Bill Text: IA HSB114 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to allowable precinct consolidations completed by a county commissioner of elections.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 465. [HSB114 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB114-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
114
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
RIZER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
allowable
precinct
consolidations
completed
1
by
a
county
commissioner
of
elections.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
49.11,
subsection
3,
paragraph
d,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
The
consolidated
precincts,
if
established
as
a
3
permanent
precinct,
would
meet
all
requirements
of
section
4
49.3
,
and
a
combined
total
of
no
more
than
three
hundred
5
fifty
voters
voted
in
the
consolidated
precincts
at
the
last
6
preceding
similar
election
except
that
a
consolidated
precinct
7
may
exceed
a
total
population
of
three
thousand
five
hundred
if
8
determined
by
the
commissioner
to
be
administratively
feasible
.
9
The
commissioner
shall
notify
the
voters
of
a
consolidated
10
precinct
pursuant
to
section
49.23.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
provides
that
precincts
consolidated
by
the
county
15
commissioner
of
elections
may
have
populations
greater
than
16
3,500
if
the
commissioner
determines
that
such
a
precinct
17
is
administratively
feasible.
Current
law
prohibits
any
18
precinct
from
having
a
total
population
greater
than
3,500.
19
The
bill
also
removes
the
requirement
that
the
commissioner
20
may
consolidate
only
those
precincts
in
which
a
combined
total
21
of
350
or
fewer
voters
voted
in
the
precinct
at
the
preceding
22
similar
election.
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