Iowa Code § 10A.533

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Enforcement.

Official statutory text

(1) If any local board, as defined in section 135.1, shall fail to enforce the rules of the department under this part or carry out the department’s lawful directions under this part, the department may enforce the same within the territorial jurisdiction of such local board, and for that purpose it may exercise all of the powers given by statute to the local board, and may employ the necessary assistants to carry out its lawful directions.

(2) All expenses incurred by the department in determining whether its rules are enforced by a local board under this part, and in enforcing the same when a local board has failed to do so, shall be paid in the same manner as the expenses of enforcing such rules when enforced by the local board.

(3) All peace officers of the state when called upon by the department shall enforce the department’s rules under this part and execute the lawful orders of the department under this part within their respective jurisdictions.

2023 Acts, ch 19, §1481

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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