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House File 646

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 28E.17, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  The council shall give notice and conduct a hearing on
  1  4 the proposal in the manner set forth in section 384.25.
  1  5 However, the notice must be published at least ten days prior
  1  6 to the hearing, and if a petition valid under section 362.4 is
  1  7 filed with the clerk of the city prior to the hearing, asking
  1  8 that the question of issuing the bonds be submitted to the
  1  9 registered voters of the city, the council shall either by
  1 10 resolution declare the proposal abandoned or shall direct the
  1 11 county commissioner of elections to call a special election to
  1 12 vote upon submit the question of issuing the bonds at the next
  1 13 following regular city election or at the next general
  1 14 election.  Notice of the election and its conduct ballot
  1 15 measure shall be in the manner provided in section 384.26.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 28E.22, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999,
  1 17 is amended to read as follows:
  1 18    The board of supervisors, or the city councils of a
  1 19 district composed only of cities, may, and upon receipt of a
  1 20 petition signed by five percent of the registered voters
  1 21 residing in the district shall, submit a proposition to the
  1 22 electorate residing in the district at any general election or
  1 23 at a special election held throughout the district.  In
  1 24 districts composed only of cities, the proposition may be
  1 25 placed on the ballot of the next following regular city
  1 26 election or the next general election.  In all other
  1 27 districts, the proposition must be placed on the general
  1 28 election ballot.  The proposition shall provide for the
  1 29 establishment of a public safety fund and the levy of a tax on
  1 30 taxable property located in the district at rates not
  1 31 exceeding the rates specified in this section for the purpose
  1 32 of providing additional moneys for the operation of the
  1 33 district.
  1 34    Sec. 3.  Section 28E.39, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999,
  1 35 is amended to read as follows:
  2  1    An agreement establishing a community cluster shall require
  2  2 the approval of the registered voters residing within the area
  2  3 of the cluster if the agreement provides for the sharing of
  2  4 revenues from ad valorem property taxes.  The proposition
  2  5 shall be submitted to the electorate by each governmental unit
  2  6 forming the community cluster to the electors residing within
  2  7 the area of the governmental unit at a the general election or
  2  8 at a special election the regular city election if the
  2  9 community cluster includes only cities.  However, if a county
  2 10 has designated only certain townships as being included within
  2 11 the community cluster, the proposition shall be submitted to
  2 12 the electorate of the county residing only in the townships
  2 13 included in the community cluster.
  2 14    Sec. 4.  Section 37.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999,
  2 15 is amended to read as follows:
  2 16    Upon the filing of the requisite petition, the city council
  2 17 shall cause the proposition to be submitted at a the regular
  2 18 city election, or at a special the general election to be
  2 19 called if requested in the petition, in substantially the
  2 20 following form:
  2 21    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  39.26  CITY AND COUNTY SPECIAL
  2 22 ELECTIONS PROHIBITED.
  2 23    A proposition authorizing the issuance of bonds or other
  2 24 indebtedness, or the imposition of, or increase in, a voter-
  2 25 approved property tax levy or local option sales tax by a city
  2 26 or county may only be placed on the ballot at the regular city
  2 27 election or general election, if a city, and on the ballot at
  2 28 the general election, if a county.
  2 29    Sec. 6.  Section 75.1, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1999,
  2 30 is amended to read as follows:
  2 31    When a proposition to authorize an issuance of bonds has
  2 32 been submitted to the electors under this section and the
  2 33 proposal fails to gain approval by the required percentage of
  2 34 votes, such proposal, or any proposal which incorporates any
  2 35 portion of the defeated proposal, shall not be submitted to
  3  1 the electors for a period of six months from the date of such
  3  2 regular or special the election.
  3  3    Sec. 7.  Section 257.18, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  3  4 amended to read as follows:
  3  5    1.  An instructional support program that provides
  3  6 additional funding for school districts is established.  A
  3  7 board of directors that wishes to consider participating in
  3  8 the instructional support program shall hold a public hearing
  3  9 on the question of participation.  The board shall set forth
  3 10 its proposal, including the method that will be used to fund
  3 11 the program, in a resolution and shall publish the notice of
  3 12 the time and place of a public hearing on the resolution.
  3 13 Notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be
  3 14 published not less than ten nor more than twenty days before
  3 15 the public hearing in a newspaper which is a newspaper of
  3 16 general circulation in the school district.  At the hearing,
  3 17 or no later than thirty days after the date of the hearing,
  3 18 the board shall take action to adopt a resolution to
  3 19 participate in the instructional support program for a period
  3 20 not exceeding five years or to direct the county commissioner
  3 21 of elections to submit the question of participation in the
  3 22 program for a period not exceeding ten years to the registered
  3 23 voters of the school district at the next regular school city
  3 24 election or at a special the next general election.  If the
  3 25 board submits the question at an election and a majority of
  3 26 those voting on the question favors participation in the
  3 27 program, the board shall adopt a resolution to participate
  3 28 beginning in the fiscal year following the year of the
  3 29 election and shall certify the results of the election to the
  3 30 department of management.
  3 31    Sec. 8.  Section 257.18, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
  3 32 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  3 33    If the board does not provide for an election and adopts a
  3 34 resolution to participate in the instructional support
  3 35 program, the district shall participate in the instructional
  4  1 support program unless within twenty-eight days following the
  4  2 action of the board, the secretary of the board receives a
  4  3 petition containing the required number of signatures, asking
  4  4 that an election be called to approve or disapprove the action
  4  5 of the board in adopting the instructional support program.
  4  6 The petition must be signed by eligible electors equal in
  4  7 number to not less than one hundred or thirty percent of the
  4  8 number of voters at the last preceding regular school
  4  9 election, whichever is greater.  The board shall either
  4 10 rescind its action or direct the county commissioner of
  4 11 elections to submit the question to the registered voters of
  4 12 the school district at the next following regular school city
  4 13 election or a special the next general election.  If a
  4 14 majority of those voting on the question at the election
  4 15 favors disapproval of the action of the board, the district
  4 16 shall not participate in the instructional support program.
