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1 1 Section 1. Section 403.5, subsection 6, Code 1997, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 6. a. Upon the approval by a municipality of an urban
1 4 renewal plan or of any modification thereof, such plan or
1 5 modification shall be deemed to be in full force and effect
1 6 for the respective urban renewal area, and the municipality
1 7 may then cause such plan or modification to be carried out in
1 8 accordance with its terms. However, the question of whether
1 9 to approve or disapprove the urban renewal plan shall be
1 10 submitted to the registered voters if, within twenty-eight
1 11 days following the approval of the urban renewal plan by the
1 12 governing body, the clerk or auditor, as the case may be,
1 13 receives a valid petition asking that an election be called to
1 14 approve or disapprove the action of the governing body in
1 15 approving the urban renewal plan.
1 16 b. The petition must meet the requirements of section
1 17 331.306, except the signature requirements shall be as
1 18 follows:
1 19 (1) In the case of an urban renewal plan approved by the
1 20 governing body of a city, the petition must be signed by
1 21 eligible electors residing within the corporate boundaries of
1 22 the city and the signatures must be equal in number to ten
1 23 percent of the persons who voted at the last preceding regular
1 24 city election, but not less than ten persons.
1 25 (2) In the case of an urban renewal plan approved by the
1 26 governing body of a county, the petition must be signed by
1 27 eligible electors residing in the unincorporated areas of the
1 28 county and the signatures must be equal in number to ten
1 29 percent of the votes cast in the unincorporated areas of the
1 30 county for the office of president of the United States or
1 31 governor at the preceding general election.
1 32 c. Within thirty days of the receipt of a valid petition,
1 33 the governing body shall direct the commissioner of elections
1 34 to submit the proposition to the registered voters. In the
1 35 case of a city, the proposition shall be submitted to
2 1 registered voters residing within the corporate boundaries of
2 2 the city. In the case of a county, the proposition shall be
2 3 submitted to registered voters residing in the unincorporated
2 4 areas of the county. Notice of the election shall be
2 5 published as provided in section 49.53.
2 6 d. In the case of a city, in lieu of a special election,
2 7 the proposition shall be submitted at the regular city
2 8 election if the petition calling for the referendum is filed
2 9 not more than seventy-one days nor less than forty-seven days
2 10 before the date of the regular city election. In the case of
2 11 a county, the proposition shall be submitted at the general
2 12 election if the petition calling for the referendum is filed
2 13 not more than ninety-two days nor less than sixty-nine days
2 14 before the date of the general election.
2 15 e. When a proposition to approve an urban renewal plan has
2 16 been submitted to the electors under this subsection and the
2 17 proposition fails to gain approval, the proposition, or any
2 18 proposition which incorporates any portion of the defeated
2 19 proposition, shall not be submitted to the electors for a
2 20 period of twelve months from the date of the election.
2 21 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to urban renewal
2 22 plans, or modifications to urban renewal plans, approved by
2 23 the governing body of a municipality on or after July 1, 1998.
2 24 EXPLANATION
2 25 This bill requires that, as of July 1, 1998, urban renewal
2 26 plans and amendments to urban renewal plans approved by a city
2 27 or county governing body shall be subject to referendum if,
2 28 within 28 days of approval of the plan or plan amendment, a
2 29 petition is filed calling for an election on the matter. For
2 30 a county urban renewal plan, the petition must be signed by
2 31 eligible electors equal in number to 10 percent of the votes
2 32 cast by residents of the unincorporated areas for United
2 33 States president or governor in the preceding general
2 34 election. For a city urban renewal plan, the petition must be
2 35 signed by eligible electors equal in number to 10 percent of
3 1 the persons who voted at the last regular city election, but
3 2 not less than 10 persons. Urban renewal plans approved by a
3 3 city council must be petitioned and voted on by residents of
3 4 the city only. Urban renewal plans approved by a county board
3 5 of supervisors must be petitioned and voted on by residents of
3 6 the unincorporated areas of the county only. The bill also
3 7 provides that if an urban renewal plan is defeated at
3 8 election, the same or a similar plan may not be submitted to
3 9 the electors for 12 months following the election.
3 10 LSB 3070HH 77
3 11 sc/jl/8
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