49A.10 - ACTION TO TEST LEGALITY. - Iowa Statutes

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