Section 22-1-709 - Election to change maximum property tax mill levy(1) The maximum property tax mill levy authorized for the operation of a public library district may be changed by an election on the question of changing the maximum mill levy.(2) A vote on the question of raising or lowering the maximum property tax mill levy in the public library district may be initiated by: (a) a petition signed by not less than 15% of the electorate of the district; or(b) a resolution of the board of trustees.(3) The petition must set forth the proposed new maximum mill levy for the operation of the district.(4) On receipt of a petition for a change in the maximum mill levy, certified by the county clerk as sufficient under this section, or on receipt of a resolution for a change adopted by the board of trustees, the county governing body shall submit to the electorate of the public library district, at an election held in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 5, a ballot question on changing the maximum mill levy. The question must be submitted to the electors of the district in substantially the following form: [ ] FOR changing the authorized maximum property tax mill levy for the operation of the public library district from .... to ....
[ ] AGAINST changing the authorized maximum property tax mill levy for the operation of the public library district.
Amended by Laws 2015, Ch. 49, Sec. 236, eff. 11/4/2015.En. Sec. 9, Ch. 92, L. 2001.