Bill Text: IA SF224 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying membership requirements applicable to the Iowa utilities board.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Independent 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-16 - Subcommittee: Chapman, Bisignano, and Feenstra. S.J. 351. [SF224 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF224-Introduced.html

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Senate File 224 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  D. JOHNSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act modifying membership requirements applicable to the Iowa
  2    utilities board.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 474.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  a.  A utilities division is created within the department
  1  4 of commerce. The policymaking body for the division is the
  1  5 utilities board which is created within the division. The
  1  6 board is composed of three five members appointed by the
  1  7 governor and subject to confirmation by the senate, not more
  1  8 than two three of whom shall be from the same political party.
  1  9 Each member appointed shall serve for six=year staggered terms
  1 10 beginning and ending as provided by section 69.19. Vacancies
  1 11 shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the
  1 12 same manner as full=term appointments are made.
  1 13    b.  All board member appointments made pursuant to this
  1 14 section shall comply with sections 69.16, 69.16A, and 69.16C.
  1 15 In addition, the appointments shall be geographically balanced.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    This bill modifies membership requirements applicable to the
  1 20 Iowa utilities board.
  1 21    The bill increases the current number of members of the
  1 22 board from three to five members and increases the limitation
  1 23 on the number of members who are permitted to be from the same
  1 24 political party from two to three members.
  1 25    The bill requires board member appointments to comply with
  1 26 the political affiliation limitations provided in Code section
  1 27 69.16, the gender balance requirements provided in Code section
  1 28 69.16A, and the minority representation requirements provided
  1 29 in Code section 69.16C.  In addition, appointments must be
  1 30 geographically balanced.
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