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Iowa Code § 161A.47 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 161A / Section 161A.47
Inspection of land on complaint.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioners shall inspect or cause to be inspected any land within the district to determine if land is being damaged by sediment, from soil erosion occurring on neighboring land in excess of the limits established by the district’s soil erosion control regulations. If the land is privately owned, the commissioners shall make or cause to be made the inspection, upon receiving a written complaint signed by an owner or occupant of land claiming that the owner’s or occupant’s land is being damaged by sediment. If the land is subject to a public interest, the commissioners shall make or cause to be made the inspection upon a majority vote of commissioners at an open meeting held pursuant to chapter 21. Land is subject to a public interest if the land is publicly held, subject to an easement held by the public, or the subject of an improvement made at public expense.

(2) If, after the inspection, the commissioners find that sediment damages are occurring to land which is owned or occupied by the person filing the complaint or subject to a public interest, and that excess soil erosion is occurring on neighboring land, the commissioners shall issue an administrative order to the landowner or landowners of record, and to the occupant of the land if known to the commissioners. The order shall describe the land and state as nearly as possible the extent to which soil erosion on the land exceeds the limits established by the district’s regulations.

(3) The order shall be delivered either by personal service or by restricted certified mail to each of the persons to whom it is directed, and shall:

(3) (a) In the case of erosion occurring on the site of any construction project or similar undertaking involving the removal of all or a major portion of the vegetation or other cover, exposing bare soil directly to water or wind, state a time not more than five days after service or mailing of the notice of the order when work necessary to establish or maintain erosion control practices must be commenced, and a time not more than thirty days after service or mailing of the notice of the order when the work is to be satisfactorily completed.

(3) (b) In all other cases, state a time not more than six months after service or mailing of the notice of the order, by which work needed to establish or maintain the necessary soil and water conservation practices or erosion control measures must be commenced, and a time not more than one year after the service or mailing of the notice of the order when the work is to be satisfactorily completed, unless the requirements of the order are superseded by the provisions of section 161A.48.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §467A.47]87 Acts, ch 23, §33; 92 Acts, ch 1057, §1C93, §161A.472009 Acts, ch 41, §202
Iowa Code § 16.3A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.3A
Conflicts of interest.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §111, 114; . See §16.13.
Iowa Code § 237.19 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237 / Section 237.19
Local citizen foster care review boards.
Status: in_force

(1) The state board shall establish local citizen foster care review boards to review cases of children receiving foster care. The department shall discontinue its foster care review process for those children reviewed by local boards as local boards are established and operating. The state board shall select a minimum of five members and a maximum of seven members to serve on each local board. The actual number of local boards needed and established shall be determined by the state board. The members of each local board shall, to the extent possible, reflect the various racial and ethnic groups and various occupations of their district. A person employed by the state board, the department, or the district court, or an employee of an agency with which the department contracts for services for children under foster care, a foster parent providing foster care, or a child-placing agency shall not serve on a local board.

(2) Vacancies on a local board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.

(3) A local board member shall be required to pass a background check and complete requirements as established by the state board prior to taking an oath of confidentiality to serve on a local board.

(4) A local board member shall be required to receive periodic continuing education during each term of service as established by the state board.

84 Acts, ch 1279, §30; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §9; 92 Acts, ch 1141, §8; 2022 Acts, ch 1055, §6
Iowa Code § 237A.21 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237A / Section 237A.21
State child care advisory council.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §360, 361.
Iowa Code § 80B.11B — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 80B / Section 80B.11B
Examination and attendance fees — training cost — appropriation.
Status: in_force

(1) The full cost of providing cognitive and psychological examinations of law enforcement officer candidates may be charged by the Iowa law enforcement academy.

(2) The Iowa law enforcement academy shall charge to the following entities the following costs to provide the basic training course which is designed to meet the minimum basic training requirements for a law enforcement officer:

(2) (a) To the department of natural resources and the department of transportation, the total cost.

(2) (b) To a candidate from any other state agency or department of the state, one-third of the total cost, and to the agency or department the remaining cost. The agency or department may pay for all or a portion of the candidate’s share of the costs.

