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Iowa Code § 222.73 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.73
Billing of patient charges — computation of actual costs — cost settlement.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of each resource center shall compute by February 1 the average daily patient charge and outpatient treatment charges for which each county will be billed for services provided to patients chargeable to the county during the fiscal year beginning the following July 1. The department shall certify the amount of the charges and notify the counties of the billing charges.

(1) (a) The superintendent shall compute the average daily patient charge for a resource center for services provided in the following fiscal year, in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures, by totaling the expenditures of the resource center for the immediately preceding calendar year, by adjusting the expenditures by a percentage not to exceed the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the immediately preceding calendar year, and by dividing the adjusted expenditures by the total inpatient days of service provided during the immediately preceding calendar year.

(1) (b) The department shall compute the outpatient treatment charges, in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures, on the basis of the actual cost of the outpatient treatment provided during the immediately preceding calendar year.

(2) The superintendent shall compute in January the actual per-patient-per-day cost for each resource center for the immediately preceding calendar year, in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures, by totaling the actual expenditures of the resource center for the calendar year and by dividing the total actual expenditures by the total inpatient days of service provided during the calendar year.

(3) A superintendent of a resource center may request that the director enter into a contract with a person for the resource center to provide consultation or treatment services or for fulfilling other purposes which are consistent with the purposes stated in section 222.1. The contract provisions shall include charges which reflect the actual cost of providing the services. Any income from a contract authorized under this subsection may be retained by the resource center to defray the costs of providing the services or fulfilling the other purposes. Except for a contract voluntarily entered into by a county under this subsection, the costs or income associated with a contract authorized under this subsection shall not be considered in computing charges and per diem costs in accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 and 2.

[SS15, §2727-a96; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3469; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §223.5; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §222.73]86 Acts, ch 1169, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1249, §6; 88 Acts, ch 1276, §38; 95 Acts, ch 82, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1183, §6 – 8; 98 Acts, ch 1155, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2001 Acts, ch 155, §15 – 17; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §86, 130; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §16, 17; 2017 Acts, ch 109, §1, 20, 21; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §436; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §44, 137, 174, 180
Iowa Code § 232.90 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.90
Duties of county attorney.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, “state” means the general interest held by the people in the health, safety, welfare, and protection of all children living in this state.

(2) The county attorney shall represent the state in proceedings arising from a petition filed under this subchapter and shall present evidence in support of the petition. The county attorney shall be present at proceedings initiated by petition under this subchapter filed by an intake officer or the county attorney, or if a party to the proceedings contests the proceedings, or if the court determines there is a conflict of interest between the child and the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian or if there are contested issues before the court.

(3) If there is disagreement between the department and the county attorney regarding the appropriate action to be taken, the department may request that the state be represented by the attorney general in place of the county attorney. If the state is represented by the attorney general, the county attorney may continue to appear in the proceeding and may present the position of the county attorney regarding the appropriate action to be taken in the case.

(4) The county attorney and the attorney general shall comply with the requirements of chapter 232B and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, Pub. L. No. 95-608, when either chapter 232B or the federal Indian Child Welfare Act is determined to be applicable in any proceeding under this subchapter.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §232.29; C79, 81, §232.90]87 Acts, ch 151, §1; 89 Acts, ch 230, §16; 2013 Acts, ch 113, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §51; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Iowa Code § 225.17 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 225 / Section 225.17
Committed private patient — treatment.
Status: in_force

(1) If the judge of the district court finds pursuant to section 225.11 that the respondent is an appropriate subject for placement at the state psychiatric hospital, and that the respondent, or those legally responsible for the respondent, are able to pay the expenses associated with the placement, the judge shall enter an order directing that the respondent shall be sent to the state psychiatric hospital at the state university of Iowa for observation, treatment, and hospital care as a committed private patient.

(2) When the respondent arrives at the hospital, the respondent shall receive the same treatment as is provided for committed public patients in section 225.15, in compliance with sections 229.13 through 229.16.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, §3971; C39, §3482.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §225.17]96 Acts, ch 1183, §11; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2006 Acts, ch 1059, §6; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §26; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §71; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §116; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §61, 137
Iowa Code § 572.1 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 572 / Section 572.1
Definitions and rules of construction.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) “Administrator” means the secretary of state.

