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Iowa Code § 717D.3 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 717D / Section 717D.3
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not apply to a function other than a contest event. A contest event does not involve any of the following events:

(1) (a) A race, including but not limited to a race regulated under chapter 99D.

(1) (b) A fair event as defined in section 174.1.

(1) (c) A rodeo or rodeo event.

(1) (d) A 4-H function.

(1) (e) A hunting or fishing party.

(1) (f) A field meet or trial in which the skill of dogs is demonstrated in pointing, retrieving, trailing, or chasing any game bird, game animal, or fur-bearing animal.

(1) (g) The raising or selling of game or fur-bearing animals as provided in chapter 481A.

(2) This chapter shall not apply to any of the following:

(2) (a) An action to carry out an order issued by a court.

(2) (b) An action by a licensed veterinarian practicing veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169.

(2) (c) An action that is consistent with animal husbandry practices.

(2) (d) An action allowed in order to carry out another provision of law which allows the action.

(2) (e) The taking, hunting, trapping, or fishing for a wild animal as provided in chapter 481A.

(2) (f) An action to protect the person’s property from a wild animal as defined in section 481A.1.

(2) (g) An action to protect a person from injury or death caused by a wild animal as defined in section 481A.1.

(2) (h) A person reasonably acting to protect the person’s property from damage caused by an unconfined animal.

(2) (i) A person reasonably acting to protect a person from injury or death caused by an unconfined animal.

(2) (j) A local authority reasonably acting to destroy an animal if, at the time of the destruction, the owner of the animal is absent or unable to care for the animal, and the animal is permanently distressed by disease or injury to a degree that would result in severe and prolonged suffering.

(2) (k) A research facility, as defined in section 162.2, provided that the research facility performs functions within the scope of accepted practices and disciplines associated with the research facility.

2002 Acts, ch 1130, §7; 2004 Acts, ch 1019, §31; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §23
Iowa Code § 515.31 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515 / Section 515.31
Filling of vacancies.
Status: in_force

The directors shall have authority to fill vacancies occurring on the board of directors, and shall fill vacancies of officers occurring between regular elections.

[C73, §1128; C97, §1697; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8922; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §515.30; C77, 79, 81, §515.31]
Iowa Code § 88.3 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 88 / Section 88.3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Wherever used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

(1) “Appeal board” means the employment appeal board created under section 10A.601.

(2) “Commissioner” means the labor commissioner appointed pursuant to section 10A.203, or the commissioner’s designee.

(3) “Emergency temporary standards” means any occupational safety and health standard or modification thereof which has been adopted and promulgated by a nationally recognized standards-producing organization under procedures whereby it can be determined by the commissioner that persons interested and affected by the scope or provisions of the standard have reached substantial agreement on its adoption, and was formulated in a manner which afforded an opportunity for diverse views to be considered or is an emergency temporary standard provided by the secretary pursuant to and in conformance with the provisions of the federal law.

(4) “Employee” means an employee of an employer who is employed in a business of the employer. “Employee” also means an inmate as defined in section 85.59, when the inmate works in connection with the maintenance of the institution, in an industry maintained in the institution, or while otherwise on detail to perform services for pay. “Employee” also means a volunteer involved in responses to hazardous waste incidences. The employer of a volunteer is that entity which provides or which is required to provide workers’ compensation coverage for the volunteer.

(5) “Employer” means a person engaged in a business who has one or more employees and also includes the state of Iowa, its various departments and agencies, and any political subdivision of the state.

(6) “Federal law” means the Act of Congress approved December 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1590, officially cited as the “Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970”, codified at 29 U.S.C. §651 678.

(7) “Imminent danger” means a condition or practice in any place of employment which is such that a danger exists which will reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the imminence of such danger can be eliminated through the enforcement procedures of this chapter, exclusive of the procedures set forth in section 88.11.

(8) “Occupational safety and health standard” means a standard which requires conditions or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places of employment.

(9) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives, or any organized group of persons.

(10) “Secretary” means the secretary of labor of the United States.

[C66, 71, §88A.2; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §88.3]86 Acts, ch 1245, §520; 90 Acts, ch 1136, §1; 99 Acts, ch 68, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §24; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §13
Iowa Code § 24.1 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 24 / Section 24.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Local Budget Law”.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §368; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §24.1]
Iowa Code § 280.3A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280 / Section 280.3A
Accredited nonpublic school child care programs.
Status: in_force

Authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school may operate or contract for the operation of a child care program, as described in section 279.49. The provisions of section 279.49 as they relate to child care programs of a school corporation and its board of directors apply to the child care programs of the accredited nonpublic school and the authority in charge.

