28A.5 - PETITION AND PUBLIC HEARING.
28A.5 PETITION AND PUBLIC HEARING.
1. Upon petition of eligible electors of a metropolitan area
equal in number to at least ten percent of the persons who voted in
the last general election held in the metropolitan area for the
office of president of the United States or governor, the governing
body of the county shall adopt a resolution signifying its intention
to initiate the question of participating in the creation of an
authority and shall publish the resolution at least once in a
newspaper of general circulation in the metropolitan area giving
notice of a hearing to be held on the question of the metropolitan
area's entry into the authority. The resolution shall be published
at least fourteen days prior to the date of hearing, and shall
contain all of the following information:
a. Intention to join in the creation of the authority
pursuant to this division.
b. That the greater metropolitan area will include Rock
Island county, Illinois, and Scott county, Iowa, which have expressed
their interest in the creation of the authority.
c. Name of the authority.
d. Place, date, and time of hearing.
2. After the hearing, if the governing body of a metropolitan
area wishes to proceed in the creation of or to join the authority,
the governing body shall direct the proper election authority to
submit the proposition to the electorate of the metropolitan area as
provided in section 28A.6. Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 198, §4
CS91, § 330B.5
C93, § 28A.5
Referred to in § 28A.17, 28A.25