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Iowa Code § 631.9 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 631 / Section 631.9
Jurisdiction determined.
Status: in_force

At the time set for the hearing of a small claim, the court first shall determine that proper notice as provided in section 631.5, subsection 4, has been given a party before proceeding further as to that party, unless the party has appeared or is an existing party, and also shall determine that the action is properly brought as a small claim.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.9]
Iowa Code § 20.26 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 20 / Section 20.26
Employee organizations — political contributions penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) An employee organization shall not make any direct or indirect contribution out of the funds of the employee organization to any political party or organization or in support of any candidate for elective public office.

(2) Any employee organization which violates the provisions of this section or fails to file any required report or affidavit or files a false report or affidavit shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than two thousand dollars.

(3) Any person who willfully violates this section, or who makes a false statement knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days or shall be subject to both such fine and imprisonment. Each individual required to sign affidavits or reports under this section shall be personally responsible for filing such report or affidavit and for any statement contained therein the individual knows to be false.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit voluntary contributions by individuals to political parties or candidates, provided that such contributions are not made through payroll deductions.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or deny any civil remedy which may exist as a result of action which may violate this section.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.26]2017 Acts, ch 2, §14, 26, 27; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Iowa Code § 15E.209 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.209
Financing provided by an Iowa agricultural industry finance corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) An Iowa agricultural industry finance corporation may only provide financing to a person determined eligible by the corporation according to requirements of the corporation and this section. At a minimum, an eligible person must be one of the following:

(1) (a) An agricultural producer participating in an Iowa agricultural industry venture as provided according to the terms of an agreement executed by the agricultural producer and the corporation. The agreement may require that the agricultural producer acquire an interest in an agricultural products processor certified by the corporation, or enter into a marketing agreement under which the agricultural producer agrees to market an amount of the agricultural producer’s agricultural commodities to the agricultural products processor.

(1) (b) An agricultural products processor which participates as part of an Iowa agricultural industry venture as provided according to the terms of an agreement executed by the agricultural products processor and the corporation. The corporation shall only provide financing if the venture involves the construction, expansion, or acquisition of an agricultural products processing facility as certified by the corporation and if all of the following apply:

(1) (b) The certified facility must be located in this state.

(1) (b) Either of the following apply:

(1) (b) More than fifty percent of the ownership interest in the certified facility must be held by qualified investors. If the certified facility is owned by an entity rather than by individuals, more than fifty percent of the interest in the entity and more than fifty percent of the voting interest in the entity must be held by qualified investors.

(1) (b) More than fifty percent of the commodities processed by the certified facility during any twelve-month period is produced in this state. However, the corporation may provide financing, if its board of directors determines that adequate supplies of the commodity are not available for processing as otherwise required in this subparagraph division.

(1) (c) An agricultural biotechnology enterprise which qualifies as an Iowa agricultural industry venture as provided according to the terms of an agreement executed by the agricultural biotechnology enterprise and the corporation, if the board of directors for the corporation determines that the enterprise would advance the intent and purposes set out in section 15E.203.

(2) Financing may be in the form of a loan, loan guarantee, sale and purchase of mortgage instruments for eligible recipients, or other similar forms of financing. The financing shall be awarded pursuant to an agreement between the corporation and the eligible person.

(3) A corporation shall not provide financing to support an outstanding debt or other obligation, regardless of whether the original financing was provided by a corporation.

98 Acts, ch 1207, §10; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Iowa Code § 414.18 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.18
Trial judgment costs.
Status: in_force

(1) If upon the hearing, which shall be tried de novo, it shall appear to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, the court may take evidence or appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct. The referee shall report the evidence to the court with the referee’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the decision brought up for review.

(2) Costs shall not be allowed against the board, unless it shall appear to the court that the board acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with malice in making the decision appealed from.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6469; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §414.18]2019 Acts, ch 59, §119
Iowa Code § 222.28 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 222 / Section 222.28
Commission to examine.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 130, §34, 35.
Iowa Code § 414.26 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 414 / Section 414.26
Shooting ranges.
Status: in_force

In approving the improvement of property acquired to establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the city zoning commission, or if there is not a city zoning commission, the city council, shall apply and enforce zoning regulations and restrictions established for each zoning district adopted pursuant to this chapter but shall not otherwise require a person seeking approval to comply with any conditions relating to the establishment, use, or maintenance of the shooting range that are more stringent than those imposed by state law.