(2) “Building” shall be construed as if followed by the words “erection, or other improvement upon land”.

(3) “General contractor” includes every person who does work or furnishes materials by contract, express or implied, with an owner. “General contractor” does not include a person who does work or furnishes materials on contract with an owner-builder.

(4) “Labor” means labor completed by the claimant.

(5) “Material”, in addition to its ordinary meaning, includes machinery, tools, fixtures, trees, evergreens, vines, plants, shrubs, tubers, bulbs, hedges, bushes, sod, soil, dirt, mulch, peat, fertilizer, fence wire, fence material, fence posts, tile, and the use of forms, accessories, and equipment furnished by the claimant.

(6) “Mechanics’ notice and lien registry” means a centralized computer database maintained on the internet by the administrator that provides a central repository for the submission and management of preliminary notices, notices of commencement of work on residential construction properties, and mechanics’ liens on all construction properties.

(7) “Mechanics’ notice and lien registry number” means a number provided by the administrator for all residential construction properties posted to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry.

(8) “Owner” means the legal or equitable titleholder of record.

(9) “Owner-builder” means the legal or equitable titleholder of record who furnishes material for or performs labor upon a building, erection, or other improvement, or who contracts with a subcontractor to furnish material for or perform labor upon a building, erection, or other improvement and who offers or intends to offer to sell the owner-builder’s property without occupying or using the structures, properties, developments, or improvements for a period of more than one year from the date the structure, property, development, or improvement is substantially completed or abandoned.

(10) “Residential construction” means construction on single-family or two-family dwellings occupied or used, or intended to be occupied or used, primarily for residential purposes, and includes real property pursuant to chapter 499B.

(11) “Subcontractor” includes every person furnishing material or performing labor upon any building, erection, or other improvement, except those having contracts directly with the owner. “Subcontractor” shall include those persons having contracts directly with an owner-builder.

[C51, §982; R60, §1866, 1871; C73, §2144, 2146; C97, §3096, 3097; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10270; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.1; 81 Acts, ch 186, §1]98 Acts, ch 1142, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 83, §1, 2; 2012 Acts, ch 1105, §2, 27, 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13, 40, 43
Iowa Code § 358.35 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 358 / Section 358.35
Conducting hearing.
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors to whom the petition is addressed shall preside at the hearing and shall continue the same in session with adjournments from day to day, if necessary, and until completed, without being required to give further notice. At the hearing, all persons interested in the matter of the conveyance and discontinuance of the sanitary district may appear and shall be heard, for and against the conveyance and discontinuance, and the board shall examine into the matter and the equitable distribution of the assets, and equitable distribution and assumption of the liabilities which have accrued during the time the sanitary district has been in existence. The board shall receive evidence on the question from the parties interested, and, after hearing and reviewing the statements, evidence, and suggestions made and offered at the hearing, if it finds that the sanitary district lies wholly or partially within the corporate limits of a city or that the depository of the district is a municipal sanitary sewage system, that the public health, comfort, convenience or welfare will be promoted by the conveyance and discontinuance of the sanitary district and the assumption of the duties, responsibilities and functions of the sanitary district by the city, and that the city has agreed to assume the duties, responsibilities and functions of the sanitary district, shall enter an order specifying the matter and specifying the equitable distribution of the assets, and the equitable distribution and assumption of the liabilities and responsibilities of the sanitary district and setting an effective date of the conveyance and discontinuance.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §358.29; S81, §358.35]
Iowa Code § 909.2 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 909 / Section 909.2
Fine in addition to imprisonment.
Status: in_force

The court may impose a fine in addition to confinement, where such is authorized.

[C79, 81, §909.2]
Iowa Code § 279.46 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.46
Retirement incentives tax.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of a school district may adopt a program for payment of a monetary bonus, continuation of health or medical insurance coverage, or other incentives for encouraging its employees to retire before the normal retirement date as defined in chapter 97B. The program is available only to employees who notify the board of directors prior to April 1 of the fiscal year that they intend to retire not later than the start of the next following school calendar. The age at which employees shall be designated eligible for the program shall be at the discretion of the board. An employee retiring under this section may apply for a retirement allowance under chapter 97B or chapter 294. The board may include in the district management levy an amount to pay the total estimated accumulated cost to the school district of the health or medical insurance coverage, bonus, or other incentives for employees fifty-five years of age or older who retire under this section.

