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Iowa Code § 272C.16 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 272C / Section 272C.16
Apprenticeships licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except as provided in chapters 100C, 100D, 103, and 105, beginning on January 1, 2022, a board shall grant a license to a person who completes an apprenticeship program in the relevant occupation or profession and submits an application pursuant to this section.

(2) A board may require an applicant to pass an examination prior to licensure if the board requires an applicant who has completed an educational program to pass an examination prior to licensure. A board shall not require an applicant to receive a higher score on the examination than the score required of an applicant who completes an educational program.

(3) A board may require an applicant to pay a licensing fee if the board requires an applicant who has completed an educational program to pay a licensing fee. A board shall not impose a licensing fee greater than the licensing fee imposed on an applicant who completes an educational program.

(4) A board shall not require an applicant to complete an apprenticeship program of a greater duration than is required by federal law for that program.

(5) For the purposes of this section, “apprenticeship program” means the same as defined in section 84E.2.

(6) (a) A board shall adopt rules to implement this section upon receipt of a petition for rulemaking submitted pursuant to section 17A.7.

(6) (b) A board shall not grant a license pursuant to this section prior to the effective date of rules adopted by the board to implement this section.

2021 Acts, ch 115, §1, 2
Iowa Code § 903B.1 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 903B / Section 903B.1
Special sentence class “B” or class “C” felonies.
Status: in_force

A person convicted of a class “C” felony or greater offense under chapter 709 or section 728.12, or a class “B” felony under section 713.3, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, shall also be sentenced, in addition to any other punishment provided by law, to a special sentence committing the person into the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for the rest of the person’s life, with eligibility for parole as provided in chapter 906. The board of parole shall determine whether the person should be released on parole or placed in a work release program. The special sentence imposed under this section shall commence upon completion of the sentence imposed under any applicable criminal sentencing provisions for the underlying criminal offense and the person shall begin the sentence under supervision as if on parole or work release. The person shall be placed on the corrections continuum in chapter 901B, and the terms and conditions of the special sentence, including violations, shall be subject to the same set of procedures set out in chapters 901B, 904, 906, and 908, and rules adopted under those chapters for persons on parole or work release. The revocation of release shall not be for a period greater than two years upon any first revocation, and five years upon any second or subsequent revocation. A special sentence shall be considered a category “A” sentence for purposes of calculating earned time under section 903A.2.

2005 Acts, ch 158, §39; 2009 Acts, ch 119, §59; 2021 Acts, ch 14, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 74, §6; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §55
Iowa Code § 354.23 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 354 / Section 354.23
Vacation of streets or other public lands.
Status: in_force

(1) A city or a county may vacate part of an official plat that had been conveyed to the city or county or dedicated to the public which is deemed by the governing body to be of no benefit to the public.

(2) The city or county shall vacate by resolution following a public hearing or by ordinance and the vacating instrument shall be recorded. The city or county may convey the vacated property by deed or may convey the property to adjoining proprietors through the vacation instrument. If the vacating instrument is used to convey property then the instrument shall include a list of adjoining proprietors to whom the vacated property is being conveyed along with the corresponding description of each parcel being conveyed. A recorded vacation instrument which conforms to this section is equivalent to a deed of conveyance and the instrument shall be filed and indexed as a conveyance by the recorder and auditor.

(3) A vacation instrument recorded pursuant to this section shall not operate to annul any part of an official plat except as provided for in section 354.22.

90 Acts, ch 1236, §37C91, §409A.23C93, §354.232017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 135.28 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.28
State substitute medical decision-making board.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §399.
Iowa Code § 49.119 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 49 / Section 49.119
Penalty.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15. See §39A.2 39A.5.
Iowa Code § 359.36 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 359 / Section 359.36
Joint boards.
Status: in_force

A city council and the trustees of a township may join in the common purpose of improving, maintaining, and supporting a township cemetery. In such case the two official bodies shall constitute a joint cemetery board and shall have equal voting power.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5565; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §359.36]
Iowa Code § 103.12 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 103 / Section 103.12
Class A journeyman electrician license qualifications — class B journeyman electrician license.
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant for a class A journeyman electrician license shall have successfully completed an apprenticeship training program registered by the office of apprenticeship of the United States department of labor in accordance with the standards established by that department or shall have received training or experience for a period of time and under conditions as established by the board by rule.

(2) In addition, an applicant shall meet examination criteria based upon the most recent national electrical code adopted pursuant to section 103.6 and upon electrical theory, as determined by the board.

