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Iowa Code § 279.7 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.7
Vacancies filled by special election qualification tenure.
Status: in_force

(1) If a vacancy or vacancies occur among the elective officers or members of a school board and the remaining members of the board have not filled the vacancy within thirty days after the vacancy occurs or if a valid petition is submitted to the secretary of the board pursuant to section 279.6, subsection 1, or when the board is reduced below a quorum, the secretary of the board, or if there is no secretary, the area education agency administrator, shall call a special election in the district, subdistrict, or subdistricts, as the case may be, to fill the vacancy or vacancies. The county commissioner of elections shall publish the notices required by law for special elections, and the election shall be held not sooner than thirty days nor later than forty days after the thirtieth day following the day the vacancy occurs. If the secretary fails for more than three days to call an election, the administrator shall call it.

(2) An appointment by the board to fill any vacancy in an elective office on or after the day notice has been given for a special election to fill such vacancy as provided in this section shall be null and void.

(3) In the case of a special election as provided in this section to fill a vacancy occurring among the elective officers or members of a school board before the expiration of a full term, the person so elected shall qualify within ten days from the final canvass of the election by the county board in the manner required by section 277.28 and shall hold office for the residue of the unexpired term and until a successor is elected, or appointed, and qualified.

(4) Nomination petitions shall be filed in the manner provided in section 277.4, except that the petitions shall be filed not less than twenty-five days before the date set for the election.

[C51, §1120; R60, §2037, 2038, 2079; C73, §1730, 1738; C97, §2758, 2771, 2772; S13, §2758, 2771, 2772; C24, §4223; C27, 31, 35, §4223-b1; C39, §4223.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §279.7]87 Acts, ch 48, §1; 89 Acts, ch 136, §65; 93 Acts, ch 67, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §40; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §57 – 59; 2016 Acts, ch 1121, §10; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §57
Iowa Code § 136A.2 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Attending health care provider” means a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, or physician assistant.

(2) “Congenital disorder” means an abnormality existing prior to or at birth, including a stillbirth, that adversely affects the health and development of a fetus, newborn, child, or adult, including a structural malformation or a genetic, chromosomal, inherited, or biochemical disorder.

(3) “Council” means the council on health and human services.

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

(5) “Disorder” means a congenital or inherited disorder.

(6) “Genetics” means the study of inheritance and how genes contribute to health conditions and the potential for disease.

(7) “Genomics” means the functions and interactions of all human genes and their variation within human populations, including their interaction with environmental factors, and their contribution to health.

(8) “Inherited disorder” means a condition caused by an abnormal change in a gene or genes passed from a parent or parents to their child. Onset of the disorder may be prior to or at birth, during childhood, or in adulthood.

(9) “Stillbirth” means an unintended fetal death occurring after a gestation period of twenty completed weeks, or an unintended fetal death of a fetus with a weight of three hundred fifty or more grams.

2004 Acts, ch 1031, §3, 12; 2022 Acts, ch 1023, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §199; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §432
Iowa Code § 556E.4 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 556E / Section 556E.4
“Coin silver.”
Status: in_force

Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver and having marked, stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover, or wrapper in which such article is enclosed, the words “coin” or “coin silver”, or any colorable imitation thereof, unless nine hundred one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing or purporting to be silver of which such article is manufactured are pure silver, subject to the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a fraudulent practice; but in case of all such articles there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the foregoing standards.

[S13, §5077-b1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1909; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §119.4]C93, §556E.4
Iowa Code § 725.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 725 / Section 725.3
Pandering.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who persuades, arranges, coerces, or otherwise causes another, not a minor, to become a prostitute or to return to the practice of prostitution after having abandoned it, or keeps or maintains any premises for the purposes of prostitution or takes a share in the income from such premises knowing the character and content of such income, commits a class “D” felony.

(2) A person who persuades, arranges, coerces, or otherwise causes a minor to become a prostitute or to return to the practice of prostitution after having abandoned it, or keeps or maintains any premises for the purpose of prostitution involving minors or knowingly shares in the income from such premises knowing the character and content of such income, commits a class “C” felony.

