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Iowa Code § 42.1 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 42 / Section 42.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Chief election officer” means the state commissioner of elections as defined by section 47.1.

(2) “Commission” means the temporary redistricting advisory commission established pursuant to this chapter.

(3) “Federal census” means the decennial census required by federal law to be conducted by the United States bureau of the census in every year ending in zero.

(4) “Four selecting authorities” means:

(4) (a) The majority floor leader of the state senate.

(4) (b) The minority floor leader of the state senate.

(4) (c) The majority floor leader of the state house of representatives.

(4) (d) The minority floor leader of the state house of representatives.

(5) “Partisan public office” means:

(5) (a) An elective or appointive office in the executive or legislative branch or in an independent establishment of the federal government.

(5) (b) An elective office in the executive or legislative branch of the government of this state, or an office which is filled by appointment and is exempt from the merit system under section 8A.412.

(5) (c) An office of a county, city or other political subdivision of this state which is filled by an election process involving nomination and election of candidates on a partisan basis.

(6) “Plan” means a plan for legislative and congressional reapportionment drawn up pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.

(7) “Political party office” means an elective office in the national or state organization of a political party, as defined by section 43.2.

(8) “Relative” means an individual who is related to the person in question as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother or half sister.

[C81, §42.1]2003 Acts, ch 145, §151
Iowa Code § 124E.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124E / Section 124E.8
Medical cannabidiol dispensary licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The department shall issue a request for proposals to select and license by April 1, 2018, up to five medical cannabidiol dispensaries to dispense medical cannabidiol within this state consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The department shall license new medical cannabidiol dispensaries or relicense the existing medical cannabidiol dispensaries by December 1 of each year.

(1) (b) Information submitted during the application process shall be confidential until a medical cannabidiol dispensary is licensed by the department unless otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal law.

(2) As a condition for licensure, a medical cannabidiol dispensary must agree to begin supplying medical cannabidiol to patients by December 1, 2018.

(3) The department shall consider the following factors in determining whether to select and license a medical cannabidiol dispensary:

(3) (a) The technical expertise of the medical cannabidiol dispensary regarding medical cannabidiol.

(3) (b) The qualifications of the medical cannabidiol dispensary’s employees.

(3) (c) The long-term financial stability of the medical cannabidiol dispensary.

(3) (d) The ability to provide appropriate security measures on the premises of the medical cannabidiol dispensary.

(3) (e) The medical cannabidiol dispensary’s projection and ongoing assessment of fees for the purchase of medical cannabidiol on patients with debilitating medical conditions.

(4) Each entity submitting an application for licensure as a medical cannabidiol dispensary shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of five thousand dollars to the department.

2017 Acts, ch 162, §11, 25
Iowa Code § 352.10 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 352 / Section 352.10
Limitation on power of certain public agencies to impose public benefit assessments or special assessments.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision or a benefited district providing public services such as sewer, water, or lights or for nonfarm drainage shall not impose benefit assessments or special assessments on land used primarily for agricultural production within an agricultural area on the basis of frontage, acreage, or value, unless the benefit assessments or special assessments were imposed prior to the formation of the agricultural area, or unless the service is provided to the landowner on the same basis as others having the service.

[82 Acts, ch 1245, §11]C83, §93A.10C87, §176B.10C93, §352.10
Iowa Code § 327D.43 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.43
Routing intrastate shipments.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter, when shipments are tendered for transportation between points in this state, to route such shipments from shipping point to point of destination over the cheapest available route between such points except in cases where the shipper, in shipping orders or bills of lading, specifically designates a particular route over which it is desired such shipments shall be moved.

[C31, 35, §8069-d1; C39, §8069.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.35; C77, 79, 81, §327D.43]
Iowa Code § 483A.11 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 483A / Section 483A.11
License agents.
Status: in_force

The director may designate license agents for the sale of licenses, but in so doing the interest of the state shall be fully protected.

