Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 2.12 (2026)

Expenses of general assembly and legislative agencies — budgets

✓ current as of July 2026

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1. There is appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum sufficient to pay for legislative printing and all current and miscellaneous expenses of the general assembly, authorized by either the senate or the house, and the director of the department of administrative services shall issue warrants for such items of expense upon requisition of the president, majority leader, and secretary of the senate or the speaker and chief clerk of the house.

2. There is appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary, for each house of the general assembly for the payment of any unpaid expense of the general assembly incurred during or in the interim between sessions of the general assembly, including but not limited to salaries and necessary travel and actual expenses of members, expenses of standing and interim committees or subcommittees, and per diem or expenses for members of the general assembly who serve on statutory boards, commissions, or councils for which per diem or expenses are authorized by law. The director of the department of administrative services shall issue warrants for such items of expense upon requisition of the president, majority leader, and secretary of the senate for senate expense or the speaker and chief clerk of the house for house expense.

3. There is appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary for the renovation, remodeling, or preparation of the legislative chambers, legislative offices, or other areas or facilities used or to be used by the legislative branch of government, and for the purchase of legislative equipment and supplies deemed necessary to properly carry out the functions of the general assembly. The director of the department of administrative services shall issue warrants for such items of expense, whether incurred during or between sessions of the general assembly, upon requisition of the president, majority leader, and secretary of the senate for senate expense or the speaker and chief clerk of the house for house expense.

4. There is appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year budgets of the legislative services agency and the office of ombudsman for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes to carry out their statutory responsibilities. The legislative services agency and the office of ombudsman shall submit their proposed budgets to the legislative council not later than September 1 of each year. The legislative council shall review and approve the proposed budgets not later than December 1 of each year. The budget approved by the legislative council for each of its statutory legislative agencies shall be transmitted by the legislative council to the department of management on or before December 1 of each year for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the following year. The department of management shall submit the approved budgets received from the legislative council to the governor for inclusion in the governor’s proposed budget for the succeeding fiscal year. The approved budgets shall also be submitted to the chairpersons of the committees on appropriations. The committees on appropriations may allocate from the funds appropriated by this section the funds contained in the approved budgets, or such other amounts as specified, pursuant to a concurrent resolution to be approved by both houses of the general assembly. The director of the department of administrative services shall issue warrants for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes upon requisition by the administrative head of each statutory legislative agency. If the legislative council elects to change the approved budget for a legislative agency prior to July 1, the legislative council shall transmit the amount of the budget revision to the department of management prior to July 1 of the\n\nTue Dec 09 22:34:54 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 2 (62, 2) 7 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, §2.14\n\nfiscal year, however, if the general assembly approved the budget it cannot be changed except pursuant to a concurrent resolution approved by the general assembly. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §2.10, 2.20; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.12] 85 Acts, ch 65, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1244, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1223, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §46, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2013 Acts, ch 10, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §45 Referred to in §2.10, 2.12A, 2.16, 2.43, 2.44, 2.47A, 4A.6, 8A.375, 42.5, 68B.31, 80B.8, 97B.8A, 97D.4, 256.179, 261D.3, 272B.2, 411.36 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2021 · leading case: Nichols v. City of Evansdale, 687 N.W.2d 562 (Iowa 2004).

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Nichols v. City of Evansdale, 687 N.W.2d 562 (Iowa 2004). · cites it 2× “See 1 Restatement (Third) of Property: Servitudes § 2.12 (requiring that either “existence of the prior use was apparent or known to the parties” or “the prior use was for underground utilities serving either parcel”).”

State v. Johnson, 539 N.W.2d 160 (Iowa 1995). “Binder, Hearsay Handbook § 2.12, at 70 (3d ed. 1991) (“The credibility of a witness is impeached when a party suggests that the witness is an unreliable historian.”

Inc. Town of Carter Lake v. Anderson Excavating & Wrecking Co., 241 N.W.2d 896 (Iowa 1976). “The final cover requirement of § 2.12 had not been met in any part of the site.”

Alliant Energy-interstate Power & Light Co., Interstate Power & Light Co., Interstate Power & Light Co., F/k/a Ies Utils., Inc., &/or Alliant Energy Corp. Vs. Bo Duckett, A/k/a Mary Duckett, F/k/a Mary E. Jeambey, 732 N.W.2d 869 (Iowa 2007). “Moreover, sections 2.12, 2.24, and 4.06 of the *879 tariff reveal that the customer is made responsible to install and maintain the proper equipment and apparatus to use the gas service on the customer’s side of the point of delivery.”

Alliant Energy-interstate Power v. Duckett, 732 N.W.2d 869 (Iowa 2007). “Moreover, sections 2.12, 2.24, and 4.06 of the *879 tariff reveal that the customer is made responsible to install and maintain the proper equipment and apparatus to use the gas service on the customer's side of the point of delivery.”

State v. Kramer (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). “Binder, Hearsay Handbook § 2.12, at 70 (3d ed. 1991) (“The credibility of a witness is impeached when a party suggests that the witness is an unreliable historian.”

Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Bruce A. Willey (Iowa 2021). “Cady, Iowa Practice Series Lawyer & Judicial Ethics § 2.12 (2015). The advisory opinions were effective unless modified by a decision by this court, an amendment to the Iowa Court Rules, or a superseding formal advisory opinion.”

— Iowa Code § 2.12(2) — 1 case

Nichols v. City of Evansdale, 687 N.W.2d 562 (Iowa 2004). “See 1 Restatement (Third) of Property: Servitudes § 2.12 (requiring that either “existence of the prior use was apparent or known to the parties” or “the prior use was for underground utilities serving either parcel”).”

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