  4 17 If a majority of those voting on the question favors approval
  4 18 of the action, the board shall certify the results of the
  4 19 election to the department of management and the district
  4 20 shall participate in the program.
  4 21    Sec. 9.  Section 257.29, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999,
  4 22 is amended to read as follows:
  4 23    An educational improvement program is established to
  4 24 provide additional funding for school districts in which the
  4 25 regular program district cost per pupil for a budget year is
  4 26 one hundred ten percent of the regular program state cost per
  4 27 pupil for the budget year and which have approved the use of
  4 28 the instructional support program established in section
  4 29 257.18.  A board of directors that wishes to consider
  4 30 participating in the educational improvement program shall
  4 31 hold a hearing on the question of participation and the
  4 32 maximum percent of the regular program district cost of the
  4 33 district that will be used.  The hearing shall be held in the
  4 34 manner provided in section 257.18 for the instructional
  4 35 support program.  Following the hearing, the board may direct
  5  1 the county commissioner of elections to submit the question to
  5  2 the registered voters of the school district at the next
  5  3 following regular school city election or a special the next
  5  4 general election held not later than the following February 1.
  5  5 If a majority of those voting on the question favors
  5  6 participation in the program, the board shall adopt a
  5  7 resolution to participate and shall certify the results of the
  5  8 election to the department of management and the district
  5  9 shall participate in the program beginning in the fiscal year
  5 10 following the year of the election.  If a majority of those
  5 11 voting on the question does not favor participation, the
  5 12 district shall not participate in the program.
  5 13    Sec. 10.  Section 260C.28, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
  5 14 amended to read as follows:
  5 15    3.  If the board of directors wishes to certify for a levy
  5 16 under subsection 2, the board shall direct the county
  5 17 commissioner of elections to call an election to submit the
  5 18 question of such authorization for the board at a the next
  5 19 following regular city election or special election the next
  5 20 general election.  If a majority of those voting on the
  5 21 question at the election favors authorization of the board to
  5 22 make such a levy, the board may certify for a levy as provided
  5 23 under subsection 2 during each of the ten years following the
  5 24 election.  If a majority of those voting on the question at
  5 25 the election does not favor authorization of the board to make
  5 26 a levy under subsection 2, the board shall not submit the
  5 27 question to the voters again until three hundred fifty-five
  5 28 days have elapsed from the election.
  5 29    Sec. 11.  Section 277.2, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  5 30 follows:
  5 31    277.2  SPECIAL ELECTION.
  5 32    The board of directors in a school corporation may call a
  5 33 special election at which the voters shall have the powers
  5 34 exercised at the regular election with reference to the sale
  5 35 of school property and the application to be made of the
  6  1 proceeds, the authorization of seven members on the board of
  6  2 directors, and the authorization to establish or change the
  6  3 boundaries of director districts, and the authorization of a
  6  4 voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy or
  6  5 indebtedness, as provided by law.
  6  6    A proposition authorizing the issuance of bonds or other
  6  7 indebtedness, or the imposition of, or increase in, a voter-
  6  8 approved property tax levy, local option sales tax, or local
  6  9 income surtax, by a school corporation may only be placed on
  6 10 the ballot at the regular city election or the general
  6 11 election.
  6 12    Sec. 12.  Section 279.39, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  6 13 follows:
  6 14    279.39  SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
  6 15    The board of any school corporation shall establish
  6 16 attendance centers and provide suitable buildings for each
  6 17 school in the district and may at the regular or a special
  6 18 meeting call a special election direct the county commissioner
  6 19 of elections to submit to the registered voters of the
  6 20 district the question of voting a tax or authorizing the board
  6 21 to issue bonds, or both, at the next following regular city
  6 22 election or at the next general election.
  6 23    Sec. 13.  Section 279.53, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  6 24 amended to read as follows:
  6 25    2.  The board shall determine the additional enrichment
  6 26 amount needed for an asbestos project, within the limits of
  6 27 this section, and shall direct the county commissioner of
  6 28 elections to submit the question of whether to raise that
  6 29 amount under this section and section 279.54 for a period not
  6 30 exceeding five years, to the registered voters of the school
  6 31 district at a the regular school city election or the general
  6 32 election held during September November of the base year or at
  6 33 a special election held not later than February 15 of the base
  6 34 year or February 15, 1995, whichever is earlier.  Only one
  6 35 election on the question shall be held during a twelve-month
  7  1 period.  If a majority of those voting on the question favors
  7  2 raising the additional enrichment amount for an asbestos
  7  3 project, the board may include the approved amount in its
  7  4 certified budget.
  7  5    Sec. 14.  Section 298.9, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  7  6 follows:
  7  7    298.9  SPECIAL LEVIES.
  7  8    If the voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy,
  7  9 consisting solely of a physical plant and equipment property
  7 10 tax levy, is voted at a special the regular city election or
  7 11 at the general election and certified to the board of
  7 12 supervisors after the regular levy is made, the board shall at
  7 13 its next regular meeting levy the tax and cause it to be
  7 14 entered upon the tax list to be collected as other school
  7 15 taxes.  If the certification is filed prior to May 1, the
  7 16 annual levy shall begin with the tax levy of the year of
  7 17 filing.  If the certification is filed after May 1 in a year,
  7 18 the levy shall begin with the levy of the fiscal year
  7 19 succeeding the year of the filing of the certification.
