Senate File 446 - Reprinted



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1268)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House, 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 2048SV 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 general election, the
  1  5 regular city election by the council on its own motion, or at
  1  6 a special election called for that purpose.  Upon receipt of a
  1  7 valid petition as defined in section 362.4, requesting that a
  1  8 proposal be submitted to the voters, the council shall submit
  1  9 the proposal at the next regular city election.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 388.2, Code 2007, is amended by adding the
  1 11 following new unnumbered paragraph after unnumbered paragraph
  1 12 2:
  1 13    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If the special election is to
  1 14 establish a gas or electric utility pursuant to this section,
  1 15 or if such a proposal is to be included on the ballot at the
  1 16 regular city or general election, the mayor or council shall
  1 17 give notice as required by section 376.1 to the county
  1 18 commissioner of elections and to any utility whose property
  1 19 would be affected by such election not less than sixty days
  1 20 before the proposed date of the special, regular city, or
  1 21 general election.
  1 22 SF 446
  1 23 sc:nh/cc/26