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1 1 SENATE FILE 2091
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO PROCEDURES FOR DISCONTINUANCE OF A CITY.
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1 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 8 Section 1. Section 368.3, Code 1999, is amended by adding
1 9 the following new unnumbered paragraph after unnumbered
1 10 paragraph 1:
1 11 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A city may also be discontinued
1 12 in accordance with the following procedures. The council
1 13 shall adopt a resolution of intent to discontinue and shall
1 14 call a public hearing on the proposal to discontinue. Notice
1 15 of the time and place of the public hearing and the proposed
1 16 action shall be published as provided in section 362.3, except
1 17 that at least ten days' notice must be given. At the public
1 18 hearing, the council shall receive oral and written comments
1 19 regarding the proposal from any person. Thereafter, the
1 20 council, at the same meeting or at a subsequent meeting, may
1 21 pass a resolution of discontinuance or pass a resolution
1 22 abandoning the proposal. If the council passes a resolution
1 23 of discontinuance, a petition may be filed with the clerk in
1 24 the manner provided in section 362.4, within thirty days
1 25 following the effective date of the resolution, requesting
1 26 that the question of discontinuance be submitted to the
1 27 registered voters of the city. Upon receipt of a petition
1 28 requesting an election, the council shall direct the county
1 29 commissioner of elections to call a special election on the
1 30 question of discontinuance or shall adopt a resolution
1 31 abandoning the discontinuance. Notice of the election shall
1 32 be given by publication as required in section 49.53. If a
1 33 majority of those voting approve the discontinuance or if no
1 34 petition for an election is filed, the clerk shall send a copy
1 35 of the resolution of discontinuance and, if an election is
2 1 held, the results of the election to the board. The board
2 2 shall take control of the property of the discontinued city
2 3 and shall supervise procedures necessary to carry out the
2 4 discontinuance in accordance with section 368.21.
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2 6
2 7
2 8 MARY E. KRAMER
2 9 President of the Senate
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2 12
2 13 BRENT SIEGRIST
2 14 Speaker of the House
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2 16 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
2 17 is known as Senate File 2091, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
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2 21 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
2 22 Secretary of the Senate
2 23 Approved , 2000
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2 27 THOMAS J. VILSACK
2 28 Governor
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