Title I, STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)

1. For the purposes of this section , “service-learning” means a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. 2. The Iowa summ…

1. The commission, in collaboration with the department of natural resources, the department of workforce development, and the utilities commission, shall establish an Iowa green corps program. The commission shall work with the collaborating agencies and nonprofit agencies in de…

1. a. The commission, in collaboration with the department of education, may establish an Iowa reading corps program to provide Iowa reading corps AmeriCorps members with a data-based, problem-solving model of literacy instruction to use in tutoring students from prekindergarten …

1. a. The commission, in collaboration with the department, shall establish a Refugee Rebuild, Integrate, Serve, Empower (RefugeeRISE) AmeriCorps program to increase community integration and engagement for diverse refugee communities in rural and urban areas across the state. b.…

1. The commission may establish an Iowa national service corps program to provide opportunities for state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and private, nonprofit organizations to create national service programs outside of existing state and federal programs to meet…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Reinvestment Act” . 2013 Acts, ch 119, §1

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the same as defined in section 15.102 . 2. “Commencement date” means the date established for each district by the board under section 15J.4, subsection 3 , upon which the calculation of new state s…

The board may establish by rule a preapplication process to provide information related to the requirements of this chapter , to determine the interest of municipalities in establishing districts under this chapter , and to assist municipalities in preparing a proposed district p…

1. A municipality that has an area suitable for development within the boundaries of the municipality or within the combined boundaries of a municipality under section 15J.2, subsection 7 , paragraph “c” , is eligible to seek approval from the board to establish a reinvestment di…

1. a. The department shall calculate quarterly the amount of new state sales tax revenues for each district established in the state to be deposited in the state reinvestment district fund created in section 15J.6 , pursuant to section 423.2A, subsection 2 , subject to remittance…

1. A state reinvestment district fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department consisting of the new state sales tax revenues collected within each district and deposited in the fund pursuant to section 423.2A, subsection 2 , and the new state hote…

1. State sales tax revenue and state hotel and motel tax revenue remitted by the department to a municipality pursuant to section 15J.6 shall be deposited in a reinvestment project fund of the municipality and shall be used to fund projects within the district from which the reve…

1. As of the date twenty years after the district’s commencement date, the department shall cease to deposit state sales tax revenues and state hotel and motel tax revenues into the district’s account within the fund, unless the municipality dissolves the district by ordinance or…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Adequate housing” means housing which meets minimum structural, heating, lighting, ventilation, sanitary, occupancy, and maintenance standards compatible with applicable building and housing codes, as determined…

The authority may assist the development and expansion of family farming, housing, and business in the state through the establishment of the economic development program. The authority may issue its bonds or notes, or series of bonds or notes for the purpose of defraying the cos…

In carrying out the economic development program, the authority may do any of the following: 1. Make secured and unsecured loans for both the acquisition and the construction of projects on terms the authority determines. A loan may be made to any person or entity including but n…

1. The authority may enter into loan agreements with one or more borrowers to finance in whole or in part the acquisition of one or more projects by construction or purchase. The repayment obligation of the borrower or borrowers may be unsecured, secured by a mortgage or security…

1. The authority may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes for the economic development program that the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds or notes are payable exclusively from any of the following: a. The income and recei…

State officers and state departments and agencies may render services to the authority within their respective functions as requested by the authority. 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §23, 78

1. As used in this section , “member” means each individual appointed to any of the following: a. The board of directors of the authority created pursuant to section 16.2 . b. The board of directors of the agricultural development division created pursuant to section 16.2C . 2. a…

1. The authority shall cooperate with the department of natural resources in the creation, administration, and financing of the water pollution control works and drinking water facilities financing program established in sections 455B.291 through 455B.299 . 2. The authority may i…

As used in section 16.131 , this section , and sections 16.132 through 16.135 , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Clean Water Act” means the federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Pub. L. No. 92-500, as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-4, a…

1. The authority may provide in the resolution, trust agreement, or other instrument authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes pursuant to section 16.131 that the principal of, premium, and interest on the bonds or notes are payable from any of the following and may pledge t…

The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement sections 16.131 and 16.132 . 88 Acts, ch 1217, §22 C89, §220.133 C93, §16.133 Referred to in §16.131A

