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Iowa Code § 75.1 (2026)

Bonds — election — vote required

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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

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1957–2007 · leading case: Adams v. Fort Madison Cmty. Sch. Dist., 182 N.W.2d 132 (Iowa 1970).
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Adams v. Fort Madison Cmty. Sch. Dist., 182 N.W.2d 132 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 14× “Code, 1966, §§ 75.1, 278.1, 280A.21, 298.18, 391.23. It has imposed a two-thirds vote requirement in the Senate to confirm appointment of the state comptroller.”
Bauman v. Maple Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist., 649 N.W.2d 9 (Iowa 2002). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 75.1 (2001) (requiring that a school bond issue receive favorable votes of at least sixty percent of total votes cast at special election before bonds can be issued).”
Headington v. North Winneshiek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 117 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 2× “By the same rules the negative vote would be reduced by 33 to a total of 252. The total vote to be accounted for would thus be 643.”
Harney v. Clear Creek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 154 N.W.2d 88 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 2× “While orderly procedure probably dictates such a resolution, it is not a statutory condition precedent. IV. Plaintiffs next note that the petition for election was filed less than six months after the last previous election.”
Frakes v. Farragut Cmty. Sch. Dist., 121 N.W.2d 636 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 2× “Their right to vote is important only in determining the total number of legal votes cast from which the percentage for and against the proposition must be determined.”
Dickinson Cnty. Mem'l Hosp. Corp. v. Johnson, 80 N.W.2d 756 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 4× “However, after the adoption of the foregoing statutes the legislature had enacted what is now Code section 75.1 which provides: “Bonds — election—vote required.”
In Re AHST Cmty. Sch. Dist. Pub. Measure \B\" Election", 735 N.W.2d 605 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 75.1 , 296.6 (2005). Thereafter, the required number of eligible voters requested a recount pursuant *606 to Iowa Code section 50.”
Taylor v. Cent. City Cmty. Sch. Dist., 733 N.W.2d 655 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 75.1 (2003). 1 Measure A passed by an uncontested margin.”
Headington v. North Winneshiek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 117 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 2× “By the same rules the negative vote would be reduced by 33 to a total of 252. The total vote to be accounted for would thus be 643.”
Raymond Taylor, Keith Comley, & Vivian Edgerton Vs. Cent. City Cmty. Sch. Dist. (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 75.1 (2003).1 Measure A passed by an 1Allcitations or references to the Iowa Code refer to the 2003 edition in effect at the time of the election in this case, unless otherwise noted.”
In Re Ahst Cmty. Sch. Dist. Pub. Measure \B\" Election (2007). “See Iowa Code §§ 75.1 , 296.6 (2005). Thereafter, the required number of eligible voters requested a recount pursuant to Iowa Code section 50.”
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