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IA Code § 16.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.55 - Home and community-based services rent subsidy program.

16.55 Home and community-based services rent subsidy program.   The authority shall establish and administer a home and community-based services rent subsidy program. Under the program, the authority shall provide rent subsidies to those persons who are approved participants under a home and community-based services Medicaid waiver, and to those individuals who are approved participants in the federal money follows the person grant program under the medical assistance program. If the authority utilizes a waiting list for purposes of the program, the authority shall give priority to a person participating in the state’s money follows the person partnership for community integration project who has been assigned to work with a transition specialist.  2017 Acts, ch 33, §3
IA Code § 16.56 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.56 - Jumpstart housing assistance program.

16.56 Jumpstart housing assistance program.   1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Disaster-affected home” means a primary residence that was destroyed or damaged due to a natural disaster occurring after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008.   b. “Local government participant” means the cities of Ames, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Waterloo, and West Des Moines; a council of governments whose territory includes at least one county that was declared a disaster area by the president of the United States after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008; and any county that is not part of any council of governments and was declared a disaster area by the president of the United States after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008.   2. The authority shall establish and administer a jumpstart housing assistance program. Under the program, the authority shall provide grants to local government participants for purposes of distributing the moneys to eligible residents for eligible purposes which relate to disaster-affected homes.   3. An eligible resident is a person residing in a disaster-affected home who is the owner of record of a right, title, or interest in the disaster-affected home and who has been approved by the federal emergency management agency for housing assistance. An eligible resident must have a family income equal to or less than one hundred fifty percent of the area median family income.   4. Eligible purposes include forgivable loans for down payment assistance, emergency housing repair or rehabilitation, and interim mortgage assistance. An eligible resident who receives a forgivable loan may also receive energy efficiency assistance which shall be added to the principal of the forgivable loan.   5. A local government participant may retain a portion of the grant moneys for administrative purposes as provided in a grant agreement between the authority and the local government participant.   6. Any money paid to a local government participant by an eligible resident shall be remitted to the authority for deposit in the housing assistance fund created in section 16.40.   7. As determined by the authority, unused or unobligated moneys may be reclaimed and reallocated by the authority to other local government participants.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §46, 78
IA Code § 16.57 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.57 - Residential treatment facilities.

16.57 Residential treatment facilities.   1. The authority may issue its bonds and notes and loan the proceeds of the bonds or notes to a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of financing the acquisition or construction of residential housing or treatment facilities serving juveniles or persons with disabilities.   2. The authority may enter into a loan agreement with a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of financing the acquisition or construction of residential housing or treatment facilities serving juveniles or persons with disabilities and shall provide for payment of the loan and security for the loan as the authority deems advisable.   3. In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes pursuant to this section, the authority may provide that the related principal and interest are limited obligations payable solely out of the revenues derived from the debt obligation, collateral, or other security furnished by or on behalf of the nonprofit corporation, and the principal or interest does not constitute an indebtedness of the authority or a charge against the authority’s general credit or general fund.   4. The powers granted the authority under this section are in addition to the authority’s other powers under this chapter. All other provisions of this chapter, except section 16.28, subsection 4, apply to bonds or notes issued pursuant to, and powers granted to the authority under this section, except to the extent the provisions are inconsistent with this section.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §47, 78  Referred to in §237.14
IA Code § 16.58 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.58 - Definitions.

16.58 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Agricultural assets” means agricultural land, depreciable agricultural property, crops, or livestock.   2. “Agricultural improvements” means any improvements, buildings, structures, or fixtures suitable for use in farming which are located on agricultural land.   3. “Agricultural land” means land suitable for use in farming.   4. “Agricultural producer” means a person that engages or wishes to engage or intends to engage in the business of producing and marketing agricultural produce in this state.   5. “Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act” means the Act cited as 50 Stat. 522 (1937), formerly codified as 7 U.S.C. §1000 et seq., repealed by Pub. L. No. 87-128 (1961).   6. “Beginning farmer” means an individual, partnership, family farm corporation, or family farm limited liability company, with a low or moderate net worth that engages in farming or wishes to engage in farming.   7. “Family farm corporation” means the same as defined in section 9H.1.   8. “Family farm limited liability company” means the same as defined in section 9H.1.   9. “Farming” means the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the raising of poultry, the production of eggs, the production of milk, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, grazing, the production of livestock, aquaculture, hydroponics, the production of forest products, or other activities designated by the authority by rules subject to chapter 17A.   10. “Low or moderate net worth” means a net worth that does not exceed the maximum allowable net worth established by the authority. The authority shall establish the maximum allowable net worth in accordance with the prices paid by farmers index as compiled by the United States department of agriculture.   11. “Production item” includes tools, machinery, or equipment principally used to produce crops or livestock.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §48, 78, 117, 125  Referred to in §16.77, 456A.38, 654.16, 654.16A
IA Code § 16.59 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.59 - Special financing — calculations.

