12-1616c.Dams across streams or rivers; issuance of general obligation
bonds; approval of electors required, when; resolution, protest petition;
bonds not within debt limitation.
Cities shall have power to issue general obligation bonds to pay
the cost of any lands acquired and the dam or dams constructed thereon
when authorized by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting
on the question of the issuance of such bonds for such purpose at a
general election, general city election or at any special election
called and held for that purpose.
In lieu of the foregoing election requirement, the governing body of
any city, except those located within a county having a population
of more than 180,000 and less than 200,000, may by resolution declare its intention to
acquire a site for and construct any such dam. Such resolution
shall state the approximate location for the proposed dam and the
approximate cost of such dam, such cost to include the site, engineering
and architectural expense, and any other cost attributable to such dam.
Such resolution shall be published once a week for two consecutive
weeks in the official city paper of the city and shall contain a
section notifying the qualified voters of the city that general
obligation bonds will be issued for such dam unless a petition is filed
in accordance with this section. Such petition shall be signed by
electors equal in number to not less than 2% of the
electors of the city who voted for the secretary of state at the last
preceding general election at which the secretary of state was elected and
shall be filed with the city clerk within
30 days following the last publication of the resolution. If
no sufficient protest
petition is filed within the time specified, the city may
proceed to issue and sell the bonds and construct
the dam in the
manner provided by law. If there is a sufficient protest
petition filed within the time specified, the
bonds shall not be issued for the
dam until the question of the issuance of such bonds for the
construction of such dam is submitted to the qualified
electors of such city in the manner provided by this section, and
the question of the issuance of such bonds is approved by a majority of
those voting on such question at such
election.
Each dam shall be covered by a separate resolution, but bonds may be
issued in a single issue or a series of bonds for several dams. Bonds
issued under the authority of this act shall be in addition to and not
subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other
law of this state.
History: L. 1974, ch. 50, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 64, § 1; L. 1981,
ch. 173, § 22; July 1.
12-1616c.Dams across streams or rivers; issuance of general obligation
bonds; approval of electors required, when; resolution, protest petition;
bonds not within debt limitation.
Cities shall have power to issue general obligation bonds to pay
the cost of any lands acquired and the dam or dams constructed thereon
when authorized by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting
on the question of the issuance of such bonds for such purpose at a
general election, general city election or at any special election
called and held for that purpose.
In lieu of the foregoing election requirement, the governing body of
any city, except those located within a county having a population
of more than 180,000 and less than 200,000, may by resolution declare its intention to
acquire a site for and construct any such dam. Such resolution
shall state the approximate location for the proposed dam and the
approximate cost of such dam, such cost to include the site, engineering
and architectural expense, and any other cost attributable to such dam.
Such resolution shall be published once a week for two consecutive
weeks in the official city paper of the city and shall contain a
section notifying the qualified voters of the city that general
obligation bonds will be issued for such dam unless a petition is filed
in accordance with this section. Such petition shall be signed by
electors equal in number to not less than 2% of the
electors of the city who voted for the secretary of state at the last
preceding general election at which the secretary of state was elected and
shall be filed with the city clerk within
30 days following the last publication of the resolution. If
no sufficient protest
petition is filed within the time specified, the city may
proceed to issue and sell the bonds and construct
the dam in the
manner provided by law. If there is a sufficient protest
petition filed within the time specified, the
bonds shall not be issued for the
dam until the question of the issuance of such bonds for the
construction of such dam is submitted to the qualified
electors of such city in the manner provided by this section, and
the question of the issuance of such bonds is approved by a majority of
those voting on such question at such
election.
Each dam shall be covered by a separate resolution, but bonds may be
issued in a single issue or a series of bonds for several dams. Bonds
issued under the authority of this act shall be in addition to and not
subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other
law of this state.
History: L. 1974, ch. 50, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 64, § 1; L. 1981,
ch. 173, § 22; July 1.
12-1616c.Dams across streams or rivers; issuance of general obligation
bonds; approval of electors required, when; resolution, protest petition;
bonds not within debt limitation.
Cities shall have power to issue general obligation bonds to pay
the cost of any lands acquired and the dam or dams constructed thereon
when authorized by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting
on the question of the issuance of such bonds for such purpose at a
general election, general city election or at any special election
called and held for that purpose.
In lieu of the foregoing election requirement, the governing body of
any city, except those located within a county having a population
of more than 180,000 and less than 200,000, may by resolution declare its intention to
acquire a site for and construct any such dam. Such resolution
shall state the approximate location for the proposed dam and the
approximate cost of such dam, such cost to include the site, engineering
and architectural expense, and any other cost attributable to such dam.
Such resolution shall be published once a week for two consecutive
weeks in the official city paper of the city and shall contain a
section notifying the qualified voters of the city that general
obligation bonds will be issued for such dam unless a petition is filed
in accordance with this section. Such petition shall be signed by
electors equal in number to not less than 2% of the
electors of the city who voted for the secretary of state at the last
preceding general election at which the secretary of state was elected and
shall be filed with the city clerk within
30 days following the last publication of the resolution. If
no sufficient protest
petition is filed within the time specified, the city may
proceed to issue and sell the bonds and construct
the dam in the
manner provided by law. If there is a sufficient protest
petition filed within the time specified, the
bonds shall not be issued for the
dam until the question of the issuance of such bonds for the
construction of such dam is submitted to the qualified
electors of such city in the manner provided by this section, and
the question of the issuance of such bonds is approved by a majority of
those voting on such question at such
election.
Each dam shall be covered by a separate resolution, but bonds may be
issued in a single issue or a series of bonds for several dams. Bonds
issued under the authority of this act shall be in addition to and not
subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other
law of this state.
History: L. 1974, ch. 50, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 64, § 1; L. 1981,
ch. 173, § 22; July 1.