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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 368.19, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 1997, 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. The proposal for 1 16 annexation or severance is authorized only if a majority of 1 17 the total number of persons voting in the territory approves 1 18 it and a majority of the total number of persons voting in the 1 19 city approves it. In a case of consolidation, registered 1 20 voters of each city to be consolidated may vote, and the 1 21 proposal is authorized only if it receives a favorable 1 22 majority vote in each city. The county commissioner of 1 23 elections shall publish notice of the election as provided in 1 24 section 49.53 and shall conduct the election in the same 1 25 manner as other special city elections. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill requires that proposals for annexation or 1 28 severance be approved by a separate majority of those voting 1 29 in the territory to be annexed or severed and those voting in 1 30 the city seeking annexation or severance of the territory. 1 31 LSB 1900HH 77 1 32 sc/jw/5
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