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Iowa Code § 97B.2 (2026)

Purpose of chapter

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The purpose of this chapter is to promote economy and efficiency in the public service by providing an orderly means for employees, without hardship or prejudice, to have a retirement system which will provide for the payment of annuities, enabling the employees to care for themselves in retirement, and which will improve public employment within the state, reduce excessive personnel turnover, and offer suitable attraction to high-grade men and women to enter public service in the state. [C46, 50, §97.2; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §97B.2] 88 Acts, ch 1242, §8 Referred to in §97B.1A

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1956–1982 · leading case: Hawkins v. Preisser, 264 N.W.2d 726 (Iowa 1978).
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Hawkins v. Preisser, 264 N.W.2d 726 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 10× “The purpose of chapter 97B which established the Iowa public employees retirement system was enunciated by the legislature in § 97B.2, The Code, which provides: "The purpose of this chapter is to promote economy and efficiency in the public service by providing an orderly means…”
City of Mason City v. Pub. Emp. Relations Bd., 316 N.W.2d 851 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “The purpose of this chapter is to promote economy and efficiency in the public service by providing an orderly means whereby employees who become superannuated may, without hardship or prejudice, be replaced by more capable employees, and to that end providing a retirement…”
DeShon v. Bettendorf Cmty. Sch. Dist., 284 N.W.2d 329 (Iowa 1979). “The existence of a rational basis is further indicated by the language of § 97B.2 which states the purpose of the chapter pursuant to which the board’s policy was promulgated: The purpose of this chapter is to promote economy and efficiency in the public service by providing an…”
Byers v. Iowa Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 76 N.W.2d 892 (Iowa 1956). · cites it 2× “(chapter 97B, Code 1954) a substitute measure was enacted entitled the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System. Its purpose is to provide an adequate retirement to superannuated employees and to improve public employment in the state, section 97B.”
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