94 Acts, ch 1175, §9; 99 Acts, ch 192, §33; 2015 Acts, ch 88, §4, 5
Iowa Code § 174.5 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 174 / Section 174.5
Appointment of police.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1019, §32.
Iowa Code § 572.22 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 572 / Section 572.22
Record of claim.
Status: in_force

Each claim posted to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry internet site shall be properly indexed and shall contain the following items:

(1) The name of the person by whom posted.

(2) The date and hour of posting.

(3) The amount thereof.

(4) The name of the person against whom posted.

(5) The legal description that adequately describes the property to be charged with the lien.

(6) The tax parcel identification number of the property to be charged.

(7) The address of the property or a description of the location of the property if the property cannot be reasonably identified by an address.

[R60, §1852; C73, §2138; C97, §3100; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10291; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.22]2007 Acts, ch 83, §15; 2012 Acts, ch 1105, §16, 27, 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13, 40, 43; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257; 2013 Acts, ch 99, §10, 11; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §79
Iowa Code § 627.19 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 627 / Section 627.19
Adopted child assistance.
Status: in_force

Any financial assistance due or that may become due, under the provisions of sections 600.17 through 600.22, shall be exempt from garnishment, attachment, and execution.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §627.19]
Iowa Code § 455B.199A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455B / Section 455B.199A
Prioritization of municipal water quality improvement projects.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may allow schedules of compliance to be included in permits whenever authorized by federal law or regulations. Such schedules shall be established to maximize benefits and minimize local financial impact while improving water quality, where such opportunities arise. If information is provided showing that the anticipated costs of compliance with a schedule have no reasonable relationship to environmental or public health needs or benefits, or may result in other detrimental environmental impacts, such as significant greenhouse gas emissions, the projects may be deferred, in whole or in part as determined appropriate by the department, and a variance granted, as consistent with applicable federal law or regulations.

(2) Unless otherwise restricted by federal law or regulations, the department may allow compliance schedules of up to thirty years in national pollutant discharge elimination system permits, particularly where the costs of compliance with federal program mandates will adversely impact the construction of other necessary local capital improvement projects. If the department determines an existing condition constitutes a significant public health or environmental threat, the schedule of compliance shall be based on the shortest practicable time frame for remedying the condition.

2009 Acts, ch 72, §9
Iowa Code § 444.28 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 444 / Section 444.28
Section 444.28
Status: repealed

Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 121, §33; 97 Acts, ch 158, §48.
Iowa Code § 516A.5 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 516A / Section 516A.5
Tolling of statute.
Status: in_force

Commencement of an action by an insured under a provision included in an automobile liability or motor vehicle liability insurance policy pursuant to section 516A.1 tolls the statute of limitations for purposes of the insurer’s subrogated cause of action against a party, as defined in section 668.2. Section 668.8 is also applicable to an action commenced as described in this section.

98 Acts, ch 1057, §12
Iowa Code § 537.2508 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.2508
Conversion to open-end credit.
Status: in_force

The parties may agree at or within ten days prior to the time of conversion to add the unpaid balance of a consumer credit transaction, other than a consumer lease or a consumer rental purchase agreement, not made pursuant to open-end credit to the consumer’s open-end credit account with the creditor. The unpaid balance so added is an amount equal to the amount financed determined according to the provisions on finance charge on refinancing under section 537.2504.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.2508]87 Acts, ch 80, §38; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
Iowa Code § 15.116 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.116
Technology commercialization committee.
Status: in_force

To evaluate and make recommendations to the authority on appropriate funding for the projects and programs applying for financial assistance from the innovation and commercialization development fund created in section 15.412, the economic development authority shall create a technology commercialization committee composed of members with expertise in the areas of biosciences, engineering, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, materials, information solutions, software, and energy. At least one member of the technology commercialization committee shall be a member of the economic development authority. An organization designated by the authority, composed of members from both the public and private sectors and composed of subunits or subcommittees in the areas of already identified bioscience platforms, education and workforce development, commercialization, communication, policy and governance, and finance, shall provide funding recommendations to the technology commercialization committee. Members of the committee shall be eligible for a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 for each day spent in performance of duties as members, and shall receive compensation for mileage to and from meetings.

