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Index of Iowa Laws – E

E911 Service
     Enhanced 911 Systems | 34A.7
     Joint purchasing by E911 service boards | 16.161
     Surcharge | 34A.7

Easements
     Generally | ch 564
     Conservation | ch 457A
     Utility, continuance of old | 388.8

Economic Development, see Development

Elections, see also Voting
     Generally | chs 3939A43-53376
     Absent voters | ch 53
     Annexations | 48A.27
     Ballot issues, persons observing voting | 49.104(6)
     Candidate financial disclosure | ch 68A
     Candidate vacancies filled | 44.11
     Canvass of votes, time of | ch 50
     Certificate of election | 50.29
     City, generally | ch 376
     Conduct of | ch 49
     Contests (and recounts) | 376.10
     County commissioner of elections, conducts city elections | 331.383
     Election Misconduct & Penalties Act | 39A.1
     Electors
       Definition, generally | 39.3
       Disqualification, felony or mental disability | Const. II, 5
       Eligible & qualified defined | 39.3
     Expenses in city election | 43.118
     Franchise elections | 364.2
     Leaves of absence for seeking elective office | ch 55
     Nomination papers, clerk role | ch 376.4
     Objection to nominations/eligibility of candidates | 44.445.4
     Out-of-State Campaign Committees | 68A.201A
     Persons allowed at polling places | 49.104
     Political activity limited for civil service workers | 400.29
     Precincts | 49.3.5.8
     Primaries | 376.6
     Recounts | 50.48
     Regular city, time of | 376.1
     Run offs | 376.8(2).9
     Special charter cities, partisan nomination | 43.112
     Special Election | 39.2
     Street names or building numbers changed, notifying the election commissioner | 48A.27
     Use of public money for political purposes | 68A.505
     Withdrawal of candidacies | 44.9.1045.4
     Write in votes | 376.11

Elective Offices
     Contact Information, Requirement to be provided | 70A.40
     Filling vacancies | 372.13(2)
     Qualifications for public office | 39.26.27
     Tenure | 69.12372.13(4)
     Terms | 39.20376.1;376.2
     Time & manner of qualifying | ch 63

Electricity
     Gas & electric franchise fees | 384.3A
     Generation, transmission & delivery taxes | 437A.4-.18476.6
     Sales, services & use tax on sales to public | ch 423

Electric Transmission Lines
     Determination of rates | 478.14
     Right of way definition | 306.46

Electric Utilities, see Utilities

Emergency Management
      Generally | ch 29C
      Elected Office, employee ability to run for | 376.4
      Statewide mutual aid compact | 29C.22
      Disaster case management | 29C.20B

Emergency Medical Care 
      Generally | ch 147A
      City districts | ch 357G

Emergency Vehicles
     Approaching by other vehicles | 321.323A

Eminent Domain 
     Generally | chs 6A6B
     Acquisition of property & land for
       Housing projects | 403A.20
       Urban renewal projects | 403.7
       Water recreational areas | 461A.75
     Condemnation of residential building – public purpose | 364.12A
     Joint entities | 28F.11
     Power conferred to cities | 6A.4(6)
     Power extended to franchise holders | 364.2(4)(e)
     Sale of property acquired by condemnation | 6B.59
     Utility board power | 388.4(2)

Employees, see also Civil Service, Personnel, Workers’ Compensation
     Access to personnel files | 91B.1
     Americans with Disabilities Act | federal legislation
     Appointed by the council | 372.13
     Bonds, surety | chs 6465636
     Bribery | 722.1
     Charitable Deductions from Payroll | 70A.15A
     Child labor | ch 92
     Confidential employee records | 22.7
     Deductions permitted or prohibited | 91A.5
     Direct Deposit Requirements | 91A.3.6
     Discrimination against witnesses prohibited | 915.23
     Employment records | 91A.6
     Fair Labor Standards Act | federal legislation
     Family & Medical Leave Act | federal legislation
     Group insurance | 509.1
     Immunity for employers providing information about employees | 91B.2
     Injury reports | 86.11
     Interchanges with other governments | ch 28D
     Iowa Occupational Safety & Health Act | ch 88
     Jury duty | 607A.45
     Leave of absence | ch 55
     Military leave | 29A.28
     Occupational hearing loss ch 85B
     Personnel file copy fees | 91B.1(3)
     Posting job openings | 35C.1
     Removal | 372.15400.18-.27
     Retirement
       Generally, see Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS)
       Fire & police | chs 410411
     Salaries | 372.13 (4) & (8)
     Social security | ch 97C
     Tort liability | ch 670
     Unemployment compensation ch 96
     Utilities, retirement | ch 412
     Veterans receive Veterans Day off | 91A.5A
     Wage discrimination, prohibit | 216.6A216.15
     Wages, rights & obligations | ch 91A

Employment, see also Employees
     Generation Iowa Commission | 15.411 
     Nepotism prohibited | ch 71
     Posting requirements | 35C.1(3)
     Preferences for veterans | ch 35C400.10
     Wage discrimination, prohibit | 216.6A216.15

Encumbrances
     Accounting for | 24.34
     Annual report | 384.22
     Permitted | 24.34

Energy
     City Designation Program | 473.41 
     Conservation & efficiency | ch 473
     Fuel allocation during emergencies | 473.8
     Lighting, traffic lights | 364.23.24
     Limitation on use by cities during emergencies | 473.8(1)
     Small Wind Innovation Zone | 476.48

Enhance Iowa
      Generally | 15F

Engineers
     Civil service law exception | 400.6
     Defined | 384.37(5)
     Engineering documents defined | 542B.2
     Special assessments | ch 384, div. IV
     Use of registered engineers required of cities | 542B.16

“English Only” Law 
      Generally | 1.18

Enterprise Zones, see High Quality Jobs Program

Enterprises 
     Accounting for | 384.85388.5
     Defined, named | 384.24(2)
     Setting rates for | 384.84(1)
     Transfers of surpluses | 384.89
     Unpaid rates & charges | 384.84
     Utility | ch 388

Equipment
     Maintenance equipment
       Exception to size, weight, load, permit requirements | 321.453
       Use in state parks, etc. within city limits | 461A.58

Erosion, see Soil Erosion & Conservation

Escheats
     Abandoned property | 556.11-.13
     Unclaimed utility deposits, etc | 556.4

Essential Corporate Purpose
     Defined for bonding | 384.24(3)

Ethics, see also Bribery, Conflicts of Interest, 
     Corruption, & Gifts generally | ch 68B362.5; ch 722
     Complaints & investigations | ch 68B, div. III
     Conflicts of interest | 362.6
     Void contracts | 362.5; 362.6

Executive Session, see Closed Meetings

Explosives
     Generally | chs 101101A
     Nuisances | ch 657
     Ordinances | 101.6101A.13
     Regulations | 364.16

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