16.59 Special financing — calculations.   To receive financing as provided in this subchapter, an individual, partnership, family farm corporation, or family farm limited liability company shall meet the applicable low or moderate net worth requirements established in this section. The requirement that applies to each such person is determined as follows:   1. For an individual, an aggregate net worth of the individual and the individual’s spouse and minor children not greater than the low or moderate net worth.   2. For a partnership, an aggregate net worth of all partners, including each partner’s net capital in the partnership, and each partner’s spouse and minor children not greater than twice the low or moderate net worth. However, the aggregate net worth of each partner and that partner’s spouse and minor children shall not exceed the low or moderate net worth.   3. For a family farm corporation, an aggregate net worth of all shareholders, including the value of each shareholder’s share in the family farm corporation, and each shareholder’s spouse and minor children not greater than twice the low or moderate net worth. However, the aggregate net worth of each shareholder and that shareholder’s spouse and minor children shall not exceed the low or moderate net worth.   4. For a family farm limited liability company, an aggregate net worth of all members, including each member’s ownership interest in the family farm limited liability company, and each member’s spouse and minor children of not greater than twice the low or moderate net worth. However, the aggregate net worth of each member and that member’s spouse and minor children shall not exceed the low or moderate net worth.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §49, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §22; 2019 Acts, ch 161, §5, 18, 19  2019 amendment to subsection 4 applies retroactively to January 1, 2019, for tax years beginning on or after that date; 2019 Acts, ch 161, §19
IA Code § 16.60 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.60 - Combination of programs permitted.

16.60 Combination of programs permitted.   Programs authorized in this subchapter may be combined with any other programs authorized in this chapter or any other public or private programs.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §50, 78
IA Code § 16.61 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.61 - Legislative findings — purposes — public policy.

16.61 Legislative findings — purposes — public policy. Repealed by  2007 Acts, ch 54, §45  .
IA Code § 16.62 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.62 - Trust assets.

16.62 Trust assets.   The authority shall make application to and receive from the United States secretary of agriculture, or any other proper federal official, pursuant and subject to the provisions of Pub. L. No. 81-499, 64 Stat. 152 (1950), formerly codified at 40 U.S.C. §440 et seq. (1976), all of the trust assets held by the United States in trust for the Iowa rural rehabilitation corporation now dissolved.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §51, 78
IA Code § 16.63 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.63 - Agreements.

16.63 Agreements.   The authority may enter into agreements with the United States secretary of agriculture pursuant to Pub. L. No. 81-499 §2(f) (1950) upon terms and conditions and for periods of time as mutually agreeable, authorizing the authority to accept, administer, expend, and use in the state of Iowa all or any part of the trust assets or other funds in the state of Iowa which have been appropriated for use in carrying out the purposes of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and to do any and all things necessary to effectuate and carry out the purposes of such agreements.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §52, 78
IA Code § 16.64 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.64 - Bonds and notes — tax exemption.

16.64 Bonds and notes — tax exemption.   1. The authority shall publish a notice of intention to issue bonds or notes. After sixty days from the date of publication of the notice, an action shall not be brought questioning the legality of any bonds or notes or the power of the authority to issue any bonds or notes or to the legality of any proceedings in connection with the authorization or issuance of the bonds or notes after determination by the board of the authority to proceed with the issuance of the bonds or notes.   2. Bonds and notes issued by the authority for purposes of financing the beginning farmer loan program provided in section 16.75 are exempt from taxation by the state, and interest earned on the bonds and notes is deductible in determining net income for purposes of the state individual and corporate income tax under subchapters II and III of chapter 422.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §53, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §23; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Referred to in §422.7(2)(e)  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 16.72 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.72 - Powers.