2005 Acts, ch 150, §28; 2009 Acts, ch 123, §22, 33; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §84, 87, 89; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §147
Iowa Code § 725.19 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 725 / Section 725.19
Gambling by underage persons.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person under the age of twenty-one years shall not make or attempt to make a gambling wager, except as permitted under chapter 99B. A person who violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection 5, paragraph “a”.

(2) A person who knowingly permits a person under the age of twenty-one years to make or attempt to make a gambling wager, except as permitted under chapter 99B, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

2004 Acts, ch 1136, §57; 2009 Acts, ch 88, §4
Iowa Code § 524.604 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 524 / Section 524.604
Duties and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(1) The duties and responsibilities of a director or of the board of directors shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) (a) Attendance at no less than seventy-five percent of the regular board meetings held during the calendar year.

(1) (b) Employment of officer personnel, and determination of their compensation.

(1) (c) Periodic review of the original records of the state bank, or comprehensive summaries thereof prepared by the officers of the state bank, pertaining to loans, discounts, security interests, and investments in bonds and securities.

(1) (d) Review of the adequacy of the state bank’s internal controls and determination of the most appropriate method to satisfy the state bank’s audit needs pursuant to section 524.608.

(1) (e) Periodic review of the utilization of security measures for the protection of the state bank and the maintenance of reasonable insurance coverage.

(2) Directors of a state bank shall discharge the duties of their position in good faith and with that diligence, care, and skill which ordinarily prudent persons would exercise under similar circumstances in like positions. The directors shall have a continuing responsibility to assure themselves that the state bank is being managed according to law and that the practices and policies adopted by the board are being implemented.

[C27, 31, 35, §9283-b23; C39, §9283.71; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §531.23; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.604]95 Acts, ch 148, §62; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2022 Acts, ch 1062, §58, 59
Iowa Code § 533C.101 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 533C / Section 533C.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Money Transmission Modernization Act”.

2003 Acts, ch 96, §1, 42; 2023 Acts, ch 83, §2
Iowa Code § 85A.25 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 85A / Section 85A.25
Existing diseases barred.
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be no liability for the payment of compensation under the provisions of this chapter to any person who on October 1, 1947, is suffering with an occupational disease. An employer may at the employer’s own expense require the employer’s employees to submit to a physical examination prior to October 1, 1947, and in the case of new employees employed after July 4, 1947, within ninety days of the commencement of the employment of such new employees, for the purpose of determining whether any such person is affected with or has an occupational disease. In the event it is determined by such examination that any employee is suffering from or is affected with an occupational disease, the employer may require the employee to waive in writing any claim for compensation under the provisions of this chapter on account thereof as a condition to continuing in the employment of the employer.

(2) In cases of dispute as to the existence of the disease the controversy may be referred to the workers’ compensation commissioner who shall decide the matter and who may, upon the commissioner’s own motion or by agreement of the parties, submit the controverted question to the physicians designated in section 85A.20 for investigation and report, and the physicians shall immediately proceed with the investigation and with the examination of the employee and forthwith make the report to the workers’ compensation commissioner. The examination shall be made and the investigation conducted in the same manner as is provided in this chapter as to other controverted medical questions. The workers’ compensation commissioner shall then make the decision on the matter, and the decision shall have the same force and effect and be subject to all the other provisions of law applicable the same as any other decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner.

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.25]86 Acts, ch 1245, §910; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Iowa Code § 513C.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 513C / Section 513C.7
Availability of coverage.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A carrier shall file with the commissioner, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, the basic or standard health benefit plan. A basic or standard health benefit plan filed pursuant to this paragraph may be used by a carrier beginning thirty days after it is filed unless the commissioner disapproves of its use.

(1) (b) The commissioner may at any time, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the carrier, disapprove the continued use by a carrier of a basic or standard health benefit plan on the grounds that the plan does not meet the requirements of this chapter.

(2) The individual basic or standard health benefit plan shall not deny, exclude, or limit benefits for a covered individual for losses incurred more than twelve months following the effective date of the individual’s coverage due to a preexisting condition. A preexisting condition shall not be defined more restrictively than any of the following:

(2) (a) A condition that would cause an ordinarily prudent person to seek medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment during the twelve months immediately preceding the effective date of coverage.