87 Acts, ch 224, §51; 89 Acts, ch 135, §75; 92 Acts, ch 1220, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1216, §27, 43; 2002 Acts, ch 1152, §6; 2003 Acts, ch 180, §33; 2014 Acts, ch 1052, §1 – 3
Iowa Code § 549.2 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 549 / Section 549.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Copyright owner” means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical work recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of the United States under 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq.

(2) “Performing rights society” means an association or corporation, including an agent or employee of the association or corporation, that licenses the public performance of a nondramatic musical work on behalf of a copyright owner, including the American society of composers, authors and publishers (ASCAP), broadcast music, inc. (BMI), and the society of European stage authors and composers, inc. (SESAC).

(3) “Proprietor” means the owner of a retail establishment, restaurant, inn, bar, tavern, or any other similar place of business located in this state in which the public may assemble and in which nondramatic musical works may be performed, broadcast, or otherwise transmitted.

(4) “Royalty” or “royalties” means the license fee or fees payable by a proprietor to a performing rights society for the public performance of a nondramatic musical work.

96 Acts, ch 1155, §2
Iowa Code § 600B.26 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600B / Section 600B.26
Payment of attorney fees.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding to determine custody or visitation, or to modify a paternity, custody, or visitation order under this chapter, the court may award the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees.

2007 Acts, ch 24, §1
Iowa Code § 681.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 681 / Section 681.11
Claims contested.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person interested may appear within three months after such report is filed and contest the claim or demand of any creditor by written exceptions thereto filed with the clerk, who shall forthwith cause notice thereof to be given to the creditor, which shall be served as in case of an original notice.

(2) The action shall be accorded reasonable priority for assignment to assure its prompt disposition. The court may order a trial by jury but if it does not, it shall hear the proofs and allegations of the parties in the case and render such judgment thereon as shall be just.

[R60, §1832; C73, §2121; C97, §3077; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12730; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §681.11]2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Iowa Code § 557B.14 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 557B / Section 557B.14
Remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) A violation of this chapter or the commission of any act declared to be unlawful under this chapter constitutes a violation of section 714.16, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, and the attorney general has all the powers enumerated in that section to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(2) In addition, the attorney general may seek civil penalties of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation of or the commission of any act declared to be unlawful under this chapter. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.

(3) Any person who fails to pay the filing fees required by this chapter and continues to sell membership camping contracts is liable civilly in an action brought by the attorney general for a penalty in an amount equal to treble the unpaid fees.

(4) The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and nonexclusive and do not affect any other available remedy at law or equity, except as otherwise provided in sections 502.201, 537.3310, and 552A.2.

87 Acts, ch 181, §18; 93 Acts, ch 60, §25
Iowa Code § 440.8 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 440 / Section 440.8
Delinquency.
Status: in_force

A tax based on said assessment shall be deemed delinquent from and after its entry on the tax books.

[C27, 31, 35, §7105-a8; C39, §7105.8; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §440.8]
Iowa Code § 441.55 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.55
Conflicting laws.
Status: in_force

If any of the provisions of this chapter shall be in conflict with any of the laws of this state, then the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.55]
Iowa Code § 59.3 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 59 / Section 59.3
Depositions.
Status: in_force

Depositions may be taken in such cases in the same manner and under the same rules as in an action at law in the district court, but no cause for taking the depositions need be shown.

[C51, §383; R60, §613; C73, §733; C97, §1235; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §996; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §59.3]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §15
Iowa Code § 455B.294 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.294
Establishment of the water pollution control works and drinking water facilities financing program.
Status: in_force

The water pollution control works and drinking water facilities financing program is established for the purpose of making loans available to eligible entities to finance all or part of the costs of projects. The program shall be a joint and cooperative undertaking of the department and the authority. The department and the authority may enter into and provide any agreements, documents, instruments, certificates, data, or information necessary in connection with the operation, administration, and financing of the program consistent with this part, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, the rules of the department and the commission, the rules of the authority, and other applicable federal and state law. The authority and the department may act to conform the program to the applicable guidance and regulations adopted by the United States environmental protection agency.

