1. A local sales and services tax shall be imposed by a county only after an election at which a majority of those voting on the question favors imposition. A local sales and services tax approved by a majority vote shall apply to all incorporated and unincorporated areas of that county.
2. a. Upon receipt by a county board of supervisors of a petition requesting imposition of a local sales and services tax for infrastructure purposes, signed by eligible electors of the whole county equal in number to five percent of the persons in the whole county who voted at the last preceding state general election, the board shall within thirty days direct the county commissioner of elections to submit the question of imposition of the tax to the registered voters of the whole county.
b. Alternatively, the question of imposition of a local sales and services tax for school infrastructure purposes may be proposed by motion or motions, requesting such submission, adopted by the governing body of a school district or school districts located within the county containing a total, or a combined total in the case of more than one school district, of at least one-half of the population of the county, or by the county board of supervisors. Upon adoption of such motion, the governing body of a school district shall notify the board of supervisors of the adoption of the motion. The county board of supervisors shall submit the motion to the county commissioner of elections, who shall publish notice of the ballot proposition concerning the imposition of the local sales and services tax. A motion ceases to be valid at the time of the holding of the regular election for the election of members of the governing body which adopted the motion.
3. The county commissioner of elections shall submit the question of imposition of a local sales and services tax for school infrastructure purposes at a state general election or at a special election held at any time other than the time of a city regular election. The election shall not be held sooner than sixty days after publication of notice of the ballot proposition. The ballot proposition shall specify the rate of tax, the date the tax will be imposed and repealed, and shall contain a statement as to the specific purpose or purposes for which the revenues shall be expended. The rate of tax shall not be more than one percent as set by the county board of supervisors. The state commissioner of elections shall establish by rule the form for the ballot proposition which form shall be uniform throughout the state.
4. a. The tax may be repealed or the rate increased, but not above one percent, or decreased after an election at which a majority of those voting on the question of repeal or rate change favored the repeal or rate change. The election at which the question of repeal or rate change is offered shall be called and held in the same manner and under the same conditions as provided in this section for the election on the imposition of the tax. The election may be held at any time but not sooner than sixty days following publication of the ballot proposition. However, the tax shall not be repealed before it has been in effect for one year.
b. Within ten days of the election at which a majority of those voting on the question favors the imposition, repeal, or change in the rate of the tax, the county auditor shall give written notice by sending a copy of the abstract of ballot from the favorable election to the director of revenue and finance of the result of the election. Election costs shall be apportioned among school districts within the county on a pro rata basis in proportion to the number of registered voters in each school district and the total number of registered voters in all of the school districts within the county.
A local option sales and services tax shall not be repealed or reduced in rate if obligations are outstanding which are payable as provided in section 422E.4, unless funds sufficient to pay the principal, interest, and premium, if any, on the outstanding obligations at and prior to maturity have been properly set aside and pledged for that purpose.
98 Acts, ch 1130, §2, 6; 99 Acts, ch 156, §16, 23
Referred to in § 422E.3, 422E.4
For future amendments to subsections 1 and 3, effective April 1, 2000, for local sales and services taxes, see 99 Acts, ch 156, §15, 23
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