(2) (c) For a candidate sponsored by a political subdivision and hired by the political subdivision, to the political subdivision, one-third of the total cost, and to the state, the remainder of the total cost.

(2) (d) For all other candidates, including a candidate from a tribal government, to the candidate the total costs.

(3) The Iowa law enforcement academy may also charge an attendance fee as determined by the director of the academy and approved by the council for courses, schools, and seminars, other than the basic training course specified in subsection 2. Funds generated from attendance fees are appropriated to and shall be used at the direction of the academy to fulfill its responsibilities under this chapter.

(4) The director of the academy, subject to the approval of the Iowa state approving agency of the department of education, shall amend its administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to require that the academy’s courses of study and training programs meet the requirements of nondegree programs under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, 38 U.S.C. §3301 et seq., as amended.

90 Acts, ch 1267, §25; 92 Acts, ch 1238, §21; 94 Acts, ch 1189, §17; 2003 Acts, ch 87, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §417; 2021 Acts, ch 114, §1, 3; 2024 Acts, ch 1156, §19
Iowa Code § 10A.901 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.901
Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Child-occupied facility” means a building, or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, that is described by all of the following:

(1) (a) The building is visited on a regular basis by the same child, who is less than six years of age, on at least two different days within any week. For purposes of this subsection, a week is a Sunday through Saturday period.

(1) (a) Each day’s visit by the child lasts at least three hours, and the combined annual visits total at least sixty hours.

(1) (b) A child-occupied facility may include but is not limited to a child care center, preschool, or kindergarten classroom. A child-occupied facility also includes common areas that are routinely used by children who are less than six years of age, such as restrooms and cafeterias, and the exterior walls and adjoining space of the building that are immediately adjacent to the child-occupied facility or the common areas routinely used by children under the age of six years.

(2) “Target housing” means housing constructed prior to 1978 with the exception of housing for the elderly or for persons with disabilities and housing that does not contain a bedroom, unless at least one child, under six years of age, resides or is expected to reside in the housing.

2024 Acts, ch 1043, §11
Iowa Code § 544A.28 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 544A / Section 544A.28
Seal required.
Status: in_force

(1) An architect shall procure a seal with which to identify all technical submissions issued by the architect for use in this state. The seal shall be of a design, content, and size designated by the board.

(2) (a) Technical submissions prepared by an architect, or under an architect’s direct supervision and responsible charge, shall be stamped with the impression of the architect’s seal. The board shall designate by rule the location, frequency, and other requirements for use of the seal. An architect shall not impress the architect’s seal on technical submissions if the architect was not the author of the technical submissions or if they were not prepared under the architect’s direct supervision and responsible charge. An architect who merely reviews standardized construction documents for pre-engineered or prototype buildings, is not the author of the technical submissions and the technical submissions were not prepared under a reviewing architect’s responsible charge.

(2) (b) An architect shall cause those portions of technical submissions prepared by a professional consultant to be stamped with the impression of the seal of the professional consultant, with a clear identification of the consultant’s areas of responsibility, signature, and date of issuance.

(3) A public official charged with the enforcement of the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7, or a municipal or county building code, shall not accept or approve any technical submissions involving the practice of architecture unless the technical submissions have been stamped with the architect’s seal as required by this section or unless the applicant has certified on the technical submission to the applicability of a specific exception under section 544A.18 permitting the preparation of technical submissions by a person not licensed under this chapter. A building permit issued with respect to technical submissions which do not conform to the requirements of this section is invalid.

87 Acts, ch 92, §12CS87, §118.28C93, §544A.282004 Acts, ch 1086, §90; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §85; 2017 Acts, ch 131, §7
Iowa Code § 15.341 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.341
Workforce development fund program
Status: in_force

Transferred to §84G.1 through 84G.5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2222.
Iowa Code § 915.82 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 915 / Section 915.82
Crime victim assistance board.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A crime victim assistance board is established, and shall consist of the following members to be appointed pursuant to rules adopted by the department:

(1) (a) A county attorney or assistant county attorney.

(1) (a) Two persons engaged full-time in law enforcement.

(1) (a) A public defender or an attorney practicing primarily in criminal defense.

