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House
File
2632
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2632
BY
MATSON
,
AMOS
JR.
,
KURTH
,
LEVIN
,
RAMIREZ
,
EHLERT
,
WILBURN
,
WILSON
,
B.
MEYER
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
SCHOLTEN
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
MADISON
,
BAETH
,
and
CROKEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
bond
election
requirements
applicable
to
1
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
75.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
When
a
proposition
to
authorize
an
issuance
of
3
bonds
by
a
county,
township,
school
corporation
that
is
not
a
4
school
district
,
city,
or
by
any
local
board
or
commission,
is
5
submitted
to
the
electors,
such
proposition
shall
not
be
deemed
6
carried
or
adopted,
anything
in
the
statutes
to
the
contrary
7
notwithstanding,
unless
the
vote
in
favor
of
such
authorization
8
is
equal
to
at
least
sixty
percent
of
the
total
vote
cast
for
9
and
against
said
proposition
at
said
election.
All
elections
10
on
such
proposition
shall
be
held
on
the
date
specified
in
11
section
39.2,
subsection
4
,
paragraph
“d”
.
12
b.
When
a
proposition
to
authorize
an
issuance
of
bonds
by
a
13
school
district
is
submitted
to
the
electors,
such
proposition
14
shall
not
be
deemed
carried
or
adopted,
anything
in
the
15
statutes
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding,
unless
the
vote
in
16
favor
of
such
authorization
exceeds
fifty
percent
of
the
total
17
vote
cast
for
and
against
said
proposition
at
said
election.
18
All
elections
on
such
proposition
shall
be
held
on
the
date
19
specified
in
section
39.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“d”
.
20
Sec.
2.
Section
296.6,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
21
follows:
22
296.6
Bonds.
23
If
the
vote
in
favor
of
the
issuance
of
such
bonds
is
equal
24
to
at
least
sixty
percent
of
the
total
vote
cast
for
and
25
against
said
proposition
at
said
election
meets
the
applicable
26
vote
requirement
under
section
75.1
,
the
board
of
directors
27
shall
issue
the
same
and
make
provision
for
payment
thereof.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
relates
to
election
requirements
for
the
issuance
32
of
bonds
by
a
school
district.
33
The
bill
requires
that
a
proposition
to
authorize
the
34
issuance
of
bonds
by
a
school
district
must
receive
a
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simple
majority
of
the
total
votes
cast
for
and
against
the
1
proposition
at
the
election.
The
bill
retains
the
existing
2
requirement
that
propositions
to
authorize
the
issuance
of
3
bonds
by
a
county,
city,
school
corporation
that
is
not
a
4
school
district,
township,
or
other
local
board
or
commission
5
receive
the
affirmative
vote
of
at
least
60
percent
of
the
6
total
votes
cast
for
and
against
the
proposition.
7
The
bill
makes
a
corresponding
change
in
Code
section
296.6.
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