491.9 - SUBMISSION TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. - Iowa Statutes

491.9 SUBMISSION TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. Upon the rejection of any articles of incorporation by the secretary of state, except for the reason that they have been held by the attorney general to be illegal, they shall, if the person or persons presenting them so request, be submitted to the executive council, which shall, as soon as practicable, consider the said articles and if the council determines that the articles are in proper form, of honest purpose, not against public policy, nor otherwise objectionable, it shall so advise the secretary of state in writing, whereupon the secretary shall, upon the payment of the proper fees, file the same and proceed otherwise as the law directs; but if the council sustains the previous action of the secretary of state in rejecting said articles, such decision by the council shall be reported to the secretary of state in writing, and the secretary shall then return said articles to the person or persons presenting them with such explanation as shall be proper in the case.          Section History: Early Form [C13, § 1610; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8347; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 491.9] Referred to in § 491.10, 491.107