Bill Text: IA SF2242 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the administration of city elections by permitting the county commissioner of elections to designate a city clerk to receive city candidate filings. (Formerly SSB 3147.) Effective 7-1-16.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-06 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 649. [SF2242 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2242-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2242 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                  GOVERNMENT

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  3147)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                       Senate File 2242

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CITY ELECTIONS BY PERMITTING
    THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS TO DESIGNATE A CITY
    CLERK TO RECEIVE CITY CANDIDATE FILINGS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 376.4, subsections 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6,
 Code 2016, are amended to read as follows:
    1.  a.  An eligible elector of a city may become a candidate
 for an elective city office by filing with the county
 commissioner of elections responsible under section 47.2
 for conducting elections held for the city a valid petition
 requesting that the elector's name be placed on the ballot for
 that office, or by filing a valid petition with the designated
 city clerk. The petition must be filed not more than
 seventy=one days and not less than forty=seven days before the
 date of the election, and must be signed by eligible electors
 equal in number to at least two percent of those who voted to
 fill the same office at the last regular city election, but not
 less than ten persons. However, for those cities which may be
 required to hold a primary election, the petition must be filed
 not more than eighty=five days and not less than sixty=eight
  days before the date of the regular city election. Nomination
 petitions shall be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the last
 day for filing.
    b.  The petitioners for an individual seeking election from
 a ward must be residents of the ward at the time of signing the
 petition. An individual is not eligible for election from a
 ward unless the individual is a resident of the ward at the
 time the individual files the petition and at the time of
 election.
    c.  The county commissioner may designate the city clerk of
 a city to receive nomination papers for elective city offices.
 If so designated, the city clerk shall have all the duties of
 the county commissioner provided in this section.
    3.  On the final date for filing nomination papers the office
 of the county commissioner and the office of the city clerk
 designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall remain open until
 5:00 p.m.
    4.  The county commissioner or the city clerk designated
 pursuant to subsection 1 shall review each petition and
 affidavit of candidacy for completeness following the standards
 in section 45.5 and shall accept the petition for filing
 if on its face it appears to have the requisite number of
 signatures and if it is timely filed. The county commissioner
 or the designated city clerk shall note upon each petition and
 affidavit accepted for filing the date and time that they were
 filed. The county commissioner or the designated city clerk
  shall return any rejected nomination papers to the person on
 whose behalf the nomination papers were filed.
    5.  Nomination papers filed with the county commissioner or
 the city clerk designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall be
 available for public inspection.
    6.  The city clerk shall deliver the text of any public
 measure being submitted by the city council to the electorate
 to the county commissioner of elections. If the county
 commissioner has designated the city clerk to receive
 nomination papers for elective city offices pursuant to
 subsection 1, the city clerk shall deliver the nomination
 papers accepted for filing to the county commissioner. The
 text of any public measure and nomination papers required to
 be delivered under this subsection shall be delivered no later
 than the day after the last day on which nomination petitions
 can be filed, and not later than 5:00 p.m. 12:00 noon on that
 day.


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 is known as Senate File 2242, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
                               Secretary of the Senate
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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