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

The department shall oversee the administration of this chapter and shall adopt rules, guidance, and guidelines as necessary in order to administer this chapter . However, the state board of regents shall oversee and implement the provisions of this chapter for institutions gover…

Each agency shall administer the application of this chapter to the agency in cooperation with the department. Each agency shall measure and monitor operations and progress toward achieving goals which relate to programs administered by the agency pursuant to the enterprise prior…

The department and each agency shall provide for the widest possible dissemination of and access to agency strategic plans, agency operational plans, data, and reports, while assuring adequate protections are in place to safeguard sensitive and confidential information and data. …

1. Each agency shall adopt an agency strategic plan aligned with the enterprise priorities where possible. Plans must follow a format and include elements as determined by the department in consultation with agencies. The purposes of agency strategic plans are to promote long-ter…

The enterprise priorities, as established annually by the governor, shall serve as a launch point for developing and updating agency strategic plans and identifying the major areas of focus in achieving the governor’s vision for the state of Iowa. 2001 Acts, ch 169, §17 ; 2024 Ac…

Each agency shall develop a plan to guide its day-to-day operations. The plan must outline the agency’s organizational structure, the general duties of its organizational subunits, and metrics and measures used to monitor operations, as well as highlight initiatives and targets r…

1. Each agency shall identify, collect, and maintain data for metrics and measures critical to monitoring and assessing the performance of the agency’s operations. 2. Measurement is essential to monitoring operations and ensuring adequate accountability over public resources. Eac…

Each agency is responsible for classifying records and data to facilitate safeguarding its own information and making that information available to appropriate audiences. The department may review any records and data an agency collects, creates, and maintains for purposes of mon…

1. Each agency shall prepare reports highlighting progress in meeting goals based on measures and targets outlined in its agency strategic plan and operational plan using data. 2. Reporting required under this section shall be used to improve performance, improve strategic planni…

The department, in cooperation with agencies, shall establish methodologies for use in making major investment decisions, including methodologies based on return on investment and cost-benefit analysis. The department and agencies may also utilize these methodologies to review cu…

This chapter is intended to create mechanisms to most effectively and efficiently monitor the utilization of public moneys by providing the greatest possible accountability for the expenditure of public moneys. 2006 Acts, ch 1153, §1, 9

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agency” means a unit of state government, which is an authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, or independent agency as defined in section 7E.4 , including but not limited to each principal …

1. As a condition of entering into a service contract with an oversight agency, a recipient entity shall certify that the recipient has the following information available for inspection by the oversight agency and the legislative services agency: a. Information documenting the l…

1. a. As a condition of continuing to receive state or federal moneys through an oversight agency for a service contract, a recipient entity shall file an annual report with the oversight agency and with the legislative services agency within ten months following the end of the r…

Any service contract awarded to a recipient entity shall provide that the oversight agency may terminate the service contract if the recipient entity, during the duration of the contract, fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter . In addition, the service contract sh…

The general assembly finds that taxpayers should be able to easily access the details on how the state is spending their tax dollars and the performance results achieved for those expenditures. Therefore, it is the intent of the general assembly to direct the department of manage…

The general assembly finds that increasing the ease of public access to state and local tax rates, particularly where the rates are currently available from disparate government sources and are difficult for the public to collect and efficiently aggregate, significantly contribut…

This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Taxation Disclosure Act” . 2011 Acts, ch 122, §48

1. Searchable tax rate database. By January 1, 2012, the department of management, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall make publicly available on an internet site a searchable database of all tax rates in the state for each taxing jurisdiction. The information s…

To facilitate the department of management’s efforts in creating and maintaining a searchable database of the taxes identified in section 8G.12, subsection 1 , for all taxing jurisdictions in the state, each taxing jurisdiction may annually be required to report its tax rates to …

This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Taxpayer Transparency Act” . 2011 Acts, ch 122, §42

As used in this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agency” means a state department, office, board, commission, bureau, division, institution, or public institution of higher education. “Agency” includes individual state agencies and programs, as well as thos…

1. By January 1, 2013, the director shall develop and make publicly available a database internet site for searching, accessing, and processing data, including the data required in this section , for the most recent state budget. The internet site shall be developed in such a way…

