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Iowa Const. art. III, 2d, § 38A
Municipal home rule
Municipal corporations are granted home rule power and authority, not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, to determine their local affairs and government, except that they shall not have power to levy any tax unless expressly authorized by the general assembly.
The rule or proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise only those powers granted in express words is not a part of the law of this state.
History
Added by Amendment 25 (1968)
Provenance
- Source
- legis.iowa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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