Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 47.11 (2026)

Electronic poll book and polling place technology program — revolving loan fund

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1. An electronic poll book and polling place technology program is created and an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the state commissioner. The program and revolving loan fund shall be administered by the state commissioner and the revolving loan fund shall include moneys allocated from the state commissioner’s budget and any other moneys obtained or accepted by the state commissioner for deposit in the revolving loan fund.

2. a. The state commissioner may loan moneys in the revolving loan fund to county commissioners for the purchase or update of electronic poll book and polling place technology.

b. Moneys loaned under this subsection shall be used, in accordance with section 49.28, to furnish electronic poll books to election precincts for the purpose of modernizing polling places throughout the state.

c. The state commissioner may spend an amount not to exceed thirty percent of the\n\nTue Dec 09 22:31:04 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 47 (33, 1) 9 ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, §47.11\n\nmoneys in the revolving loan fund at the beginning of a fiscal year to administer polling place technology to ensure compliance with state standards of technological security and the protection of personally identifiable information.

3. A loan made under this section shall bear no interest.

4. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the revolving loan fund shall be credited to the revolving loan fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the revolving loan fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain available in the revolving loan fund for the purposes designated.

5. The state commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section. 2017 Acts, ch 110, §37\n\nTue Dec 09 22:31:04 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 47 (33, 1) \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2022 · leading case: River Bend Farms, Inc. v. M & P Missouri River Levee Dist., 324 N.W.2d 460 (Iowa 1982).

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River Bend Farms, Inc. v. M & P Missouri River Levee Dist., 324 N.W.2d 460 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 4× “Sands, Sutherland Statutory Construction § 47.11 (4th ed. 1973). An exception, of course, is generally considered a limitation only upon the statutory matter which immediately precedes it.”

State v. Rouse, 290 N.W.2d 911 (Iowa 1980). “Sutherland, Statutes and Statutory Construction § 47.11, at 90 (4th ed. C. Sands 1973) (exceptions to statutes not to be implied).”

Kohrt Ex Rel. Kohrt v. Yetter, 344 N.W.2d 245 (Iowa 1984). “2d 460, 462 (Iowa 1982); 2A Sutherland, Statutes and Statutory Construction § 47.11 (C. Sands 4th ed. 1973). The circumstances which led to enactment of section 614.”

Iowa Farmers Purchasing Ass'n, Inc. v. Huff, 260 N.W.2d 824 (Iowa 1977). “See also 2A Sutherland, Statutory Construction, § 47.11 (rev. 3d ed. 1973). Therefore, plaintiffs’ burden to show chapter 503 does not reach them is a heavy one.”

Tommy Marion Copeland v. State of Iowa & Iowa Air Nat'l Guard (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). “Singer, Statutes and Statutory Construction, § 47.11 at 246–47 (6th ed. 2000). In fact, our case law has recognized that “the legislature did not intend for section [35C.”

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