Committee Sub. for HB NO. 1035

By Representative(s) Horne

Amend by inserting the following between lines 893 and 894, and by renumbering succeeding sections.

SECTION 54. Before any tax or assessment authorized under this act may be imposed, the commissioners of the district shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to levy the tax or assessment, setting forth the amount of such tax or assessment to be imposed, the date upon which such tax or assessment shall become effective and calling for a referendum to be held on the question. The date of the election shall be the next municipal election occurring after the adoption of the resolution. Notice of such intention shall be published once each week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the municipality, with the first publication of such notice to be made not less than twenty-one (21) days before the date fixed in the resolution for the election and the last publication to be made not more than seven (7) days before the election. At the election, all qualified electors of the municipality may vote, and the ballots used in such election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purposes of the proposed tax levy or assessment and the words "FOR THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT TAX OR ASSESSMENT" and, on a separate line, "AGAINST THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT TAX OR ASSESSMENT," and the voters shall vote by placing a cross (X) opposite their choice on the proposition. When the results of any such election shall have been canvassed by the municipal election commission and certified, the drainage district commissioners may levy the tax or assessment, if a majority of the qualified electors who vote in the election vote in favor of the tax.

Amend further the title on Line 9 after the semicolon by inserting the following:

TO REQUIRE THAT A MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE DISTRICT MAY NOT LEVY ANY TAX OR ASSESSMENT WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE ELECTORS IN THE MUNICIPALITY BY MEANS OF A REFERENDUM;