House Journal: Page 1550: Wednesday, April 30, 2003
3 following:
4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 15G.221 LOCAL MATCHING
5 MONEYS - SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
6 1. a. A board of supervisors or city council
7 required to expend local matching moneys in return for
8 receiving moneys originating from the Iowa values fund
9 shall cause a notice of the proposed expenditure,
10 including a statement of the amount and purpose for
11 the expenditure, and the right to petition for an
12 election, to be published as provided in subsection 2
13 at least ten days prior to the meeting at which it is
14 proposed to take action for the approval of the
15 expenditure.
16 b. If at any time before the date fixed for taking
17 action to approve the expenditure of local matching
18 moneys, a petition is filed with the county
19 commissioner of elections in the manner provided by
20 subsection 3 asking that the question of expending
21 local matching moneys be submitted to the registered
22 voters of the county or city, the board of supervisors
23 or the city council shall either by resolution declare
24 the proposal to expend local matching moneys to have
25 been abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner
26 of elections to call a special election upon the
27 question of the expenditure of local matching moneys.
28 Notice of the election and its conduct shall be in the
29 manner provided in subsections 4 and 5.
30 c. If no petition is filed, or if a petition is
31 filed and the proposition of expending local matching
32 moneys is approved at an election, the board of
33 supervisors or the city council may proceed with the
34 approval of the expenditure of local matching moneys.
35 2. Unless otherwise provided by state law, when
36 notice is required by this section, the board of
37 supervisors or the city council shall publish the
38 notice at least once in one or more newspapers which
39 meet the requirements of section 618.14.
40 3. a. If a petition of the voters is authorized
41 by this section, the petition is valid if signed by
42 eligible electors of the county or city, as
43 applicable, equal in number to at least ten percent of
44 the votes cast in the county or city, as applicable,
45 for the office of president of the United States or
46 governor at the preceding general election, unless
47 otherwise provided by state law. The petition shall
48 include the signatures of the petitioners, a statement
49 of their place of residence, and the date on which
50 they signed the petition.
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