1. In a county where there is a city operating under the commission form of government with a population of more than seventy-five thousand, the petition to increase or reduce the number of members of the board must contain signatures of at least ten percent of the registered voters residing within the county and outside of the corporate limits of the city and at least ten percent of the registered voters residing within the city.
2. When the proposition to increase or reduce the membership of the board is voted upon, the registered voters of a city described in subsection 1 and the registered voters residing outside of the city shall vote on the proposition separately and a majority of the votes cast on the proposition by each of the two classes of registered voters must approve the proposition before it becomes effective.
[C35, § 5108-e1, -e2; C39, § 5108.1, 5108.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 331.4, 331.5; S81, § 331.205; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 204]
95 Acts, ch 67, §53
Referred to in § 331.261
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