(3) (a) An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the board that the applicant has been employed as a journeyman electrician since January 1, 1998, and for a total of at least sixteen thousand hours, of which at least eight thousand hours shall have been accumulated since January 1, 1998, may be granted a class B journeyman electrician license without taking an examination. An applicant who is issued a class B journeyman electrician license pursuant to this section shall not be authorized to wire for or install electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment in a political subdivision which, prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes licensing standards which preclude such work by class B journeyman electricians in the political subdivision. The board shall adopt rules establishing procedures relating to the restriction of a class B journeyman electrician license pursuant to this subsection.

(3) (b) A class B journeyman electrician may become licensed as a class A journeyman electrician upon successful passage of the examination prescribed in subsection 2.

(4) A person licensed to wire for or install electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment or supervise an apprentice electrician by a political subdivision preceding January 1, 2008, pursuant to a supervised written examination, and who is currently engaged in the electrical contracting industry with at least four years’ experience, shall be issued an applicable statewide license corresponding to that licensure as a class A journeyman electrician or a class B journeyman electrician. The board shall adopt by rule certain criteria for city examination standards satisfactory to fulfill this requirement.

(5) The board may reject an application for licensure under this section from an applicant who would be subject to suspension, revocation, or reprimand pursuant to section 103.35.

2007 Acts, ch 197, §22, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1077, §2, 3; 2008 Acts, ch 1092, §16 – 18, 32; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §20; 2019 Acts, ch 99, §4; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §4, 31
Iowa Code § 135.71 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.71
Authority to adopt rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt such administrative rules as are necessary to enable it to implement this subchapter. These rules shall include:

(1) Additional procedures and criteria for review of applications for certificates of need.

(2) Uniform procedures for variations in application of criteria specified by section 135.63 for use in formal review of applications for certificates of need, when such variations are appropriate to the purpose of a particular review or to the type of institutional health service proposed in the application being reviewed.

(3) Uniform procedures for summary reviews conducted under section 135.66.

(4) Criteria for determining when it is not feasible to complete formal review of an application for a certificate of need within the time limits specified in section 135.68. The rules adopted under this subsection shall include criteria for determining whether an application proposes introduction of technologically innovative equipment, and if so, procedures to be followed in reviewing the application. However, a rule adopted under this subsection shall not permit a deferral of more than sixty days beyond the time when a decision is required under section 135.68, unless both the applicant and the department agree to a longer deferment.

[C79, 81, §135.72]91 Acts, ch 225, §13; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1443, 1603C2024, §10A.7222025 Acts, ch 120, §36, 40, 57C2026, §135.71
Iowa Code § 256.186 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 256 / Section 256.186
Amount of grant.
Status: in_force

(1) The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time student for the fall and spring semesters, or the trimester equivalent, shall be the amount of the student’s financial need for that period. However, a tuition grant shall not exceed the lesser of:

(1) (a) The total tuition and mandatory fees for that student for two semesters or the trimester or quarter equivalent, less the base amount determined annually by the college student aid commission, which base amount shall be within ten dollars of the average tuition for two semesters or the trimester equivalent of undergraduate study at the state universities under the board of regents, but in any event the base amount shall not be less than four hundred dollars; or

(1) (b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and for each succeeding fiscal year, an amount equivalent to the average resident tuition and mandatory fees for two semesters or the equivalent of undergraduate study at the institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.

(2) The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time student for the summer semester or trimester equivalent shall be one-half the amount of the tuition grant the student receives under subsection 1.

(3) The amount of a tuition grant to a qualified part-time student enrolled in a course of study including at least three semester hours but fewer than twelve semester hours for the fall, spring, and summer semesters, or the trimester or quarter equivalent, shall be equal to the amount of a tuition grant that would be paid to a full-time student times a number which represents the number of hours in which the part-time student is actually enrolled divided by twelve semester hours, or the trimester or quarter equivalent.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.12]83 Acts, ch 197, §13; 84 Acts, ch 1302, §16; 85 Acts, ch 263, §16; 88 Acts, ch 1284, §27; 89 Acts, ch 300, §3; 89 Acts, ch 319, §43; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §122; 90 Acts, ch 1272, §49; 91 Acts, ch 10, §1; 91 Acts, ch 258, §39; 95 Acts, ch 218, §21; 96 Acts, ch 1215, §36; 96 Acts, ch 1219, §4, 5; 97 Acts, ch 212, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1215, §33; 99 Acts, ch 205, §28; 2000 Acts, ch 1223, §26; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §151; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §46, 58, 59; 2017 Acts, ch 172, §16; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2641C2024, §256.186
Iowa Code § 533.316 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533 / Section 533.316
Interest rates.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Interest rates on loans made by a state credit union, other than loans secured by a mortgage or deed of trust which is a first lien upon real property, shall not exceed the finance charge permitted in sections 537.2401 and 537.2402 on consumer loans.

