39.5 Elections authorized.

Only those public measures which are specifically authorized or required by state law to be put before the voters as a public measure shall be submitted to the voters at an official election. Only those offices which are specifically authorized or required by state law to be filled by the voters at an election shall be placed on the ballot at an official election.

This section does not prohibit the governing body of a city or county from adopting an ordinance providing for elections on matters under the jurisdiction of the governing body.

Section History: Recent form

97 Acts, ch 170, §1


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