House Study Bill 175 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON JOCHUM)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to certain elections regarding city utilities or
  2    combined utility systems.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2048YC 82
  5 sc/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 388.2, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The Upon the council's own motion, the proposal may be
  1  4 submitted to the voters at any the regular city election by
  1  5 the council on its own motion or at a special election called
  1  6 for that purpose.  Upon receipt of a valid petition as defined
  1  7 in section 362.4, requesting that a proposal be submitted to
  1  8 the voters, the council shall submit the proposal at the next
  1  9 regular city election.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill specifies that a proposal to establish, acquire,
  1 12 lease, dispose of, or undertake or discontinue operation of a
  1 13 city utility or to establish or dissolve a combined utility
  1 14 system or to establish or discontinue a utility board, which
  1 15 proposal is submitted to the voters by the city council's own
  1 16 motion, and not by petition, may be submitted at either the
  1 17 regular city election or at a special election.
  1 18 LSB 2048YC 82
  1 19 sc:nh/gg/14