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IA Code § 373.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS|Section 373.6 - Referendum — effective date.

373.6 Referendum — effective date.   1. If a proposed charter for consolidation is received not later than seventy-eight days before the next general election, the council of the participating city with the largest population shall, not later than sixty-nine days before the general election, direct the county commissioner of elections to submit to the registered voters of the participating cities at the next general election the question of whether the proposed charter shall be adopted. A summary of the proposed charter shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each city participating in the charter commission process at least ten but not more than twenty days before the date of the election. The proposed charter shall be effective in regard to a city only if a majority of the electors of the city voting approves the proposed charter.   2. If a proposed charter for consolidation is adopted:   a. The adopted charter shall take effect July 1 following the election at which it is approved unless the charter provides a later effective date. A special election shall be called to elect the new elective officers.   b. The adoption of the consolidated metropolitan corporation form of government does not alter any right or liability of any participating city in effect at the time of the election at which the charter was adopted.   c. All departments and agencies shall continue to operate until replaced.   d. All ordinances or resolutions in effect remain effective until amended or repealed, unless they are irreconcilable with the adopted charter.   e. Upon the effective date of the adopted charter, the participating cities shall adopt the consolidation form by ordinance, and shall file a copy with the secretary of state, and maintain available copies for public inspection.   3. If a charter is submitted to the electorate but is not adopted, another charter shall not be submitted to the electorate for two years. If a charter is adopted, it may be amended at any time. If a charter is adopted, a proposed charter for another alternative form of city government shall not be submitted to the electorate for six years.   4. Section 372.2 shall not apply to a charter commission established under this chapter.  91 Acts, ch 256, §45; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §92
IA Code § 373.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS|Section 373.7 - Form of ballot.

373.7 Form of ballot.   1. The question of metropolitan consolidation shall be submitted to the electors in substantially the following form:   Should the cities of ................................ and ................................ unite to form one joint metropolitan corporation government?   2. The ballot must contain a brief description and summary of the proposed charter or amendment.  91 Acts, ch 256, §46; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §152
IA Code § 373.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS|Section 373.8 - Effect of consolidation.

373.8 Effect of consolidation.   1. Cities consolidating pursuant to this chapter shall retain all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon them by the Constitution of the State of Iowa and shall retain all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon them by the laws of the state of Iowa, except to the extent those statutory rights, powers, and duties are limited by the charter government in fulfilling its duty to provide efficient administration and delivery of services to its citizens.   2. The consolidation charter may provide for the replacement of the city government of the member city with the largest population, according to the most recent certified federal census. That city shall be known as the home city of the consolidated metropolitan corporation. If its government is replaced, the consolidation charter shall provide that the home city be governed either directly by the metropolitan council or by those members of the metropolitan council who reside within the corporate boundaries of the home city. The home city shall retain its geographic boundaries for the purposes of taxation.   3. Cities participating in consolidation shall be referred to as member cities of the consolidated metropolitan corporation.   4. A city may join an existing consolidated metropolitan corporation government by resolution of the city council or upon petition of eligible electors of the city equal in number to at least twenty-five percent of the persons who voted at the last general election for the office of governor or president of the United States, whichever is fewer. Within fifteen days after receiving a valid petition, the city council of the petitioning city shall adopt a resolution in favor of participation and shall immediately forward the resolution to the metropolitan council. If a majority of the metropolitan council approves the resolution, the question of joining the consolidated metropolitan corporation shall be submitted to the electorate of the petitioning city within sixty days after approval of the resolution.  91 Acts, ch 256, §47; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §373.11
IA Code § 373.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS|Section 373.9 - Metropolitan council.

373.9 Metropolitan council.   1. A consolidated metropolitan corporation shall be governed by a metropolitan council. The council shall consist of an odd number of members, not less than eleven and not more than seventeen. If a vacancy on the metropolitan council occurs more than sixty days before the next general election, the council shall direct the county commissioner of elections to conduct a special election to fill the vacancy until the next general election.   2. Unless otherwise specified in the consolidation charter, the council shall act by a majority vote of the members on the council.  91 Acts, ch 256, §48  Referred to in §373.5
IA Code § 373.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS|Section 373.10 - Taxing authority.

