714.16C Consumer education and litigation fund.
1. A consumer education and litigation fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury to be administered by the attorney general. Moneys credited to the fund shall include amounts received as a result of a state or federal civil consumer fraud judgment or settlement, civil penalties, costs, or attorney fees, and amounts which are specifically directed to the credit of the fund by the judgment or settlement, and amounts which are designated by the judgment or settlement for use by the attorney general for consumer litigation or education purposes. Moneys designated for consumer reimbursement shall not be credited to the fund, except to the extent that such moneys are permitted to be used for enforcement of section 714.16.
2. For each fiscal year, not more than one million one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated from the fund to the department of justice to be used for public education relating to consumer fraud and for enforcement of section 714.16 and federal consumer laws, and not more than seventy-five thousand dollars is appropriated from the fund to the department of justice to be used for investigation, prosecution, and consumer education relating to consumer and criminal fraud committed against older Iowans.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund shall not revert to any other fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on the moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2007 Acts, ch 213, §24
Increase in annual appropriations in subsection 2 for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2023;
2014 Acts, ch 1138, §21
;
2016 Acts, ch 1137, §18
;
2017 Acts, ch 167, §24
;
2019 Acts, ch 163, §26
; 2021 Acts, ch 166, §23
Farm mediation services appropriation;
2017 Acts, ch 167, §2
;
2018 Acts, ch 1168, §16
;
2019 Acts, ch 163, §20
;
2020 Acts, ch 1121, §1
; 2021 Acts, ch 166, §20
Appropriations for criminal prosecutions, criminal appeals, and state tort claim representation;
2017 Acts, ch 167, §25
;
2018 Acts, ch 1168, §16
;
2019 Acts, ch 163, §20
;
2020 Acts, ch 1121, §1
; 2021 Acts, ch 166, §20
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 714 - THEFT, FRAUD, AND RELATED OFFENSES
Section 714.1 - Theft defined.
Section 714.2 - Degrees of theft.
Section 714.4 - Claim of right.
Section 714.5 - Library materials and equipment — unpurchased merchandise — evidence of intention.
Section 714.7 - Operating vehicle without owner’s consent.
Section 714.7B - Theft detection devices — shield or removal prohibited.
Section 714.7C - Theft of pseudoephedrine — enhancement.
Section 714.7D - Retail motor fuel.
Section 714.8 - Fraudulent practices defined.
Section 714.9 - Fraudulent practice in the first degree.
Section 714.10 - Fraudulent practice in the second degree.
Section 714.11 - Fraudulent practice in the third degree.
Section 714.12 - Fraudulent practice in the fourth degree.
Section 714.13 - Fraudulent practice in the fifth degree.
Section 714.14 - Value for purposes of fraudulent practices.
Section 714.15 - Reproduction of sound recordings.
Section 714.16 - Consumer frauds.
Section 714.16B - Identity theft — civil cause of action.
Section 714.16C - Consumer education and litigation fund.
Section 714.17 - Unlawful advertising and selling of educational courses.
Section 714.18 - Evidence of financial responsibility.
Section 714.19 - Nonapplicability.
Section 714.20 - One contract per person.
Section 714.21A - Civil enforcement.
Section 714.22 - Trade and vocational schools — exemption — conditions.
Section 714.23 - Refund policies — penalty.
Section 714.24 - Additional requirements.
Section 714.26 - Intellectual property counterfeiting.
Section 714.27 - Scrap metal transactions and reporting — penalties.
Section 714.28 - Claims against purchased or pledged goods held by pawnbrokers.
Section 714.29 - Records filed with intent to harass or defraud.