  7 20    Sec. 15.  Section 298.18, unnumbered paragraphs 4 and 6,
  7 21 Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  7 22    The amount estimated and certified to apply on principal
  7 23 and interest for any one year may exceed two dollars and
  7 24 seventy cents per thousand dollars of assessed value by the
  7 25 amount approved by the voters of the school corporation, but
  7 26 not exceeding four dollars and five cents per thousand of the
  7 27 assessed value of the taxable property within any school
  7 28 corporation, provided that the qualified registered voters of
  7 29 such the school corporation have first approved such the
  7 30 increased amount at a special election, which may be held at
  7 31 the same time as the next following regular school city
  7 32 election or at the next general election.  The proposition
  7 33 submitted to the voters at such special election shall be in
  7 34 substantially the following form:
  7 35    Notice of the election shall be given by the county
  8  1 commissioner of elections according to section 49.53.  The
  8  2 election shall be held on a date notice must be published not
  8  3 less than four nor more than twenty days after the last
  8  4 publication of the notice before the election.  At such the
  8  5 regular city election the ballot used for the submission of
  8  6 said the proposition shall be in substantially the form for
  8  7 submitting special questions at general elections.  The county
  8  8 commissioner of elections shall conduct the election pursuant
  8  9 to the provisions of chapters 39 to 53 and certify the results
  8 10 to the board of directors.  Such The proposition shall not be
  8 11 deemed carried or adopted unless the vote in favor of such the
  8 12 proposition is equal to at least sixty percent of the total
  8 13 vote cast for and against said the proposition at said the
  8 14 election.  Whenever such a proposition has been approved by
  8 15 the voters of a school corporation as hereinbefore provided in
  8 16 this section, no further approval of the voters of such the
  8 17 school corporation shall be required as a result of any
  8 18 subsequent change in the boundaries of such the school
  8 19 corporation.
  8 20    Sec. 16.  Section 298.18A, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  8 21 amended to read as follows:
  8 22    2.  The adjustment shall not result in a total amount
  8 23 levied in excess of the two dollar and seventy cent per
  8 24 thousand dollars of assessed valuation limit provided in
  8 25 section 298.18.  An adjustment in excess of the two dollar and
  8 26 seventy cent per thousand dollars of assessed valuation limit
  8 27 shall be subject to the special election provisions for
  8 28 increases of up to four dollars and five cents per thousand
  8 29 dollars of assessed valuation provisions of section 298.18.
  8 30    Sec. 17.  Section 298.21, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  8 31 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  8 32    The board of directors of any school corporation when
  8 33 authorized by the voters at the regular city election or at a
  8 34 special the general election called for that purpose, may
  8 35 issue the negotiable, interest-bearing school bonds of said
  9  1 corporation for borrowing money for any or all of the
  9  2 following purposes:
  9  3    Sec. 18.  Section 300.2, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2,
  9  4 Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  9  5    The board of directors of a school district may, and upon
  9  6 receipt of a petition signed by eligible electors equal in
  9  7 number to at least twenty-five percent of the number of voters
  9  8 at the last preceding school election, shall, direct the
  9  9 county commissioner of elections to submit to the registered
  9 10 voters of the school district the question of whether to levy
  9 11 a tax of not to exceed thirteen and one-half cents per
  9 12 thousand dollars of assessed valuation for public educational
  9 13 and recreational activities authorized under this chapter.  If
  9 14 at the time of filing the petition, it is more than three
  9 15 months until the next regular school election, the The board
  9 16 of directors shall submit the question at a special election
  9 17 within sixty days the next following regular city election or
  9 18 the next general election.  Otherwise, the question shall be
  9 19 submitted at the next regular school election.
  9 20    If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition is in
  9 21 favor of the proposition, the board shall certify the amount
  9 22 required for a fiscal year to the county board of supervisors
  9 23 by April 15 of the preceding following fiscal year.  The board
  9 24 of supervisors shall levy the amount certified.  The amount
  9 25 shall be placed in the public education and recreation levy
  9 26 fund of the district and shall be used only for the purposes
  9 27 specified in this chapter.
  9 28    Sec. 19.  Section 331.301, subsection 10, paragraph e,
  9 29 subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivisions (a) and (b), Code
  9 30 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  9 31    (a)  The board must institute proceedings for entering into
  9 32 a lease or lease-purchase contract payable from the general
  9 33 fund by causing a notice of the meeting to discuss entering
  9 34 into the lease or lease-purchase contract, including a
  9 35 statement of the principal amount and purpose of the lease or
 10  1 lease-purchase and the right to petition for an the
 10  2 proposition to be submitted at election, to be published as
 10  3 provided in section 331.305 at least ten days prior to the
 10  4 discussion meeting.  No sooner than thirty days following the
 10  5 discussion meeting shall the board hold a meeting at which it
 10  6 is proposed to take action to enter into the lease or lease-
 10  7 purchase contract.
 10  8    (b)  If at any time before the end of the thirty-day period
 10  9 after which a meeting may be held to take action to enter into
 10 10 the lease or lease-purchase contract, a petition is filed with
 10 11 the auditor in the manner provided by section 331.306, asking
 10 12 that the question of entering into the lease or lease-purchase
 10 13 contract be submitted to the registered voters of the county,
 10 14 the board shall either by resolution declare the proposal to
 10 15 enter into the lease or lease-purchase contract to have been
 10 16 abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner of elections
 10 17 to call a special election upon submit the question of
 10 18 entering into the lease or lease-purchase contract at the next
 10 19 following general election.  However, for purposes of this
 10 20 subparagraph, the petition shall not require signatures in
 10 21 excess of one thousand persons.  The question to be placed on
 10 22 the ballot shall be stated affirmatively in substantially the
 10 23 following manner:  Shall the county of .... enter into a lease
 10 24 or lease-purchase contract in an amount of $.... for the
 10 25 purpose of ....?  Notice of the election and its conduct shall
 10 26 be in the manner provided in section 331.442, subsections 2
 10 27 through 4.
 10 28    Sec. 20.  Section 331.402, subsection 3, paragraph d,
 10 29 subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivisions (a) and (b), Code
 10 30 1999, are amended to read as follows:
 10 31    (a)  The board must institute proceedings for entering into
 10 32 a loan agreement payable from the general fund by causing a
 10 33 notice of the meeting to discuss entering into the loan
 10 34 agreement, including a statement of the principal amount and
 10 35 purpose of the loan agreement and the right to petition for an
 11  1 the proposition to be submitted at election, to be published
 11  2 as provided in section 331.305 at least ten days prior to the
 11  3 discussion meeting.  No sooner than thirty days following the
 11  4 discussion meeting shall the board hold a meeting at which it
 11  5 is proposed to take action to enter into the loan agreement.
