Senate Study Bill 3070 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON WILHELM) A BILL FOR An Act relating to meeting requirements for rural water 1 districts. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5600SC (2) 84 aw/nh

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 357A.8, subsection 1, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. For an annual meeting of participating members between 3 January 1 and May 1 by July 31 of each year following the 4 year of incorporation of the district, and for the mailing of 5 written notice of the time and place of each annual meeting to 6 each participating member and publication of the notice in a 7 newspaper of general circulation in the district not less than 8 ten nor more than thirty days prior to each meeting. 9 EXPLANATION 10 This bill relates to meeting requirements for rural water 11 districts. The bill provides that the bylaws of each rural 12 water district are required to include provisions for an 13 annual meeting of participating members by July 31 of each 14 year following the incorporation of the district. Current law 15 requires that the annual meeting occur between January 1 and 16 May 1 of each year. 17 -1- LSB 5600SC (2) 84 aw/nh 1/ 1