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1 1 Section 1. Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph b,
1 2 subparagraph (12), Code 1995, is amended by striking the
1 3 subparagraph.
1 4 Sec. 2. Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
1 5 1995, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
1 6 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (12) Funding the acquisition,
1 7 construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, or
1 8 equipping of waterworks, water mains and extensions, ponds,
1 9 reservoirs, capacity, wells, dams, pumping installations, real
1 10 and personal property, or other facilities available or used
1 11 for the storage, transportation, or utilization of water.
1 12 (a) The county board of supervisors may on its own motion
1 13 or upon a written petition of a water supplier established
1 14 under chapter 357A or 504A, direct the county auditor to
1 15 establish a special service area tax district for the purpose
1 16 of issuing general obligation bonds. The special service area
1 17 tax district shall include only unincorporated portions of the
1 18 county and shall be drawn according to engineering
1 19 recommendations provided by the water supplier or the county
1 20 engineer and, in addition, shall be drawn in order that an
1 21 election provided for in subparagraph subdivision (b) can be
1 22 administered. The county's debt service tax levy for the
1 23 county general obligation bonds issued for the purposes set
1 24 out in this subparagraph shall be levied only against taxable
1 25 property within the county which is included within the
1 26 boundaries of the special service area tax district. An owner
1 27 of property not included within the boundaries of the special
1 28 service area tax district may petition the board of
1 29 supervisors to be included in the special service area tax
1 30 district subsequent to its establishment.
1 31 (b) General obligation bonds for the purposes described in
1 32 this subparagraph are subject to an election held in the
1 33 manner provided in section 331.442, subsections 1 through 4,
1 34 if not later than fifteen days following the action by the
1 35 county board of supervisors, eligible voters file a petition
2 1 with the county commissioner of elections asking that the
2 2 question of issuing the bonds be submitted to the qualified
2 3 electors of the special service area tax district. The
2 4 petition must be signed by at least five percent of the
2 5 registered voters residing in the special service area tax
2 6 district. If the petition is duly filed within the fifteen
2 7 days, the board of supervisors shall either adopt a resolution
2 8 declaring that the proposal to issue the bonds is abandoned,
2 9 or direct the county commissioner of elections to call a
2 10 special election within a special service area tax district
2 11 upon the question of issuing the bonds.
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill changes the funding of the acquisition,
2 14 construction, improvement, repair, or equipping of waterworks,
2 15 water mains and extension, ponds, reservoirs, capacity, wells,
2 16 dams, pumping installations, and related facilities from
2 17 essential county purpose general obligation bonds to general
2 18 county purpose general obligation bonds.
2 19 LSB 1552HH 76
2 20 tj/sc/14
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