(1) (b) Interest rates on business loans shall not exceed the finance charge permitted by section 535.2.

(2) With respect to a loan secured by a mortgage or deed of trust which is a first lien upon real property, a state credit union shall not charge a rate of interest that exceeds the maximum rate permitted by section 535.2.

(3) The provisions of this section do not apply to a loan that is subject to section 636.46.

2007 Acts, ch 174, §47
Iowa Code § 310.9 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 310 / Section 310.9
Projects authorized by department.
Status: in_force

Before authorizing for letting any farm-to-market road project, the department shall satisfy itself that the county engineer’s office in that county is organized, equipped and financed to discharge satisfactorily the duties required in this chapter.

[C39, §4686.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §310.9; 82 Acts, ch 1110, §6]
Iowa Code § 97B.16 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.16
Procedure of system.
Status: in_force

The system shall make decisions as to the rights of an individual applying for a payment under this chapter. When requested by an individual, or a person who makes a showing in writing that the individual’s or person’s rights may be prejudiced by a decision the system has made, a hearing shall be scheduled under the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A. If a hearing is held, the decision shall, on the basis of evidence adduced at the hearing, be affirmed, modified, or reversed under chapter 17A.

[C46, 50, §97.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97B.16]88 Acts, ch 1242, §18; 2001 Acts, ch 68, §21, 24; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 607A.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Clerk” means clerk of the district court or the clerk’s designee.

(2) “Court” means the district court of this state and includes, when the context requires, a judicial officer as defined in section 602.1101.

(3) “Electronic data processing system” means an electronic jury management system as designated by the state court administrator.

(4) “Identification” means the random drawing of names in a manner immune to any subjective bias so that no recognizable class of the population from which names are being randomly drawn can be purposefully included or excluded.

(5) “Juror” means any person identified for service on either the grand or petit jury who attends court when originally instructed to report or is deferred to a future date uncertain, or is on-call and available to report to court when so needed and so requested by the court.

(6) “Jury pool” means the sum total of prospective jurors reporting for service.

(7) “Jury wheel” means a physical device or electronic data processing system for storage of the names and addresses or identifying numbers of prospective jurors.

(8) “Master jury list” means the list of names taken from the source lists for possible jury service.

(9) “Motor vehicle operators list and nonoperators identification list” means the official records maintained by the state of the names and addresses of those individuals in the respective counties retaining valid motor vehicle driver’s licenses or nonoperator’s identification cards.

(10) “Panel” means those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial.

(11) “Person with a disability” means a person who is not physically able to operate a motor vehicle or use public transportation without assistance due to a physical disability.

(12) “Source lists” means the voter registration list, the motor vehicle operators list, the nonoperators identification list, and other comprehensive lists of persons residing in a county as identified pursuant to section 607A.22.

(13) “Term of service” means the period of time a juror is requested to serve.

(14) “Voter registration list” means the official records maintained by the state of names and addresses of persons registered to vote.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §11; 87 Acts, ch 85, §1, 2; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §37; 96 Acts, ch 1163, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1219, §31; 2017 Acts, ch 133, §10 – 12
Iowa Code § 490.602 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.602
Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) If the articles of incorporation so provide, the board of directors is authorized, without shareholder approval, to do any of the following:

(1) (a) Classify any unissued shares into one or more classes or into one or more series within a class.

(1) (b) Reclassify any unissued shares of any class into one or more classes or into one or more series within one or more classes.

(1) (c) Reclassify any unissued shares of any series of any class into one or more classes or into one or more series within a class.

(2) If the board of directors acts pursuant to subsection 1, it shall determine the terms, including the preferences, rights, and limitations, to the same extent permitted under section 490.601, of any of the following:

(2) (a) Any class of shares before the issuance of any shares of that class.

(2) (b) Any series within a class before the issuance of any shares of that series.

(3) Before issuing any shares of a class or series created under this section, the corporation shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing articles of amendment setting forth the terms determined under subsection 1.