2020 Acts, ch 1099, §2
Iowa Code § 84H.4 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 84H / Section 84H.4
Duties of division.
Status: in_force

The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall:

(1) Cooperate with the secretary of education in the administration of the federal law cited in section 84H.1.

(2) Administer legislation pursuant to the federal law cited in section 84H.1, and direct the disbursement and administer the use of funds provided by the federal government and this state for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.

(3) Utilize in the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities existing educational and other facilities as are advisable and practicable, including public and private educational institutions, community rehabilitation programs, public or private establishments, plants, factories, and the services of individuals specially qualified for the instruction and vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.

(4) Promote the establishment and assist in the development of training agencies for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.

(5) Cooperate with an agency of the federal government or of the state, or of a county or other municipal authority within the state, or any other agency, public or private, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

(6) Do those things necessary to secure the rehabilitation of those individuals entitled to the benefits of this chapter, including those individuals with significant disabilities.

(7) Provide rehabilitation services to individuals with significant disabilities who are homebound, and other individuals with significant disabilities, who can wholly or substantially achieve an ability to live independently.

(8) Provide financial and other necessary assistance to public or private agencies in the development or expansion of community rehabilitation programs, or programs in other public agencies, needed for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.

(9) Administer the entrepreneurs with disabilities program.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3853; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.4]83 Acts, ch 101, §59; 86 Acts, ch 1237, §15; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1436; 87 Acts, ch 115, §37; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1127, §4 – 7; 99 Acts, ch 28, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1007, §12023 Acts, ch 19, §2247C2024, §84H.4
Iowa Code § 159.22 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 159 / Section 159.22
Grants and gifts of funds.
Status: in_force

The secretary may accept grants and allotments of funds from the federal government and enter into cooperative agreements with the United States department of agriculture for projects to effectuate a purpose described in this subchapter.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §159.22]91 Acts, ch 254, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §29
Iowa Code § 347.10 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 347 / Section 347.10
Vacancies.
Status: in_force

Vacancies on the board of trustees may be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of trustees or, if fewer than a majority of the trustees remain on the board, by the board of supervisors for the period until the vacancies are filled by election. An appointment made under this section shall be for the unexpired balance of the term of the preceding trustee. If a board member is absent for four consecutive regular board meetings, without prior excuse, or fails to comply with more stringent attendance requirements for regular board meetings included in the bylaws governing the board, the member’s position shall be declared vacant and filled as set out in this section.

[S13, §409-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5356; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.10]94 Acts, ch 1180, §49; 2009 Acts, ch 110, §8; 2018 Acts, ch 1033, §3; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §3
Iowa Code § 502A.8 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 502A / Section 502A.8
Securities laws unaffected.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not impair, derogate, or otherwise affect the authority or powers of the administrator under chapter 502 or the application of any provision of chapter 502 to a person or transaction subject to that chapter.

90 Acts, ch 1169, §8
Iowa Code § 509A.14 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 509A / Section 509A.14
Approval of self-insurance plans.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules for self-insurance plans for life insurance and accident and health insurance for a political subdivision of the state or a school corporation. The rules adopted shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) A requirement that the plan shall include all coverages and provisions that are required by law in insurance policies for the type of risk that the self-insurance plan is intended to cover.

(2) A requirement that if the resources of the plan are inadequate to fully cover a claim under the plan, then the public body is liable for any portion of the claim that is left unpaid.

85 Acts, ch 251, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1162, §12; 93 Acts, ch 88, §9
Iowa Code § 192.108 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.108
Administration of the chapter — inspections required.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The department is responsible for the inspection of a dairy farm, milk plant, transfer station, or receiving station to ensure compliance with this chapter and chapters 190 and 191. The department may enter into an inspection contract with a person qualified to perform inspection services if the agreement for the services is cost-effective and the quality of inspection ensures compliance with state and federal law. A person entering into an inspection contract with the department for the purpose of inspecting premises, taking samples, or testing samples, shall be deemed to be an agent of the department, and shall have the same authority under this chapter provided to the department, unless the contract specifies otherwise. The department shall review inspection services performed by a person under an inspection contract to ensure quality cost-effective inspections. If a person is acting in a manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of the applicable chapter or contract, the department may revoke the inspection contract after notice and hearing, in the manner described for permit revocation in section 192.107 and perform such acts as are necessary to enforce this chapter. Except as provided in this chapter or chapter 194, a person shall not charge a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station a fee for inspection relating to milk or milk products.

