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House
File
477
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
477
BY
JACOBY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
secession
of
counties.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
331.301A
Secession.
1
1.
A
county
may,
by
adoption
of
an
ordinance,
secede
from
2
the
state
of
Iowa.
Upon
the
effective
date
of
an
ordinance
3
to
secede
from
the
state
of
Iowa,
a
county
shall
cease
to
be
4
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state
for
all
purposes
and
the
5
county
and
the
residents
of
the
county
shall
not
be
subject
to
6
the
laws
or
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
7
2.
All
property,
real
or
personal,
that
is
owned
by
the
8
state
of
Iowa
that
is
located
in
a
county
that
secedes
from
the
9
state
of
Iowa
shall
remain
under
the
ownership
and
control
of
10
the
state
of
Iowa.
11
3.
An
ordinance
to
secede
from
the
state
of
Iowa
shall
have
12
an
effective
date
of
not
less
than
one
year
after
the
date
of
13
adoption.
14
4.
This
section
does
not
apply
unless
the
county
has
15
approval
from
the
federal
government
and
another
state
to
16
become
part
of
the
other
state,
or
unless
the
county
has
17
approval
from
the
federal
government
to
become
its
own
state
18
or
territory.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
allows
a
county
to
secede
from
the
state
of
Iowa
23
by
the
adoption
of
an
ordinance.
A
county
that
adopts
an
24
ordinance
to
secede
from
the
state
of
Iowa
ceases
to
be
a
25
political
subdivision
of
the
state
for
all
purposes
and
the
26
county
and
the
residents
of
the
county
shall
no
longer
be
27
subject
to
the
laws
or
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
The
28
bill
requires
all
property,
real
or
personal,
that
is
owned
by
29
the
state
of
Iowa
and
located
in
a
county
that
secedes
from
the
30
state
to
remain
under
the
ownership
and
control
of
the
state.
31
The
bill
requires
an
ordinance
to
secede
from
the
state
of
Iowa
32
to
have
an
effective
date
of
not
less
than
one
year
after
the
33
date
of
adoption.
The
bill
does
not
apply
unless
the
county
34
has
approval
from
the
federal
government
and
another
state
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to
become
part
of
the
other
state,
or
unless
the
county
has
1
approval
from
the
federal
government
to
become
its
own
state
2
or
territory.
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