89 Acts, ch 288, §37; 2007 Acts, ch 140, §5; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §44, 230
Iowa Code § 441.28A — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 441 / Section 441.28A
Electronic delivery authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) If the assessor is required or authorized by this title to send any assessment, notice, or any other information to persons by regular mail, the assessor shall instead provide the assessment, notice, or other information by electronic means if the person entitled to receive the assessment, notice, or information has by electronic or other means, authorized the assessor to provide the assessment, notice, or other information in that manner.

(2) An authorization to receive assessments, notices, or other information by electronic means pursuant to this section shall continue until revoked in writing by the person. Such revocation may be provided to the assessor electronically in a manner approved by the assessor.

(3) Electronic means includes delivery to an electronic mail address or by other electronic means reasonably calculated to apprise the person of the information that is being provided, as designated by the authorizing person.

(4) Any assessment, notice, or other information provided by the assessor to a person pursuant to this section is deemed to have been mailed by the assessor and received by the person on the date that the assessor electronically sends the information to the person or electronically notifies the person that the information is available to be accessed by the person.

(5) An authorization under this section also applies to information that is not expressly required by law to be sent by regular mail, but that is customarily sent by the assessor using regular mail, to persons entitled to receive the information.

(6) Information compiled or possessed by the assessor for the purposes of complying with authorizations for delivery by electronic means under this title, including but not limited to taxpayer post office addresses, electronic mail addresses, waivers, waiver requests, waiver revocations, and passwords or other methods of protecting taxpayer information are not public records and are not subject to disclosure under chapter 22.

2018 Acts, ch 1008, §1, 2; 2021 Acts, ch 132, §2
Iowa Code § 228.2 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 228 / Section 228.2
Mental health information disclosure prohibited exceptions record of disclosure.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as specifically authorized in subsection 4, section 228.3, 228.5, 228.6, 228.7, or 228.8, or for the purposes of care coordination as defined in section 135D.2 if not otherwise restricted by federal law or regulation, a mental health professional, data collector, or employee or agent of a mental health professional, of a data collector, or of or for a mental health facility shall not disclose or permit the disclosure of mental health information.

(2) (a) Upon disclosure of mental health information pursuant to subsection 4, section 228.3, 228.5, 228.6, 228.7, or 228.8, or for the purposes of care coordination as defined in section 135D.2 if not otherwise restricted by federal law or regulation, the person disclosing the mental health information shall enter a notation on and maintain the notation with the individual’s record of mental health information, stating the date of the disclosure and the name of the recipient of mental health information.

(2) (b) The person disclosing the mental health information shall give the recipient of the information a statement which informs the recipient that disclosures may only be made pursuant to the written authorization of an individual or an individual’s legal representative, or as otherwise provided in this chapter, that the unauthorized disclosure of mental health information is unlawful, and that civil damages and criminal penalties may be applicable to the unauthorized disclosure of mental health information.

(3) A recipient of mental health information shall not disclose the information received, except as specifically authorized for initial disclosure in subsection 4, section 228.3, 228.5, 228.6, 228.7, or 228.8, or for the purposes of care coordination as defined in section 135D.2 if not otherwise restricted by federal law or regulation.

(4) Mental health information may be transferred at any time to another facility, physician, or mental health professional in cases of a medical emergency or if the individual or the individual’s legal representative requests the transfer in writing for the purposes of receipt of medical or mental health professional services, at which time the requirements of subsection 2 shall be followed.

86 Acts, ch 1082, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1226, §4, 5; 90 Acts, ch 1079, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2016 Acts, ch 1055, §2, 3, 5, 6
Iowa Code § 489.1005 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1005
Reference to external facts.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan may refer to facts ascertainable outside the plan if the manner in which the facts will operate upon the plan is specified in the plan. The facts may include the occurrence of an event or a determination or action by a person, whether or not the event, determination, or action is within the control of a party to the transaction.

(2) The following provisions of a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter or a plan delivered for filing in lieu of a statement shall not be made dependent on facts outside the record or plan:

(2) (a) The name and address of any person.

(2) (b) The address of the registered agent of any entity.

(2) (c) The registered agent of any entity.

(2) (d) The number of authorized interests and designation of each class or series of interests.

(2) (e) The effective date of a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing.

(2) (f) Any required statement in a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing of the date on which the underlying transaction was approved or the manner in which that approval was given.

2023 Acts, ch 152, §84, 161; 2024 Acts, ch 1125, §19, 31