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1.When a preliminary plat has been approved by the board, an election shall be held
within the district within sixty days to approve or disapprove the levy of an initial tax of not
morethanonedollarperthousanddollarsofassessedvalueonallthetaxablepropertywithin
the district and to choose candidates for the offices of trustees of the district. The ballot shall
set out the reason for the tax and the amount needed. The tax shall be set to raise only the
amount needed. Notice of the election, including the time and place of holding the election,
shall be given as provided in section 357F.4. The vote shall be by ballot which shall state
clearlythepropositiontobevoteduponandanyregisteredvoterresidingwithinthedistrictat
thetimeoftheelectionmayvote. Itisnotmandatoryforthecountycommissionerofelecti
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1. When a preliminary plat has been approved by the board, an election shall be held
within the district within sixty days to approve or disapprove the levy of an initial tax of not
morethanonedollarperthousanddollarsofassessedvalueonallthetaxablepropertywithin
the district and to choose candidates for the offices of trustees of the district. The ballot shall
set out the reason for the tax and the amount needed. The tax shall be set to raise only the
amount needed. Notice of the election, including the time and place of holding the election,
shall be given as provided in section 357F.4. The vote shall be by ballot which shall state
clearlythepropositiontobevoteduponandanyregisteredvoterresidingwithinthedistrictat
thetimeoftheelectionmayvote. Itisnotmandatoryforthecountycommissionerofelections
to conduct elections held pursuant to this chapter, but the elections shall be conducted in
accordance with chapter 49 where not in conflict with this chapter. Judges shall be appointed
to serve without pay by the board from among the registered voters of the district to be in
charge of the election. The proposition is approved if sixty percent of those voting on the
proposition vote in favor of it.
2. a. If the tax authorized under subsection 1 is insufficient to provide the services
authorized under this chapter, the trustees may levy an additional annual tax, at a rate
necessary to provide the authorized services, if such authority for an additional tax is
approved at election held separately and after the election held under subsection 1.
b. By resolution, the board may submit to the registered voters of the district the
proposition of levying the additional annual tax according to the election procedures under
subsection 1.
c. (1) After adoption of the resolution under paragraph “b”, the board of trustees shall
coordinate efforts with the local emergency medical services agencies to establish a district
advisory council to assist in researching and assessing the service needs of the district and
guiding implementation of services in the district within a council structure.
(2) The advisory council established under subparagraph (1) shall recommend to the
board of trustees an amount of funding to be specified on the ballot for the election held
under this subsection 2, shall annually assess and review the emergency medical services
needs of the district, and shall include the results of such review and assessment in an
annual report filed with the board of trustees. The annual report shall be publicly available
upon filing with the board of trustees. The board of trustees shall receive public comment
regarding the report at one or more meetings of the board of trustees. Any meeting of the
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board of trustees at which public comment on the annual report is heard shall be at least
fourteen days following the date the annual report is filed with the board of trustees.
d. Thepropositionisadoptedifamajorityofthosevotingonthepropositionattheelection
approves it. If the proposition is approved at election, the trustees may impose the additional
annual tax beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1 following the election at which the
proposition was approved. The proposition is not affected by a change in the boundaries of
the district.
e. Discontinuance of the authority to impose an additional tax under this chapter shall be
by petition and election. Upon petition of twenty-five percent of the resident eligible electors,
the board of trustees shall submit to the voters of the district the question of whether to
discontinue the authority to impose the additional tax according to the election procedures
under subsection 1. If a majority of those voting on the question of discontinuance of the
trustees’ authority to impose the tax favors discontinuance, the trustees shall not impose the
additional tax for any fiscal year beginning after the election approving the discontinuance,
unless imposition is subsequently again authorized at election. Following discontinuance of
the authority to impose the additional tax, authority to reimpose the additional tax requires
approval in accordance with this subsection.