 11  6    (b)  If at any time before the end of the thirty-day period
 11  7 after which a meeting may be held to take action to enter into
 11  8 the loan agreement, a petition is filed with the auditor in
 11  9 the manner provided by section 331.306 asking that the
 11 10 question of entering into the loan agreement be submitted to
 11 11 the registered voters of the county, the board shall either by
 11 12 resolution declare the proposal to enter into the loan
 11 13 agreement to have been abandoned or shall direct the county
 11 14 commissioner of elections to call a special election upon
 11 15 submit the question of entering into the loan agreement at the
 11 16 next following general election.  However, for purposes of
 11 17 this subparagraph, the petition shall not require signatures
 11 18 in excess of one thousand persons.  The question to be placed
 11 19 on the ballot shall be stated affirmatively in substantially
 11 20 the following manner:  Shall the county of .... enter into a
 11 21 loan agreement in amount of $.... for the purpose of ....?
 11 22 Notice of the election and its conduct shall be in the manner
 11 23 provided in section 331.442, subsections 2 through 4.
 11 24    Sec. 21.  Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 11 25 subparagraph (7), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 11 26    (7)  Enlargement and improvement of a county hospital
 11 27 acquired and operated under chapter 347A, subject to a maximum
 11 28 of two percent of the assessed value of the taxable property
 11 29 in the county.  However, notice of the proposed bond issue
 11 30 shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks
 11 31 and if, within twenty days following the date of the first
 11 32 publication, a petition requesting an election on the proposal
 11 33 be submitted at election and signed by qualified voters of the
 11 34 county equal to at least twenty percent of the votes cast at
 11 35 the preceding election for governor is filed with the county
 12  1 auditor, the proposal is subject to the election requirements
 12  2 in section 331.442, subsections 2, 3 and 4 for general county
 12  3 purpose bonds.
 12  4    Sec. 22.  Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 12  5 subparagraph (12), subparagraph subdivision (b), Code 1999, is
 12  6 amended to read as follows:
 12  7    (b)  General The proposition to issue general obligation
 12  8 bonds for the purposes described in this subparagraph are is
 12  9 subject to an election held in the manner provided in section
 12 10 331.442, subsections 1 through 4, if not later than fifteen
 12 11 days following the action by the county board of supervisors,
 12 12 eligible voters file a petition with the county commissioner
 12 13 of elections asking that the question of issuing the bonds be
 12 14 submitted to the registered voters of the special service area
 12 15 tax district.  The petition must be signed by at least five
 12 16 percent of the registered voters residing in the special
 12 17 service area tax district.  If the petition is duly filed
 12 18 within the fifteen days, the board of supervisors shall either
 12 19 adopt a resolution declaring that the proposal to issue the
 12 20 bonds is abandoned, or direct the county commissioner of
 12 21 elections to call a special submit the proposition at the next
 12 22 following general election within a special service area tax
 12 23 district upon the question of issuing the bonds.
 12 24    Sec. 23.  Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph c,
 12 25 subparagraph (3), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 12 26    (3)  The building and maintenance of a bridge over state
 12 27 boundary line streams.  The board shall submit a proposition
 12 28 under this subparagraph to an election at the next following
 12 29 general election upon receipt of a petition which is valid
 12 30 under section 331.306.
 12 31    Sec. 24.  Section 331.442, subsection 2, unnumbered
 12 32 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 12 33    Before the board may institute proceedings for the issuance
 12 34 of bonds for a general county purpose, it shall call a county
 12 35 special election to vote upon submit the question of issuing
 13  1 the bonds to the voters at the next following general
 13  2 election.  At the election the proposition shall be submitted
 13  3 in the following form:
 13  4    Sec. 25.  Section 331.442, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
 13  5 amended to read as follows:
 13  6    3.  Notice of the election ballot measure shall be given by
 13  7 publication as specified in section 331.305.  At the election
 13  8 the ballot used for the submission of the proposition shall be
 13  9 in substantially the form for submitting special questions at
 13 10 general elections.
 13 11    Sec. 26.  Section 331.442, subsection 5, paragraph a,
 13 12 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 13 13 follows:
 13 14    Notwithstanding subsection 2, a board, in lieu of calling
 13 15 an submitting the proposition at election, may institute
 13 16 proceedings for the issuance of bonds for a general county
 13 17 purpose by causing a notice of the proposal to issue the
 13 18 bonds, including a statement of the amount and purpose of the
 13 19 bonds, and the right to petition for an election, to be
 13 20 published as provided in section 331.305 at least ten days
 13 21 prior to the meeting at which it is proposed to take action
 13 22 for the issuance of the bonds subject to the following
 13 23 limitations:
 13 24    Sec. 27.  Section 331.442, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
 13 25 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 13 26    b.  If at any time before the date fixed for taking action
 13 27 for the issuance of the bonds, a petition is filed with the
 13 28 auditor in the manner provided by section 331.306 asking that
 13 29 the question of issuing the bonds be submitted to the
 13 30 registered voters of the county, the board shall either by
 13 31 resolution declare the proposal to issue the bonds to have
 13 32 been abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner of
 13 33 elections to call a special election upon submit the question
 13 34 of issuing the bonds at the next following general election.
 13 35 Notice of the election and its conduct ballot measure shall be
 14  1 in the manner provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4.