1. Effective July 1, 2013, the internet site shall be updated regularly as new data and information become available, but shall be updated no less frequently than annually within sixty days following the close of the state fiscal year. In addition, the director may update the int…

The director shall not be considered in compliance with this subchapter if the data required for the internet site is not available in a searchable manner and capable of being compiled or if the public is redirected to other government internet sites unless each of those sites di…

The secretary of state shall keep the secretary of state’s office at the seat of government, and perform all duties required by law; the secretary shall have charge of and keep all the Acts and resolutions of the territorial legislature and of the general assembly of the state, t…

As used in this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Document” means a document for filing by the secretary as provided in the relevant filing statute as follows: a. Chapter 486A , including as provided in section 486A.105 , and as stated in section 486A.1202 or …

The secretary shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary or desirable to administer this subchapter , including by offering and performing extra filing services upon request by filers. The rules may increase the amount of a surcharge implemented, assessed, and collected,…

1. A business administration fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the secretary. The fund is composed of moneys collected in surcharges implemented, assessed, and collected by the secretary pursuant to sections 9.14 and 9.15 . 2. Moneys in the business admin…

1. Upon the request of the filer of a document not yet actually filed, the secretary shall provide a preclearance filing service to determine if the proposed filing of the document would be actually filed by the secretary under the relevant filing statute. The secretary shall rep…

1. Upon the request of the filer of a document, the secretary shall provide an expedited filing service. As part of the service, the secretary shall file a document submitted by a filer on an expedited basis. 2. The secretary shall implement, assess, and collect a surcharge for p…

The secretary of state shall receive and preserve in the secretary’s office all papers transmitted to the secretary in relation to city development, including incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary adjustment; and shall keep an alphabetical list of cities in a book provided f…

The secretary of state shall receive and preserve in the secretary’s office all papers transmitted to the secretary in relation to condemnation and shall keep an alphabetical list of acquiring agencies in a book provided for that purpose, in which shall be entered the name of the…

All commissions issued by the governor shall be countersigned by the secretary, who shall register each commission in a book to be kept for that purpose, specifying the office, name of officer, date of commission, and tenure of office, and forthwith forward to the directors of th…

The secretary of state shall collect all fees directed by law to be collected by the secretary of state, including a fee to be determined by the secretary of state by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 17A for a copy of any law or record. [C51, §2524; R60, §4133; C73, §3756; C97, §…

1. A technology modernization fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the secretary of state. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the secretary of state for purposes of modernizing technology used by the secretary of state to fulfill the duties of office. 2.…

The salary of the secretary of state shall be as fixed by the general assembly. [C31, 35, §88-c1; C39, § 88.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §9.5 ]

The secretary of state shall offer to county recorders electronic access to corporation records. The secretary of state shall adopt rules providing for the electronic access and for the dissemination of the information by the county recorders. 91 Acts, ch 211, §1

1. An address confidentiality program revolving fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of moneys collected by the clerk of the district court for deposit in the fund pursuant to section 602.8108, subsection 6 , and transfers of interest, earnings, and money…

This chapter may be cited as the “Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2015)” . 2009 Acts, ch 33, §1 ; 2018 Acts, ch 1139, §1

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agency contract” means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the athlete a professional sports services contract or an endorsement contract. 2. a. “Athl…

1. Chapter 17A applies to this chapter . The secretary of state may adopt rules under chapter 17A to implement this chapter . 2. By acting as an athlete agent in this state, a nonresident individual appoints the secretary of state as the individual’s agent for service of process …

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 , an individual shall not act as an athlete agent in this state without holding a certificate of registration under section 9A.106 or 9A.108 . 2. Before being issued a certificate of registration under this chapter , an individual m…

1. An applicant for registration as an athlete agent shall submit an application for registration to the secretary of state in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The applicant shall be an individual, and the application filed must be signed by the applicant under penalt…

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 , the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of registration to an applicant for registration who complies with section 9A.105, subsection 1 . 2. The secretary of state may refuse to issue a certificate of registration to an a…

1. The secretary of state may limit, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration of an individual registered under section 9A.106, subsection 1 , for conduct that would have justified refusal to issue a certificate of registration under section 9A.106, subsection 2 . 2. Th…