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

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a local entity, including any entity under the jurisdiction of the local entity, shall be ineligible to receive any state funds if the local entity intentionally violates this chapter . 2. State funds shall be denied …

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Local entity” means the governing body of a city or county. “Local entity” includes an officer or employee of a local entity or a division, department, or other body that is part of a local entity, including but…

A local entity or law enforcement department shall not adopt or enforce a policy or take any other action under which the local entity or law enforcement department prohibits or discourages the enforcement of state, local, or municipal laws. 2021 Acts, ch 183, §31, 38

A local entity or a person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of a local entity shall not consider race, skin color, language spoken, or national origin while enforcing state, local, and municipal laws except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the…

1. Any person may file a complaint with the attorney general alleging that a local entity has violated or is violating this chapter if the person offers evidence to support such an allegation. The person shall include with the complaint any evidence the person has in support of t…

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a local entity, including any entity under the jurisdiction of the local entity, shall be ineligible to receive any state funds if the local entity intentionally violates this chapter . 2. State funds shall be denied …

1. Except as provided by subsection 5 , no earlier than ninety days after the date of a final judicial determination that a local entity has intentionally violated the provisions of this chapter , the local entity may petition the district court that heard the civil action brough…

The attorney general shall develop and maintain a searchable database listing each local entity for which a final judicial determination described in section 27B.5, subsection 2 , has been made. The attorney general shall post the database on the attorney general’s internet site.…

The state or any political subdivision of the state shall not include on an identification card issued by the state or political subdivision information regarding whether the holder of the identification card has received a vaccination for COVID-19, as defined in section 686D.2 .…

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a business or governmental entity shall not require a customer, patron, client, patient, or other person who is invited onto the premises of the business or governmental entity to furnish proof of having received a vaccinat…

The quad cities interstate metropolitan authority compact is entered into and enacted into law with the state of Illinois if the state of Illinois joins the compact, in the form substantially as follows: 1. Article 1 — Short title. This compact may be cited as the “Quad Cities In…

1. The authority constitutes a municipal corporation and body politic separate from any other municipality, state, or other public or governmental agency. The authority has the following express powers, subject to any restrictions or limitations contained in this subchapter , and…

Regulations adopted pursuant to section 28A.10 shall be contained in an ordinance which shall be placed on file in the office of the authority in typewritten or printed form for public inspection not less than fifteen days before adoption. The ordinance may impose fines as the bo…

If land in fee simple, rights in land, air, or water, easements or other interests in land, air, water, property, or property rights are acquired or sought to be acquired by the authority by condemnation, the condemnation procedure shall be in accordance with the eminent domain s…

Action of the board of a legislative character, including the adoption of regulations, shall be in the form of an ordinance, and after adoption shall be filed with the secretary and shall be made a matter of public record in the office of the authority. Other action of the board …

The board shall provide for the safekeeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the authority. The board shall keep a true and accurate account of its receipts and an annual audit shall be made of its books, records, and accounts by state or …

The board may change the name of the authority by ordinance. A certified copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the appropriate state office and the county recorder or equivalent county officer of each county in which the authority or part of the authority is located. The name…

Annually, the board shall prepare and adopt a budget and provide appropriations as follows: 1. The budget shall show the amount required for each class of proposed expenditures, a comparison of the amounts proposed to be expended with the amounts expended for like purposes for th…

1. If an authority is established as provided in section 28A.6 and after approval of a referendum by a simple majority of votes cast in each metropolitan area in favor of the sales and services tax, the governing board of a county in this state within a metropolitan area which is…

1. a. The bonds issued by the board pursuant to this subchapter shall be authorized by resolution of the board and shall be either term or serial bonds, shall bear the date, mature at the time, not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest at the rate, not …

Existing jurisdictions, including those involving airports, mass transit, river bridges, waste disposal systems, and intermodal water ports within their jurisdictional boundaries, are protected from incorporation by the authority and shall not be incorporated in the authority exc…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Act” . 91 Acts, ch 198, §1 CS91, §330B.2 C93, §28A.2 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121