373.10 Taxing authority.   The metropolitan council shall have the authority to levy city taxes to the extent the city tax levy authority is transferred by the charter to the metropolitan council. A member city shall transfer a portion of the city’s tax levy authorized under section 384.1 or 384.12, whichever is applicable, to the metropolitan council. The maximum rates of taxes authorized to be levied under sections 384.1 and 384.12 by a member city shall be reduced by an amount equal to the rates of the same or similar taxes levied in the city by the metropolitan council.  91 Acts, ch 256, §49  Referred to in §373.5
IA Code § 373.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS|Section 373.11 - Service delivery.

373.11 Service delivery.   1. The charter of consolidation shall provide for the transfer into the metropolitan consolidated corporation of areawide services which had been provided by other boards, commissions, and local governments. The metropolitan council shall have the authority to determine the boundaries of the service areas, except that formation of a consolidated metropolitan corporation shall not affect the assignment of electric utility service territories pursuant to chapter 476, and shall not affect the rights of a city to grant a franchise under chapter 364.   a. For each service provided by the consolidated metropolitan corporation, the consolidated metropolitan corporation shall assume the same statutory rights, powers, and duties, except taxing authority, relating to the provision of such service as if the member city were itself providing the service to its citizens. However, the consolidated metropolitan corporation shall not assume any of the governmental functions of its member cities except as the functions relate to the delivery of services and except as provided in section 373.8.   b. If a service is being provided by the consolidated metropolitan corporation to any member city that member city shall not invoke any statutory right, power, or duty relating to the delivery of the service to its citizens.   2. A member city may apply to the metropolitan council for the purchase of any service which is being provided by the consolidated metropolitan corporation to any other member city, including the home city of the consolidated metropolitan corporation. Such an agreement to provide services shall be executed pursuant to chapter 28E and must contain provisions necessary for the lawful execution of the agreement.  91 Acts, ch 256, §50; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180  Referred to in §373.5
IA Code § 376.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.1 - City election held.

376.1 City election held.   1. A city shall hold a regular city election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year. A city shall hold regular, special, primary, or runoff city elections as provided by state law.   2. The mayor or council shall give notice of any special election to the county commissioner of elections. The county commissioner of elections shall publish notice of any city election and conduct the election pursuant to the provisions of chapters 39 through 53, except as otherwise specifically provided in chapters 362 through 392. The results of any election shall be canvassed by the county board of supervisors and certified by the county commissioner of elections to the mayor and the council of the city for which the election is held.  [R60, §1130; C73, §501; C97, §642, 936; S13, §646, 1056-a20, -a21; SS15, §1056-b5, -b6; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5627, 6488, 6494, 6507, 6514, 6643, 6644, 6737; C46, 50, §363.5, 416.12, 416.18, 416.31, 416.38, 419.29, 419.30; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.8, 363.20, 363.24, 363.26; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.1]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §202  Referred to in §39.20, 331.383, 372.13, 388.2  Section amended
IA Code § 376.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.2 - Terms.

