Senate
File
374
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
374
BY
KRAAYENBRINK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
elections
to
authorize
the
1
issuance
of
certain
indebtedness
and
including
effective
2
date
and
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
296.3,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
296.3
Election
called.
3
1.
Within
ten
days
of
receipt
of
a
petition
filed
under
4
section
296.2
,
the
president
of
the
board
of
directors
shall
5
call
a
meeting
of
the
board.
The
meeting
shall
be
held
within
6
thirty
days
after
the
petition
was
received.
At
the
meeting,
7
the
board
shall
call
the
election,
fixing
the
time
of
the
8
election,
which
may
,
subject
to
the
limitation
in
subsection
2,
9
be
at
the
time
and
place
of
holding
the
regular
school
election
10
on
a
date
specified
in
section
39.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
11
“c”
.
However,
if
the
board
determines
by
unanimous
vote
that
12
the
proposition
or
propositions
requested
by
a
petition
to
be
13
submitted
at
an
election
are
grossly
unrealistic
or
contrary
14
to
the
needs
of
the
school
district,
no
election
shall
be
15
called.
If
more
than
one
petition
has
been
received
by
the
16
time
the
board
meets
to
consider
the
petition
triggering
the
17
meeting,
the
board
shall
act
upon
the
petitions
in
the
order
18
they
were
received
at
the
meeting
called
to
consider
the
19
initial
petition.
The
decision
of
the
board
may
be
appealed
to
20
the
state
board
of
education
as
provided
in
chapter
290
.
The
21
president
shall
notify
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
of
22
the
time
of
the
election.
23
2.
The
date
of
an
election
fixed
by
the
board
of
directors
24
under
subsection
1
shall
be
a
date
that
is
not
less
than
one
25
year
after
the
date
of
the
last
election
held
on
a
proposition
26
under
this
chapter.
27
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
28
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
29
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
propositions
30
submitted
to
voters
at
an
election
held
on
or
after
the
31
effective
date
of
this
Act.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
relates
to
school
district
elections
to
authorize
1
the
issuance
of
indebtedness
and
general
obligation
bonds
under
2
Code
chapter
296.
3
Code
chapter
296
authorizes
the
issuance
of
such
4
indebtedness
and
bonds
to
defray
the
cost
of
purchasing,
5
building,
furnishing,
reconstructing,
repairing,
improving
or
6
remodeling
a
schoolhouse
or
schoolhouses
and
additions
thereto,
7
gymnasium,
stadium,
field
house,
school
bus
garage,
teachers’
8
or
superintendent’s
home
or
homes,
and
procuring
a
site
or
9
sites
therefor,
or
purchasing
land
to
add
to
a
site
already
10
owned,
or
procuring
and
improving
a
site
for
an
athletic
field,
11
or
improving
a
site
already
owned
for
an
athletic
field,
and
12
for
any
one
or
more
of
such
purposes.
13
Current
Code
section
296.3
specifies
the
procedure
and
14
requirements
used
by
a
school
board
in
fixing
the
time
for
an
15
election
after
receiving
a
petition
calling
for
an
election
on
16
the
issuance
of
indebtedness
or
bonds
in
excess
of
1.25
percent
17
of
the
assessed
value
of
the
taxable
property
in
the
school
18
district.
The
bill
provides
that
the
date
of
the
election
19
may
be
held
on
a
special
election
date
specified
in
Code
20
section
39.2(4)(c).
The
bill
also
provides
that
the
date
of
an
21
election
fixed
by
the
school
board
must
be
a
date
that
is
not
22
less
than
one
year
after
the
date
of
the
last
election
held
on
a
23
proposition
under
Code
chapter
296.
24
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
25
propositions
submitted
to
voters
at
an
election
held
on
or
26
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
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