 14  2    Sec. 28.  Section 331.447, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 14  3 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 14  4    b.  The amount estimated and certified to apply on
 14  5 principal and interest for any one year may only exceed the
 14  6 statutory rate of levy limit, if any, by the amount that the
 14  7 registered voters of the county have approved at a special
 14  8 election, which may be held at the same time as the next
 14  9 following general election and may be included in the
 14 10 proposition authorizing the issuance of bonds, if an election
 14 11 on the proposition is necessary, or may be submitted as a
 14 12 separate proposition at the same election or at a different
 14 13 election.  Notice of the election ballot measure shall be
 14 14 given as specified in section 331.305.  If the proposition
 14 15 includes issuing bonds and increasing the levy limit, it shall
 14 16 be in substantially the following form:
 14 17    Sec. 29.  Section 346.27, subsection 10, Code 1999, is
 14 18 amended to read as follows:
 14 19    10.  After the incorporation of an authority, and before
 14 20 the sale of any issue of revenue bonds, except refunding
 14 21 bonds, the authority shall submit in a single countywide
 14 22 election to the registered voters of the city and county, at a
 14 23 the next following general, primary, or special election
 14 24 called for that purpose, the question of whether an authority
 14 25 shall issue and sell revenue bonds, stating the amount, for
 14 26 any of the purposes for which it is incorporated.  An
 14 27 affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the
 14 28 proposition is required to authorize the issuance and sale of
 14 29 revenue bonds.  A notice of the election shall be published
 14 30 once each week for at least two weeks in some newspaper
 14 31 published in the county.  The notice shall name the time when
 14 32 the question shall be submitted, and a copy of the question to
 14 33 be submitted shall be posted at each polling place during the
 14 34 day of election.  The authority shall call this election with
 14 35 the concurrence of both incorporating units, and it shall
 15  1 establish the voting precincts and polling places, and appoint
 15  2 the election judges, and in so doing such election procedures
 15  3 shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapters 49 and
 15  4 50.
 15  5    Sec. 30.  Section 347.13, subsection 13, unnumbered
 15  6 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 15  7    Submit to the voters at any regular or special the next
 15  8 following general election a proposition to sell or lease any
 15  9 sites and buildings, excepting those described in subsection
 15 10 12 hereof, and upon such proposition being carried by a
 15 11 majority of the total number of votes cast at such election,
 15 12 may proceed to sell such property at either public or private
 15 13 sale, and apply the proceeds only for:
 15 14    Sec. 31.  Section 347.14, subsection 15, unnumbered
 15 15 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 15 16    Submit to the voters at a regular or special the next
 15 17 following general election a proposition to sell or lease a
 15 18 county public hospital for use as a private hospital or as a
 15 19 merged area hospital under chapter 145A or to sell or lease a
 15 20 county hospital in conjunction with the establishment of a
 15 21 merged area hospital.  The authorization of the board of
 15 22 hospital trustees submitting the proposition may, but is not
 15 23 required to, contain conditions which provide for maintaining
 15 24 hospital care within the county, for the retention of county
 15 25 public hospital employees and staff, and for the continuation
 15 26 of the board of trustees for the purpose of carrying out
 15 27 provisions of contracts.  The property listed in section
 15 28 347.13, subsection 12, may be included in the proposition, but
 15 29 the proceeds from the property shall be used for the purposes
 15 30 listed in section 347.13, subsection 13, or for the purpose of
 15 31 providing health care for residents of the county.  Proceeds
 15 32 from the sale or lease of the county hospital or other assets
 15 33 of the board of trustees shall not be used for the prepayment
 15 34 of health care services for residents of the county with the
 15 35 purchaser or lessee of the county hospital or to underwrite
 16  1 the sale or lease of the county hospital.  The proposition
 16  2 submitted to the voters of the county shall not be set forth
 16  3 at length, but it shall be in substantially the following
 16  4 form:
 16  5    Sec. 32.  Section 347.23A, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
 16  6 amended to read as follows:
 16  7    1.  A hospital established as a memorial hospital under
 16  8 chapter 37 or a county hospital supported by revenue bonds and
 16  9 organized under chapter 347A may become, in accordance with
 16 10 the provisions of this section, a county hospital organized
 16 11 and managed as provided for in this chapter.  If the hospital
 16 12 is established by a city as a memorial hospital, the city must
 16 13 be located in the county which will own and manage the
 16 14 hospital.  A proposition for the change must be submitted to
 16 15 and approved by a majority of the electors of the county which
 16 16 will own and manage the hospital as provided for in this
 16 17 chapter.  In addition, if the hospital is a memorial hospital
 16 18 organized by a city under chapter 37, the proposition must
 16 19 also be approved by a majority of the electors of that city.
 16 20 The proposition may be submitted to the electors at any the
 16 21 general or special election called by the county board of
 16 22 supervisors for this purpose.
 16 23    Sec. 33.  Section 364.4, subsection 4, paragraph e,
 16 24 subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (b), Code 1999, is
 16 25 amended to read as follows:
 16 26    (b)  If at any time before the end of the thirty-day period
 16 27 after which a meeting may be held to take action to enter into
 16 28 the lease or lease-purchase contract, a petition is filed with
 16 29 the clerk of the city in the manner provided by section 362.4,
 16 30 asking that the question of entering into the lease or lease-
 16 31 purchase contract be submitted to the registered voters of the
 16 32 city, the governing body shall either by resolution declare
 16 33 the proposal to enter into the lease or lease-purchase
 16 34 contract to have been abandoned or shall direct the county
 16 35 commissioner of elections to call a special election upon
 17  1 submit the question of entering into the lease or lease-
 17  2 purchase contract at the next following regular city election
 17  3 or the next following general election.  However, for purposes
 17  4 of this subparagraph, the petition shall not require
 17  5 signatures in excess of one thousand persons.  The question to
 17  6 be placed on the ballot shall be stated affirmatively in
 17  7 substantially the following manner:  Shall the city of ....
 17  8 enter into a lease or lease-purchase contract in amount of
 17  9 $.... for the purpose of ....?  Notice of the election and its
 17 10 conduct ballot measure shall be in the manner provided in
 17 11 section 384.26, subsections 2 through 4.
 17 12    Sec. 34.  Section 384.12, subsections 5 and 6, Code 1999,
 17 13 are amended to read as follows:
 17 14    5.  A tax to aid in the construction of a county bridge,
 17 15 subject to the provisions of subsection 1, except that the
 17 16 question must be submitted at a special election.  The expense
 17 17 of a special election under this subsection must be paid by
 17 18 the county.  The notice of the special election ballot measure
 17 19 must include full details of the proposal, including the
 17 20 location of the proposed bridge, the rate of tax to be levied,
 17 21 and all other conditions.
