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1 1 Amend House File 683 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 5, by inserting after line 18 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 15G.221 LOCAL MATCHING
1 5 MONEYS – SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
1 6 1. a. A board of supervisors or city council
1 7 required to expend local matching moneys in return for
1 8 receiving moneys originating from the Iowa values fund
1 9 shall cause a notice of the proposed expenditure,
1 10 including a statement of the amount and purpose for
1 11 the expenditure, and the right to petition for an
1 12 election, to be published as provided in subsection 2
1 13 at least ten days prior to the meeting at which it is
1 14 proposed to take action for the approval of the
1 15 expenditure.
1 16 b. If at any time before the date fixed for taking
1 17 action to approve the expenditure of local matching
1 18 moneys, a petition is filed with the county
1 19 commissioner of elections in the manner provided by
1 20 subsection 3 asking that the question of expending
1 21 local matching moneys be submitted to the registered
1 22 voters of the county or city, the board of supervisors
1 23 or the city council shall either by resolution declare
1 24 the proposal to expend local matching moneys to have
1 25 been abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner
1 26 of elections to call a special election upon the
1 27 question of the expenditure of local matching moneys.
1 28 Notice of the election and its conduct shall be in the
1 29 manner provided in subsections 4 and 5.
1 30 c. If no petition is filed, or if a petition is
1 31 filed and the proposition of expending local matching
1 32 moneys is approved at an election, the board of
1 33 supervisors or the city council may proceed with the
1 34 approval of the expenditure of local matching moneys.
1 35 2. Unless otherwise provided by state law, when
1 36 notice is required by this section, the board of
1 37 supervisors or the city council shall publish the
1 38 notice at least once in one or more newspapers which
1 39 meet the requirements of section 618.14.
1 40 3. a. If a petition of the voters is authorized
1 41 by this section, the petition is valid if signed by
1 42 eligible electors of the county or city, as
1 43 applicable, equal in number to at least ten percent of
1 44 the votes cast in the county or city, as applicable,
1 45 for the office of president of the United States or
1 46 governor at the preceding general election, unless
1 47 otherwise provided by state law. The petition shall
1 48 include the signatures of the petitioners, a statement
1 49 of their place of residence, and the date on which
1 50 they signed the petition.
2 1 b. A petition shall be examined before it is
2 2 accepted for filing. If it appears valid on its face
2 3 it shall be accepted for filing. If it lacks the
2 4 required number of signatures it shall be returned to
2 5 the petitioners.
2 6 c. Petitions which have been accepted for filing
2 7 are valid unless written objections are filed.
2 8 Objections must be filed with the county commissioner
2 9 of elections within five working days after the
2 10 petition was filed. The objection process in section
2 11 44.7 shall be followed for objections filed pursuant
2 12 to this section.
2 13 4. At the election the proposition shall be
2 14 submitted in the following form:
2 15 Shall the county (or city) of
2 16 ........................, state of Iowa, be authorized
2 17 to expend not more than $......... of local matching
2 18 moneys for ..................... (state purpose of
2 19 project)?
2 20 5. Notice of the election shall be given by
2 21 publication as specified in subsection 2. At the
2 22 election, the ballot used for the submission of the
2 23 proposition shall be in substantially the form for
2 24 submitting special questions at general elections.
2 25 For a proposition to be carried or adopted, a majority
2 26 of the total votes cast for and against the
2 27 proposition at the election is required. If the
2 28 proposition is approved by the voters, the board of
2 29 supervisors or the city council may proceed with the
2 30 approval of the expenditure of local matching moneys."
2 31 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
2 32
2 33
2 34
2 35 FALLON of Polk
2 36 HF 683.207 80
2 37 tm/sh
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