88 Acts, ch 1217, §13; 97 Acts, ch 4, §10; 2002 Acts, ch 1019, §4; 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §90, 98
Iowa Code § 124.508 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124 / Section 124.508
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Judicial review of actions of board or department may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §204.508]C93, §124.5082003 Acts, ch 44, §114
Iowa Code § 597.16 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 597 / Section 597.16
Wages of married person — actions by.
Status: in_force

A married person may receive the wages for the person’s personal labor, and maintain an action therefor in the person’s own name, and hold the same in the person’s own right, and may prosecute and defend all actions for the preservation and protection of the person’s rights and property, as if unmarried.

[C73, §2211; C97, §3162; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10461; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §597.16]
Iowa Code § 483A.8B — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.8B
Senior crossbow deer hunting licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who is a resident and who is sixty-five years of age or older may be issued one special senior statewide antlerless deer only crossbow deer hunting license to hunt deer during bow season as established by rule by the commission. A person who obtains a license to hunt deer under this section is not required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall purchase a resident hunting license that does not include the wildlife habitat fee.

(2) A person may obtain a license under this section in addition to a statewide antlered or any sex deer hunting bow season license. Season dates, shooting hours, limits, license quotas, and other regulations for this license shall be the same as set forth by the commission by rule for bow season deer hunts.

2006 Acts, ch 1064, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §13, 23; 2020 Acts, ch 1091, §1
Iowa Code § 214A.6 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 214A / Section 214A.6
Department tests — fee.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 159, §2.
Iowa Code § 668.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 668 / Section 668.9
Insurance practice.
Status: in_force

It shall be an unfair trade practice, as defined in chapter 507B, if an insurer assigns a percentage of fault to a claimant, for the purpose of reducing a settlement, when there exists no reasonable evidence upon which the assigned percentage of fault could be based. The prohibitions and sanctions of chapter 507B shall apply to violations of this section.

84 Acts, ch 1293, §9
Iowa Code § 27B.5 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 27B / Section 27B.5
Denial of state funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a local entity, including any entity under the jurisdiction of the local entity, shall be ineligible to receive any state funds if the local entity intentionally violates this chapter.

(2) State funds shall be denied to a local entity pursuant to subsection 1 by all state agencies for each state fiscal year that begins after the date on which a final judicial determination that the local entity has intentionally violated this chapter is made in a civil action brought pursuant to section 27B.4, subsection 6. State funds shall continue to be denied until eligibility to receive state funds is reinstated under section 27B.6. However, any state funds for the provision of wearable body protective gear used for law enforcement purposes shall not be denied under this section.

(3) The department of management shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section and section 27B.6 uniformly across state agencies from which state funds are distributed to local entities.

2021 Acts, ch 183, §34, 38
Iowa Code § 331.341 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 331 / Section 331.341
Contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) When the estimated total cost of a public improvement, other than improvements which may be paid for from the secondary road fund, exceeds the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in section 314.1B, the board shall follow the competitive bid procedures for governmental entities in chapter 26 and the contract letting procedures in section 384.103. As used in this section, “public improvement” means the same as defined in section 26.2 as modified by this subsection.

(2) The board shall give preference to Iowa products in accordance with chapter 73 and shall comply with bid and contract requirements in chapter 26.

(3) Contracts for improvements which may be paid for from the secondary road fund shall be awarded in accordance with sections 309.40 through 309.41, 309.43, 310.14, 314.1, 314.2, and other applicable state law.

(4) If the contract price for a public improvement is twenty-five thousand dollars or more, the board shall require a contractor’s bond in accordance with chapter 573.

(5) In exercising its power to contract for public improvements, the board may contract for the application of contract termination procedures in accordance with chapter 573A.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §351, 5131, 5132; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §23.1, 332.7, 332.8; C77, 79, 81, §23.1, 332.7; S81, §331.341; 81 Acts, ch 117, §340]94 Acts, ch 1173, §18; 95 Acts, ch 71, §2; 98 Acts, ch 1153, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §31, 32, 42, 43; 2007 Acts, ch 144, §13; 2011 Acts, ch 133, §8, 10, 11; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §199