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A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.

A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
SALMON
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.

A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2025-01-31 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2025 3:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  3. 2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Salmon, Campbell, and Staed. S.J. 152 .

  4. 2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 120 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.

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Senate

File

82

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

82

BY

SALMON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

elections

for

bonds

issued

by

a

school

1

district

in

anticipation

of

revenue.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

423F.4,

subsection

2,

paragraphs

a

and

b,

1

Code

2025,

are

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

Bonds

issued

on

or

after

July

1,

2019,

shall

not

be

sold

3

at

public

sale

as

provided

in

chapter

75

,

or

at

a

private

sale,

4

without

notice

and

hearing.

Notice

of

the

time

and

place

of

5

the

public

hearing

shall

be

published

not

less

than

ten

nor

6

more

than

twenty

days

before

the

public

hearing

in

a

newspaper

7

which

is

a

newspaper

of

general

circulation

in

the

school

8

district.

9

b.

For

bonds

subject

to

the

requirements

of

paragraph

10

“a”

for

the

amount

of

five

million

dollars

or

more

,

or

if

at

11

any

time

prior

to

the

fifteenth

day

following

the

hearing

,

12

held

under

paragraph

“a”

the

secretary

of

the

board

of

13

directors

receives

a

petition

containing

the

required

number

14

of

signatures

and

asking

that

the

question

of

the

issuance

of

15

such

bonds

a

bond

for

the

amount

of

less

than

five

million

16

dollars

be

submitted

to

the

voters

of

the

school

district,

17

the

board

shall

either

rescind

its

adoption

of

the

resolution

18

or

direct

the

county

commissioner

of

elections

to

submit

the

19

question

to

the

registered

voters

of

the

school

district

at

an

20

election

held

on

the

date

specified

in

section

39.2,

subsection

21

4

,

paragraph

“d”

.

The

petition

must

be

signed

by

eligible

22

electors

equal

in

number

to

not

less

than

one

hundred

or

thirty

23

percent

of

the

number

of

voters

at

the

last

preceding

election

24

of

school

officials

under

section

277.1

,

whichever

is

greater.

25

If

the

board

submits

the

question

at

an

election

and

a

majority

26

sixty

percent

of

those

voting

on

the

question

favors

issuance

27

of

the

bonds,

the

board

shall

be

authorized

to

issue

the

bonds.

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

elections

for

bonds

issued

by

a

school

32

district

in

anticipation

of

revenues

from

the

secure

an

33

advanced

vision

for

education

(SAVE)

fund.

The

bill

requires

a

34

school

district

to

submit

the

question

of

the

issuance

of

such

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bonds

to

the

voters

of

the

school

district

prior

to

issuing

1

the

bond

if

the

bond

is

for

the

amount

of

$5

million

or

more.

2

Under

current

law,

such

bonds

are

only

subject

to

an

election

3

upon

the

receipt

of

a

petition

requesting

that

the

question

of

4

the

bond

be

submitted

to

the

voters

of

the

school

district.

5

The

bill

also

requires

all

such

bonds

submitted

to

voters

to

6

receive

the

approval

of

60

percent

of

the

voters

voting

on

7

the

question

of

the

issuance

of

the

bond.

An

election

for

a

8

bond

issued

in

anticipation

of

revenues

from

the

SAVE

fund

is

9

subject

to

the

notice

requirements

of

Code

section

39.5.

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