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2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.17 - Payroll deduction for additional insurance coverage.

70A.17 Payroll deduction for additional insurance coverage.
1. The state officer in charge of any of the state payroll systems shall deduct from the wages or salaries of a state officer or employee an amount specified by the officer or employee for payment to any company authorized to do business in this state for the purpose of purchasing insurance if all of the following conditions are met:
a. At least five hundred state officers or employees request the deduction to purchase insurance from the same company.
b. The request for the payroll deduction is made by the state officer or employee in writing to the officer in charge of the program.
c. The pay period during which the deduction is made, the frequency, and the amount of the deduction are compatible with the payroll system.
d. The insurance coverage to be purchased is not provided by the state.
e. The company providing the insurance enters into a written agreement with the state delineating each party’s rights and responsibilities.
2. The moneys deducted under this section shall be paid to the company designated by the requesting state officers or employees. The deduction may be made even though the compensation paid to an officer or employee is reduced to an amount below the minimum prescribed by law. Payment to an officer or employee of compensation less the deduction shall constitute a full discharge of claims and demands for services rendered by the officer or employee during the period covered by the payment. The request for the deduction may be withdrawn at any time by filing a written notification of withdrawal with the state officer in charge of any of the state payroll systems.
3. The department of administrative services reserves the right to terminate an insurance company’s participation in the program if the department receives complaints regarding the actions of the insurance company or its agents in relation to the program and such termination would be in the best interest of the state officers and employees; the department makes a determination that the insurance company has engaged in a pattern or practice of unfair, misleading, or fraudulent acts and such termination would be in the best interest of the state officers and employees; or the commissioner of insurance determines that the company has engaged in practices that would otherwise disqualify the company from providing insurance coverage in Iowa.
4. The department is authorized to establish and collect an administrative fee as deemed necessary and appropriate in an amount not to exceed the state’s actual cost of providing the payroll deduction service.
2004 Acts, ch 1103, §75
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.17A - Payroll deduction for dues.

70A.17A Payroll deduction for dues.
1. The state officer in charge of the payroll system shall deduct from the salary or wages of a state officer or employee an amount specified by the officer or employee for payment to a professional or trade organization for dues or membership fees if:
a. The professional or trade organization consents to payment of dues in this manner.
b. The employee requests in writing that payment of dues or membership fees be made in this manner.
c. The pay period during which the deduction is made, the frequency, and the amount of the deduction are compatible with the payroll system.
d. The following number of state officers or employees request the deduction for the same professional or trade organization:
(1) One hundred or more state officers or employees employed outside the jurisdiction of the state board of regents, or employed at Iowa state university of science and technology or the state university of Iowa.
(2) Fifty or more state officers or employees employed at the university of northern Iowa.
(3) Twenty-five or more state officers or employees employed at the Iowa school for the deaf or at the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
2. The deduction may be made even though the compensation paid to an officer or employee is reduced to an amount below the minimum prescribed by law. Payment to an officer or employee of compensation less the deduction shall constitute a full discharge of claims and demands for services rendered by the officer or employee during the period covered by the payment. The request for the deduction may be withdrawn at any time by filing a written notification of withdrawal with the state officer in charge of the payroll system.
94 Acts, ch 1188, §36; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §21, 26, 27
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.17B - Payroll deduction for eligible qualified tuition program contributions.

70A.17B Payroll deduction for eligible qualified tuition program contributions.
1. The state officer in charge of any of the state payroll systems shall deduct from the wages or salaries of a state officer or employee an amount specified by the officer or employee for payment to an eligible qualified tuition program in a method consistent with current discretionary payroll deductions and on forms prescribed by the payroll administrator. For purposes of this section, an “eligible qualified tuition program” is a program that meets the requirements of a qualified tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code and is a program in which at least five hundred state officers or employees request a payroll deduction and the request for the payroll deduction is made by the state officer or employee in writing to the officer in charge of the program.
2. The moneys deducted under this section shall be paid to the eligible qualified tuition program for the benefit of the officer’s or employee’s account no later than thirty days following the payroll deduction from the wages of the officer or employee. The deduction may be made even though the compensation paid to an officer or employee is reduced to an amount below the minimum prescribed by law. Payment to an officer or employee of compensation less the deduction shall constitute a full discharge of claims and demands for services rendered by the officer or employee during the period covered by the payment. The request for the deduction may be withdrawn at any time by filing a written notification of withdrawal with the state officer in charge of any of the state payroll systems.
2005 Acts, ch 75, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.18 - Compensation based on comparable worth.

