House File 692 S-3172 Amend the amendment, S-3119, to House File 692, as passed by 1 the House, as follows: 2 1. By striking page 14, line 10, through page 17, line 3. 3 2. Page 20, line 24, by striking < Political nonparty > and 4 inserting < Political nonparty Nonparty political > 5 3. Page 23, after line 21 by inserting: 6 < Sec. ___. Section 47.2, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 2. a. When an election is to be held as required by law 9 or is called by a political subdivision of the state and the 10 political subdivision is located in more than one county, the 11 county commissioner of elections of the county having the 12 greatest taxable base within the political subdivision shall 13 conduct that election. The county commissioners of elections 14 of the other counties in which the political subdivision 15 is located shall cooperate with the county commissioner of 16 elections who is conducting the election. 17 b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , for a city primary 18 election, city runoff election or a special election for 19 a city, school district, or merged area, if a political 20 subdivision is located in more than one county, the county 21 commissioner of elections of a county not having the greatest 22 taxable base within the political subdivision may designate 23 that the controlling commissioner of the political subdivision 24 shall conduct that election if fewer than one hundred and 25 twenty-five registered voters of the political subdivision 26 are located within such county commissioner’s county. If the 27 controlling commissioner is so designated, section 50.24, 28 subsections 3A and 3B, as enacted by 2017 Iowa Acts, ch. 155, 29 828, shall not apply. For the purposes of this paragraph, the 30 number of registered voters shall be the number of registered 31 voters in the political subdivision of a county not having the 32 greatest taxable base on May 1 immediately preceding the first 33 day of the filing period for candidates for the election. If 34 May 1 falls on a day when the county commissioner’s office is 35 -1- S3119.1839 (3) 88 ss/jh 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3.

closed for business, the county commissioner shall use the 1 number of registered voters on the next day that the county 2 commissioner’s office is open for business to determine the 3 number of registered voters. > 4 4. Page 23, line 27, after < organization. > by inserting 5 < However, when a county commissioner is a candidate for 6 election, such a county commissioner may participate in an 7 absentee ballot drive or collection effort, but shall not aid 8 any other candidate, candidate’s committee, political party, or 9 nonparty political organization. > 10 5. Page 31, by striking lines 25 through 27 and inserting 11 < established at a location to be described on the petition. 12 However, if a special election is > 13 6. Page 37, after line 10 by inserting: 14 < Sec. ___. Section 68A.405, subsection 1, Code 2019, is 15 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 16 NEW PARAGRAPH . i. An organization that sends a text message 17 described by this section may abbreviate the words “paid for 18 by” as “Pfb:”. An organization may use the full name of the 19 organization or the last name of the candidate followed by 20 the organization’s committee identification number. If the 21 organization is a political party, the name of the organization 22 may be abbreviated. > 23 7. Page 39, line 17, by striking < subsections > and inserting 24 < subsection > 25 8. By striking page 39, line 18, through page 40, line 2, 26 and inserting: 27 < NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The state registrar of voters shall 28 use > 29 9. By striking page 44, line 34, through page 45, line 23. 30 10. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal 31 references as necessary. 32 -2- S3119.1839 (3) 88 ss/jh 2/ 3 #4. #5. #6. #7. #8. #9.