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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 368.19, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The committee shall approve or disapprove the petition or
  1  4 plan as amended, within ninety days of the final hearing, and
  1  5 shall file its decision for record and promptly notify the
  1  6 parties to the proceeding of its decision.  If a petition or
  1  7 plan is approved, the board shall set a date not less than
  1  8 thirty days nor more than ninety days after approval for a
  1  9 special election on the proposal and the county commissioner
  1 10 of elections shall conduct the election.  In a case of
  1 11 incorporation or discontinuance, registered voters of the
  1 12 territory or city may vote, and the proposal is authorized if
  1 13 a majority of those voting approves it.  In a case of
  1 14 annexation or severance, registered voters of the territory
  1 15 and of the city may vote, and the proposal is authorized if a
  1 16 majority of the total number of persons residing in the
  1 17 territory and voting approves it and if a majority of the
  1 18 total number of persons residing in the city and voting
  1 19 approves it.  In case of severance, registered voters of that
  1 20 area of the city to be severed and of the city may vote, and
  1 21 the proposal is authorized if a majority of the total number
  1 22 of persons residing in the area to be severed and voting
  1 23 approves it, and if a majority of the total number of persons
  1 24 residing in the city except the area to be severed, and voting
  1 25 approves it.  In a case of consolidation, registered voters of
  1 26 each city to be consolidated may vote, and the proposal is
  1 27 authorized only if it receives a favorable majority vote in
  1 28 each city.  The county commissioner of elections shall publish
  1 29 notice of the election as provided in section 49.53 and shall
  1 30 conduct the election in the same manner as other special city
  1 31 elections.  
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill provides that an annexation or severance of
  1 34 territory to or from a city shall be approved by a majority of
  1 35 the city voters voting on the issue and by a majority of the
  2  1 voters voting and residing in the territory to be affected by
  2  2 the annexation or severance.  The city voters and the voters
  2  3 of the affected territory must separately approve the
  2  4 proposal.  Under current law, the proposal is authorized if a
  2  5 majority of the combined votes of the city voters and the
  2  6 affected territory voters approves the proposal.  
  2  7 LSB 3545HH 76
  2  8 tj/sc/14
     
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