Index of Iowa Laws - M

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Index of Iowa Laws – M

Managers, see City Managers

Mandates by State
    Generally | ch 25B
    Defined | 25B.3(2)
    Inadequate funding | 25B.2(3)

Maps
City identified & located on official state map | 307.14

Marshal
    Appointed by mayor under mayor-council form | 372.4
    Police officer serving as marshal, pension rights retained | 41 0 .17
    Truancy officers, appointment & duties | 299.10; 299.12

Massage
Therapy, regulations on the profession | ch 152C

Mayor Council Form
Generally | 372.4

Mayors, see also Mayors Pro-Tem
    Generally | ch 372
    Appointed under council manager form | 372.6
    Appointments
       Generally | 372.4; 388.3; 400.1
       Appointment of marshal or police chief, mayor-council form | 372.4
       Power to remove | 372.15
       Compensation | 372.13(8)
    Duties
       Generally | 372.14
       Appointment of civil service commission members | 400.1
       Appointment of utility board members | 388.3
       Chairperson of the conference board for property assessment | 441.2
       City legislation responsibilities | 380.5, .6
       Election responsibilities | 376.1
       Revenue bond execution | 384.83(4)
       Specific to city form | 372.4, .5, .9
       Election | 39.20; chs 372, 376
       Emergency (public danger) powers | 372.14(2)
       Member, county conference board | 441.2
       Names mayor pro tem, mayor-council form | 372.4
       Oaths, power to administer | 63A.2(4)
       Petition for arbitration of local labor disputes | 679B.1
       Removal from office | ch 66
       Resignations | 69.4
       Secretaries, civil service exception | 400.6
       Vacancies, filling | ch 69; 37 2 .13
       Vetoing ordinance or resolution | 380.5, .6
       Voting in council, by form | 372.4, .5, .6, .7; 380.4

Mayors Pro-Tem
Appointed, duties, compensation | 372.4, .5, .13(8), .14(3)
Inability to veto | 380.5

Measures, see Ordinances or Resolutions

Meetings, see also Open Meetings
    Disturbing | 718.3
    Open meetings law | ch 21
    Use of schools for community purposes | 297.9

Memorial Halls & Monuments
Soldiers, sailors & marines | ch 37

Metropolitan Corporations, see Consolidated Metropolitan Corporations

Mileage
Payment for, maximum | 70A.9, .13

Military Funeral
Disorderly Conduct | 723.5

Mining
City subject to coal mining law | 207.11
Surface mining, city subject to law | 208.21

Minors
    Alcoholic beverage control laws, persons under legal age | 123.47
    Juvenile committing delinquent act | 232.2(12)(a)
    Juvenile committing simple misdemeanor | 232.8(1)
    Work assignments, liability for juvenile’s torts | 232.13

Minutes, see also Meetings, Open Meetings or Records
    Clerk’s duties | 372.13(6)
    Publishing | 372.13(6); 388.4(4)
    Votes of members | 21.3

Misdemeanors
Defined | 701.8
Penalties | 903.1(3)

Modular Homes
Defined | 435.1(5)
Taxation | 435.1

Monuments, see Memorial Halls & Monuments

Motels, see Hotels/Motels

Motions
Defined | 362.5
Effective date | 380.6

Motor Fuels
City exemption from motor fuel taxes | ch 452A
Requirement that city vehicles use ethanol blended gasoline | 364.20

Motor Vehicles, see also Abandonment or City-owned Vehicles
    Abandoned vehicles
       Disposal | 321.90
       Non liability | 321.91
       Removal & disposal | 321.89; ch 556B
    Emergency vehicles
       Compliance with traffic laws normally | 321.230
       Exception to traffic laws | 321.231
       License plates free | 321.19
       Red or other flashing lights | 321.422, .423
       Excess weight, city regulation permitted | 321.471, .473; 321E.1, .2, .29A
       License for undercover officers | 321.189A
    Motor carriers
       Regulation by local authorities restricted | 325A.2
       Registration Year Defined | 321.1 (60)
       Registration Year Expired | 321.39

Municipal Infractions
    Generally | 364.22
    Civil citation procedures | 364.22(4)
    Ordinances as municipal infractions | 364.22(2)-.22(3)
    Owe debt to city | 364.22B

Municipalities, see Cities