[C31, §1724-c1; C35, §1794-e4; C39, §1794.085; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.4; C79, 81, §110.11]84 Acts, ch 1260, §6C93, §483A.1198 Acts, ch 1199, §13, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §7
Iowa Code § 185C.30 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 185C / Section 185C.30
Bond.
Status: in_force

Every person occupying a position of trust under any provisions of this chapter shall give bond in such amount as may be required by the board, the premium for which shall be paid out of the corn promotion fund.

[C77, 79, 81, §185C.30]
Iowa Code § 303.14 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.14
Section 303.14
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 92, §21.See chapter 8A, subchapter VI.
Iowa Code § 558.45 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 558 / Section 558.45
Notation of assignment or release on index.
Status: in_force

Where any mortgage, contract, or other instrument constituting an encumbrance upon real estate shall be assigned or released by a separate instrument, it shall be the duty of the recorder to make a notation where the instrument was originally indexed, indicating the nature of such assignment or release and a document reference number of the record where the same is recorded.

[C27, 31, 35, §10108-a1; C31, 35, §10115-c1; C39, §10108.1, 10115.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §558.45, 558.56; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §558.45]2001 Acts, ch 44, §22
Iowa Code § 99G.42 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99G / Section 99G.42
Compulsive gamblers treatment program information.
Status: in_force

The department shall cooperate with the gambling treatment program administered by the department of health and human services to incorporate information regarding the gambling treatment program and its toll-free telephone number in printed materials distributed by the department pursuant to this chapter.

2003 Acts, ch 178, §95, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2349
Iowa Code § 100D.13 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 100D / Section 100D.13
Temporary licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) The director may issue a temporary fire protection system installer and maintenance worker license to a person, providing that all of the following conditions are met:

(1) (a) The person is currently licensed or certified to perform work as a fire protection system installer and maintenance worker in another state.

(1) (b) The person meets any additional criteria for a temporary license established by the director by rule.

(1) (c) The person provides all information required by the director.

(1) (d) The person has paid the fee for a temporary license, which fee shall be established by the director by rule.

(1) (e) The person intends to perform work as a fire protection system installer and maintenance worker only in areas of this state which are covered by a disaster emergency declaration issued by the governor pursuant to section 29C.6.

(2) A temporary license issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for ninety days. The director may establish criteria and procedures for the extension of such licenses for additional periods, which in no event shall exceed ninety days.

(3) A temporary license shall be valid only in areas of the state which are subject to a disaster emergency declaration issued by the governor pursuant to section 29C.6 at the time at which the license is issued, which become subject to such a declaration during the time the license is valid, or which were subject to such a declaration issued within the six months preceding the issuance of the license.

2008 Acts, ch 1094, §18; 2009 Acts, ch 91, §15; 2010 Acts, ch 1037, §13, 14; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1525
Iowa Code § 232.99 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.99
Dispositional hearing — findings.
Status: in_force

(1) Following the entry of an order pursuant to section 232.96, the court shall, as soon as practicable, hold a dispositional hearing in order to determine what disposition should be made of the petition.

(2) All relevant and material evidence shall be admitted.

(3) In the initial dispositional hearing, any hearing held under section 232.103, and any dispositional review or permanency hearing, the court shall inquire of the parties as to the sufficiency of the services being provided and whether additional services are needed to facilitate the safe return of the child to the child’s home. If the court determines such services are needed, the court shall order the services to be provided. The court shall advise the parties that failure to identify a deficiency in services or to request additional services may preclude the party from challenging the sufficiency of the services in a termination of parent-child relationship proceeding.

(4) When the dispositional hearing is concluded the court shall make the least restrictive disposition appropriate considering all the circumstances of the case. The dispositions which may be entered under this subchapter are listed in sections 232.100 through 232.102 in order from least to most restrictive.

