Section 40.00. Budget note resolution; form and contents; authorization thereof  


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  • a. The issuance of budget notes or renewals  thereof  shall  be  authorized  by a "budget note resolution." Each such resolution shall be
      properly dated and shall bear  a  title  which  will  indicate  that  it
      relates to a budget note.
        b. Any municipality, school district or district corporation may adopt
      one  or  more budget note resolutions authorizing the issuance of budget
      notes for a specific object or purpose,  for  which  object  or  purpose
      budget  notes may be issued. In addition, any municipality may adopt one
      or more budget note resolutions authorizing the issuance of budget notes
      for a class of objects or purposes set forth in paragraph b, c, d  or  e
      of section 29.00 of this chapter.
        c.  A budget note resolution shall contain, in substance, at least the
      following provisions:
        1. A statement setting forth the facts and circumstances necessitating
      the issuance of such budget notes and the specific object or purpose  or
      the  class  of  objects  or  purposes  for  which the budget notes to be
      authorized by such resolution are to be issued and  stating  that  there
      are  no  other  funds  available  with  which to pay or provide for such
      object or purpose or class of objects or purposes.   Such  circumstances
      necessitating  the  issuance of budget notes and such specific object or
      purpose shall be described in brief and general terms sufficient  for  a
      reasonable identification.
        2.  A  statement  of  the amount of budget notes to be issued for such
      specific object or purpose or class of objects or purposes.
        3. A statement of the period of maturity of such notes.
        4. If such notes are  to  be  issued  in  renewal  of  other  notes  a
      statement  that  the  date  of  maturity  of such notes shall not extend
      beyond the applicable period provided in section 29.00 of  this  chapter
      for the maturity of such notes.
        d.  Every  budget  note  resolution  shall  be  adopted  by at least a
      majority vote of the voting strength of the finance board.   A  majority
      vote  shall  be  sufficient for the adoption of a resolution authorizing
      the renewal of any budget note.