The authority may apply for and receive a grant or loan of moneys or other financial aid from the state or federal government or from any state or federal agency, department, bureau, or board, necessary or useful for the undertaking, performance, or execution of any of its corpor…

1. Any county, city, commission, authority, or person may sell, lease, lend, grant, or convey to the authority, a facility or any part of a facility, or any interest in real or personal property which may be used by an authority in the construction, improvement, maintenance, leas…

Moneys of an authority shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority who shall not commingle the moneys with any other moneys, but shall deposit them in a separate account or accounts. Moneys in the accounts shall be paid out on check of the treasurer on requisition of the chai…

All contracts entered into by an authority for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of metropolitan facilities shall be entered into pursuant to and shall comply with applicable state laws. However, if an authority determines an emergency exists, it may enter into co…

Since an authority is performing essential governmental functions, an authority is not required to pay any taxes or assessments of any kind or nature upon any property required or used by it for its purposes, or any rates, fees, rentals, receipts, or incomes at any time received …

1. The authority shall be dissolved only by a majority vote in a referendum undertaken in a manner similar to the referendum provided for in section 28A.6 . The board shall call, upon its own motion, by petition of the eligible electors as provided in section 28A.5 , or by action…

The provisions of this subchapter II are subject to all of the provisions of the quad cities interstate metropolitan authority compact provided for in section 28A.1 . 91 Acts, ch 198, §25 CS91, §330B.26 C93, §28A.26 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121

1. This subchapter is enabling legislation for the quad cities interstate metropolitan authority compact, a compact entered into by the states of Illinois and Iowa as provided in section 28A.1 . 2. The authority shall engage in operations and services that can best be conducted o…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Authority” means the quad cities interstate metropolitan authority created as provided in this subchapter . 2. “Board” means the board of commissioners of the authority. 3. “Cost” of any project for a metropolit…

1. Upon petition of eligible electors of a metropolitan area equal in number to at least ten percent of the persons who voted in the last general election held in the metropolitan area for the office of president of the United States or governor, the governing body of the county …

1. Upon receipt of the resolution, the county commissioner of elections shall place the proposition on the ballot of a special election but not at a general election, called by the governing body of the metropolitan area. At the election, the proposition shall be submitted in sub…

1. The authority established under this subchapter shall be governed by a board of commissioners appointed as provided in subsection 2 . The appointment of the commissioners shall be made in writing and shall indicate the legal residence of the appointee. 2. The board of commissi…

1. All initial appointments of commissioners shall be made within thirty days after the establishment of the authority. The authority is considered established when the proposition is approved by the voters under section 28A.6 . Each appointment shall be in writing and a certific…

1. The board of commissioners may exercise all of its legislative and executive powers granted under this subchapter . Within thirty days after the appointment of the initial commissioners, the board shall meet and elect a chairperson from among its members for a term of one year…

The state of Iowa recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this state and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of government is a significant factor in…

For the purposes of this chapter : 1. “Receiving agency” means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which receives an employee of another government under this chapter . 2. “Sending agency” means any department or agency of the federal…

1. Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state, county, city, municipality, land-grant college, or college or university operated by the state or any local government is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or …

1. Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in section 28D.3 may be considered during such participation to be: a. On detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency, or b. In a status of leave of absence from their positions …

A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the travel expenses of such employees incurred in connection with…

1. When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this chapter may be given appointments in the receiving agency covering the periods of such assignments, with compensation to be paid from …

A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this chapter during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency. [C…

The department of administrative services is hereby directed to explore means of implementing this chapter and to assist departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions in participating in employee interchange programs. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 7…

The purpose of this chapter is to permit state and local governments in Iowa to make efficient use of their powers by enabling them to provide joint services and facilities with other agencies and to cooperate in other ways of mutual advantage. This chapter shall be liberally con…

If an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its…