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a. Shall refer to the numbers of the sections or chapters of the Code to be amended or repealed, but it is not necessary to refer to the sections or chapters in the title.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
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 3 - STATUTES AND RELATED MATTERS
Section 3.2 - Bill drafting instructions.
Section 3.3 - Headnotes and historical references.
Section 3.4 - Bills — approval — passage over veto.
Section 3.5 - Failure of governor to return bill.
Section 3.6 - Acts — where deposited — nullification resolutions.
Section 3.7 - Effective dates of Acts and resolutions.
Section 3.11 - Private Acts — when effective.
Section 3.12 - Appropriations — effective for fiscal year.
Section 3.13 - Pro rata disbursement of appropriations.