§ 1-40-125 — Mailing to electors

(1) The requirements of this section shall
apply to any ballot issue involving a local government matter arising under section
20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in section 1-41-103 (4), for which
notice is required to be mailed pursuant to section 20 (3)(b) of article X of the state
constitution. A mailing is not required for a ballot issue that does not involve a local
government matter arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as
defined in section 1-41-103 (4).

(2) Thirty days before a ballot issue election, political subdivisions shall mail
at the least cost and as a package where districts with ballot issues overlap, a titled
notice or set of notices addressed to all registered voters at each address of one
or more active registered electors. Except for voter-approved additions, notices
shall include only:

(a) The election date, hours, ballot title, text, and local election office
address and telephone number;

(b) For proposed district tax or bonded debt increases, the estimated or
actual total of district fiscal year spending for the current year and each of the past
four years, and the overall percentage and dollar change;

(c) For the first full fiscal year of each proposed political subdivision tax
increase, district estimates of the maximum dollar amount of each increase and of
district fiscal year spending without the increase;

(d) For proposed district bonded debt, its principal amount and maximum
annual and total district repayment cost, and the principal balance of total current
district bonded debt and its maximum annual and remaining local district
repayment cost;

(e) Two summaries, up to five hundred words each, one for and one against
the proposal, of written comments filed with the election officer by thirty days
before the election. No summary shall mention names of persons or private groups,
nor any endorsements of or resolutions against the proposal. Petition
representatives following these rules shall write this summary for their petition.
The election officer shall maintain and accurately summarize all other relevant
written comments.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a ballot issue that is
subject to the provisions of section 1-40-124.5.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 692, � 1, effective May 4; (1) amended, p. 1437, � 128, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) and IP(2) amended and (3) added, p. 299, � 5, effective August 2.