88 Acts, ch 1152, §6C89, §192.4891 Acts, ch 74, §19CS91, §192.10897 Acts, ch 94, §3
Iowa Code § 135G.6 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135G / Section 135G.6
Inspection conditions for issuance.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue a license to an applicant under this chapter if the department has ascertained that the applicant’s facilities and staff are adequate to provide the care and services required of a subacute care facility.

2012 Acts, ch 1120, §45; 2015 Acts, ch 61, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1056, §4
Iowa Code § 663.29 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 663 / Section 663.29
Penalty — contempt.
Status: in_force

A willful failure to comply with the above requirements will render the defendant liable to be attached for contempt, and to be imprisoned till the defendant complies, and shall subject the defendant to the forfeiture of one thousand dollars to the party thereby aggrieved.

[C51, §2238; R60, §3826; C73, §3476; C97, §4444; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12496; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.29]
Iowa Code § 422.11I — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 422 / Section 422.11I
Geothermal heat pump tax credit.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1161, §42, 44, 46; . See §422.12N.
Iowa Code § 357.35 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 357 / Section 357.35
Merging existing districts.
Status: in_force

When the source of supply for a benefited district is obtained wholly or partly through another benefited district or if districts are supplied with their water from a common source, the board of supervisors having jurisdiction of those benefited districts, shall, upon ten days’ written notice to the trustees, hold a hearing relative to the establishment of a single benefited water district with a boundary encompassing all the area within the subject districts. If the board finds the residents and property owners in the proposed district would be benefited, it may establish the single district by resolution. In the case of districts with outstanding warrants in excess of the anticipated revenues and cash balance within the district fund, an assessment shall be drawn up by the auditor for an amount approximately fifty-five percent of the total indebtedness of the district and the board of supervisors must approve by resolution the final assessment as made and cause bonds to be issued at approximately ten percent greater than the total indebtedness of the district in accordance with sections 357.20 and 357.21 except that the bonds shall be paid, approximately equally, from user charges and the assessment. In the case of districts with bonded indebtedness, a subarea of the new single district with a boundary identical to each indebted district shall be designated and taxed in accordance with sections 357.22 and 357.23. When all bonds have been retired, the subarea shall cease to exist. In the case of districts with a surplus cash balance, all funds and credits shall become the property of the single district and used by it to the same extent as if acquired under the provisions of section 357.26. Upon establishment of the single district by the board of supervisors, a resolution shall be passed either appointing three trustees or designating the board of supervisors as the trustees for the single district. The operation of the single district constitutes a county enterprise under section 331.461, subsection 2.

[82 Acts, ch 1219, §1]
Iowa Code § 515F.34 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515F / Section 515F.34
Membership.
Status: in_force

(1) Eligibility for membership in the FAIR plan and its underwriting association requires all of the following:

(1) (a) The insurer must be licensed to write property insurance in this state.

(1) (b) The insurer is engaged in writing property insurance in this state, including the property insurance components of multiperil on a direct basis.

(2) Each insurer that meets the eligibility requirements in subsection 1 shall be required to do all of the following:

(2) (a) Automatically subscribe to the articles of agreement for the FAIR plan and the underwriting association as a prerequisite to authority to transact property insurance business in this state.

(2) (b) Become and remain a member both of the FAIR plan and the underwriting association.

(2) (c) Comply with the requirements of the FAIR plan and the underwriting association as a condition of the insurer’s authority to transact property insurance business in this state.

2003 Acts, ch 119, §5, 11
Iowa Code § 321.204 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321 / Section 321.204
Certification of conviction — notification of commercial driver’s disqualification.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is authorized, upon receiving a record of the conviction in this state of a nonresident operator of a motor vehicle for any offense under the motor vehicle laws of this state, to forward a certified written or electronic record of the conviction to the motor vehicle administrator in the licensing state.