[C51, §2584; R60, §4207; C73, §3865; C97, §4760; S13, §4944-i, -j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13179, 13181, 13182; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §724.7, 724.9, 724.10; C79, 81, §725.3]86 Acts, ch 1046, §2; 87 Acts, ch 115, §82
Iowa Code § 309.63 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 309 / Section 309.63
Gravel beds.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, within the limits of such county and outside the limits of any city, purchase or condemn any lands for the purpose of obtaining gravel or other suitable material with which to improve the secondary roads of such county, including a sufficient roadway to such land by the most reasonable route, or the board may purchase such material outside the limits of their county. In either case, the board may pay for the materials out of the secondary road funds.

[S13, §4024-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4657; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §309.63]2022 Acts, ch 1021, §63
Iowa Code § 307.38 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 307 / Section 307.38
Public transit loan.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 99 Acts, ch 114, §54.
Iowa Code § 322.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.9
Revocation or suspension of license.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may revoke or suspend the license of a retail motor vehicle dealer if, after notice and hearing by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, it finds that the licensee has been guilty of an act which would be a ground for the denial of a license under section 322.6.

(2) The department may revoke or suspend the license of a retail motor vehicle dealer if, after notice and hearing by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, it finds that the licensee has been convicted or has forfeited bail on three charges of:

(2) (a) Failing upon the sale or transfer of a vehicle, except upon the sale of a vehicle under section 322.7B, to deliver to the purchaser or transferee of the vehicle sold or transferred, a manufacturer’s or importer’s certificate, or a certificate of title duly assigned, as provided in chapter 321.

(2) (b) Failing upon the purchasing or otherwise acquiring of a vehicle, except a vehicle acquired on consignment under section 322.7B, to obtain a manufacturer’s or importer’s certificate, or a certificate of title duly assigned as provided in chapter 321.

(2) (c) Failing upon the purchasing or otherwise acquiring of a vehicle, except a vehicle acquired on consignment under section 322.7B, to obtain a new certificate of title to such vehicle when and where required in chapter 321.

[C39, §5039.09; C46, §322.9; C50, 54, §322.9, 322.16; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322.9]85 Acts, ch 67, §38; 89 Acts, ch 273, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2014 Acts, ch 1123, §33; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1967, 1968
Iowa Code § 322A.13 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322A / Section 322A.13
Compulsory attendance at hearings.
Status: in_force

The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers, documents, and all other evidence. The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may apply to the district court of the county wherein the hearing is being held for a court order enforcing this section.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322A.13; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]2023 Acts, ch 19, §1977
Iowa Code § 356.15 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 356 / Section 356.15
Expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) All charges and expenses for the safekeeping and maintenance of prisoners shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, with the exception of charges and expenses for the following prisoners:

(1) (a) Those committed or detained by the authority of the courts of the United States, in which cases the United States must pay such expenses to the county.

(1) (b) Those committed for violation of a city ordinance, in which case the city shall pay expenses to the county.

(1) (c) Those committed or detained from another state, in which case the governmental entity from the other state sending the prisoners shall pay expenses to the county.

(2) Notwithstanding the charges and expenses allowed pursuant to subsection 1, the costs of required medical aid furnished to prisoners in the custody of the county sheriff pursuant to section 356.5 shall be paid as specified in sections 356.15A and 804.28.

[C51, §3116; R60, §5135; C73, §485, 4735; C97, §735, 5651; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5511, 5772; C46, 50, §356.15, 368.40; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §356.15, 368.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, §356.15]2004 Acts, ch 1117, §3, 4; 2020 Acts, ch 1042, §1; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §222
Iowa Code § 468.43 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.43
Public highways and state-owned lands.
Status: in_force

(1) When any public highway or other public land extends into or through a levee or drainage district, the commissioners to assess benefits shall ascertain and return in their report the amount of benefits and the apportionment of costs and expenses to such highway or other public land, and the board of supervisors shall assess the same against such highway and land.

(2) Such assessments against primary highways and other state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the state department of transportation shall be paid by the state department from the primary road fund on due certification of the amount by the county treasurer to the department, and against all secondary roads and other county owned lands under the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors, from county funds.

(3) When state-owned land under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources is situated within a levee or drainage district, the commissioners assessing benefits shall ascertain and return in their report the amount of benefits and the apportionment of costs and expenses to the land, and the board of supervisors shall assess the amount against the land. In estimating benefits to land which is a state-owned lake or state-owned wetland, the commissioners shall ascertain benefits as provided in section 468.40.

(4) The assessments against lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources shall be paid as an expense from the appropriations addressed in section 7D.29, if authorized by the executive council upon certification of the amount by the county treasurer.

