Iowa Code 74A.1 – Applicability
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1. Except as otherwise provided by law, this chapter establishes the interest rates which are applicable to all bonds, warrants, anticipatory warrants, pledge orders, improvement certificates, and anticipation certificates issued by a governmental body or agency under the laws of this state, and the interest rates which are applicable to assessments levied by a governmental body or agency under the laws of this state against benefited properties for the retirement of public debt.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 74A.1
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Public debt: Cumulative amounts borrowed by the Treasury Department or the Federal Financing Bank from the public or from another fund or account. The public debt does not include agency debt (amounts borrowed by other agencies of the Federal Government). The total public debt is subject to a statutory limit.
- 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. This chapter does not authorize the issuance of a public obligation or the levying of an assessment, and does not create an obligation to pay interest, and does not determine when interest commences or ceases to accrue.
3. This chapter does not impose an interest rate or interest rate limitation where by law the rate of interest payable on an obligation is within the discretion of the governmental body or agency, unless that discretion is expressly made subject to the limitations contained in this chapter.