16.72 Powers. Repealed by  2007 Acts, ch 54, §45  . See §16.5C.
IA Code § 16.73 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.73 - Rules.

16.73 Rules. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §111, 114. See §16.17.
IA Code § 16.76 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.76 - Loans to beginning farmers.

16.76 Loans to beginning farmers.   1. As used in this section, “loan” includes but is not limited to mortgage or secured loans; loans insured, guaranteed, or otherwise secured by the federal government or a federal governmental agency or instrumentality, or a state agency or private mortgage insurers; and financing pursuant to an installment contract or contract for purchase arrangement.   2. The authority may make loans to beginning farmers to provide financing for agricultural land and agricultural improvements or depreciable agricultural property.   3. A loan shall contain terms and provisions, including interest rates, and be in a form established by rules of the authority. The authority may require a beginning farmer to execute a note, loan, or financing agreement, or other evidence of indebtedness, and to furnish additional assurances and guaranties, including insurance, reasonably related to protecting the security of the loan, as the authority deems necessary.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §57, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §24
IA Code § 16.77 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.77 - Definitions.

16.77 Definitions.   As used in this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Agricultural development board” means the agricultural development board created in section 16.2C.   2. “Agricultural lease agreement” or “agreement” means an agreement for the transfer of agricultural assets, that must at least include a lease of agricultural land, from an eligible taxpayer to a qualified beginning farmer as provided in section 16.79A.   3. “Department” means the department of revenue.   4. “Eligible taxpayer” means a taxpayer who may participate in the beginning farmer tax credit program, including by meeting all the criteria as provided in section 16.79.   5. “Program” means the beginning farmer tax credit program created pursuant to section 16.78.   6. “Qualified beginning farmer” means a beginning farmer as defined in section 16.58 who meets the requirements to participate in a beginning farmer tax credit program as provided in section 16.79.   7. “Tax credit” means the beginning farmer tax credit allowed under section 16.82.  2019 Acts, ch 161, §6, 18, 19  Section applies retroactively to January 1, 2019, for tax years beginning on or after that date; 2019 Acts, ch 161, §19
IA Code § 16.78 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.78 - Beginning farmer tax credit program — establishment and administration.

16.78 Beginning farmer tax credit program — establishment and administration.   1. A beginning farmer tax credit program is established under the control of the authority.   2. The authority and the department shall cooperate in administering the program. The department shall have all rulemaking powers necessary to administer its responsibilities under this subpart as it does under chapter 422.   3. To every extent practicable, the authority shall administer the program in a manner that encourages participation by eligible taxpayers and qualifying beginning farmers for the primary purposes of providing beginning farmers access to farmland and enhancing the stability of the beginning farmer’s farming business.   4. The authority and the department shall each adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A as necessary for the administration of their respective responsibilities under this subpart. The eligibility requirements for taxpayers and the qualifications for beginning farmers as provided in the rules shall not be more stringent than provided in this subpart.   5. The authority shall provide for the preparation or revision and publication or distribution of forms necessary to administer their responsibilities under this subpart.  2019 Acts, ch 161, §7, 18, 19  Referred to in §16.77, 16.79A, 16.82  Section applies retroactively to January 1, 2019, for tax years beginning on or after that date; 2019 Acts, ch 161, §19
IA Code § 16.80 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.80 - Agricultural assets transfer tax credit — agreement.

16.80 Agricultural assets transfer tax credit — agreement. Repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 161, §15, 18, 19.  2019 repeal applies retroactively to January 1, 2019, for tax years beginning on or after that date; for provisions relating to agricultural assets transfer tax credit applications approved before May 21, 2019, applicability of prior tax credits, and continuance of carryover provisions; see 2019 Acts, ch 161, §16, 17, 19
IA Code § 16.82A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.82A - Beginning farmer tax credit awards — amount and availability.