70A.18 Compensation based on comparable worth.
It is the policy of this state that a state department, board, commission, or agency shall not discriminate in compensation for work of comparable worth between jobs held predominantly by women and jobs held predominantly by men. “Comparable worth” means the value of work as measured by the composite of the skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions normally required in the performance of work.
83 Acts, ch 170, §1 – 4
CS83, §79.18
C93, §70A.18
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.19 - Payroll deduction for employee organization dues prohibited.

70A.19 Payroll deduction for employee organization dues prohibited.
The state, a state agency, a regents institution, a board of directors of a school district, a community college, or an area education agency, a county board of supervisors, a governing body of a city, or any other public employer as defined in section 20.3 shall not authorize or administer a deduction from the salaries or wages of its employees for membership dues to an employee organization as defined in section 20.3.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §234
C87, §79.19
C93, §70A.19
2017 Acts, ch 2, §22, 26, 27
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.25 - Educational leave — educational assistance.

70A.25 Educational leave — educational assistance.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Educational assistance” means reimbursement for tuition, fees, books or other expenses incurred by a state employee in taking coursework at an educational institution or attending a workshop, seminar, or conference without a reduction in ordinary job responsibilities and that the appointing authority determines contributes to the growth and development of the employee in the employee’s present position or in a position to which the employee may reasonably be assigned.
b. “Educational leave” means full or partial absence from an employee’s ordinary job responsibilities either with full or partial pay or without pay, to attend a course of study at an educational institution or a course of study conducted by a reputable sponsor on behalf of an educational institution. Educational leave may include reimbursement for all or a portion of educational expenses incurred.
c. “Educational leave” and “educational assistance” do not apply to job training, employee development programs, or departmental seminars that are conducted or sponsored by a state agency.
2. General applicability.
a. The purpose of educational leave with full or partial pay and educational assistance is to assist state employees to develop skills that will improve their ability to perform state job responsibilities or in the case of educational leave to also provide training and educational opportunities for employees of a state agency that will enable the agency director to better meet the staffing needs of the state agency.
b. The director of the department of administrative services shall not allow the payment of expenses for courses unless the department, agency, or commission can demonstrate a relationship between the employee’s job responsibilities and the courses to be taken or that the employee is required to learn new skills for which the department, agency, or commission has a need.
85 Acts, ch 215, §2
CS85, §79.25
86 Acts, ch 1245, §237 – 239
C93, §70A.25
2000 Acts, ch 1171, §22 – 24; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2014 Acts, ch 1036, §14
Referred to in §70A.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.26 - Disaster service volunteer leave.

70A.26 Disaster service volunteer leave.
1. An employee of an appointing authority who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American red cross may be granted leave with pay from work for not more than fifteen working days in any twelve-month period to participate in disaster relief services for the American red cross at the request of the American red cross for the services of that employee and upon the approval of the employee’s appointing authority without loss of seniority, pay, vacation time, personal days, sick leave, insurance and health coverage benefits, or earned overtime accumulation. The appointing authority shall compensate an employee granted leave under this section at the employee’s regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work.
2. An employee granted leave under this section shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of workers’ compensation. An employee granted leave under this section shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of the Iowa tort claims Act, chapter 669.
3. Leave under this section shall be granted only for services relating to a disaster in the state of Iowa.
95 Acts, ch 132, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §15; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §27
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.27 - Leave of absence for charge of a crime — civil penalty.

