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Iowa Code § 37.10 (2026)

Qualification — appointment

✓ Iowa Code 2026 (laws through the 2025 session)
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1. Each commissioner, except for a memorial hospital commissioner, shall be a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, and be a resident of the county in which the memorial hall or monument is located. Each commissioner for a memorial hospital shall be a resident of this state and reside within the memorial hospital’s service area.

2. Each commission member shall be appointed by the mayor with approval of the council or by the chairperson of the county board of supervisors in the case of a county or joint memorial building or monument. [C97, §436; C24, 27, 32, 35, 39, §492; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §37.10] 89 Acts, ch 296, §10; 96 Acts, ch 1216, §28; 99 Acts, ch 36, §2; 99 Acts, ch 180, §13; 99 Acts, ch 208, §47; 2012 Acts, ch 1084, §1 Referred to in §331.321\n\n 37.11 through 37.14 Reserved. \n 37.15 Ex officio voting member. If a memorial hall or building is a city hall, coliseum, or auditorium, the mayor of the city may be an ex officio voting member of the commission created in section 37.9. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §497; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §37.15] 95 Acts, ch 114, §2 Referred to in §331.321 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1978 · leading case: Vietnam Vets. Against the War v. Vets. Mem'l Auditorium Comm'n, 211 N.W.2d 333 (Iowa 1973).
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Vietnam Vets. Against the War v. Vets. Mem'l Auditorium Comm'n, 211 N.W.2d 333 (Iowa 1973). · cites it 71× “Plaintiff's action contests the constitutionality of section 37.10 which provides: "Each such commissioner shall be an honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States, selected in the following manner: "Within sixty days after the election, each post of the…”
Gamel v. Vets. Mem'l Auditorium Comm'n, 272 N.W.2d 472 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 27× “This case presents the second assault on the constitutionality of § 37.10, The Code, which provides for the qualifications and selection of commissioners for military veterans memorial buildings and monuments.”
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