(1) The requirements of this section shall apply to any ballot issue involving a local government matter arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in section 1-41-103 (4), for which notice is required to be mailed pursuant to section 20 (3)(b) of article X of the state constitution. A mailing is not required for a ballot issue that does not involve a local government matter arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in section 1-41-103 (4).
(2) Thirty days before a ballot issue election, political subdivisions shall mail at the least cost and as a package where districts with ballot issues overlap, a titled notice or set of notices addressed to "all registered voters" at each address of one or more active registered electors. Except for voter-approved additions, notices shall include only:
The election date, hours, ballot title, text, and local election office address and telephone number;
For proposed district tax or bonded debt increases, the estimated or actual total ofdistrict fiscal year spending for the current year and each of the past four years, and the overall percentage and dollar change;
For the first full fiscal year of each proposed political subdivision tax increase, district estimates of the maximum dollar amount of each increase and of district fiscal year spending without the increase;
For proposed district bonded debt, its principal amount and maximum annual andtotal district repayment cost, and the principal balance of total current district bonded debt and its maximum annual and remaining local district repayment cost;
Two summaries, up to five hundred words each, one for and one against the proposal,of written comments filed with the election officer by thirty days before the election. No summary shall mention names of persons or private groups, nor any endorsements of or resolutions against the proposal. Petition representatives following these rules shall write this summary for their petition. The election officer shall maintain and accurately summarize all other relevant written comments.
(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a ballot issue that is subject to the provisions of section 1-40-124.5.
Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 692, § 1, effective May 4; (1) amended, p. 1437, § 128, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) and IP(2) amended and (3) added, p. 299, § 5, effective August 2.