Section 123.62. Referendum election petition.

(1) If a valid referendum petition is filed pursuant to the act or the home rule city act to ask for an election on the proposed annexation, consolidation or incorporation, the commission shall adopt a resolution recommending that the director dispose of the request by ordering the question be placed on the ballot at some future date, or by setting the date of the special election.

(2)        If an annexation referendum election is held and each area affected voting separately on the question approves the annexation by a majority vote, the commission shall adopt a resolution recommending the effective date of the annexation for the director’s approval.

(3)     If a referendum election is held on the question of incorporation and a majority of the electorate in the area proposed for incorporation approves, by majority vote, the incorporation, the director’s order becomes final.

History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.