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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 2.32, subsection 6, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The confirmation of every appointment submitted to the
  1  4 senate requires the approval of two-thirds a majority of the
  1  5 all members of elected to the senate.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 2.32, subsection 8, Code 1997, is amended
  1  7 by striking the subsection.
  1  8    Sec. 3.  Section 333A.2, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  1  9 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 10    b.  Five elected county officials who are regularly
  1 11 involved in budget preparation.  One county official shall be
  1 12 from a county with a population of less than eleven thousand
  1 13 five hundred, one from a county with a population of more than
  1 14 eleven thousand five hundred but not more than sixteen
  1 15 thousand, one from a county with a population of more than
  1 16 sixteen thousand but not more than twenty-two thousand five
  1 17 hundred, one from a county with a population of more than
  1 18 twenty-two thousand five hundred but not more than eighty
  1 19 thousand and one from a county with a population of more than
  1 20 eighty thousand.  The governor shall select and appoint the
  1 21 county officials, subject to the approval of two-thirds of the
  1 22 members of confirmation by the senate.
  1 23    Sec. 4.  Section 333A.2, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  1 24 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 25    c.  A certified public accountant experienced in
  1 26 governmental accounting selected and appointed by the governor
  1 27 with the approval of two-thirds of the members of, subject to
  1 28 confirmation by the senate.
  1 29    Sec. 5.  Section 80.3, Code 1997, is repealed.  
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill provides for modifications to the senate
  1 32 confirmation process for gubernatorial appointments.
  1 33    Code section 2.32, subsection 6, states that approval of
  1 34 appointments submitted to the senate requires a two-thirds
  1 35 favorable vote.  This bill reduces the required number of
  2  1 votes for approval to a majority vote of all members elected
  2  2 to the senate.  Code section 2.32, subsection 8, requires that
  2  3 previously approved gubernatorial appointees are subject to
  2  4 reconfirmation by the senate every four years, with the same
  2  5 confirmation procedures applicable as with an initial
  2  6 appointment.  This bill repeals this subsection.
  2  7    The bill also repeals or modifies the inconsistent
  2  8 provisions of Code section 80.3, relating to appointments to
  2  9 fill vacancies in the position of commissioner of public
  2 10 safety, and Code section 333A.2, relating to county finance
  2 11 committee membership, to promote consistency with Code section
  2 12 2.32 modifications.  
  2 13 LSB 1575HH 77
  2 14 rn/jj/8
     
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