70A.27 Leave of absence for charge of a crime — civil penalty.
1. For the purposes of this section:
a. “Convicted” means convicted of an indictable offense and includes a guilty plea or other finding of guilt by a court of competent jurisdiction.
b. “Public employee” means any individual employed by a public employer. “Public employee” includes heads of executive branch agencies.
c. “Public employer” means the state, its boards, commissions, agencies, and departments, and its political subdivisions including school districts and other special purpose districts. “Public employer” includes the general assembly and the governor.
2. a. A public employee on a leave of absence with full or partial compensation because the public employee is charged, by indictment or information, with the commission of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense shall pay to the public employer employing the public employee a civil penalty equal to the cash wages that the public employee received during the period of the leave of absence if the public employee is convicted of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense.
b. A public employee shall pay to the public employer employing the public employee a civil penalty equal to any payments that the public employee received pursuant to the terms of the public employee’s employment contract that result from the termination of the contract, if the termination was caused by the employee being charged, by indictment or information, with the commission of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense, and if the public employee is convicted of a public offense classified as a class “D” felony or greater offense.
2011 Acts, ch 88, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.29 - Reprisals prohibited — political subdivisions — penalty — civil remedies.

70A.29 Reprisals prohibited — political subdivisions — penalty — civil remedies.
1. A person shall not discharge an employee from or take or fail to take action regarding an employee’s appointment or proposed appointment to, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in employment by a political subdivision of this state as a reprisal for a disclosure of any information by that employee to a member or employee of the general assembly, an official of that political subdivision, a person providing human resource management for that political subdivision, or a state official, or for a disclosure of information to any other public official or law enforcement agency if the employee, in good faith, reasonably believes the information evidences a violation of law or rule, mismanagement, a gross abuse of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. This section does not apply if the disclosure of the information is prohibited by statute.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 commits a simple misdemeanor.
3. Subsection 1 may be enforced through a civil action.
a. A person who violates subsection 1 is liable to an aggrieved employee for affirmative relief including reinstatement, with or without back pay, civil damages in an amount not to exceed three times the annual wages and benefits received by the aggrieved employee prior to the violation of subsection 1, and any other equitable relief the court deems appropriate, including attorney fees and costs.
b. When a person commits, is committing, or proposes to commit an act in violation of subsection 1, an injunction may be granted through an action in district court to prohibit the person from continuing such acts. The action for injunctive relief may be brought by an aggrieved employee, the county attorney, or the person providing human resource management for the political subdivision.
4. Each political subdivision of this state subject to the requirements of this section shall provide procedures for notifying new employees of the authority of the office of ombudsman to investigate complaints under chapter 2C and shall provide information to all employees of the political subdivision, including the toll-free telephone number of the ombudsman.
85 Acts, ch 60, §1
CS85, §79.29
89 Acts, ch 124, §3
C93, §70A.29
2019 Acts, ch 109, §2 – 4
Referred to in §20.8, 279.51A, 279.73
See also §8A.417, 70A.28
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.37 - Collective bargaining agreements.

70A.37 Collective bargaining agreements.
Administrative rules adopted by the director of the department of administrative services pursuant to this chapter shall not supersede provisions of collective bargaining agreements negotiated under chapter 20.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §240
C87, §79.37
C93, §70A.37
2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.39 - Blood, bone marrow, and living organ donation incentive program.

