§ 13513 Special District Bond Approval

• •If people vote to create a special district and also vote on whether the district can borrow money by selling bonds, the votes for borrowing money are counted separately.
• •For the district to be allowed to borrow money by selling bonds, at least two-thirds of the people who vote on the bond issue must say 'yes'.
• •The two-thirds 'yes' vote is only counted from the votes on the bond issue, not from all the votes in the election.

A small town votes to create a new school district. On the same ballot, there's a question about whether the new school district can sell bonds to build a new school.

The votes for creating the school district are counted separately from the votes on selling bonds. Even if most people vote to create the district, the bonds can only be sold if at least two-thirds of the people who voted on the bond question said 'yes'.