(1) (a) A hospital medical staff person involved with emergency services.

(1) (a) Two public members who have received victim services.

(1) (a) A victim service provider.

(1) (a) A person licensed pursuant to chapter 154B or 154C.

(1) (a) A person representing the elderly.

(1) (b) Board members shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties.

(2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to program policies and procedures.

(3) A victim aggrieved by the denial or disposition of the victim’s claim may appeal to the district court within thirty days of receipt of the board’s decision.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §43, 84; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §173; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §365
Iowa Code § 8.41A — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.41A
Federal recovery and reinvestment fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 141, §36, 67, 68.
Iowa Code § 481A.52 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 481A / Section 481A.52
Exhibiting catch to officer.
Status: in_force

A person who has in possession any game bird, game animal, fish, or fur or part thereof shall upon request of the director or any officer appointed by the department exhibit the game bird, game animal, fish, or fur or part thereof to the director or officer. A person who refuses to comply with a request made under this section commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8B.

[C31, §1768-c1; C39, §1794.015; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.52]88 Acts, ch 1216, §14C93, §481A.522022 Acts, ch 1021, §137
Iowa Code § 10A.401 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.401
Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1442.
Iowa Code § 232.101 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.101
Retention of custody by parent.
Status: in_force

(1) After the dispositional hearing, the court may enter an order permitting the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian at the time of the filing of the petition to retain custody of the child subject to terms and conditions which the court prescribes to assure the proper care and protection of the child. Such terms and conditions may include supervision of the child and the parent, guardian, or custodian by the department, juvenile court office, or other appropriate agency which the court designates. Such terms and conditions may also include the provision or acceptance by the parent, guardian, or custodian of special treatment or care which the child needs for the child’s physical or mental health. If the parent, guardian, or custodian fails to provide the treatment or care, the court may order the department or some other appropriate state agency to provide such care or treatment.

(2) The duration of any period of supervision or other terms or conditions shall be for an initial period of no more than twelve months and the court, at the expiration of that period, upon a hearing and for good cause shown, may make not more than two successive extensions of such supervision or other terms or conditions of up to twelve months each.

[S13, §254-a20, 2708; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3637; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §232.21; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §232.33; C79, 81, §232.101]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 97 Acts, ch 99, §42023 Acts, ch 19, §621
Iowa Code § 176A.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.4
Establishment body corporate county agricultural extension districts.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county, except Pottawattamie, is constituted and established as a “county agricultural extension district” and shall be a public body corporate organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter.

(2) Pottawattamie county shall be divided into and constitute two districts as follows:

(2) (a) A district to be known as “East Pottawattamie” which shall include the following townships:Pleasant, Layton, Knox, James, Valley, Lincoln, Washington, Belknap, Center, Wright, Carson, Macedonia, Grove, Waveland.

(2) (b) A district to be known as “West Pottawattamie” which shall include the following townships:Rockford, Boomer, Neola, Minden, Hazel Dell, York, Crescent, Norwalk, Lake, Garner, Hardin, Kane, Lewis, Keg Creek, Silver Creek.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2930; C46, 50, 54, §176.8; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §176A.4]2020 Acts, ch 1063, §68
Iowa Code § 124E.21 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124E / Section 124E.21
Employer regulation of marijuana use.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transportation, distribution, sale, or growing of marijuana in the workplace.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an employer from implementing policies restricting the use of marijuana by employees for the purpose of promoting workplace health and safety.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an employer from including in a contract with an employee a provision prohibiting the use of marijuana.

(4) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an employer from establishing and enforcing a zero-tolerance drug policy or a drug-free workplace by use of a drug testing policy in accordance with section 730.5 or any other procedures provided by federal statutes, federal regulations, or orders issued pursuant to federal law.

2020 Acts, ch 1116, §25
Iowa Code § 504.702 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 504 / Section 504.702
Special meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation with members shall hold a special meeting of members when either of the following occurs:

(1) (a) At the call of its board or the person or persons authorized to do so by the corporation’s articles or bylaws.

