Bill Text: IA SSB1124 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning county supervisor representation plans.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Subcommittee: Garrett, Lofgren and Quirmbach. [SSB1124 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1124-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1124
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
EDLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
county
supervisor
representation
plans.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.206,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
plan
used
under
subsection
1
shall
be
selected
by
3
the
board
or
by
a
special
election
as
provided
in
section
4
331.207
.
A
plan
selected
by
the
board
shall
remain
in
effect
5
for
at
least
six
years
and
shall
only
be
changed
by
a
special
6
election
as
provided
in
section
331.207
.
However,
a
county
7
with
a
population
of
sixty
thousand
or
more
based
on
the
most
8
recent
federal
decennial
census
shall
use
plan
“three”
for
the
9
election
of
supervisors.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
331.207,
subsection
6,
Code
2019,
is
amended
11
by
striking
the
subsection.
12
Sec.
3.
TRANSITION
PROVISION.
Notwithstanding
any
13
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
county
with
a
population
14
of
sixty
thousand
or
more
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
15
decennial
census
that
does
not
use
plan
“three”
for
the
16
election
of
supervisors,
as
defined
in
section
331.206,
as
17
of
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
shall
not
be
required
to
18
elect
supervisors
using
plan
“three”
until
the
election
for
19
supervisors
following
the
adoption
of
a
representation
plan
20
drawn
pursuant
to
section
331.210A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
21
“f”,
after
the
redistricting
of
congressional
and
legislative
22
districts
becomes
law
following
the
federal
decennial
census
23
taken
in
the
year
2020.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
requires
a
county
with
a
population
of
60,000
28
or
more
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
census
29
to
use
plan
“three”
for
the
election
of
county
supervisors.
30
Plan
“three”
requires
individual
members
of
the
board
of
31
supervisors
for
that
county
to
be
elected
from
single-member
32
equal-population
districts.
The
bill
provides
that
a
county
33
with
a
population
of
60,000
or
more
as
of
the
effective
date
34
of
the
bill
that
does
not
use
plan
“three”
for
the
election
of
35
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