 17 22    6.  A tax to aid a company incorporated under the laws of
 17 23 this state in the construction of a highway or combination
 17 24 bridge across any navigable boundary river of this state,
 17 25 commencing or terminating in the city and suitable for use as
 17 26 highway, or for both highway and railway purposes.  This tax
 17 27 levy is subject to the provisions of subsections 1 and 5.  The
 17 28 levy is limited to one dollar and thirty-five cents per
 17 29 thousand dollars of the assessed value of taxable property in
 17 30 the city.  The estimated cost of the bridge must be at least
 17 31 ten thousand dollars, and the city aid may not exceed one-half
 17 32 of the estimated cost.  The notice of the special election
 17 33 ballot measure must include the name of the corporation to be
 17 34 aided, and all conditions required of the corporation.  Tax
 17 35 moneys received for this purpose may not be paid over by the
 18  1 county treasurer until the city has filed a statement that the
 18  2 corporation has complied with all conditions.
 18  3    Sec. 35.  Section 384.12, subsection 9, unnumbered
 18  4 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 18  5    A tax for aid to a public transportation company, subject
 18  6 to the procedure provided in subsection 1, except the question
 18  7 must be submitted at a special election.  The levy is limited
 18  8 to three and three-eighths cents per thousand dollars of
 18  9 assessed value.  In addition to any other conditions the
 18 10 following requirements must be met before moneys received for
 18 11 this purpose may be paid over by the county treasurer:
 18 12    Sec. 36.  Section 384.12, subsection 20, Code 1999, is
 18 13 amended to read as follows:
 18 14    20.  a.  A Authorization for the next two fiscal years to
 18 15 levy a tax that exceeds any tax levy limit within this
 18 16 chapter, provided the question has been submitted at a special
 18 17 levy election the regular city election held in the calendar
 18 18 year prior to July 1 of the first of the two fiscal years and
 18 19 received a simple majority of the votes cast on the
 18 20 proposition to authorize the enumerated levy limit to be
 18 21 exceeded for the proposed budget year.
 18 22    a.  The election may be held as specified in this
 18 23 subsection if notice is given by the city council, not later
 18 24 than thirty-two days before the second Tuesday in March, to
 18 25 the county commissioner of elections that the election is to
 18 26 be held.
 18 27    b.  An election under this subsection shall be held on the
 18 28 second Tuesday in March and be conducted by the county
 18 29 commissioner of elections in accordance with the law.
 18 30    c. b.  The ballot question shall be in substantially the
 18 31 following form:
 18 32    WHICH TAX LEVY SHALL BE ADOPTED FOR THE CITY OF ........?
 18 33    (Vote for only one of the following choices.) 
 18 34    CHANGE LEVY AMOUNT ....................  
 18 35    Add to the existing levy amount a tax for the purpose of
 19  1 .......... (state purpose of proposed levy) at a rate of ...
 19  2 (rate) which will provide an additional $.... (amount).  
 19  3    KEEP CURRENT LEVY ....................  
 19  4    Continue under the current maximum rate of ..., providing
 19  5 $.... (amount).
 19  6    d. c.  The commissioner of elections conducting the
 19  7 election shall notify the city officials and other county
 19  8 auditors where applicable, of the results within two days of
 19  9 the canvass which shall be held beginning at one o'clock on
 19 10 the second day following the special levy election.
 19 11    e. d.  Notice of the election ballot measure shall be
 19 12 published twice in accordance with the provisions of section
 19 13 362.3, except that the first such notice shall be given at
 19 14 least two weeks before the election.
 19 15    f.  The cost of the election shall be borne by the city.
 19 16    g.  The election provisions of this subsection shall
 19 17 supersede other provisions for elections only to the extent
 19 18 necessary to comply with the provisions hereof.
 19 19    h. e.  The provisions of this subsection apply to all
 19 20 cities, however organized, including special charter cities
 19 21 which may adopt ordinances where necessary to carry out these
 19 22 provisions.
 19 23    i. f.  The council shall certify the city's budget with the
 19 24 tax askings not exceeding the amount approved by the special
 19 25 levy election.
 19 26    Sec. 37.  Section 384.24A, subsection 4, paragraph b,
 19 27 subparagraph (2), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 19 28    (2)  If at any time before the end of the thirty-day period
 19 29 after which a meeting may be held to take action to enter into
 19 30 the loan agreement, a petition is filed with the clerk of the
 19 31 city in the manner provided by section 362.4, asking that the
 19 32 question of entering into the loan agreement be submitted to
 19 33 the registered voters of the city, the governing body shall
 19 34 either by resolution declare the proposal to enter into the
 19 35 loan agreement to have been abandoned or shall direct the
 20  1 county commissioner of elections to call a special election
 20  2 upon submit the question of entering into the loan agreement
 20  3 at the next following regular city election or the next
 20  4 following general election.  However, for purposes of this
 20  5 paragraph, the petition shall not require signatures in excess
 20  6 of one thousand persons.  The question to be placed on the
 20  7 ballot shall be stated affirmatively in substantially the
 20  8 following manner:  Shall the city of .... enter into a loan
 20  9 agreement in amount of $.... for the purpose of ....?  Notice
 20 10 of the election and its conduct ballot measure shall be in the
 20 11 manner provided in section 384.26, subsections 2 through 4.
 20 12    Sec. 38.  Section 384.26, subsection 2, unnumbered
 20 13 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 20 14    Before the council may institute proceedings for the
 20 15 issuance of bonds for a general corporate purpose, it shall
 20 16 call a special city election to vote upon submit the question
 20 17 of issuing the bonds to the voters at the next following
 20 18 regular city election or the next general election.  At the
 20 19 election the proposition must be submitted in the following
 20 20 form:
 20 21    Sec. 39.  Section 384.26, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
 20 22 amended to read as follows:
 20 23    3.  Notice of the election ballot measure must be given by
 20 24 publication as required by section 49.53 in a newspaper of
 20 25 general circulation in the city. At the election the ballot
 20 26 used for the submission of the proposition must be in
 20 27 substantially the form for submitting special questions at
 20 28 general elections.
