{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-373.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 373.1","heading":"Creation of commission.","body":"1. Cities within a county may unite to form a single unit of local government in accordance with this chapter. Any city located in two or more counties shall be allowed to participate in a metropolitan consolidation in the county where at least fifty percent of its population resides. An alternative form of metropolitan government shall be submitted to the electorate by a commission in the form of a charter or charter amendment proposed in accordance with this chapter.\n2. Participation in a charter commission under this chapter may be proposed by:\na. The city council adopting a resolution calling for participation.\nb. By petition of the number of eligible electors of the city equal to at least twenty-five percent of the votes cast in the city at the last regular city election petitioning the council to adopt a resolution calling for participation. The council shall within thirty days of the filing of a valid petition adopt such a resolution.","path":["Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)","Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/373.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:10Z","sha256":"7534223582109624558308fc9359a7c0d34d12a948f0d27d7191c4f4201f1801","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-372.15","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-373.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}