§ 168.389aActual costs of election; payment; verified account; disapproval; failure to

agree on actual costs.
 Sec. 389a.
    (1) A metropolitan district shall pay to each county, city, and township that conducts a
 regular election for the metropolitan district an amount determined in accordance with this
 section.
    (2) If a metropolitan district's regular election is held in conjunction with another election
 conducted by a county, city, or township, the metropolitan district shall pay the county, city, or
 township 100% of the actual additional costs attributable to conducting the metropolitan
 district's regular election. If a metropolitan district's regular election is not held in conjunction
 with another election conducted by a county, city, or township, the metropolitan district shall
 pay the county, city, or township 100% of the actual costs of conducting the metropolitan
 district's regular election.
    (3) The county, city, or township shall present to a metropolitan district a verified account of
 actual costs of conducting the metropolitan district's regular election not later than 84 days
 after the date of the election. The legislative body of the metropolitan district shall pay or
 disapprove all or a portion of the verified account within 84 days after the metropolitan district
 receives a verified account of actual costs under this subsection.
    (4) If the legislative body of the metropolitan district disapproves all or a portion of a
 verified account of actual costs under subsection (3), the legislative body of the metropolitan
 district shall send a notice of disapproval along with the reasons for the disapproval to the
 county, city, or township. Upon request of a county, city, or township whose verified account
 or portion of a verified account was disapproved under this section, the legislative body of the
 metropolitan district shall review the disapproved costs with the county, city, or township.


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    (5) A legislative body of a metropolitan district, county, city, or township shall use the
 agreement made between the department of treasury and the secretary of state, as required by
 section 487, as a basis for preparing and evaluating verified accounts under this section. The
 secretary of state shall assist a legislative body of a metropolitan district, county, city, or
 township in preparing and evaluating a verified account under this section. If a county, city, or
 township and the legislative body of the metropolitan district cannot agree on the actual costs
 of an election as prescribed by this section, the secretary of state shall determine those actual
 costs.