The committee may amend a petition or plan. If a petition or plan is substantially amended, the committee shall continue the hearing to a later date and serve and publish a notice describing the amended petition or plan, as required in section 368.15 . [C97, §600; S13, §600; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5591; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.18 ] Referred to in §368.3 , 368.20