16.82A Beginning farmer tax credit awards — amount and availability.   1. a. Upon approval of an application as provided in section 16.81, the authority shall make a tax credit award to the eligible taxpayer. The tax credit award shall equal the sum of the tax credits calculated by the authority under section 16.82 for all eligible years under the approved agreement.   b. The authority shall notify the eligible taxpayer of the tax credit award under the program. The notification shall include the total tax credit award, the amount of the tax credit award that will be issued by way of a tax credit certificate in each future year under the approved agreement, and a statement that the eligible taxpayer has no right to receive tax credit certificates and claim tax credits under the program if all requirements of the agreement and the program are not satisfied.   c. If, after a tax credit award is made, the eligible taxpayer or qualified beginning farmer no longer meets the requirements of the agreement or the program, the authority may revoke the tax credit award and may rescind any tax credit certificate that has been issued.   2. The amount of beginning farmer tax credits that may be awarded by the authority in any one calendar year under the beginning farmer tax credit program shall not in the aggregate exceed a limit of twelve million dollars. Tax credits shall be awarded by the authority not later than December 15 of each calendar year after the agricultural development board reviews applications as provided in section 16.81 and the authority determines tax credit amounts for the approved applications as provided in section 16.82, aggregated for purposes of meeting the annual program award limits.   3. a. The authority shall issue tax credit certificates on an annual basis to eligible taxpayers who have received a tax credit award. The tax credit certificate shall contain the information required by the department.   b. The aggregate amount of tax credit certificates issued to an eligible taxpayer shall not exceed the eligible taxpayer’s tax credit award.   c. A tax credit certificate, unless rescinded by the authority, shall be accepted by the department as payment for taxes pursuant to chapter 422, subchapters II and III, subject to any conditions or restrictions placed by the authority upon the face of the tax credit certificate and subject to the limitations of the program.  2019 Acts, ch 161, §12, 18, 19; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §13, 94  Referred to in §16.79A, 16.81  Section applies retroactively to January 1, 2019, for tax years beginning on or after that date; 2019 Acts, ch 161, §19  Applicability of section to tax credits awarded to applicants submitting applications before May 21, 2019, for agricultural transfer tax credits under former §16.80, for the tax year beginning January 1, 2019, see 2019 Acts, ch 161, §16, 17, 19  Code editor directive applied  Subsection 1, paragraph c amended
IA Code § 16.90 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.90 - Definition.

16.90 Definition.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “title guaranty” means a guaranty against loss or damage caused by a defective title to real property.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §65, 78
IA Code § 16.93 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.93 - Closing protection letters.

16.93 Closing protection letters.   1. The authority through the Iowa title guaranty division may issue a closing protection letter to a person to whom a proposed title guaranty is to be issued, upon the request of the person, if the division issues a commitment for title guaranty or title guaranty certificate. The closing protection letter shall conform to the terms of coverage and form of the instrument as approved by the division board and may indemnify a person to whom a proposed title guaranty is to be issued against loss of settlement funds due to only the following acts of the division’s named participating attorney, participating abstractor, or closer:   a. Theft of settlement funds.   b. Failure by the participating attorney, participating abstractor, or closer to comply with written closing instructions of the person to whom a proposed title guaranty is to be issued relating to title certificate coverage when agreed to by the participating attorney, participating abstractor, or closer.   2. A closing protection letter shall only be issued to a person to whom a proposed title guaranty is to be issued for real property transactions in which the division has committed to issue an owner or lender certificate and for which the division receives a premium and other payments or fees for a title guaranty certificate or other coverage.   3. The division board shall establish the amount of coverage to be provided and may distinguish between classes of property including, but not limited to, residential, agricultural, or commercial, provided that the total amount of coverage provided by the closing protection letter shall not exceed the amount of the commitment or title guaranty to be issued. Liability under the closing protection letter shall be coextensive with liability under the certificate to be issued in connection with a transaction such that payments under the terms of the closing protection letter shall reduce by the same amount the liability under the title guaranty certificate and payment under the title guaranty certificate shall reduce the liability under the terms of the closing protection letter.   4. The division may adopt a required fee for providing closing protection letter coverage.   5. The division shall not provide any other coverage which purports to indemnify against improper acts or omissions of a person with regard to escrow, settlement, or closing services.   6. The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this section.  2000 Acts, ch 1166, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1055, §1, 2; 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §68, 78