75.1 Bonds — election — vote required. 1. When a proposition to authorize an issuance of bonds by a county, township, school corporation, city, or by any local board or commission, is submitted to the electors, such proposition shall not be deemed carried or adopted, anything in the statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, unless the vote in favor of such authorization is equal to at least sixty percent of the total vote cast for and against said proposition at said election. All elections on such proposition shall be held on the date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph 'd'. 2. Ballots cast but not counted as a vote for or against the proposition shall not be used in computing the total vote cast for and against said proposition. [C31, 35, §1171-d4; C39, §1171.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §75.1] 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §29, 71; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §20; 2023 Acts, ch 71, §118, 119, 136 2023 amendments apply July 1, 2023, for elections on propositions relating to the issuing of bonds or other indebtedness occurring on or after that date; 2023 Acts, ch 71, §136 Subsection 1, paragraph a amended and redesignated as subsection 1 Subsection 2 stricken relating to the issuing of bonds or other indebtedness occurring on or after that date; 2023 Acts, ch 71, §136 Subsection 1, paragraph a amended and redesignated as subsection 1 Subsection 2 stricken and former subsection 1, paragraph b redesignated as subsection 2
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