SF 588 — A bill for an act concerning local government notice requirements on certain actions.

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Section 24.2A, subsection 44, , paragraph b, subparagraph ((2), 2), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

(2) If the political subdivision is a city, notice of the public hearing shall be published not lcs3less than tcnten nor morcmore than twenty days prior to the hhearing aring pursuant to section 362.3 in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the city.

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Section 28E.17, subsection 33, , paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

Heweve_,However, tthe enotice netiee must be published at least `__nten day_days prierprior totheto hc-aring,the hearing, and if If a petition valid under section 362.4 is filed with the clerk of the city prior to the hearing, asking that the question of issuing the bonds be submitted to the registered voters of the city, the council shall either by resolution declare the proposal abandoned or shall direct the county commissioner of elections to call a special election to vote upon the question of issuing the bonds.

Section 103A.12, subsection 22, , Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

The local governing body shall hold a public hearing pursuant to section 362.3,362.3 , after giving not less than four bubut tnot ewmore e--c than twenty days"days’ public notice, together with written notice to the commissioner of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing, before the ordinance to withdraw is voted upon.

Section 368.3, subsection 22, , Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

Notice of the time and place of the public hearing and the proposed action shall be published as provided in section 362.3, except that at lustleast ten daysdays’ notice must be given.given .

Upon receipt of a petition requesting an election, the council shall direct the Senate File 588, pp. .

A notice of the hearing, which includes a brief description of the proposal and a statement of where the petition or plan is available for public inspection, must be published as provided in section 362.3, except that there must be two publigationspublications in a new3papernewspaper having general circulation in acheach city and each territory involved in the proposal.

Any person may submit written briefs—,briefs, and, in the committee'scommittee’s discretion, may be heard on the proposal.

Section 372.4, subsection 44, , Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

Notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be published as provided in section 362.3, except that at lestleast ten daysdays’ notice must be given.given .

Following, and not until, completion of requirements of section 24.2A are eempleted,completed, the council shall set a time and place for public hearing on the budget before the final certification date and shall publish notice of the hearing netnot less than ten nernor ff-r-more than twenty day3days bcforcbefore the hearing pursuant to section 362.3 in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the city.

Section 384.38, subsection 33, , paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

A city may establish, by ordinance or by resolution adopted as an ordinance after twcntytwenty dayn"days’ notice published in accordance with section 362.3, and a public hearing, one or more districts and schedules of fees for the connection of property to the city sewer or water utility.

The ordinance shall be certified by the city and recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which a district iis s located.

Section 384.50, subsection 11, , Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

The clerk shall publish notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing once each week for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided by section 362.3, the first publication of wh₹ehswhich ..,,shall be netnot essless ththan anten ,.days before the date of the hearing.

days befere the date efftâ z hearing.

Section 400.1, subsection 11, , Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

The mayor city shall publish notice of the names of persons selected for appointment no lc33less than thirty days prior to a vote by the city council pursuant to section 362.3.

Notice of the hearing shall be published as provided in section 362.3 or 331.305, except that at least seven days’ notice must be given and the public hearing shall not be held earlier than the next regularly scheduled city council or board of supervisors meeting following the published notice.notice .

The notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published as provided in section 362.3, except that at least seven ddays’ ysnotice " netiee must -be—giebe ~given and in neno easecase shall the publiepublic hearing be held earlier than the next regularly •scheduled •city Ycouncil ./l)tmeeting Z.L'CC'•••!following AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY President of the Senatepublished Speakernotice. of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 588, Ninety-first General Assembly.

W.______________________________ ______________________________ AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 588, Ninety-first General Assembly.

CHARLES______________________________ SW. THSON Secre rv of.th.

CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved W_______________, , 2025 KI______________________________ RKIM REYNOLDS Governor