(1) (b) Except as provided in the articles or bylaws of a corporation, if the holders of at least five percent of the voting power of any corporation sign, date, and deliver to any corporate officer one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose for which it is to be held. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a written demand for a special meeting may be revoked by a writing to that effect received by the corporation prior to the receipt by the corporation of demands sufficient in number to require the holding of a special meeting.

(2) The close of business on the thirtieth day before delivery of the demand for a special meeting to any corporate officer is the record date for the purpose of determining whether the five percent requirement of subsection 1, paragraph “b”, has been met.

(3) If a notice for a special meeting demanded under subsection 1, paragraph “b”, is not given pursuant to section 504.705 within thirty days after the date the written demand or demands are delivered to a corporate officer, regardless of the requirements of subsection 4, a person signing the demand may set the time and place of the meeting and give notice pursuant to section 504.705.

(4) Special meetings of members may be held in or out of this state at a place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If a place is not stated or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, special meetings shall be held at the corporation’s principal office.

(4A) The board may hold a special meeting for members solely by means of remote communication in accordance with section 504.702A and in that case the notice shall describe how members may participate in the meeting.

(5) Only those matters that are within the purpose described in the meeting notice required by section 504.705 may be considered at a special meeting of members.

2004 Acts, ch 1049, §56, 192; 2006 Acts, ch 1089, §48; 2012 Acts, ch 1049, §6; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §244, 245, 248
Iowa Code § 441.13 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.13
Office personnel.
Status: in_force

Other office personnel shall be appointed by the assessor subject to the limitations of the annual budget as hereinafter provided. The assessor shall select field persons, so far as possible, from the eligible list of deputy assessors. Their compensation shall be fixed as provided in section 441.16. They shall serve at the pleasure of the assessor.

[C46, §405.10, 405.11; C50, 54, 58, §405.10, 405.11, 441.8; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.13]
Iowa Code § 226.41 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 226 / Section 226.41
Charge permitted.
Status: in_force

The mental health institute may charge for patients admitted under section 226.40, in the manner provided by law and subject to the changes provided in section 226.42.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §226.41]2019 Acts, ch 59, §65; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §495
Iowa Code § 135B.14 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135B / Section 135B.14
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Judicial review of the action of the department may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A. Notwithstanding the terms of chapter 17A, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the hospital or rural emergency hospital is located or to be located, and the status quo of the petitioner or licensee shall be preserved pending final disposition of the matter in the courts.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.14]90 Acts, ch 1204, §122023 Acts, ch 16, §13, 20, 21; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §22
Iowa Code § 541.174 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.174
Section 541.174
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 234.37 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 234 / Section 234.37
Department may establish accounts for certain children.
Status: in_force

The department may establish an account in the name of any child committed to the director or the director’s designee, or whose legal custody has been transferred to the department, or who is voluntarily placed in foster care pursuant to section 234.35. Any money which the child receives from the United States government or any private source shall be placed in the child’s account, unless a guardian of the child’s property has been appointed and demands the money, in which case it shall be paid to the guardian. The account shall be maintained by the department as trustee for the child in an interest-bearing account at a reputable bank or savings association, except that if the child is residing at an institution administered by the department a limited amount of the child’s funds may be maintained in a separate account, which need not be interest bearing, in the child’s name at the institution. Any money held in an account in the child’s name or in trust for the child under this section may be used, at the discretion of the department and subject to restrictions lawfully imposed by the United States government or other source from which the child receives the funds, for the purchase of personal incidentals, desires and comforts of the child. All of the money held for a child by the department under this section and not used in the child’s behalf as authorized by law shall be promptly paid to the child or the child’s parent or legal guardian upon termination of the commitment of the child to the director or the director’s designee, or upon transfer or cessation of legal custody of the child by the department.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §234.37]2012 Acts, ch 1017, §58; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §682
Iowa Code § 600B.37A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 600B / Section 600B.37A
Action for default or contempt costs.
Status: in_force

If an action is brought on the grounds that a party to an order made pursuant to this chapter is in default or contempt of the order, and the court determines that the party is in default or contempt of the order, the costs of the proceeding, including reasonable attorney fees, may be taxed against that party.

2017 Acts, ch 98, §2