(2) (b) A condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received during the twelve months immediately preceding the effective date of coverage.

(2) (c) A pregnancy existing on the effective date of coverage.

(3) A carrier shall not modify a basic or standard health benefit plan with respect to an individual or dependent through riders, endorsements, or other means to restrict or exclude coverage for certain diseases or medical conditions otherwise covered by the health benefit plan.

95 Acts, ch 5, §9; 97 Acts, ch 103, §37 – 39; 99 Acts, ch 165, §9, 10; 2003 Acts, ch 91, §24; 2004 Acts, ch 1158, §2, 21; 2008 Acts, ch 1188, §40, 41, 43; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §54, 55
Iowa Code § 515B.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515B / Section 515B.10
Prevention of insolvencies.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) To aid in the detection and prevention of insurer insolvencies the board of directors, upon majority vote, may do either of the following:

(1) (a) Make recommendations to the commissioner for the detection and prevention of insurer insolvencies.

(1) (a) Respond to a request by the commissioner to discuss and make recommendations regarding the status of member insurers whose financial condition may be hazardous to policyholders or the public.

(1) (b) At the conclusion of a domestic insurer insolvency, the board of directors may prepare a report based on the information available to the association on the history and causes of the insolvency. The report may be submitted to the commissioner.

(2) Recommendations and reports made pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), are not public records under chapter 22.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515B.10]86 Acts, ch 1184, §8
Iowa Code § 261A.13 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 261A / Section 261A.13
Trust agreement to secure obligations.
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the authority, obligations may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be a trust company or bank located in the state of Iowa that has the powers of a trust company. The bond resolution shall pledge the revenues to be received by the authority, may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the holders of obligations as reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including provisions that have been authorized to be included in any bond resolution of the authority, and may restrict the individual right of action by holders of obligations. A trust agreement may contain other provisions the authority deems reasonable and proper for the security of the holders of obligations. Expenses incurred in carrying out the trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of an education loan program.

[82 Acts, ch 1031, §13]
Iowa Code § 185.14 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 185 / Section 185.14
Compensation meetings.
Status: in_force

Each director of the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars and actual expenses in performing official board functions, notwithstanding section 7E.6. A director of the board shall not be a salaried employee of the board or any organization or agency which is receiving moneys from the board. The board shall meet as necessary.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §185.14]91 Acts, ch 258, §34; 2005 Acts, ch 82, §16; 2008 Acts, ch 1046, §12024 Acts, ch 1170, §99
Iowa Code § 175B.1 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 175B / Section 175B.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Act”.

2007 Acts, ch 84, §1
Iowa Code § 595.5 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 595 / Section 595.5
Name change adopted.
Status: in_force

(1) A party may indicate on the application for a marriage license the adoption of a name change. The names used on the marriage license shall become the legal names of the parties to the marriage. The marriage license shall contain a statement that when a name change is requested and affixed to the marriage license, the new name is the legal name of the requesting party.

(2) An individual shall have only one legal name at any one time.

[C79, 81, §595.5]88 Acts, ch 1142, §1; 95 Acts, ch 124, §15, 26; 99 Acts, ch 150, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 143, §7
Iowa Code § 518A.27 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 518A / Section 518A.27
Reinsurance — quo warranto.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of insurance may address inquiries to any association in relation to its doings and condition and any association so addressed shall promptly reply thereto in writing. If the commissioner of insurance is then satisfied that the association has failed to comply with any provisions of this law, or is exceeding its powers, or is not carrying out its contracts in good faith; or is transacting business fraudulently or soliciting insurance in territories where it is not legally admitted to do business, or is in such condition as to render the further transaction of business by it hazardous to the public or its policyholders, the business under the commissioner’s supervision and with the consent of the association may be reinsured in some mutual association, or the commissioner may present the facts relating thereto to the attorney general and if the circumstances warrant the attorney general may commence an action in quo warranto in a court of competent jurisdiction.

[C97, §1766; S13, §1759-g; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9052; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §518.27; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §518A.27]
Iowa Code § 135.154 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135 / Section 135.154
Section 135.154
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 73, §8, 9. See chapter 135D.
Iowa Code § 135C.45A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.45A
Notification penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who notifies, or causes to be notified, a health care facility, of the time and date on which a survey or on-site inspection of the facility is scheduled, is subject to an administrative penalty of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than two thousand dollars.

90 Acts, ch 1039, §11