368.19 - TIME LIMIT -- ELECTION.

        368.19  TIME LIMIT -- ELECTION.         1.  The committee shall approve or disapprove the petition or plan      as amended, within ninety days of the final hearing, and shall file      its decision for record and promptly notify the parties to the      proceeding of its decision.  If a petition or plan is approved, the      board shall submit the proposal at an election held on a date      specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph "a" or      "b", whichever is applicable, and the county commissioner of      elections shall conduct the election.  In a case of incorporation or      discontinuance, registered voters of the territory or city may vote,      and the proposal is authorized if a majority of those voting approves      it.  In a case of annexation or severance, registered voters of the      territory and of the city may vote, and the proposal is authorized if      a majority of the total number of persons voting approves it.  In a      case of consolidation, registered voters of each city to be      consolidated may vote, and the proposal is authorized only if it      receives a favorable majority vote in each city.  The county      commissioner of elections shall publish notice of the election as      provided in section 49.53 and shall conduct the election in the same      manner as other special elections.         2.  The city shall provide to the commissioner of elections a map      of the area to be incorporated, discontinued, annexed, severed, or      consolidated, which must be approved by the commissioner as suitable      for posting.  The map shall be displayed prominently in at least one      place within the voting precinct, and inside each voting booth.         3.  The costs of an incorporation election shall be borne by the      initiating petitioners if the election fails, but if the proposition      is approved the cost shall become a charge of the new city.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [R60, § 1032, 1037, 1043, 1044; C73, § 422, 423, 425, 430--432,      447--450; C97, § 600--605, 610--612, 615; S13, § 600--602, 615; C24,      27, 31, 35, 39, § 5592--5594, 5596, 5598, 5599, 5605, 5606,      5612--5614; C46, 50, § 362.5--362.7, 362.9, 362.11, 362.12, 362.19,      362.20, 362.26, 362.28, 362.29; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §      362.5--362.7, 362.9, 362.11, 362.12, 362.19, 362.20, 362.26; C75, 77,      79, 81, § 368.19] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 250, §10; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 98 Acts, ch 1123, §16;      2008 Acts, ch 1115, § 62, 71; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §90         Referred to in § 368.3, 368.20