Bill Text: IA HF2179 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act related to filing requirements for certain petitions to the city development board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-06 - Subcommittee, Rogers, Gaskill, and Hein. H.J. 210. [HF2179 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2179-Introduced.html
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BY
ROGERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
related
to
filing
requirements
for
certain
petitions
to
1
the
city
development
board.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
368.11,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
petition
for
incorporation
,
discontinuance,
or
3
boundary
adjustment
may
be
filed
with
the
board
by
a
city
4
council,
a
county
board
of
supervisors,
a
regional
planning
5
authority,
or
five
percent
of
the
registered
voters
of
a
6
city
or
territory
involved
in
the
proposal.
A
petition
for
7
discontinuance
or
boundary
adjustment
may
be
filed
with
the
8
board
by
a
city
council,
a
county
board
of
supervisors,
a
9
regional
planning
authority,
or
five
percent
of
the
registered
10
voters
of
the
city
involved
in
the
proposal.
Notice
of
the
11
filing,
including
a
copy
of
the
petition,
must
be
served
upon
12
the
council
of
each
city
for
which
a
discontinuance
or
boundary
13
adjustment
is
proposed,
the
board
of
supervisors
for
each
14
county
which
contains
a
portion
of
a
city
to
be
discontinued
or
15
territory
to
be
incorporated,
annexed
or
severed,
the
council
16
of
a
city
if
an
incorporation
includes
territory
within
the
17
city’s
urbanized
area,
and
any
regional
planning
authority
for
18
the
area
involved.
19
EXPLANATION
20
This
bill
modifies
the
filing
requirements
for
petitions
21
to
the
city
development
board
involving
involuntary
city
22
development
action
by
specifying
that
a
petition
for
23
incorporation
must
be
filed
with
the
city
development
board
24
by
5
percent
of
registered
voters
of
a
territory
involved
in
25
the
proposal,
and
a
petition
for
discontinuance
or
boundary
26
adjustment
must
be
filed
with
the
city
development
board
by
27
5
percent
of
registered
voters
of
the
city
involved
in
the
28
proposal.
29
Current
law
which
allows
petitions
for
incorporation,
30
discontinuance,
or
boundary
adjustments
to
also
be
filed
by
31
a
city
council,
a
county
board
of
supervisors,
or
a
regional
32
planning
authority
involved
in
the
proposal
is
maintained.
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