Filed March 4, 2026 in the Senate by Sen. Scott Webster (R)
What it changes
- Page 1, by striking line 8 and inserting: “___. Page 1, after line 15 by inserting:”
- Page 1, after line 12 by inserting: “___. Page 1, by striking lines 16 through 21 and inserting: ““Sec. ___. Section 349.18, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: a. The county auditor shall furnish a copy of the proceedings to be published, within one week following the adjournment approval of the board. The county auditor shall include either a summary of all resolutions or the complete text of resolutions adopted by the board in the furnished copy of the proceedings. As used in this subsection , “summary” means a narrative description of the resolution setting forth the main points of the resolution in a manner calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable manner the meaning of the resolution and to provide the public with sufficient notice of the policy stated or action to be taken, as resolved by the board in the resolution. The narrative description shall include the title of the resolution, an accurate and intelligible synopsis of the essential elements of the resolution, a statement that the description is a summary, the location and the normal business hours of the office where the full text of the resolution may be inspected, and the effective date of the resolution. Legal descriptions of property set forth in a resolution shall be described in full. The narrative description shall be written in a clear and coherent manner and shall, to the extent possible, avoid the use of technical or legal terms not generally familiar to the public. When necessary to use technical or legal terms not generally familiar to the public, the narrative description shall include definitions of those terms.””
- By renumbering as necessary. -1- S 5037.3085 (2) 91 ms/js 1/ 2