Bill Text: IA HF2372 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning county supervisor representation and districting plans and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 625.) Effective 5-16-18.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-16 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 997. [HF2372 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2372-Amended.html

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House File 2372 - Reprinted




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 625)
       (As Amended and Passed by the House March 7, 2018)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning county supervisor representation and
  2    districting plans.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1                           DIVISION I
  1  2       SELECTION OF COUNTY SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATION PLANS
  1  3    Section 1.  Section 331.206, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  1  4 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  1  5    a.  The plan used under subsection 1 shall be selected by the
  1  6 board or by a special election as provided in section 331.207.
  1  7 A plan selected by the board shall remain in effect for at
  1  8 least six years unless it is and shall only be changed by a
  1  9 special election as provided in section 331.207. However, a
  1 10 county with a population of sixty thousand or more based on the
  1 11 most recent federal decennial census shall use plan "three" for
  1 12 the election of supervisors.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  TRANSITION PROVISION.  Notwithstanding any
  1 14 provision of law to the contrary, a county with a population
  1 15 of sixty thousand or more based on the most recent federal
  1 16 decennial census that does not use plan "three" for the
  1 17 election of supervisors, as defined in section 331.206, as
  1 18 of the effective date of this Act shall not be required to
  1 19 elect supervisors using plan "three" until the election for
  1 20 supervisors following the adoption of a representation plan
  1 21 drawn pursuant to section 331.210A, subsection 2, paragraph
  1 22 "f", after the redistricting of congressional and legislative
  1 23 districts becomes law following the federal decennial census
  1 24 taken in the year 2020.
  1 25                           DIVISION II
  1 26       COUNTY SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATION DISTRICTING PLANS
  1 27    Sec. 3.  Section 68B.32A, subsection 16, Code 2018, is
  1 28 amended to read as follows:
  1 29    16.  Establish an expedited procedure for reviewing
  1 30 complaints forwarded by the state commissioner of elections
  1 31 to the board for a determination as to whether a supervisor
  1 32 district plan adopted pursuant to section 331.210A that differs
  1 33 from a supervisor district plan prepared by the legislative
  1 34 services agency was drawn for improper political reasons
  1 35 as described in section 42.4, subsection 5. The expedited
  2  1 procedure shall be substantially similar to the process used
  2  2 for other complaints filed with the board except that the
  2  3 provisions of section 68B.32D shall not apply.
  2  4    Sec. 4.  Section 331.209, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended
  2  5 to read as follows:
  2  6    4.  Each temporary county redistricting commission shall
  2  7 notify the state commissioner of elections when the boundaries
  2  8 of supervisor districts are changed, shall provide a map
  2  9 delineating the new boundary lines, and shall certify to
  2 10 the state commissioner of elections the populations of the
  2 11 new supervisor districts as determined under the latest
  2 12 federal decennial census. Upon failure of a temporary county
  2 13 redistricting commission to make the required changes by
  2 14 the dates specified by this section and sections 331.203
  2 15 and 331.204 as determined by the state commissioner of
  2 16 elections, the state commissioner of elections shall make or
  2 17 cause to be made the necessary changes as soon as possible,
  2 18 and shall assess to the county the expenses incurred in so
  2 19 doing. The Except for a representation plan drawn pursuant
  2 20 to section 331.210A, subsection 2, paragraph "f", the state
  2 21 commissioner of elections may request the services of personnel
  2 22 and materials available to the legislative services agency
  2 23 to assist the state commissioner in making required changes
  2 24 in supervisor district boundaries which become the state
  2 25 commissioner's responsibility.
  2 26    Sec. 5.  Section 331.210A, subsection 2, paragraph f,
  2 27 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  2 28    (1)  (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section
  2 29  to the contrary, for For purposes of this paragraph "f",
  2 30 "qualifying county" means a county that elects supervisors
  2 31 under plan "three" as defined in section 331.206, or a county
  2 32 with a population of one hundred eighty thousand or more that
  2 33 has adopted a charter for a city=county consolidated form of
  2 34 government or a community commonwealth form of government and
  2 35 which charter provides for representation by districts,.
  3  1    (b)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
  3  2 contrary, for a qualifying county, the legislative services
  3  3 agency, and not the temporary county redistricting commission,
  3  4 shall draw a representation plan as provided by paragraph "a"
  3  5 pursuant to a contract executed with the county.
  3  6    (c)  A county subject to the requirements of this paragraph
  3  7 "f" shall notify the state commissioner of elections that a
  3  8 representation plan to be drawn pursuant to this paragraph
  3  9 "f" is required and shall submit to the state commissioner
  3 10 of elections the precinct plan to be used to draw the
  3 11 representation plan.  Upon notification and submission of a
  3 12 precinct plan, the state commissioner of elections shall review
  3 13 and approve the precinct plan to be used.  Following approval
  3 14 of the precinct plan to be used, the state commissioner
  3 15 of elections shall notify the legislative council which
  3 16 shall direct the legislative services agency to prepare a
  3 17 representation plan for the county. 
  3 18    (d)  The plan drawn by the legislative services agency
  3 19 shall be based upon the precinct plan adopted and approved
  3 20  for use by the county and shall be drawn in accordance with
  3 21 section 42.4, to the extent applicable. After the legislative
  3 22 services agency has drawn the plan, the legislative services
  3 23 agency shall at the earliest feasible time make available to
  3 24 the public all of the information required to be made public
  3 25 by paragraph "b".
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