Iowa § 3.1 - 3.1 Form of bills.
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§ 3.1. 3.1 Form of bills.
1. Bills designed to amend, revise, enact, codify, or repeal a law: a. Shall refer to the numbers of the sections or chapters of the Code to be amended or repealed, but it is not necessary to refer to the sections or chapters in the title. b. Shall refer to the session of the general assembly and the sections and chapters of the Acts to be amended if the bill relates to a section or sections of an Act not appearing in the Code. c. Shall express all references to statutes in numerals. 2. The title to a bill shall contain a brief statement of the purpose of the bill, however all detail matters properly connected with the subject so expressed may be omitted from the title. [C73, §38; C97, §41; S13, §41-a, -b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §47; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §3.1] 84 Acts, ch 1067, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1168, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §4; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §51 Publication of bills, §2.9 Wed Dec 10 21:41:26 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 3.1 (21, 0)
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