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

1 DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS, §72.2 72.2 Executive council may authorize indebtedness. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the incurring of an indebtedness on account of support funds for state institutions, upon the prior written direction of the executive council, sp…

1 DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS, §72.3 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 con…

1 DUTIES RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS, §72.4 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 f…

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1 PREFERENCES, §73.10 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 Wed Dec 10 22:28:39 2025 Iowa Code …

1 PREFERENCES, §73.11 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 inconsist…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.14 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 p…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.15 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 sectio…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.16 73.16 Procurements from small businesses and targeted small businesses — goals. Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule relating to competitive bidding procedures: 1. Every agency, department, commission, board, committee, officer, or other governing bo…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.17 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 th…

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1 PREFERENCES, §73.19 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…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.2 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 no…

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1 PREFERENCES, §73.21 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 subch…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.22 73.22 Reports. 1. By December 1 of each calendar year, the department of administrative services shall provide a written summary to the economic development authority of all activities undertaken by the department of administrative services to maximize the p…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.3 73.3 Iowa labor. Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 133, §9 – 11. Wed Dec 10 22:28:36 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 73.3 (29, 0)

1 PREFERENCES, §73.4 73.4 Domestic laborer — definition. Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 133, §9, 10, 11. Wed Dec 10 22:28:36 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 73.4 (26, 0)

1 PREFERENCES, §73.5 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 c…

1 PREFERENCES, §73.6 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 …

1 PREFERENCES, §73.9 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…

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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