Bill Text: IA SF299 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the membership of the board of directors of a judicial district department of correctional services. (Formerly SF 145.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Subcommittee, Rizer, Prichard, and Windschitl. H.J. 706. [SF299 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF299-Introduced.html
Senate File 299 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SF 145) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the membership of the board of directors of 2 a judicial district department of correctional services. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1082SV (1) 86 jm/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 905.3, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2015, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 1 3 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4) One ex officio, nonvoting member 1 4 shall be chosen from and by the largest statewide public 1 5 employees' organization representing state employees no later 1 6 than January 15 of each year. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 905.3, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended 1 8 to read as follows: 1 9 2. Each district board shall have an executive committee 1 10 consisting of the chairperson and vice chairperson and at least 1 11 one but no more thanfivesix other members of the district 1 12 board. Either the chairperson or the vice chairperson shall 1 13 be a supervisor, and the remaining representation on the 1 14 executive committee shall be divided as equally as possible 1 15 among supervisor members, project advisory committee members 1 16or, citizen members, or ex officio, nonvoting public employee 1 17 organization members and judicially appointed members. 1 18 The executive committee may exercise all of the powers 1 19 and discharge all of the duties of the district board, as 1 20 prescribed by this chapter, except those specifically withheld 1 21 from the executive committee by action of the district board. 1 22 Sec. 3. Section 905.3, subsection 4, Code 2015, is amended 1 23 to read as follows: 1 24 4.EachExcept as provided in subsection 1, paragraph "a", 1 25 subparagraph (4), each member of the district board shall 1 26 have one vote on the board. However, upon the request of any 1 27 supervisory member, the vote on any matter before the board 1 28 shall be taken by weighted vote. In each such case, the vote 1 29 of the supervisor representative of the least populous county 1 30 in the judicial district shall have a weight of one unit, and 1 31 the vote of each of the other supervisor members shall have 1 32 a weight which bears the same proportion to one unit as the 1 33 population of the county that supervisor member represents 1 34 bears to the population of the least populous county in the 1 35 district. In the event of weighted vote, the vote of each 2 1 member appointed from a project advisory committee or of each 2 2 citizen member and of each judicially appointed member shall 2 3 have a weight of one unit. 2 4 EXPLANATION 2 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 6 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 7 This bill relates to the membership of the board of directors 2 8 of a judicial district department of correctional services. 2 9 The bill adds a member to the board of directors to be 2 10 chosen from and by the largest statewide public employees' 2 11 organization representing state employees no later than January 2 12 15 of each year. 2 13 The bill further increases the number of members who may sit 2 14 on the executive committee of the board of directors who are 2 15 not the chairperson or vice=chairperson from five members to 2 16 six members. 2 17 The bill specifies that the new member added by the bill is 2 18 a nonvoting member of the board of directors of the judicial 2 19 district department of correctional services and, if appointed 2 20 to the executive committee, a nonvoting member of the executive 2 21 committee of the district board. LSB 1082SV (1) 86 jm/nh
