S-3161

   Amend Senate File 569 as follows:
   1.  Page 8, after line 14 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 331.442, subsection 5, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   Notwithstanding subsection 2, a board, in lieu of calling an election, may institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds for a general county purpose by causing a notice of the proposal to issue the bonds, including a statement of the amount and purpose of the bonds, and the right to petition for an election, to be published as provided in section 331.305 at least ten days prior to the meeting at which it is proposed to take action for the issuance of the bonds subject to the following population-based limitations, adjusted and published annually in January by the department of management by applying the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the most recent available twelve-month period published in the federal register by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics:>
   2.  Page 8, after line 26 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 331.442, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0b.  Each county’s population used to determine the limitations of paragraph “a” shall be determined by the greater of the county’s population during the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent population estimate produced by the United States census bureau.>
   3.  Page 9, after line 23 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 8.6, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  17.  County and city bond issuance.  To annually prepare and file with the general assembly by December 1 a report specifying the updated population thresholds as adjusted under section 331.442, subsection 5, and section 384.26, subsection 5, and detailing the use of the bond issuance procedures under section 331.442, subsection 5, and section 384.26, subsection 5, including the usage of such procedures by counties and cities based on the population-based limitations and the amount of bonds issued for each such usage.>
   4.  Page 20, after line 14 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 384.26, subsection 5, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2, a council may, in lieu of calling an election, institute proceedings for the issuance of bonds for a general corporate purpose by causing a notice of the proposal to issue the bonds, including a statement of the amount and purpose of the bonds, together with the maximum rate of interest which the bonds are to bear, and the right to petition for an election, to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the city at least ten days prior to the meeting at which it is proposed to take action for the issuance of the bonds subject to the following population-based limitations, adjusted and published annually in January by the department of management by applying the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the most recent available twelve-month period published in the federal register by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics:>
   5.  Page 20, after line 26 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 384.26, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0b.  Each city’s population used to determine the limitations of paragraph “a” shall be determined by the greater of the city's population during the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent population estimate produced by the United States census bureau.>
   6.  By renumbering as necessary.

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DAN DAWSON