70A.39 Blood, bone marrow, and living organ donation incentive program.
1. For the purposes of this section:
a. “Blood” means whole blood, power red, platelets, or plasma.
b. “Bone marrow” means the soft tissue that fills human bone cavities.
c. “Living organ” means one of two kidneys, one of two lobes of a liver, a lung or part of a lung, part of the pancreas, or part of the intestines.
2. State employees, excluding employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement which provides otherwise, shall be granted leaves of absence in accordance with the following:
a. A leave of absence of up to five workdays for an employee who requests a leave of absence to serve as a bone marrow donor if the employee provides written verification from the employee’s physician or the hospital involved with the bone marrow donation that the employee will serve as a bone marrow donor.
b. A leave of absence of up to thirty workdays for an employee who requests a leave of absence to serve as a living organ donor if the employee provides written verification from the employee’s physician or the hospital involved with the living organ donation that the employee will serve as a living organ donor.
c. A leave of absence of up to two consecutive hours in a workday for an employee who requests a leave of absence to serve as a voluntary blood donor if the employee provides written verification from the employee’s physician or the facility involved with the blood donation that the employee will serve as a voluntary blood donor. An employee may submit a request for a leave of absence under this paragraph no more than four times in a year.
3. An employee who is granted a leave of absence under this section shall receive leave without loss of seniority, pay, vacation time, personal days, sick leave, insurance and health coverage benefits, or earned overtime accumulation. The employee shall be compensated at the employee’s regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work.
4. An employee deemed to be on leave under this section shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of workers’ compensation or for purposes of the Iowa tort claims Act, chapter 669.
2003 Acts, ch 32, §1
; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §37, 209
; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §16; 2021 Acts, ch 85, §1; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §24
Subsection 2, paragraph c amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.40 - Elective public officer contact information.

70A.40 Elective public officer contact information.
1. Within thirty days of an elective public officer swearing to an oath of office, the governmental entity the officer serves shall provide the officer with designated contact information with the governmental entity. A governmental entity that maintains an internet site shall cause to be published the contact information for each of the entity’s elective public officers on the internet site maintained by the entity. An elective public officer may provide additional contact information that would normally be used to make contact with the officer to the governmental entity to be published as provided in this section for designated contact information.
2. a. For the purposes of this section, “contact information” means a telephone number or an electronic mail address.
b. For the purposes of this section, “elective public officer” or “officer” means all of the following:
(1) Members of the general assembly.
(2) Members of a county board of supervisors.
(3) Members of a city council.
(4) Members of a board of directors of a school district.
2015 Acts, ch 113, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 70A - FINANCIAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › Section 70A.41 - Public employee health insurance.

70A.41 Public employee health insurance.
A public employer shall offer health insurance to all permanent, full-time public employees employed by the public employer. A public employer may offer health insurance to any other public employees employed by the public employer. All costs of such health insurance shall be determined as otherwise provided by law. For purposes of this section, “public employer” and “public employee” mean the same as defined in section 20.3.
2017 Acts, ch 2, §65, 67
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 71 - NEPOTISM › Section 71.1 - Employments prohibited.

71.1 Employments prohibited.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person elected or appointed to any public office or position under the laws of the state or by virtue of the ordinance of any city in the state, to appoint as deputy, clerk, or helper in said office or position to be paid from the public funds, any person related by consanguinity or affinity, within the third degree, to the person elected, appointed, or making said appointment, unless such appointment shall first be approved by the officer, board, council, or commission whose duty it is to approve the bond of the principal; provided this provision shall not apply in cases where such person appointed receives compensation at the rate of six hundred dollars per year or less, nor shall it apply to persons teaching in public schools, nor shall it apply to the employment of clerks of members of the general assembly.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1166; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §71.1]
Approving officers and boards, §64.19
Computation of degrees, §4.1(4)
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 71 - NEPOTISM › Section 71.2 - Payment prohibited.

71.2 Payment prohibited.
No person so unlawfully appointed or employed shall be paid or receive any compensation from the public money and such appointment shall be null and void and any person or persons so paying the same or any part thereof, together with their surety, shall be liable for any and all moneys so paid.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1167; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §71.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 72 - DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS › Section 72.1 - Contracts for excess expenditures — exception for coal.

72.1 Contracts for excess expenditures — exception for coal.
Officers empowered to expend, or direct the expenditure of, public money of the state shall not make any contract for any purpose which contemplates an expenditure of such money in excess of that authorized by law. However, the state or an agency of the state may enter into a contract of not exceeding ten years in duration for the purchase of coal to be used in facilities under the jurisdiction of the state or the state agency. The execution of the contract shall be contingent upon appropriations by the general assembly in sufficient amounts to meet the terms of the contract.
[R60, §2181; C73, §127; C97, §185, 186; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1168; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §72.1]
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 72 - DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS › Section 72.2 - Executive council may authorize indebtedness.

