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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 annexationor 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 a case of annexation, registered voters 1 20 residing within two miles of the exterior boundaries of the 1 21 territory to be annexed and not residing within a city may 1 22 vote as a part of the voters of the territory to be annexed. 1 23 In case of severance, registered voters of that area of the 1 24 city to be severed and of the remainder of the city may vote, 1 25 and the proposal is authorized if a majority of the total 1 26 number of persons residing in the area to be severed and 1 27 voting approves it and if a majority of the total number of 1 28 persons residing in the remainder of the city and voting 1 29 approves it. In a case of consolidation, registered voters of 1 30 each city to be consolidated may vote, and the proposal is 1 31 authorized only if it receives a favorable majority vote in 1 32 each city. The county commissioner of elections shall publish 1 33 notice of the election as provided in section 49.53 and shall 1 34 conduct the election in the same manner as other special city 1 35 elections. 2 1 EXPLANATION 2 2 This bill provides that an annexation or severance of 2 3 territory to or from a city shall be approved by a majority of 2 4 the city voters voting on the issue and by a majority of the 2 5 voters voting and residing in the territory to be affected by 2 6 the annexation or severance. In case of annexation, 2 7 registered voters residing within two miles of the exterior 2 8 boundaries of the territory to be annexed and not residing 2 9 within a city may vote as a part of the territory to be 2 10 annexed. The city voters and the voters of the affected 2 11 territory must separately approve the proposal. Under current 2 12 law, the proposal is authorized if a majority of the combined 2 13 votes of the city voters and the affected territory voters 2 14 approves the proposal. 2 15 LSB 1030HH 77 2 16 tj/sc/14
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