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
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
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: HF 2372 (3) 87 ec/rj/md PAG LIN 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 yearsunless it isand 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.TheExcept 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, forFor 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 5pursuant 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". HF 2372 (3) 87 ec/rj/md