72.2 Executive council may authorize indebtedness.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the incurring of an indebtedness on account of support funds for state institutions, upon the prior written direction of the executive council, specifying the items and amount of such indebtedness to be increased, and the necessity therefor.
[C97, §186; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1169; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §72.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 72 - DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS › Section 72.3 - Divulging contents of sealed bids.

72.3 Divulging contents of sealed bids.
No public officer or deputy thereof, if any, shall directly or indirectly or in any manner whatsoever, at any other time or in any other manner than as provided by law, open any sealed bid or convey or divulge to any person any part of the contents of a sealed bid, on any proposed contract concerning which a sealed bid is required or permitted by law.
[S13, §1279-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1170; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §72.3]
Referred to in §8A.311, 72.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 72 - DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS › Section 72.4 - Penalty.

72.4 Penalty.
A violation of the provisions of section 72.3 shall, in addition to criminal liability, render the violator liable, personally and on the violator’s bond, if any, to liquidated damages in the sum of one thousand dollars for each violation, to inure to and be collected by the state, county, city, school corporation or other municipal corporation of which the violator is an officer or deputy.
[S13, §1279-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1171; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §72.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 72 - DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS › Section 72.5 - Life cycle cost.

72.5 Life cycle cost.
1. a. A contract for a public improvement or construction of a public building, including new construction or renovation of an existing public building, by the state, or an agency of the state, shall not be let without satisfying the following requirements:
(1) A design professional submitting a design development proposal for consideration of the public body shall at minimum prepare one proposal meeting the design program’s space and use requirements which reflects the lowest life cycle cost possible in light of existing commercially available technology.
(2) Submission of a cost-benefit analysis of any deviations from the lowest life cycle cost proposal contained in other design proposals requested by or prepared for submission to the public body.
b. The public body may request additional design proposals in light of funds available for construction, aesthetic considerations, or any other reason.
c. This subsection applies for all design development proposals requested on or after January 1, 1991.
2. The director of the economic development authority, in consultation with the department of management, state building code commissioner, and state fire marshal, shall develop standards and methods to evaluate design development documents and construction documents based upon life cycle cost factors to facilitate fair and uniform comparisons between design proposals and informed decision making by public bodies.
3. The department of management shall develop a proposal for submission to the general assembly on or before January 10, 1991, to create a division within the department of management to evaluate life cycle costs on design proposals submitted on public improvement and construction contracts for agencies of the state, to assure uniform comparisons and professional evaluations of design proposals by an independent agency. The report shall also address potential redundancy and conflicts within existing state law regarding life cycle cost analysis and recommend the resolution of any problems which are identified.
4. It is the intent of the general assembly to discourage construction of public buildings based upon lowest acquisition cost, and instead to require that such decisions be based upon life cycle costs to reduce energy consumption, maintenance requirements, and continuing burdens upon taxpayers.
90 Acts, ch 1252, §5; 94 Acts, ch 1173, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §17; 2006 Acts, ch 1014, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §17; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §5, 41; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §50, 89
Referred to in §476.10B
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.1 - Preference — conditions.

73.1 Preference — conditions.
1. Every commission, board, committee, officer, or other governing body of the state, or of any county, township, school district or city, and every person acting as contracting or purchasing agent for any such commission, board, committee, officer, or other governing body shall use only those products and provisions grown and coal produced within the state of Iowa, when they are found in marketable quantities in the state and are of a quality reasonably suited to the purpose intended, and can be secured without additional cost over foreign products or products of other states. This section shall apply to horticultural products grown in this state even if the products are not in the stage of processing that the agency usually purchases the product. However, this section does not apply to a school district purchasing food while the school district is participating in the federal school lunch or breakfast program.
2. All requests for proposals for materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other needed articles and services to be purchased at public expense shall not knowingly be written in such a way as to exclude an Iowa-based company capable of filling the needs of the purchasing entity from submitting a responsive proposal.
[C27, 31, 35, §1171-b1; C39, §1171.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.1]
86 Acts, ch 1096, §10; 2004 Acts, ch 1046, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.2 - Advertisements for bids — form.

