Bill Text: IA SF183 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act setting the dates for the submission of local public measures to the electors and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Subcommittee: Edler, Greene, and J. Smith. S.J. 247. [SF183 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF183-Introduced.html
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BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
setting
the
dates
for
the
submission
of
local
public
1
measures
to
the
electors
and
including
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
39.2,
subsection
4,
unnumbered
paragraph
1
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
Unless
otherwise
provided
by
law
Except
as
provided
in
3
sections
75.1,
423B.1,
or
other
law
,
special
elections
on
4
public
measures
are
limited
to
the
following
dates:
5
Sec.
2.
Section
75.1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
6
following
new
subsection:
7
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
A
proposition
to
authorize
an
issuance
8
of
bonds
shall
only
be
submitted
to
the
electors
on
the
first
9
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
of
each
year.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
423B.1,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
11
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
a.
The
county
commissioner
of
elections
shall
submit
the
13
question
of
imposition
of
a
local
option
tax
at
an
election
14
held
on
a
date
specified
in
section
39.2,
subsection
4
,
15
paragraph
“a”
or
“b”
,
as
applicable
the
first
Tuesday
after
16
the
first
Monday
in
November
.
The
election
shall
not
be
held
17
sooner
than
sixty
days
after
publication
of
notice
of
the
18
ballot
proposition.
19
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
Notwithstanding
section
47.6,
20
subsection
1,
paragraph
“b”,
the
governing
body
of
a
political
21
subdivision
may,
by
a
resolution
filed
with
the
county
22
commissioner
of
elections,
remove
a
public
measure
from
a
23
ballot
that
is
not
in
compliance
with
section
75.1,
subsection
24
3,
as
enacted
by
this
Act,
or
section
423B.1,
as
amended
by
25
this
Act,
prior
to
January
1,
2020.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
requires
all
propositions
to
authorize
the
30
issuance
of
bonds
by
a
county,
township,
school
corporation,
31
city,
or
any
local
board
or
commission
or
the
imposition
32
of
local
option
taxes
by
a
city
or
county
to
be
submitted
33
to
electors
on
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
34
November
of
each
year.
The
bill
exempts
such
elections
from
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