Senate
File
49
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
49
BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
date
for
an
election
to
authorize
the
1
issuance
of
certain
indebtedness
by
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
296.3,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
296.3
Election
called.
3
Within
ten
days
of
receipt
of
a
petition
filed
under
section
4
296.2
,
the
president
of
the
board
of
directors
shall
call
a
5
meeting
of
the
board.
The
meeting
shall
be
held
within
thirty
6
days
after
the
petition
was
received.
At
the
meeting,
the
7
board
shall
call
the
election,
fixing
the
time
of
the
election,
8
which
may
shall,
consistent
with
section
296.4,
be
at
the
time
9
and
place
of
holding
the
regular
school
election
under
section
10
277.1
.
However,
if
the
board
determines
by
unanimous
vote
11
that
the
proposition
or
propositions
requested
by
a
petition
12
to
be
submitted
at
an
election
are
grossly
unrealistic
or
13
contrary
to
the
needs
of
the
school
district,
no
election
shall
14
be
called.
If
more
than
one
petition
has
been
received
by
15
the
time
the
board
meets
to
consider
the
petition
triggering
16
the
meeting,
the
board
shall
act
upon
the
petitions
in
the
17
order
they
were
received
at
the
meeting
called
to
consider
the
18
initial
petition.
The
decision
of
the
board
may
be
appealed
to
19
the
state
board
of
education
as
provided
in
chapter
290
.
The
20
president
shall
notify
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
of
21
the
time
of
the
election.
22
Sec.
2.
Section
296.4,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
23
follows:
24
296.4
Notice
——
ballots.
25
Notice
of
the
election
shall
be
given
by
the
county
26
commissioner
of
elections
by
publication
in
accordance
with
27
section
49.53
.
The
county
commissioner
of
elections
shall
28
conduct
the
election
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
chapters
39
29
through
53
and
certify
the
results
to
the
board
of
directors
,
30
except
that
for
elections
conducted
on
or
after
July
1,
2023,
31
including
elections
subject
to
section
75.1,
subsection
2,
the
32
date
of
the
election
shall
be
the
date
of
the
regular
school
33
election
specified
in
section
277.1
.
However,
if
the
purpose
34
of
contracting
indebtedness
or
issuing
bonds
is
the
result
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of
a
natural
disaster,
the
election
may
be
held
on
any
date
1
authorized
under
section
39.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“c”
.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
Subject
to
the
approval
of
the
voters
when
the
indebtedness
6
exceeds
1.25
percent
of
the
assessed
value
of
the
taxable
7
property,
school
districts
are
authorized
in
Code
chapter
296
8
to
contract
indebtedness
up
to
5
percent
of
the
actual
value
9
of
the
taxable
value
and
to
issue
general
obligation
bonds
10
to
provide
funds
to
defray
the
cost
of
purchasing,
building,
11
furnishing,
reconstructing,
repairing,
improving
or
remodeling
12
a
schoolhouse
or
schoolhouses
and
additions
thereto,
gymnasium,
13
stadium,
field
house,
school
bus
garage,
teachers’
or
14
superintendent’s
home
or
homes,
and
procuring
a
site
or
sites
15
for
such
buildings,
or
purchasing
land
to
add
to
a
site
already
16
owned,
or
procuring
and
improving
a
site
for
an
athletic
field,
17
or
improving
a
site
already
owned
for
an
athletic
field.
18
This
bill
limits
elections
for
the
contracting
of
19
indebtedness
and
the
issuance
of
bonds
by
school
districts
20
under
Code
chapter
296
to
only
being
conducted
on
the
regular
21
school
election
date,
which
is
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
22
first
Monday
in
November
in
each
odd-numbered
year.
However,
23
if
the
purpose
of
contracting
indebtedness
or
issuing
bonds
24
is
the
result
of
a
natural
disaster,
the
bill
authorizes
the
25
election
to
be
held
on
any
date
authorized
for
school
district
26
special
elections.
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