376.2 Terms.   1. Terms of city officers begin and end at noon on the first day in January which is not a Sunday or legal holiday, following a regular city election.   2. Except as otherwise provided by state law or the city charter, terms for elective offices are two years. However, the term of an elective office may be changed to two or four years by petition and election. Upon receipt of a petition meeting the requirements of section 362.4, requesting that the term of an elective office be changed, the council shall submit the question at a special election. If a majority of the persons voting at the special election approves the changed term, it becomes effective at the beginning of the term following the next regular city election. If a majority does not approve the changed term, the council shall not submit the same proposal to the voters within the next four years.   3. At the first regular city election after the terms of council members are changed to four years, terms shall be staggered as follows:   a. If an even number of council members are elected at large, the half of the elected council members who receive the highest number of votes are elected for four-year terms. The remainder are elected for two-year terms.   b. If an odd number of council members are elected at large, the majority of the elected council members who receive the highest number of votes are elected for four-year terms. The remainder are elected for two-year terms.   c. In case of a tie the mayor and clerk shall determine by lot which council members are elected for four-year terms.   d. If the council members are elected from wards, the council members elected from the odd-numbered wards are elected for four-year terms and the council members elected from even-numbered wards are elected for two-year terms.   4. After July 1, 1986, a petition submitted under this section to change the term of council members from two to four years shall specify if the terms are to be staggered or run concurrently. If the petition provides for concurrent terms and the changed term is approved by the voters, subsection 3 shall not apply and the terms shall be concurrent. If valid petitions for staggered and concurrent terms are submitted, the first filed shall govern.  [R60, §1081, 1084, 1091, 1093, 1106; C73, §390, 511, 514, 518, 521, 535; C97, §646 – 649; S13, §646 – 649; SS15, §1056-b3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5632, 6625, 6626; C46, 50, §363.10, 419.11, 419.12; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.9, 363.10, 363.28; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.2]  86 Acts, ch 1224, §34; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §105, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §67, 71; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §106  Referred to in §39.20
IA Code § 376.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.3 - Nominations.

376.3 Nominations.   Candidates for elective city offices must be nominated as provided in sections 376.4 through 376.9 unless by ordinance a city chooses the provisions of chapter 44 or 45. However, a city acting under a special charter in 1973 and having a population of over fifty thousand shall continue to hold partisan elections as provided in sections 43.112 through 43.118 and sections 420.126 through 420.137 unless the city by election as provided in section 43.112 chooses to conduct city elections under this chapter or chapter 44 or 45. The choice of one of these options by such a special charter city does not otherwise affect the validity of the city’s charter. However, special charter cities which choose to exercise the option to conduct nonpartisan city elections may choose in the same manner the original decision was made, to resume holding city elections on a partisan basis.  [S13, §1056-a21; SS15, §1056-b4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6492, 6496, 6634, 6638; C46, 50, §416.16, 416.20, 419.20, 419.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.11, 363.16; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.3; 82 Acts, ch 1097, §2]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §203  Section amended
IA Code § 376.4A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.4A - Change to direct election of mayor — nomination petition signature requirements.

376.4A Change to direct election of mayor — nomination petition signature requirements.   1. If there is a change in government pursuant to section 372.6, subsection 2, the number of signatures required on a nomination petition for the office of mayor for the first election that office is on the ballot shall be an amount equal to the product of the following:   a. The total number of votes cast for at-large city council offices at the last regular city election divided by the number of city council seats to be filled at the last regular city election.   b. Two hundredths.   2. If the product of subsection 1, paragraphs “a” and “b”, is less than ten, the required number of signatures is ten.  2007 Acts, ch 18, §1  Referred to in §372.13, 376.3
IA Code § 376.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.5 - Publication of ballot.

376.5 Publication of ballot.   Notice containing a copy of the ballot for each regular, special, primary, or runoff city election must be published by the county commissioner of elections as provided in section 362.3, except that notice of a regular, primary, or runoff election may be published not less than four days before the date of the election. The published notice must contain the names of all candidates, and may not contain any party designations. The published notice must contain any question to be submitted to the voters.  [S13, §1056-a21; SS15, §1056-b4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6499, 6500, 6501, 6503, 6640; C46, 50, §416.23 – 416.25, 416.27, 419.26; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.19; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.5]  2019 Acts, ch 148, §58  Referred to in §372.13, 376.3
IA Code § 376.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.6 - Primary or other method of nomination — certification.