(5) The court shall make and file written findings as to its reason for the disposition.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §232.31; C79, 81, §232.99]98 Acts, ch 1190, §10; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §89
Iowa Code § 515A.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515A / Section 515A.14
False or misleading information.
Status: in_force

No person or organization shall willfully withhold information from, or knowingly give false or misleading information to, the commissioner, any statistical agency designated by the commissioner, any rating organization, or any insurer, which will affect the rates or premiums chargeable under this chapter. A violation of this section shall subject the one guilty of such violation to the penalties provided in section 515A.17.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §515A.14, 515B.14; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515A.14]
Iowa Code § 820.10 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 820 / Section 820.10
Testing legality of arrest.
Status: in_force

No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding the person shall have appointed to receive the person unless the person shall first be taken forthwith before a judge of a court of record in this state, who shall inform the person of the demand made for surrender and of the crime with which the person is charged, and that the person has the right to demand and procure legal counsel; and if the prisoner or the prisoner’s counsel shall state that the prisoner or they desire to test the legality of the prisoner’s arrest, the judge of such court of record shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed the prisoner within which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the prosecuting officer of the county in which the arrest is made and in which the accused is in custody, and to the said agent of the demanding state.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.10; C79, 81, §820.10]
Iowa Code § 508D.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508D / Section 508D.5
Board of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) The members of the board of directors shall be selected by the member guaranty associations. The number of members of the board and their terms shall be established in the plan of operation. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the remaining period of the term by a majority vote of the remaining board members. In determining voting rights, each member guaranty association shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy.

(2) The initial board of directors of the facility shall be established by the Iowa life and health insurance guaranty association and shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members. The initial board of directors shall adopt a plan of operation for the facility as provided in section 508D.7.

(3) Members of the board of directors are entitled to reasonable compensation for expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board or while on business conducted on behalf of the facility. Members of the board may also be compensated by the facility for their services provided as members of the board as provided in the plan of operation.

94 Acts, ch 1011, §5
Iowa Code § 514B.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514B / Section 514B.13
Open enrollment.
Status: in_force

(1) After a health maintenance organization has been in operation twenty-four months, it shall have an annual open enrollment period of at least one month during which it accepts enrollees up to the limits of its capacity, as determined by the health maintenance organization, in the order in which the prospective enrollees apply for enrollment. A health maintenance organization may apply to the commissioner for authorization to impose such underwriting restrictions upon enrollment as are necessary to preserve its financial stability, to prevent excessive adverse selection by prospective enrollees, or to avoid unreasonably high or unmarketable charges for enrollee coverage for health care services. The commissioner shall approve or deny the application made pursuant to this section within a reasonable period of time from the receipt of the application.

(2) Health maintenance organizations providing services exclusively on a group contract basis may limit the open enrollment provided for in this section to all members of the group covered by the contract, including those members of the group who previously waived coverage.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §514B.13]2005 Acts, ch 70, §13; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §186
Iowa Code § 66.31 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 66 / Section 66.31
County and city hospital trustees.
Status: in_force

A county or city hospital board of trustees may include in their bylaws a process for removal of a trustee for which there is cause that would be grounds for an equitable action for removal in the district court. The process shall provide for a hearing on written charges filed with the board of trustees.

2018 Acts, ch 1033, §1
Iowa Code § 515.147 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.147
Fees.
Status: in_force

Fees shall be paid to the commissioner of insurance for deposit as provided in section 505.7 as follows:

(1) For filing an application to do business, including all documents submitted in connection with the application, by a foreign or domestic company, or for filing an application for renewed authority, fifty dollars.

(2) For issuing to a foreign or domestic company a certificate of authority to do business or a renewed certificate of authority, fifty dollars.

(3) For filing amended articles of incorporation, fifty dollars.

(4) For issuing an amended certificate of authority, twenty-five dollars.

(5) For affixing the official seal to any paper filed with the division, ten dollars.

[C73, §1153; C97, §1752; S13, §1752; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9007; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515.128; 82 Acts, ch 1003, §7]88 Acts, ch 1112, §304; 2007 Acts, ch 152, §36CS2007, §515.1472009 Acts, ch 181, §79
Iowa Code § 622.59 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.59
Printed copies of statutes.
Status: in_force

Printed copies of the statute laws of this or any other of the United States, or of Congress, or of any foreign government, purporting or proved to have been published under the authority thereof, or proved to be commonly admitted as evidence of the existing laws in the courts of such state or government, shall be admitted in the courts of this state as presumptive evidence of such laws.

