IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
252.27 - FORM OF ASSISTANCE -- CONDITION.
252.27 FORM OF ASSISTANCE -- CONDITION.
The board of supervisors shall determine the form of the
assistance. However, legal aid shall be only in civil matters and
provided only through a legal aid program approved by the board of
supervisors. The amount of assistance issued shall be determined by
standards of assistance established by the board of supervisors.
They may require any able-bodied person to work on public programs or
projects at the prevailing local rate per hour in payment for and as
a condition of granting assistance. The labor shall be performed
under the direction of the officers having charge of the public
programs or projects. Subject to section 142.1, assistance may
consist of the burial of nonresident indigent transients and the
payment of the reasonable cost of burial, not to exceed two hundred
fifty dollars.
The board shall record its proceedings relating to the provision
of assistance to specific persons under this chapter. A person who
is aggrieved by a decision of the board may appeal the decision as if
it were a contested case before an agency and as if the person had
exhausted administrative remedies in accordance with the procedures
and standards in section 17A.19, subsections 2 to 12 except
subsection 10, paragraphs "b" and "g", and section 17A.20.
Section History: Early Form
[C73, § 1361; C97, § 2230; S13, § 2230; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5322;
C39, § 3828.099; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
S81, § 252.27; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 1039] Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1212, § 17; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §38, 46