§ 8042. Advertisement of election. (a) General rule.--Notice of the election shall be given in one but not more than two newspapers of general circulation in the local government unit and in the legal journal, if any, designated by the rules of court of the county in which the local government unit is located for the publication of legal notices and advertisements. If only newspaper publication is done, the notice shall be published three times at intervals of not less than three days, but, if published in a weekly newspaper and in the legal journal, it shall be published only twice, once a week for two successive weeks. The first publication in at least one newspaper shall be not less than 14 nor more than 21 days before the election, but all publications shall be after the effective date of the resolution and need not be upon the same dates in different newspapers. (b) Content of election notice.--The election notice shall contain and state: (1) The date upon which the election is to be held. (2) The estimated amount of the debt to be incurred or to be approved by the electors if already incurred. (3) The project for which the debt will be or was incurred. (4) The estimated cost of the project. (5) The question to be submitted to the electors at the election, which shall be substantially in the following appropriate form: Shall debt in the sum of (insert amount) dollars for the purpose of financing (insert brief description of project) be (authorized to be incurred as) (transferred from nonelectoral debt to) debt approved by the electors?

§ 8042. Advertisement of election. (a) General rule.--Notice of the election shall be given in one but not more than two newspapers of general circulation in the local government unit and in the legal journal, if any, designated by the rules of court of the county in which the local government unit is located for the publication of legal notices and advertisements. If only newspaper publication is done, the notice shall be published three times at intervals of not less than three days, but, if published in a weekly newspaper and in the legal journal, it shall be published only twice, once a week for two successive weeks. The first publication in at least one newspaper shall be not less than 14 nor more than 21 days before the election, but all publications shall be after the effective date of the resolution and need not be upon the same dates in different newspapers. (b) Content of election notice.--The election notice shall contain and state: (1) The date upon which the election is to be held. (2) The estimated amount of the debt to be incurred or to be approved by the electors if already incurred. (3) The project for which the debt will be or was incurred. (4) The estimated cost of the project. (5) The question to be submitted to the electors at the election, which shall be substantially in the following appropriate form: Shall debt in the sum of (insert amount) dollars for the purpose of financing (insert brief description of project) be (authorized to be incurred as) (transferred from nonelectoral debt to) debt approved by the electors?