331.425 - ADDITIONS TO LEVIES -- SPECIAL LEVY ELECTION.

        331.425  ADDITIONS TO LEVIES -- SPECIAL LEVY      ELECTION.         The board may certify an addition to a levy in excess of the      amounts otherwise permitted under sections 331.423, 331.424, and      331.426 if the proposition to certify an addition to a levy has been      submitted at a special levy election and received a favorable      majority of the votes cast on the proposition.  A special levy      election is subject to the following:         1.  The election shall be held only if the board gives notice to      the county commissioner of elections, not later than February 15,      that the election is to be held.         2.  The election shall be held on the first Tuesday in March and      be conducted by the county commissioner of elections in accordance      with the law.         3.  The proposition to be submitted shall be substantially in the      following form:         "Vote for only one of the following:      Shall the county of ........ levy an additional tax at a rate of $...      each year for ...  years beginning next July 1 in excess of the      statutory limits otherwise applicable for the (general county      services or rural county services) fund?                                        or      The county of ........ shall continue the (general county services or      rural county services fund) under the maximum rate of $...."         4.  The canvass shall be held beginning at one o'clock on the      second day which is not a holiday following the special levy      election.         5.  Notice of the proposed special levy election shall be      published at least twice in a newspaper as specified in section      331.305 prior to the date of the special levy election.  The first      notice shall appear as early as practicable after the board has      decided to seek a special levy.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 123, § 9, 209; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §85         Referred to in § 331.422, 331.426, 331.434, 331.435