[S13, §1989-a19, -a26; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7470; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.50]83 Acts, ch 123, §183, 209; 85 Acts, ch 267, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1008, §1; 89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.4397 Acts, ch 194, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 59, §3, 4; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §36, 158
Iowa Code § 314.2 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 314 / Section 314.2
Conflicts of interest.
Status: in_force

A state or county official who is a voting member of a governmental entity responsible for awarding a contract pursuant to section 314.1 and is the apparent low bidder for the contract shall not participate in a vote to award the contract and shall include an explanation of the official’s conflict in the resolution entered pursuant to section 26.12.

[S13, §1527-s15; C24, §4685, 4700; C27, 31, 35, §4685, 4755-b10; C39, §4685, 4686.14, 4755.10; C46, §309.92, 310.14, 313.10; C50, §308A.11; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §314.2]2009 Acts, ch 133, §115; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §46, 47
Iowa Code § 488.405 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 488 / Section 488.405
Actions by and against partnership and partners.
Status: in_force

(1) To the extent not inconsistent with section 488.404, a general partner may be joined in an action against the limited partnership or named in a separate action.

(2) A judgment against a limited partnership is not by itself a judgment against a general partner. A judgment against a limited partnership shall not be satisfied from a general partner’s assets unless there is also a judgment against the general partner.

(3) A judgment creditor of a general partner shall not levy execution against the assets of the general partner to satisfy a judgment based on a claim against the limited partnership, unless the partner is personally liable for the claim under section 488.404 and at least one of the following applies:

(3) (a) A judgment based on the same claim has been obtained against the limited partnership and a writ of execution on the judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part.

(3) (b) The limited partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy.

(3) (c) The general partner has agreed that the creditor need not exhaust limited partnership assets.

(3) (d) A court grants permission to the judgment creditor to levy execution against the assets of a general partner based on a finding that limited partnership assets subject to execution are clearly insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that exhaustion of limited partnership assets is excessively burdensome, or that the grant of permission is an appropriate exercise of the court’s equitable powers.

(3) (e) Liability is imposed on the general partner by law or contract independent of the existence of the limited partnership.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §39, 118
Iowa Code § 533.312 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.312
Dividends and interest.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors may declare dividends at such rates and upon such classes of shares as are determined by the board, at such intervals and for such periods as the board may authorize, and after provision for required reserves pursuant to section 533.303.

(2) Dividends shall be considered a normal operating expense of the state credit union and shall be paid on all paid-up shares outstanding at the close of the period for which the dividend is declared and shall be available only from undivided earnings.

(3) The superintendent may restrict or prohibit the payment of a dividend or interest when an impairment of capital exists.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §43
Iowa Code § 466.8 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 466 / Section 466.8
On-site wastewater systems assistance program.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of natural resources shall establish an on-site wastewater systems assistance program for the purpose of providing low-interest loans to homeowners for improving on-site wastewater disposal systems.

(2) The environmental protection commission shall adopt rules for carrying out the program including but not limited to criteria for homeowner participation, the methods used to provide loans, and financing terms and limits.

(3) The department may make and execute agreements with public or private entities, including lending institutions as defined in section 12.32, as required to administer the program.

(4) Assistance provided to homeowners shall not be used to pay the nonfederal share of the cost of any wastewater system projects receiving grants under the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1381 1387.

2001 Acts, ch 37, §2, 4; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §69, 70; 2013 Acts, ch 59, §4
Iowa Code § 99F.5 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99F / Section 99F.5
License to conduct gambling games on excursion gambling boats and at gambling structures — license to operate boat — applications — operating agreements — fee.
Status: in_force

(1) A qualified sponsoring organization may apply to the commission for a license to conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure as provided in this chapter. A person may apply to the commission for a license to operate an excursion gambling boat. An operating agreement entered into on or after May 6, 2004, between a qualified sponsoring organization and an operator of an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure shall provide for a minimum distribution by the qualified sponsoring organization for educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses as defined in section 99B.1, that averages at least three percent of the adjusted gross receipts for each license year and, if applicable, three-quarters of one percent of sports wagering net receipts for each license year. The application shall be filed with the administrator of the commission at least ninety days before the first day of the next excursion season as determined by the commission, shall identify the excursion gambling boat upon which gambling games will be authorized, shall specify the exact location where the excursion gambling boat will be docked, and shall be in a form and contain information as the commission prescribes. The minimum capacity of an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure is two hundred fifty persons.

