49A.10 - ACTION TO TEST LEGALITY.
49A.10 ACTION TO TEST LEGALITY.
Whenever an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa
shall have been proposed and agreed to by the general assembly and
shall have been agreed to by the succeeding general assembly, any
taxpayer may file suit in equity in the district court at the seat of
government of the state, challenging the validity, legality or
constitutionality of such amendment, or the procedure connected
therewith, and in such suit the district court shall have
jurisdiction to determine the validity, legality or constitutionality
of said amendment or the procedure connected therewith, and enter its
decree accordingly, and may grant a writ of injunction enjoining the
governor and state commissioner of elections from submitting such
constitutional amendment, if it, or the procedure connected
therewith, shall have been found to be invalid, illegal or
unconstitutional. Section History: Early Form
[C31, 35, § 77-d1; C39, § 77.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 6.10] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 49A.10
General procedure, § 619.2, 619.3, 624.7, 625A.3, 625A.6, 625A.13