(2) The department shall notify the commercial driver’s license information system and the commercial motor vehicle administrator in the licensing state, if applicable, of the disqualification of a commercial driver within ten days of any of the following:

(2) (a) The disqualification of the commercial driver under section 321.201 or section 321.208 if the disqualification is for sixty days or more.

(2) (b) The suspension or revocation of a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit if the suspension or revocation is for sixty days or more.

(2) (c) The cancellation of a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit.

[C31, 35, §4960-d41; C39, §5014.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.204]90 Acts, ch 1230, §48; 2015 Acts, ch 123, §58
Iowa Code § 279.32 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.32
Compensation of officers.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall fix the compensation to be paid the secretary. No member of the board shall receive compensation for official services. The board may pay a school treasurer a reasonable compensation.

(2) Actual and necessary expenses, including travel, incurred by the board or individual members thereof in the performance of official duties may be paid or reimbursed.

[C51, §1146, 1149; R60, §2037, 2038; C73, §1732, 1733, 1738, 1813; C97, §2780; S13, §2780; C24, §4239; C27, 31, 35, §4239-a3; C39, §4239.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.29; C77, 79, 81, §279.32]
Iowa Code § 622.90 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.90
Cross-examination.
Status: in_force

The court or officer to whom any affidavit is presented as a basis for some action, in relation to which any discretion is lodged with such court or officer, may require the witness to be brought before it or the officer and submit to a cross-examination by the opposite party.

[C51, §2483; R60, §4041; C73, §3695; C97, §4678; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11347; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.90]
Iowa Code § 321J.10A — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321J / Section 321J.10A
Blood, breath, or urine specimen withdrawal without a warrant.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding section 321J.10, if a person is under arrest for an offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321J.2 or 321J.2A, and that arrest results from an accident that causes a death or personal injury reasonably likely to cause death, a chemical test of blood may be administered without the consent of the person arrested to determine the amount of alcohol or a controlled substance in that person’s blood if all of the following circumstances exist:

(1) (a) The peace officer reasonably believes the blood drawn will produce evidence of intoxication.

(1) (b) The method used to take the blood sample is reasonable and performed in a reasonable manner by medical personnel under section 321J.11.

(1) (c) The peace officer reasonably believes the officer is confronted with an emergency situation in which the delay necessary to obtain a warrant under section 321J.10 threatens the destruction of the evidence.

(2) If the person from whom a specimen of blood is to be withdrawn objects to the withdrawal, a breath or urine sample may be taken under the following circumstances:

(2) (a) If the person is capable of giving a specimen of breath, and a direct breath testing instrument is readily available, the withdrawal of a specimen of the person’s breath may be taken for chemical testing, unless the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person was under the influence of a controlled substance, a drug other than alcohol, or a combination of alcohol and another drug.

(2) (b) If the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person was under the influence of a controlled substance, a drug other than alcohol, or a combination of alcohol and another drug, a urine sample shall be collected in lieu of a blood sample, if the person is capable of giving a urine sample and the sample can be collected.

2004 Acts, ch 1098, §1
Iowa Code § 665.3 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 665 / Section 665.3
In courts of record.
Status: in_force

In addition to the acts or omissions in section 665.2, any court of record may punish the following acts or omissions as contempts:

(1) Failure to testify before a grand jury, when lawfully required to do so.

(2) Assuming to be an officer, attorney, or counselor of the court, and acting as such without authority.

(3) Misbehavior as a juror, by improperly conversing with a party or with any other person in relation to the merits of an action in which the juror is acting or is to act as a juror, or receiving a communication from any person in respect to it without immediately disclosing the same to the court.

(4) Bribing, attempting to bribe, or in any other manner improperly influencing or attempting to influence a juror to render a verdict, or suborning or attempting to suborn witness.

(5) Disobedience by an inferior tribunal, magistrate, or officer to any lawful judgment, order or process of a superior court, or proceeding in any matter in a manner contrary to law, after it has been removed from such tribunal, magistrate or officer.

[C51, §1599; R60, §2689; C73, §3492; C97, §4461; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12542; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §665.3]2017 Acts, ch 29, §162