(2) The annual license fee to operate an excursion gambling boat shall be based on the passenger-carrying capacity including crew, for which the excursion gambling boat is registered. For a gambling structure, the annual license fee shall be based on the capacity of the gambling structure. The annual fee shall be five dollars per person capacity.

89 Acts, ch 67, §5; 94 Acts, ch 1021, §14; 2004 Acts, ch 1136, §39, 65; 2007 Acts, ch 188, §10; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §51; 2019 Acts, ch 132, §8, 22, 23
Iowa Code § 322.1 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 322 / Section 322.1
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) The administration of this chapter shall be vested in the director of transportation. The department may employ such employees as are necessary for the administration of this chapter, provided the amount expended in any one year shall not exceed the revenue derived from the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The director may enter into reciprocity agreements with the authorized representatives of any jurisdiction to exchange information on dealer activity in order to pursue legal action for violations.

[C39, §5039.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322.1]92 Acts, ch 1175, §12
Iowa Code § 624.18 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.18
Designation and calculation of damages.
Status: in_force

(1) In all actions where the plaintiff recovers a sum of money, the amount to which the plaintiff is entitled may be awarded the plaintiff by the judgment generally, without any distinction being therein made as to whether such sum is recovered by way of debt or damages.

(2) In all personal injury actions where the plaintiff recovers a sum of money that, according to special verdict, is intended, in whole or in part, to address the future damages of the plaintiff, that portion of the judgment that reflects the future damages shall be adjusted by the court or the finder of fact to reflect the present value of the sum.

(3) Under no circumstances shall there be a reduction to present value more than one time by either the trier of fact or the court.

[R60, §3144; C73, §2862; C97, §3782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.18]97 Acts, ch 197, §9, 16
Iowa Code § 513B.9A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513B / Section 513B.9A
Eligibility to enroll.
Status: in_force

(1) A carrier offering group health insurance coverage shall not establish rules for eligibility, including continued eligibility, of an individual to enroll under the terms of the coverage based on any of the following health status-related factors in relation to the individual or a dependent of the individual:

(1) (a) Health status.

(1) (b) Medical condition, including both physical and mental conditions.

(1) (c) Claims experience.

(1) (d) Receipt of health care.

(1) (e) Medical history.

(1) (f) Genetic information.

(1) (g) Evidence of insurability, including conditions arising out of acts of domestic violence.

(1) (h) Disability.

(2) Subsection 1 does not require group health insurance coverage to provide particular benefits other than those provided under the terms of the coverage, and does not prevent a coverage from establishing limitations or restrictions on the amount, level, extent, or nature of the benefits or coverage for similarly situated individuals enrolled in the coverage.

(3) Rules for eligibility to enroll under group health insurance coverage include rules defining any applicable waiting periods for such enrollment.

(4) (a) A carrier offering health insurance coverage shall not require an individual, as a condition of enrollment or continued enrollment under the coverage, to pay a premium or contribution which is greater than a premium or contribution for a similarly situated individual enrolled in the coverage on the basis of a health status-related factor in relation to the individual or to a dependent of an individual enrolled under the coverage.

(4) (b) Paragraph “a” shall not be construed to do either of the following:

(4) (b) Restrict the amount that an employer may be charged for health insurance coverage.

(4) (b) Prevent a carrier offering group health insurance coverage from establishing premium discounts or rebates or modifying otherwise applicable copayments or deductibles in return for adherence to programs of health promotion and disease prevention.

97 Acts, ch 103, §23; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §42 - 44
Iowa Code § 520.20 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 520 / Section 520.20
Form of policy — construction.
Status: in_force

The attorney may insert in any form of policy prescribed by the laws of this state any provisions or conditions required by the plan of reciprocal or interinsurance, provided the same shall not be inconsistent with or in conflict with any law of this state. Such policy, in lieu of conforming to the language and form prescribed by such law, shall be held to conform thereto in substance if such policy includes a provision or endorsement reciting that the policy shall be construed as if in the language and form prescribed by such law. Any such policy or endorsement shall first be filed with and approved by the commissioner of insurance.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9101; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §520.20]
Iowa Code § 513B.16 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513B / Section 513B.16
Applicability of certain state laws.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 69, §38, 39.