 20 29    Sec. 40.  Section 384.26, subsection 5, paragraph a,
 20 30 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 20 31 follows:
 20 32    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2, a council
 20 33 may, in lieu of calling an submitting the proposition at
 20 34 election, institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds for
 20 35 a general corporate purpose by causing a notice of the
 21  1 proposal to issue the bonds, including a statement of the
 21  2 amount and purpose of the bonds, together with the maximum
 21  3 rate of interest which the bonds are to bear, and the right to
 21  4 petition for an election, to be published at least once in a
 21  5 newspaper of general circulation within the city at least ten
 21  6 days prior to the meeting at which it is proposed to take
 21  7 action for the issuance of the bonds subject to the following
 21  8 limitations:
 21  9    Sec. 41.  Section 384.26, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
 21 10 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 21 11    b.  If at any time before the date fixed for taking action
 21 12 for the issuance of the bonds, a petition is filed with the
 21 13 clerk of the city in the manner provided by section 362.4,
 21 14 asking that the question of issuing the bonds be submitted to
 21 15 the registered voters of the city, the council shall either by
 21 16 resolution declare the proposal to issue the bonds to have
 21 17 been abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner of
 21 18 elections to call a special election upon submit the question
 21 19 of issuing the bonds at the next following regular city
 21 20 election or the next following general election.  Notice of
 21 21 the election and its conduct ballot measure shall be in the
 21 22 manner provided in the preceding subsections of this section.
 21 23    Sec. 42.  Section 384.84A, subsection 2, unnumbered
 21 24 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 21 25    If, before the date fixed for taking action to authorize
 21 26 the issuance of revenue bonds for the storm water drainage
 21 27 construction project, a petition signed by three percent of
 21 28 the registered voters of the city, asking that the question of
 21 29 issuing revenue bonds for the storm water drainage
 21 30 construction project be submitted to the registered voters of
 21 31 the city, the council, by resolution, shall declare the
 21 32 project abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner of
 21 33 elections to call a special election upon submit the question
 21 34 of issuing the bonds for the storm water drainage construction
 21 35 project at the next following regular city election if the
 22  1 cost of the project and population of the city meet one of the
 22  2 following criteria:
 22  3    Sec. 43.  Section 422A.1, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
 22  4 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 22  5    A city or county shall impose a hotel and motel tax or
 22  6 increase the tax rate, only after an election at which a
 22  7 majority of those voting on the question favors imposition or
 22  8 increase.  However, a hotel and motel tax shall not be
 22  9 repealed or reduced in rate if obligations are outstanding
 22 10 which are payable as provided in section 422A.2, unless funds
 22 11 sufficient to pay the principal, interest, and premium, if
 22 12 any, on the outstanding obligations at and prior to maturity
 22 13 have been properly set aside and pledged for that purpose.
 22 14 The election shall be held at the time of that city's or
 22 15 county's general election or at the time of a special
 22 16 election.  For a city, the question shall be placed on the
 22 17 ballot at the regular city election.  For a county, the
 22 18 question shall be placed on the ballot at the general
 22 19 election.
 22 20    Sec. 44.  Section 422A.2, subsection 4, paragraph f,
 22 21 unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2, Code 1999, are amended to read
 22 22 as follows:
 22 23    A city or county acting on behalf of an unincorporated area
 22 24 may, in lieu of calling an for the question to be placed on
 22 25 the ballot at election, institute proceedings for the issuance
 22 26 of bonds under this section by causing a notice of the
 22 27 proposal to issue the bonds, including a statement of the
 22 28 amount and purpose of the bonds, together with the maximum
 22 29 rate of interest which the bonds are to bear, and the right to
 22 30 petition for an election, to be published at least once in a
 22 31 newspaper of general circulation within the city or
 22 32 unincorporated area at least ten days prior to the meeting at
 22 33 which it is proposed to take action for the issuance of the
 22 34 bonds.
 22 35    If at any time before the date fixed for taking action for
 23  1 the issuance of the bonds, a petition signed by three percent
 23  2 of the registered voters of the city or unincorporated area,
 23  3 asking that the question of issuing the bonds be submitted to
 23  4 the registered voters of the city or unincorporated area, the
 23  5 council or board of supervisors acting on behalf of an
 23  6 unincorporated area shall either by resolution declare the
 23  7 proposal to issue the bonds to have been abandoned or shall
 23  8 direct the county commissioner of elections to call a special
 23  9 election upon submit the question of issuing the bonds to the
 23 10 voters.  For a city, the question shall be placed on the
 23 11 ballot at the next following regular city election or the next
 23 12 following general election.  For a county, the question shall
 23 13 be placed on the ballot at the next following general
 23 14 election.
 23 15    Sec. 45.  Section 422B.1, subsection 5, Code 1999, is
 23 16 amended to read as follows:
 23 17    5.  The county commissioner of elections shall submit the
 23 18 question of imposition of a local option tax at a state the
 23 19 general election or at a special election held at any time
 23 20 other than the time of a city regular election.  The election
 23 21 shall not be held sooner than sixty days after publication of
 23 22 notice of the ballot proposition.  Notice of the proposition
 23 23 on the ballot shall be published at least sixty days before
 23 24 the election.  The ballot proposition shall specify the type
 23 25 and rate of tax and in the case of a vehicle tax the classes
 23 26 that will be exempt and in the case of a local sales and
 23 27 services tax the date it will be imposed.  The ballot
 23 28 proposition shall also specify the approximate amount of local
 23 29 option tax revenues that will be used for property tax relief
 23 30 and shall contain a statement as to the specific purpose or
 23 31 purposes for which the revenues shall otherwise be expended.
 23 32 If the county board of supervisors decides under subsection 6
 23 33 to specify a date on which the local option sales and services
 23 34 tax shall automatically be repealed, the date of the repeal
 23 35 shall also be specified on the ballot.  The rate of the
 24  1 vehicle tax shall be in increments of one dollar per vehicle
 24  2 as set by the petition seeking to impose the tax.  The rate of
 24  3 a local sales and services tax shall not be more than one
 24  4 percent as set by the governing body.  The state commissioner
 24  5 of elections shall establish by rule the form for the ballot
 24  6 proposition which form shall be uniform throughout the state.
