373.8 - EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION.

        373.8  EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION.         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.         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.         Cities participating in consolidation shall be referred to as      member cities of the consolidated metropolitan corporation.         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.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 256, §47         Referred to in § 373.11