12.44 Iowa satisfaction and performance bond program.
1. Agencies of state government shall be required to waive the requirement of satisfaction, performance, surety, or bid bonds for targeted small businesses which are able to demonstrate the inability of securing such a bond because of a lack of experience, lack of net worth, or lack of capital. This waiver shall not apply to businesses with a record of repeated failure of substantial performance or material breach of contract in prior circumstances. The waiver shall be applied only to a project or individual transaction amounting to fifty thousand dollars or less, notwithstanding section 573.2. In order to qualify, the targeted small business shall provide written evidence to the economic development authority that the bond would otherwise be denied the business. The granting of the waiver shall in no way relieve the business from its contractual obligations and shall not preclude the state agency from pursuing any remedies under law upon default or breach of contract.
2. The economic development authority shall certify targeted small businesses for eligibility and participation in this program and shall make this information available to other state agencies.
3. Subdivisions of state government may also grant such a waiver under similar circumstances.
87 Acts, ch 233, §129; 88 Acts, ch 1273, §5; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1244, §10; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2017 Acts, ch 160, §5
Referred to in §573.2
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 12 - TREASURER OF STATE
Section 12.1 - Office — accounts — reports.
Section 12.2 - Daily balance sheet.
Section 12.3 - Record and payment of warrants.
Section 12.6 - Report to and account with director of the department of administrative services.
Section 12.7 - Interest on bonds.
Section 12.9 - Employee classifications.
Section 12.10 - Deposits by state officers.
Section 12.14 - Statement itemized.
Section 12.15 - Director and treasurer to keep account.
Section 12.16 - Swampland indemnity.
Section 12.17 - Biennial report.
Section 12.19 - Six-months limit on checks.
Section 12.20 - Issuance of new check.
Section 12.21 - Accepting credit card payments.
Section 12.25 - Legislative findings.
Section 12.26 - Issuance of revenue anticipation notes.
Section 12.28 - Centralized financing for state agency purchase of real and personal property.
Section 12.30 - Coordination of bonding activities.
Section 12.33 - Public policy.
Section 12.34 - Linked investments — limitations — rules — maturity and renewal of certificates.
Section 12.35 - Agreement — loan applications.
Section 12.36 - Actions by treasurer.
Section 12.40 - Rural small business transfer linked investment loan program.
Section 12.41 - Horticultural and nontraditional crops linked investment loan program.
Section 12.43 - Small business linked investments program created — definitions.
Section 12.43A - Traditional livestock producer’s linked investment loan program.
Section 12.43B - Value-added agricultural linked investment loan program.
Section 12.44 - Iowa satisfaction and performance bond program.
Section 12.61 - State-sponsored credit card.
Section 12.65 - Healthy Iowans tobacco trust.
Section 12.71 - General and specific bonding powers — vision Iowa program — future repeal.
Section 12.72 - Vision Iowa fund and reserve funds.
Section 12.73 - Vision Iowa fund moneys — administrative costs.
Section 12.79 - FY 2009 prison bonding fund.
Section 12.80 - General and specific bonding powers — prison infrastructure.
Section 12.81 - General and specific bonding powers — school infrastructure program.
Section 12.82 - School infrastructure fund and reserve funds.
Section 12.83 - School infrastructure fund moneys — state fire marshal.
Section 12.87 - General and specific bonding powers — revenue bonds — Iowa jobs program.
Section 12.88 - Revenue bonds capitals fund.
Section 12.88A - Revenue bonds capitals II fund.
Section 12.89 - Revenue bonds debt service fund and bond reserve funds.
Section 12.89A - Revenue bonds federal subsidy holdback fund.
Section 12.90 - Pledges — construction.
Section 12.90A - Annual appropriation bonds.
Section 12.90B - Annual appropriation bonds debt service fund and reserve funds.
Section 12.90C - Appropriation bonds capitals fund.
Section 12.91 - Utilities board and consumer advocate building project — bond issue.