 24  7    Sec. 46.  Section 422B.12, subsection 4, paragraph a,
 24  8 unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 24  9 follows:
 24 10    If at any time before the date fixed for taking action for
 24 11 the issuance of the bonds, a petition signed by three percent
 24 12 of the registered voters of the bond issuer is filed, asking
 24 13 that the question of issuing the bonds be submitted to the
 24 14 registered voters, the governing body shall either by
 24 15 resolution declare the proposal to issue the bonds to have
 24 16 been abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner of
 24 17 elections to call a special election upon submit the question
 24 18 of issuing the bonds to the voters.  For a city, the question
 24 19 shall be placed on the ballot at the next following regular
 24 20 city election or the next following general election.  For a
 24 21 county, the question shall be placed on the ballot at the next
 24 22 following general election.  The proposition of issuing bonds
 24 23 under this subsection is not approved unless the vote in favor
 24 24 of the proposition is equal to at least sixty percent of the
 24 25 vote cast.  If a petition is not filed, or if a petition is
 24 26 filed and the proposition of issuing the bonds is approved at
 24 27 an election, the governing body acting on behalf of the issuer
 24 28 may proceed with the authorization and issuance of the bonds.
 24 29 Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding
 24 30 and previously issued bonds under this subsection without
 24 31 otherwise complying with the provisions of this subsection.
 24 32    Sec. 47.  Section 422D.1, subsection 2, unnumbered
 24 33 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 24 34    The taxes for emergency medical services shall only be
 24 35 imposed after an election at which a majority of those voting
 25  1 on the question of imposing the tax or combination of taxes
 25  2 specified in subsection 1, paragraph "a" or "b", vote in favor
 25  3 of the question.  However, the tax or combination of taxes
 25  4 specified in subsection 1 shall not be imposed on property
 25  5 within or on residents of a benefited emergency medical
 25  6 services district under chapter 357F.  The question of
 25  7 imposing the tax or combination of the taxes may be submitted
 25  8 at the regular city election, a special election, or state the
 25  9 general election.  Notice of the question shall be provided by
 25 10 publication at least sixty days before the time of the
 25 11 election and shall identify the tax or combination of taxes
 25 12 and the rate or rates, as applicable.  If a majority of those
 25 13 voting on the question approve the imposition of the tax or
 25 14 combination of taxes, the tax or combination of taxes shall be
 25 15 imposed as follows:
 25 16    Sec. 48.  Section 422E.2, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
 25 17 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 25 18    a.  Upon receipt by a county board of supervisors of a
 25 19 petition requesting imposition of a local sales and services
 25 20 tax for infrastructure purposes, signed by eligible electors
 25 21 of the whole county equal in number to five percent of the
 25 22 persons in the whole county who voted at the last preceding
 25 23 state general election, the board shall within thirty days
 25 24 direct the county commissioner of elections to submit the
 25 25 question of imposition of the tax to the registered voters of
 25 26 the whole county at the next following general election.
 25 27    Sec. 49.  Section 422E.2, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
 25 28 amended to read as follows:
 25 29    3.  The county commissioner of elections shall submit the
 25 30 question of imposition of a local sales and services tax for
 25 31 school infrastructure purposes at a state the general election
 25 32 or at a special election held at any time other than the time
 25 33 of a city regular election.  The election shall not be held
 25 34 sooner than sixty days after publication of notice of the
 25 35 ballot proposition.  The ballot proposition shall be published
 26  1 more than sixty days before the election.  The ballot
 26  2 proposition shall specify the rate of tax, the date the tax
 26  3 will be imposed and repealed, and shall contain a statement as
 26  4 to the specific purpose or purposes for which the revenues
 26  5 shall be expended.  The rate of tax shall not be more than one
 26  6 percent as set by the county board of supervisors.  The state
 26  7 commissioner of elections shall establish by rule the form for
 26  8 the ballot proposition which form shall be uniform throughout
 26  9 the state.
 26 10    Sec. 50.  Section 422E.2, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
 26 11 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 26 12    a.  The tax may be repealed or the rate increased, but not
 26 13 above one percent, or decreased after an election at which a
 26 14 majority of those voting on the question of repeal or rate
 26 15 change favored the repeal or rate change.  The election at
 26 16 which the question of repeal or rate change is offered shall
 26 17 be called and held in the same manner and under the same
 26 18 conditions as provided in this section for the election on the
 26 19 imposition of the tax.  The election may be held at any time
 26 20 but not sooner than sixty days following publication of the
 26 21 ballot proposition.  The ballot proposition shall be published
 26 22 more than sixty days before the election.  However, the tax
 26 23 shall not be repealed before it has been in effect for one
 26 24 year.
 26 25    Sec. 51.  Section 422E.2, subsection 4, paragraph b,
 26 26 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 26 27 follows:
 26 28    Within ten days of the election at which a majority of
 26 29 those voting on the question favors the imposition, repeal, or
 26 30 change in the rate of the tax, the county board of supervisors
 26 31 shall give written notice to the director of revenue and
 26 32 finance of the result of the election.  Election costs The
 26 33 costs of placing the question on the ballot at the election
 26 34 shall be apportioned among school districts within the county
 26 35 on a pro rata basis in proportion to the number of registered
 27  1 voters in each school district and the total number of
 27  2 registered voters in all of the school districts within the
 27  3 county.  
 27  4                           EXPLANATION
 27  5    This bill allows a city, county, or school corporation to
 27  6 submit certain ballot propositions to a vote of the people at
 27  7 only the regular city election in November of odd-numbered
 27  8 years or at the general election in November of even-numbered
 27  9 years.  The bill applies to propositions authorizing the
 27 10 issuance of bonds or other indebtedness, or to propositions
 27 11 imposing or increasing a voter-approved property tax levy or
 27 12 local option sales tax.  For cities and school corporations,
 27 13 these ballot propositions may be placed on the ballot at the
 27 14 regular city election or general election.  For a county,
 27 15 these propositions may be placed on the ballot at the general
 27 16 election.  
 27 17 LSB 2359HH 78
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