Title II, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.1 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 stat…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.10 73A.10 Witness fees — costs. Witness fees and mileage for witnesses on hearing appeals shall be the same as in the district court; but objectors or appellants shall not be allowed witness fees or mileage. Costs of hearings and appeals shall b…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.11 73A.11 Report on completion. Upon the completion of the improvement the executive officer or governing board of the municipality shall file with the appeal board a verified report showing: 1. The location and character of the improvement. 2. …

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.12 73A.12 Issuance of bonds — notice. Before any municipality shall institute proceedings for the issuance of any bonds or other evidence of indebtedness payable from taxation, excepting such bonds or other evidence of indebtedness as have been …

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.13 73A.13 Objections. At any time before the date fixed for the issuance of such bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, interested objectors in any municipality equal in number to one percent of those voting for the office of president of the …

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.14 73A.14 Notice of hearing. Upon the filing of any such petition, the clerk or secretary of such municipality shall immediately certify a copy thereof, together with such other data as may be necessary in order to present the questions involved…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.15 73A.15 Decision. 1. The appeal board shall determine the matters involved in such appeal. Its decision shall be certified to the executive officer of the municipality affected. Judicial review of the action of the appeal board may be sought i…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.16 73A.16 Bonds and taxes void. Any bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued contrary to the provisions of this subchapter, and any tax levied or attempted to be levied for the payment of any such bonds or interest thereon, shall be null a…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.17 73A.17 Unpaid revenue bonds — effect. It shall be lawful for any municipality to issue revenue bonds, the principal and interest of which are to be paid solely from revenue derived from the operations of the project for which such bonds are i…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.18 73A.18 When bids required — advertisement — deposit. When the estimated total cost of construction, erection, demolition, alteration or repair of a public improvement exceeds the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.19 73A.19 Sale of municipal bonds without hearing or contract. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any municipality may authorize, sell, issue and deliver its bonds without regard to whether or not notice and hearing on the plans, spe…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.2 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 …

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.20 73A.20 Bid bonds. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Code, any contracting authority may authorize the use of bid bonds executed by corporations authorized to contract as surety in Iowa and on a form prescribed by the contracting aut…

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1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.23 73A.23 Reserved. Reserved. Wed Dec 10 22:28:55 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 73A.23 (9, 0)

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.24 73A.24 Reserved. Reserved. Wed Dec 10 22:28:55 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 73A.24 (9, 0)

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.25 73A.25 Title. This subchapter shall be known as the “Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act”. 2017 Acts, ch 65, §5, 9, 10 Wed Dec 10 22:28:56 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 73A.25 (14, 0)…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.26 73A.26 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for more economical, nondiscriminatory, neutral, and efficient procurement of construction-related goods and services by this state and political subdivisions of this state. 2017 Ac…

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1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.28 73A.28 Public improvement contracts — prohibited terms and exemptions. 1. A governmental entity awarding a contract for the construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a public improvement and any construction manager acting on its beh…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.3 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 t…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.4 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 i…

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1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.6 73A.6 Notice of hearing on appeal. 1. The appeal board shall forthwith fix a time and place in the municipality or nearby convenient place for hearing said appeal, and notice of such hearing shall be given by certified mail to the executive of…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.7 73A.7 Hearing and decision. 1. At such hearing, the appellants and any other interested person may appear and be heard. The appeal board shall examine, with the aid of competent assistants, the entire record, and if it shall find that the form…

1 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND BONDS, §73A.8 73A.8 Enforcement of performance. After any contract for any public improvement has been completed and any five persons interested request it, the appeal board shall examine into the matter as to whether or not the contract has been performed …

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