73.2 Advertisements for bids — form.
1. a. All requests made for bids and proposals for materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other needed articles to be purchased at public expense, shall be made in general terms and by general specifications and not by brand, trade name, or other individual mark.
b. All such requests and bids shall contain a paragraph in easily legible print, reading as follows:
By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the state of Iowa.
2. In addition to any method of advertisement required by law, any executive branch agency, the general assembly, and the judicial branch shall advertise any request for bids and proposals on the official state internet site operated by the department of administrative services. An electronic link to an internet site maintained by an executive branch agency, the general assembly, or the judicial branch on which requests for bids and proposals for that agency or for the general assembly or judicial branch are posted satisfies the requirements of this subsection.
[C27, 31, 35, §1171-b2; C39, §1171.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.2]
2002 Acts, ch 1072, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §163; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §28
Referred to in §8A.311
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.5 - Violations — criminal penalty.

73.5 Violations — criminal penalty.
An officer or person who is connected with, or is a member or agent or representative of a commission, board, committee, officer or other governing body of this state, or of any county, township, school district, city, or contractor, who fails to give preference as required in this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. Each separate case of failure to give preference is a separate offense.
[C31, 35, §1171-d3; C39, §1171.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.5]
86 Acts, ch 1096, §11
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.6 - Iowa coal.

73.6 Iowa coal.
It shall be unlawful for any commission, board, county officer or other governing body of the state, or of any county, township, school district or city, to purchase or use any coal, except that mined or produced within the state by producers who are, at the time such coal is purchased and produced, complying with all the workers’ compensation and mining laws of the state. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable if coal produced within the state cannot be procured of a quantity or quality reasonably suited to the needs of such purchaser, nor if the equipment now installed is not reasonably adapted to the use of coal produced within the state, nor if the use of coal produced within the state would materially lessen the efficiency or increase the cost of operating such purchaser’s heating or power plant, nor to mines employing miners not now under the provisions of the workers’ compensation Act or who permit the miners to work in individual units in their own rooms.
[C39, §1171.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.6]
Referred to in §73.9, 73.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.9 - Violations — remedy.

73.9 Violations — remedy.
Any contract entered into or carried out in whole or in part, in violation of the provisions of section 73.6, shall be void and the contract or any claim growing out of the sale, delivery, or use of the coal specified in the contract, shall be unenforceable in any court. In addition to any other proper party or parties, any unsuccessful bidder at a letting provided for in section 73.6 shall have the right to maintain an action in equity to prevent the violation of the terms of section 73.6.
[C39, §1171.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.9]
95 Acts, ch 71, §1
Referred to in §73.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.10 - Exceptions.

73.10 Exceptions.
The provisions of sections 73.6 and 73.9 shall not apply to municipally owned and operated public utilities.
[C39, §1171.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §73.10]
2002 Acts, ch 1050, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.11 - Inconsistency with federal law.

73.11 Inconsistency with federal law.
If it is determined by the attorney general that any provision of this chapter would cause denial of funds or services from the United States government which would otherwise be available, or would otherwise be inconsistent with requirements of federal law, such provision shall be suspended, but only to the extent necessary to prevent denial of such funds or services or to eliminate the inconsistency with federal requirements.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §73.11]
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.14 - Minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and female-owned businesses — bond issuance services.

73.14 Minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and female-owned businesses — bond issuance services.
1. The state, board of regents institutions, counties, townships, school districts, community colleges, cities, and other public entities, and every person acting as contracting agent for any such entity, shall, when issuing bonds or other obligations, make a good-faith effort to utilize minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and female-owned businesses for attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, banks, underwriters, insurers, and other occupations necessary to carry out the issuance of bonds or other obligations by the entity.
2. For purposes of this section:
a. “Female-owned business” means a business that is fifty-one percent or more owned, operated, and actively managed by one or more women.
b. “Minority-owned business” means a business that is fifty-one percent or more owned, operated, and actively managed by one or more minority persons.
c. “Service-disabled veteran-owned business” means a business that is fifty-one percent or more owned, operated, and actively managed by one or more service-disabled veterans, as defined in 15 U.S.C. §632.
2010 Acts, ch 1184, §91; 2015 Acts, ch 136, §35, 36, 54, 55
Referred to in §73.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.15 - Title and definitions.

