Article 27.--WATER SUPPLY, WATERWORKS AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
12-2720.Same; adoption of ordinance; contents; publication; protest
petition; election; effective, when.
Before any such contract or contracts shall be made by the governing
body of such contracting city, or bonds issued, taxes levied or
improvements made, as provided in this act, the governing body of such
contracting city shall enact an ordinance authorizing the acquisition of
the necessary site and the necessary easements, authorizing the making of
such improvements and authorizing the making of such contract or contracts.
The ordinance shall specify the nature and extent of the improvement to be
made and describe such contract or contracts, including the estimated
expenditures of the city under such agreement. Such ordinance shall be
published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city
paper. If within thirty (30) days of its last publication a petition signed
by not less than five percent (5%) of the legally qualified electors is
filed with the city clerk, such ordinance shall not take effect until
submitted to the electors of such city and approved at an election to be
held within ninety (90) days of the filing of such petition. The governing
body of the municipality shall have power to call such an election, and
such an election shall be called, noticed, conducted, and canvassed in the
manner provided by law for bond elections under the provisions of the
general bond law, except, the ballots used when voting upon said ordinance
or resolution, as the case may be, shall contain these words: "For the
ordinance" and "against the ordinance," as the case may be (stating the
nature of the proposed ordinance). If no sufficient protest is filed within
such thirty (30) days, or if the ordinance is approved at an election
hereunder, such ordinance shall become effective and the governing body of
such city may proceed with its implementation.
History: L. 1959, ch. 86, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 51, §
2; July 1.
Article 27.--WATER SUPPLY, WATERWORKS AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
12-2720.Same; adoption of ordinance; contents; publication; protest
petition; election; effective, when.
Before any such contract or contracts shall be made by the governing
body of such contracting city, or bonds issued, taxes levied or
improvements made, as provided in this act, the governing body of such
contracting city shall enact an ordinance authorizing the acquisition of
the necessary site and the necessary easements, authorizing the making of
such improvements and authorizing the making of such contract or contracts.
The ordinance shall specify the nature and extent of the improvement to be
made and describe such contract or contracts, including the estimated
expenditures of the city under such agreement. Such ordinance shall be
published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city
paper. If within thirty (30) days of its last publication a petition signed
by not less than five percent (5%) of the legally qualified electors is
filed with the city clerk, such ordinance shall not take effect until
submitted to the electors of such city and approved at an election to be
held within ninety (90) days of the filing of such petition. The governing
body of the municipality shall have power to call such an election, and
such an election shall be called, noticed, conducted, and canvassed in the
manner provided by law for bond elections under the provisions of the
general bond law, except, the ballots used when voting upon said ordinance
or resolution, as the case may be, shall contain these words: "For the
ordinance" and "against the ordinance," as the case may be (stating the
nature of the proposed ordinance). If no sufficient protest is filed within
such thirty (30) days, or if the ordinance is approved at an election
hereunder, such ordinance shall become effective and the governing body of
such city may proceed with its implementation.
History: L. 1959, ch. 86, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 51, §
2; July 1.
Article 27.--WATER SUPPLY, WATERWORKS AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
12-2720.Same; adoption of ordinance; contents; publication; protest
petition; election; effective, when.
Before any such contract or contracts shall be made by the governing
body of such contracting city, or bonds issued, taxes levied or
improvements made, as provided in this act, the governing body of such
contracting city shall enact an ordinance authorizing the acquisition of
the necessary site and the necessary easements, authorizing the making of
such improvements and authorizing the making of such contract or contracts.
The ordinance shall specify the nature and extent of the improvement to be
made and describe such contract or contracts, including the estimated
expenditures of the city under such agreement. Such ordinance shall be
published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city
paper. If within thirty (30) days of its last publication a petition signed
by not less than five percent (5%) of the legally qualified electors is
filed with the city clerk, such ordinance shall not take effect until
submitted to the electors of such city and approved at an election to be
held within ninety (90) days of the filing of such petition. The governing
body of the municipality shall have power to call such an election, and
such an election shall be called, noticed, conducted, and canvassed in the
manner provided by law for bond elections under the provisions of the
general bond law, except, the ballots used when voting upon said ordinance
or resolution, as the case may be, shall contain these words: "For the
ordinance" and "against the ordinance," as the case may be (stating the
nature of the proposed ordinance). If no sufficient protest is filed within
such thirty (30) days, or if the ordinance is approved at an election
hereunder, such ordinance shall become effective and the governing body of
such city may proceed with its implementation.
History: L. 1959, ch. 86, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 51, §
2; July 1.