Code § 565.9 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 565 / Section 565.9
Section 565.9
Status: repealed

Repealed by 81 Acts, ch 117, §1097.