73.15 Title and definitions.
1. This subchapter may be cited as the “Iowa Targeted Small Business Procurement Act”.
2. As used in this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise, “small business” and “targeted small business” mean as defined in section 15.102.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §831; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Referred to in §8A.311, 11.26, 12E.12, 15.108, 97B.7A
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.17 - Targeted small business procurement goals — preliminary procedures.

73.17 Targeted small business procurement goals — preliminary procedures.
1. Quarterly the director of each agency and department of state government shall review the agency’s or department’s anticipated purchasing requirements. The directors shall notify the director of the economic development authority of their anticipated purchases and recommended procurements with unit quantities and total costs for procurement contracts designated to satisfy the targeted small business procurement goal not later than August 15 of each fiscal year and quarterly thereafter. The directors may divide the procurements so designated into contract award units of economically feasible production runs to facilitate offers or bids from targeted small businesses. In designating procurements intended to satisfy the targeted small business procurement goal, the directors may vary the included procurements so that a variety of goods and services produced by different targeted small businesses may be procured each year. The director of the economic development authority, in conjunction with the director of the department of management, shall review the information submitted and may require modifications from the agencies and departments.
2. A community college or area education agency shall, on a quarterly basis, and a school district shall, on an annual basis, review the community college’s, area education agency’s, or school district’s anticipated purchasing requirements. A community college, area education agency, or school district shall notify the department of education, which shall report to the economic development authority, of their anticipated purchases and recommended procurements with unit quantities and total costs for procurement contracts designated to satisfy the targeted small business procurement goal not later than August 15 of each fiscal year and quarterly thereafter, except that school districts shall report annually.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §833; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §7; 91 Acts, ch 267, §223; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Referred to in §8A.311, 11.26, 12E.12, 15.108, 97B.7A, 262.34A
Purchases by regents institutions, §262.34A
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.18 - Notice of solicitation for bids — identification of targeted small businesses.

73.18 Notice of solicitation for bids — identification of targeted small businesses.
The director of each agency or department, the administrator of each area education agency, the president of each community college, and the superintendent of each school district releasing a solicitation for bids or request for proposal under the targeted small business procurement goal program shall consult a directory of certified targeted small businesses produced by the economic development authority that lists all certified targeted small businesses by category of goods or services provided prior to or upon release of the solicitation and shall send a copy of the request for proposal or solicitation to any appropriate targeted small business listed in the directory. The economic development authority may charge the department, agency, area education agency, community college, or school district a reasonable fee to cover the cost of producing, distributing, and updating the directory.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §834; 88 Acts, ch 1273, §12; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §8; 91 Acts, ch 267, §224; 92 Acts, ch 1244, §36; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Referred to in §8A.311, 11.26, 12E.12, 15.108, 97B.7A
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.19 - Negotiated price or bid contract.

73.19 Negotiated price or bid contract.
In awarding a contract under the targeted small business procurement goal program, a director of an agency or department, or community college, area education agency, or school district, having purchasing authority may use either a negotiated price or bid contract procedure. A director of an agency or department, or community college, area education agency, or school district, using a negotiated contract shall consider any targeted small business engaged in that business. The director of the economic development authority or the director of the department of management may assist in the negotiation of a contract price under this section. Surety bonds guaranteed by the United States small business administration are acceptable security for a construction award under this section.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §835; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §9; 91 Acts, ch 267, §225; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Referred to in §8A.311, 11.26, 12E.12, 15.108, 97B.7A
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.20 - Determination of ability to perform.

