1. If, prior to June 30, 2020, an alarm system contractor charged its customers an amount equal to the costs the political subdivision of the state imposed on the alarm system contractor for permits associated with placing or keeping an alarm in service, as shown on a separate line item on the customer’s invoice, the alarm system contractor may continue to collect from its customers such fees until December 31, 2020. The alarm system contractor shall pay to the political subdivision of the state or its designee the fees collected under this section in accordance with the instructions of the political subdivision or the political subdivision’s designee.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 100C.12

  • Alarm system: means a system or portion of a combination system that consists of components and circuits arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of a fire alarm, security alarm, or nurse call or supervisory signal-initiating devices and to initiate the appropriate response to those signals, but does not mean any such security system or portion of a combination system installed in a prison, jail, or detention facility owned by the state, a political subdivision of the state, the department of human services, or the Iowa veterans home. See Iowa Code 100C.1
  • Alarm system contractor: means a person engaging in or representing that the person is engaging in the business of layout, installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or maintenance inspection of alarm systems in this state. See Iowa Code 100C.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Fees collected by an alarm system contractor under this section shall not be subject to audit by a political subdivision or the political subdivision’s designee.
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