[C51, §2443; R60, §4063; C73, §3718; C97, §4651; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11312; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.59]
Iowa Code § 541.104 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 541 / Section 541.104
Section 541.104
Status: repealed

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 413, §10102.
Iowa Code § 155.9 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155 / Section 155.9
Duties of board rules for provisional licenses.
Status: in_force

In addition to the duties and responsibilities provided in chapters 147 and 272C, the board shall adopt rules for granting a provisional license to an administrator appointed on a temporary basis by a nursing home’s owner or owners in the event the regular administrator of the nursing home is unable to perform the administrator’s duties or the nursing home is without a licensed administrator because of death or other cause. Such provisional license shall allow the provisional licensee to perform the duties of a nursing home administrator. An individual shall not hold a provisional license for more than twenty-four total combined months, and the board may revoke or otherwise discipline a provisional licensee for cause after due notice and a hearing on a charge or complaint filed with the board.

[C71, 73, 75, §147.126; C77, 79, 81, §135E.9]C93, §155.92004 Acts, ch 1168, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1113, §5; 2024 Acts, ch 1099, §1
Iowa Code § 261B.11A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261B / Section 261B.11A
Ineligibility for state student aid programs.
Status: in_force

(1) Students attending schools required to register under this chapter are ineligible for state student financial aid programs established under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 4.

(2) A school required to register under this chapter is prohibited from offering state aid or advertising that state aid is or may be available to students attending the school.

2012 Acts, ch 1077, §9; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2638
Iowa Code § 216A.94 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.94
Community action agency board.
Status: in_force

(1) A recognized community action agency shall be governed by a board of directors composed of at least nine members. The board membership shall be as follows:

(1) (a) One-third of the members of the board shall be elected public officials currently holding office or their representatives. However, if the number of elected officials available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, the membership of the board consisting of appointive public officials may be counted as fulfilling the requirement that one-third of the members of the board be elected public officials.

(1) (b) At least one-third of the members of the board shall be chosen in accordance with procedures established by the community action agency to assure representation of the poor in an area served by the agency.

(1) (c) The remainder of the members of the board shall be members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education, or other major groups or interests in the community.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, a public agency shall establish an advisory board to assist the governing board in meeting the requirements of section 216A.95. The advisory board shall be composed of the same type of membership as a board of directors for community action agencies under subsection 1. In addition, the advisory board of the community action agency shall have the sole authority to determine annual program budget requests.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1243C87, §601K.9487 Acts, ch 115, §73; 90 Acts, ch 1242, §5C93, §216A.9493 Acts, ch 56, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §127, 170
Iowa Code § 88B.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 88B / Section 88B.3
Administration rules fees inspections.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall administer this chapter.

(2) The director shall adopt, in accordance with chapter 17A, rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(3) The director shall prescribe fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses and permits. The fees shall be based on the costs of licensing, permitting, and administering this chapter, including time spent by personnel of the department in performing duties and any travel expenses incurred. All fees provided for in this chapter shall be collected by the director and remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state.

(4) At least once a year, during an actual asbestos project, the department shall conduct an on-site inspection of each permittee’s procedures for removing and encapsulating asbestos.

84 Acts, ch 1062, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §917; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §20; 94 Acts, ch 1057, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1074, §32023 Acts, ch 19, §1776
Iowa Code § 444.8 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 444 / Section 444.8
Mandatory provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 444.1 through 444.4, 444.6, and 444.7, and the methods of computation, certification, and levy provided in those sections shall be obligatory on all officers within the several counties of the state upon whom devolves the duty of determining, certifying, and levying taxes.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7170; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §444.8]2021 Acts, ch 80, §280
Iowa Code § 523.12 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523 / Section 523.12
Equity security defined.
Status: in_force

The term “equity security” when used in sections 523.7 through 523.11, this section, and sections 523.13 and 523.14 means any stock or similar security; or any security convertible, with or without consideration, into such a security, or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase such a security; or any such warrant or right; or any other security which the commissioner shall deem to be of similar nature and consider necessary or appropriate, by such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe in the public interest or for the protection of investors, to treat as an equity security.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §523.12]2021 Acts, ch 80, §335