73.20 Determination of ability to perform.
Before announcing a contract award pursuant to the targeted small business procurement goal program, the purchasing authority shall evaluate whether the targeted small business scheduled to receive the award is able to perform the contract. This determination shall include consideration of production and financial capacity and technical competence. If the purchasing authority determines that the targeted small business may be unable to perform, the director of the economic development authority shall be notified.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §836; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §10; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2013 Acts, ch 13, §8
Referred to in §8A.311, 11.26, 12E.12, 15.108, 97B.7A
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73 - PREFERENCES › Section 73.21 - Other procurement procedures.

73.21 Other procurement procedures.
All laws and rules pertaining to solicitations, bid evaluations, contract awards, and other procurement matters apply to procurement contracts for targeted small businesses to the extent there is no conflict. If this subchapter conflicts with other laws or rules, then this subchapter governs.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §837; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §11; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Referred to in §8A.311, 11.26, 12E.12, 15.108, 97B.7A
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73A - PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS › Section 73A.1 - Definitions.

73A.1 Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
1. “Appeal board” means the state appeal board, composed of the auditor of state, treasurer of state, and the director of the department of management.
2. “Municipality” means township or the state fair board.
3. “Public improvement” means a building or other construction work to be paid for in whole or in part by the use of funds of any municipality.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §351; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §23.1; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1001]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 85 Acts, ch 195, §5; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §311
C93, §73A.1
2005 Acts, ch 179, §148; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §19, 42, 43; 2017 Acts, ch 65, §3, 9, 10
Referred to in §390.3, 669.2
State appeal board, §24.26
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73A - PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS › Section 73A.2 - Notice of hearing.

73A.2 Notice of hearing.
Before any municipality shall enter into any contract for any public improvement to cost in excess of the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in section 314.1B, the governing body proposing to make the contract shall adopt proposed plans and specifications and proposed form of contract, fix a time and place for hearing at the municipality affected or other nearby convenient place, and give notice by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least ten days before the hearing.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §352; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §23.2; 81 Acts, ch 28, §1]
C93, §73A.2
2006 Acts, ch 1017, §20, 42, 43
Referred to in §390.3, 427.1(22)(d), 427.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73A - PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS › Section 73A.3 - Objections — hearing — decision.

73A.3 Objections — hearing — decision.
At such hearing, any person interested may appear and file objections to the proposed plans, specifications or contract for, or cost of such improvement. The governing body of the municipality proposing to enter into such contract shall hear said objections and any evidence for or against the same, and forthwith enter of record its decision thereon.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §353; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §23.3]
C93, §73A.3
Referred to in §390.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73A - PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS › Section 73A.4 - Appeal.

73A.4 Appeal.
1. Interested objectors in any municipality equal in number to one percent of those voting for the office of president of the United States or governor, as the case may be, at the last general election in said municipality, but in no event less than twenty-five, may appeal from the decision to the appeal board by serving notice thereof on the clerk or secretary of such municipality within ten days after such decision is entered of record.
2. The notice shall be in writing and shall set forth the objections to such decision and the grounds for such objections; provided that at least three of the persons signing said notice shall have appeared at the hearing and made objection, either general or specific, to the adoption of the proposed plans, specifications or contract for, or cost of such improvement.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §354; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §23.4]
C93, §73A.4
Referred to in §390.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES › Chapter 73A - PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS › Section 73A.5 - Information certified to appeal board.

73A.5 Information certified to appeal board.
In case an appeal is taken, such body shall forthwith certify and submit to the appeal board for examination and review the following:
1. A copy of the plans and specifications for such improvement.
2. A copy of the proposed contract.
3. An estimate of the cost of such improvement.
4. A report of the kind and amount of security proposed to be given for the faithful performance of the contract and the cost of such security.
5. A copy of the objections, if any, which have been urged by any taxpayer against the proposed plans, specifications or contract, or the cost of such improvement.
6. A separate estimate of the architect’s or engineer’s fees and cost of supervision.
7. A statement of the taxable value of the property within the municipality proposing to make such improvement.
8. A statement of the several rates of levy of taxes in such municipality for each fund.
9. A detailed statement of the bonded and other indebtedness of such municipality.
10. In case of state institutions and state fair board, the last three requirements may be omitted.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §23.5]
C93, §73A.5
Referred to in §390.3