1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2464 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [373.401] REFERENDUM ON CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Application. This section applies in addition to any other procedure
1.5or requirement in law relating to a county proposal to lease or rent real property from
1.6another entity for use as a county jail, law enforcement facility, or criminal justice center.
1.7    Subd. 2. Notice; public hearing. The county must publish a notice of its intention
1.8to lease or rent real property from another entity for use as a county jail, law enforcement
1.9facility, or criminal justice center. The notice must provide the date and time of a hearing
1.10to obtain public comment on the matter. The notice must be published in the official
1.11newspaper of the county or in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice
1.12must be published at least 14, but not more than 28, days before the date of the hearing.
1.13    Subd. 3. Reverse referendum. A county may issue enter into a lease or rent
1.14agreement obligating the county to spend public funds only upon obtaining the approval
1.15of a majority of the voters voting on the question of the project, if a petition requesting a
1.16vote on the expenditure is signed by voters equal to ten percent of the votes cast in the
1.17county in the last general election and is filed with the county auditor within 30 days after
1.18the public hearing. The secretary of state shall prepare a suggested form of the question
1.19to be presented at the election."
1.20Amend the title accordingly