1. The authority may establish and maintain funds and accounts determined to be necessary to carry out the purposes of the program and shall provide for the funding, administration, investment, restrictions, and disposition of the funds and accounts. The department and the author…

1. The Iowa finance authority shall establish and administer a wastewater and drinking water treatment financial assistance program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide financial assistance to enhance water quality. The program shall be administered in accordance with …

1. A water quality financial assistance fund is created in the state treasury as a revolving fund. 2. The fund shall consist of all of the following: a. (1) Moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 423G.6 . (2) This paragraph “a” is repealed on January 1, 2040. b. Appro…

1. The authority, in cooperation with the department of natural resources and the economic development authority, shall require the use of a wastewater viability assessment for any wastewater treatment facility seeking a grant under the wastewater treatment financial assistance p…

1. The authority shall establish and administer an unsewered community revolving loan program. Assistance under the program shall consist of no-interest loans with a term not to exceed forty years and shall be used for purposes of installing sewage disposal systems in a city with…

As used in this part , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Cost” means all costs, charges, expenses, or other indebtedness incurred by a loan recipient and determined by the authority as reasonable and necessary for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or inci…

1. The authority, in cooperation with the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship, shall establish and administer a water quality financing program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide financial assistance to enhance the q…

1. a. A water quality financing program fund is created and shall consist of appropriations made to the fund, moneys credited to the fund pursuant to section 16.134A , and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. The fund shall be administe…

1. An eligible entity may apply to the authority for financial assistance under the program by submitting a plan on an application form as required by the authority. To be approved for an award of financial assistance, the plan must meet all of the following requirements: a. The …

1. A member, as defined in section 16.13 , or a person acting on behalf of the authority while acting within the scope of the member’s or person’s agency or employment, is not subject to personal liability resulting from carrying out the powers and duties in this chapter . 2. The…

1. The authority shall assist the program manager, appointed pursuant to section 34A.2A , as provided in chapter 34A, subchapter II , and the authority shall have all of the powers delegated to it by a joint 911 service board or the department of public defense in a chapter 28E a…

The authority shall assist a community college or the state board of education as provided in chapter 260C , and the authority shall have all of the powers delegated to it in a chapter 28E agreement by a community college board of directors, the state board of education, or a pri…

1. The authority shall adopt pursuant to chapter 17A all rules necessary to administer this chapter . 2. The authority may adopt rules which establish further definitions applicable to this chapter and clarify the definitions in this chapter , as the authority deems convenient an…

1. The authority is authorized to issue its bonds to provide prison infrastructure financing as provided in this section . The bonds may only be issued to finance projects which have been approved for financing by the general assembly. Bonds may be issued in order to fund the con…

This chapter takes precedence over any conflicting provisions contained in section 535.8, subsection 4 , with respect to the use or enforcement of a due-on-sale or similar clause in a mortgage loan agreement, and takes precedence over any conflicting provisions contained in laws …

1. a. A housing trust fund is created within the authority. The moneys in the housing trust fund are annually appropriated to the authority to be used for the development and preservation of affordable housing for low-income people in the state and for the Iowa mortgage help init…

1. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the Iowa finance authority for deposit in the housing trust fund created in section 16.181 , for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and beginning July 1, 2011, and for each succeeding fiscal year, the sum …

This chapter , being necessary for the welfare of this state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §28, 78

1. The authority shall adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary to administer the Iowa jobs program and Iowa jobs II program. The authority shall be responsible for providing technical assistance and application assistance to applicants under the programs, neg…

1. An Iowa jobs program is created to assist in the development and completion of public construction projects relating to disaster relief and mitigation and to local infrastructure. “Local infrastructure” includes projects relating to disaster rebuilding, reconstruction and repl…

1. An Iowa jobs II program is created to assist in the development and completion of public construction projects relating to disaster prevention including but not limited to the construction of, or the replacement or reconstruction of, local public buildings in a manner that mit…

1. Applications for assistance under the Iowa jobs program and Iowa jobs II program shall be submitted to the authority for review and approval. 2. When reviewing the applications, the authority shall consider the project criteria specified in sections 16.194 and 16.194A . The au…