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House Journal: Page 637: Tuesday, March 12, 1996

45   public use copies of all effective ordinances and
46   codes.  A copy of the complete text of an ordinance or
47   amendment shall also be available for distribution to
48   the public at the office of the county auditor.  The
49   auditor's certification is presumptive evidence of the
50   facts stated therein.

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 1     10.  The compensation paid to a newspaper for a
 2   publication required by this section shall not exceed
 3   three-fourths of the fee provided in section 618.11.
 4   The compensation paid to a newspaper for publication
 5   of the complete text of an ordinance shall not exceed
 6   three-fourths of the fee provided in section 618.11."
 7     2.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
 8   following:
 9     "Sec. ___.  Section 380.7, subsection 2, Code 1995,
10   is amended to read as follows:
11     2.  Publish a summary of all ordinances or the
12   complete text of ordinances and amendments in the
13   manner provided in section 362.3.  As used in this
14   paragraph, "summary" shall mean a narrative
15   description of the terms and conditions of an
16   ordinance setting forth the main points of the
17   ordinance in a manner calculated to inform the public
18   in a clear and understandable manner the meaning of
19   the ordinance and which shall provide the public with
20   sufficient notice to conform to the desired conduct
21   required by the ordinance.  The description shall
22   include the title of the ordinance, an accurate and
23   intelligible abstract or synopsis of the essential
24   elements or the ordinance, a statement that the
25   description is a summary, the location and the normal
26   business hours of the office where the ordinance may
27   be inspected, when the ordinance becomes effective,
28   and the full text of any provisions imposing fines,
29   penalties, forfeitures, fees, or taxes.  Legal
30   descriptions of property set forth in ordinances shall
31   be described in full, provided that maps or charts may
32   be substituted for legal descriptions when they
33   contain sufficient detail to clearly define the area
34   with which the ordinance is concerned.  The narrative
35   description shall be written in a clear and coherent
36   manner and shall, to the extent possible, avoid the
37   use of technical or legal terms not generally familiar
38   to the public.  When necessary to use technical or
39   legal terms not generally familiar to the public, the
40   narrative description shall include definitions of
41   those terms."
42     3.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
43   following:
44     "Sec. ___.  Section 380.9, Code 1995, is amended to
45   read as follows:

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