376.6 Primary or other method of nomination — certification.   1. An individual for whom a valid petition is filed becomes a candidate in the regular city election for the office for which the individual has filed, except that a primary election must be held for offices for which the number of individuals for whom valid petitions are filed is more than twice the number of positions to be filled. However:   a. The council may by ordinance choose to have a runoff election, as provided in section 376.9, in lieu of a primary election.   b. If the council has by ordinance chosen to have nominations made in the manner provided by chapter 44 or 45, neither a primary election nor a runoff election is required.   2. Each city clerk shall certify to the city’s controlling commissioner of elections under section 47.2 the type of nomination process to be used for the city no later than ninety days before the date of the regular city election. If the city has by ordinance chosen a runoff election or has chosen to have nominations made in the manner provided by chapter 44 or 45, or has repealed nomination provisions under those sections in preference for the primary election method, a copy of the city ordinance shall be attached. No changes in the method of nomination to be used in a city shall be made after the clerk has filed the certification with the commissioner, unless the change will not take effect until after the next regular city election.  [S13, §1056-a21; SS15, §1056-b4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6492, 6510, 6638; C46, 50, §416.16, 416.34, 419.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.16, 363.18; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.6]  88 Acts, ch 1119, §40; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §106, 115; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §41, 44  Referred to in §372.13, 376.3
IA Code § 376.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.7 - Date of primary.

376.7 Date of primary.   1. If a primary election is necessary, it shall be held on the Tuesday four weeks before the date of the regular city election. For each office on the ballot, a voter shall only vote for the number of persons to be elected to that office at the regular city election. The county board of supervisors shall publicly canvass the tally lists of the vote cast in the primary election, following the procedures prescribed in section 50.24, at a meeting to be held on the second day following the primary election, and beginning no earlier than 1:00 p.m. on that day.   2. The names of those candidates who receive the highest number of votes for each office on the primary election ballot, to the extent of twice the number of unfilled positions, must be placed on the ballot for the regular city election as candidates for that office.   3. If the city holding a primary election is located in more than one county, the controlling commissioner for that city under section 47.2, subsection 2, shall conduct a second canvass on the first Monday or Tuesday after the day of the election. However, if a recount is requested pursuant to section 50.48, the controlling commissioner shall conduct the second canvass within two business days after the conclusion of the recount proceeding. Each commissioner conducting a canvass for the city pursuant to section 50.24, subsection 1, shall transmit abstracts for the offices of that city to the controlling commissioner for that city, along with individual tallies for each write-in candidate. At the second canvass, the county board of supervisors of the county of the controlling commissioner shall canvass the abstracts received pursuant to this subsection and shall prepare a combined city abstract stating the number of votes cast in the city for each office. The combined city abstract shall further indicate the name of each person who received votes for each office on the ballot, and the number of votes each person received for that office. The votes of all write-in candidates who each received less than five percent of the total votes cast in the city for an office shall be reported collectively under the heading “scattering”.  [S13, §1056-a21; SS15, §1056-b5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6493, 6507, 6643; C46, 50, §416.17, 416.31, 419.29; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.17, 363.24; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.7]  86 Acts, ch 1224, §36; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §52; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §59  Referred to in §50.48, 331.383, 372.13, 376.3
IA Code § 376.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 376 - CITY ELECTIONS|Section 376.8 - Persons elected in city elections.

376.8 Persons elected in city elections.   1. In a regular city election following a city primary, the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes cast for each office on the ballot are elected, to the extent necessary to fill the positions open.   2. In a regular city election held for a city where the council has chosen a runoff election in lieu of a primary, candidates are elected as provided by subsection 1, except that no candidate is elected who fails to receive a majority of the votes cast for the office in question. In the case of at-large elections to a multimember body, a majority is one vote more than half the quotient found by dividing the total number of votes cast for all candidates for that body by the number of positions to be filled. In calculating the number of votes necessary to constitute a majority, fractions shall be rounded up to the next higher whole number.   3. In a regular city election held for a city where the council has chosen to have nominations made in the manner provided by chapter 44 or 45, the candidates who receive the greatest number of votes for each office on the ballot are elected, to the extent necessary to fill the positions open.  [S13, §1056-a21; SS15, §1056-b4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6492, 6638; C46, 50, §416.16, 419.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.16; C75, 77, 79, 81, §376.8]  88 Acts, ch 1119, §41; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §153  Referred to in §372.13, 376.3