What's on the ballot in Clay Township, Polk County

Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted? Provides that any bill to increase the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the legislature for passage. Further, the two-thirds majority vote requirement applies to the passage of a bill to establish a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state. The requirement excludes taxes imposed at the option of a local government. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment. The Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section to new Article XIII: Passage of a bill that increases the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. This requirement does not apply to taxes imposed at the option of a local government. Passage of a bill that establishes a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment. If such a lawsuit is not filed within the one-year limit, the bill shall be considered properly enacted under this section. Each bill to which this section applies must include a separate provision describing the requirements for enactment prescribed by this section. The general assembly shall enact laws to implement this section.

Shall the City of Urbandale, State of Iowa, issue its General Obligation Bonds or Capital Loan Notes in an amount not exceeding the amount of $25,000,000 for the purpose of paying costs of designing, constructing, equipping, and furnishing a new police station, with related site improvements?

Shall the Board of Directors of the Madrid Community School District in the Counties of Boone, Dallas, and Polk, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $4,300,000 to provide funds to build, furnish and equip additions to its existing Junior-Senior High School, including a Career Academy addition, with related remodeling and improvements and site improvements?

Shall the Board of Directors of the Saydel Community School District in the County of Polk, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $26,900,000 to provide funds to build, furnish, and equip an addition to Cornell Elementary for kindergarten and early childhood education, including a playground and site improvements; to remodel, repair, furnish, and equip Cornell Elementary, Woodside Middle School, and the High School, including HVAC, electrical, and building improvements; for improvements to the High School emergency generator system and sewer line; and to remodel, repair, furnish, and equip athletic facilities, including improvements to the softball concession and restrooms facility, football field turf replacement, and softball and baseball field turf installation?