If the legislative body has denied all protests, it may call an election to be held within the district described in the ordinance or resolution calling the election, which description shall conform with any changes in boundaries that may have been made under Section 5356, and provide for the submission of the proposition of incurring a debt by the issuance of bonds of the district for the purposes set forth in the ordinance of intention. The ordinance or resolution calling such election, shall also recite the objects and purposes for which the proposed indebtedness is to be incurred, the nature of the improvement or work, the estimated cost, the estimated cost of the incidental expense, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred and the rate of interest to be paid on such indebtedness; provided, however, that in its discretion the legislative body may recite in the ordinance or resolution a maximum rate of interest to be paid on such indebtedness not to exceed 8 per centum per annum, which rate when so recited shall not be exceeded in the issuance of bonds for such indebtedness; and said ordinance or resolution shall fix the date on which the election shall be held, the manner of holding the election and the manner of voting for or against the proposition.

(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)