14-1053. Bonds for cemetery improvement in certain cities over 10,000; election.
Whenever it is necessary or desirable in the opinion of the governing body of a city of the second class having a population of more than 10,000 and located in a county having a population of more than 40,000 to make any permanent improvement in a public cemetery owned by such city, including the paving or repaving, macadamizing or remacadamizing, grading or regrading, or otherwise improving any road or roadway in such cemetery, such governing body may by resolution declare the necessity and desirability of making such improvement and such city is hereby authorized to issue and sell bonds of the city in an amount not exceeding $35,000, and to use the proceeds from the bonds for the making of such improvements.
No bonds shall be issued by any city under the authority conferred by this section until the question of the issuance of the bonds has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of such city at a regular city election, or at a special election called for that purpose, at which a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds.
Such bond election shall be called and held and the bonds shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law. All bonds issued under the authority conferred by this act shall be subject to and within the bonded debt limitation provided by the laws of this state.
History: L. 1951, ch. 185, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 51; July 1.