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House File 2058

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Bill Introduced: H.J. 55
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 173.1, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  Two board congressional directors from each
  1  4 congressional district to be elected at a convention as
  1  5 provided in section 173.2 173.4.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 173.2, subsections 4 through 14, Code
  1  7 1997, are amended by striking the subsections.
  1  8    Sec. 3.  Section 173.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1  9 follows:
  1 10    173.4  VOTING POWER – ELECTION OF BOARD CONGRESSIONAL
  1 11 DIRECTORS.
  1 12    1.  On all questions arising for determination by the
  1 13 convention Except as provided in this subsection, each member
  1 14 present at the convention shall be entitled to but not more
  1 15 than one vote, and no proxies shall be recognized by the
  1 16 convention.  However, a A member shall not vote by proxy.
  1 17    2.  A successor to a board congressional director shall be
  1 18 elected by a majority of convention members from the same
  1 19 congressional district as the director, according to rules
  1 20 adopted by the convention.  A member who is also a board
  1 21 congressional director shall not be entitled to vote for a
  1 22 successor to each a board congressional director on the board.
  1 23 If two or more persons have an equal and the highest number of
  1 24 votes, the election shall be determined by a majority vote
  1 25 cast by the governor, the secretary of agriculture, and the
  1 26 president of Iowa state university of science and technology
  1 27 or their qualified representatives.
  1 28    Sec. 4.  Section 173.5, subsection 2, Code 1997, is amended
  1 29 to read as follows:
  1 30    2.  The Each year, the convention shall elect a successor
  1 31 to each one of the two district board congressional directors
  1 32 on the board whose term expires at noon on the day following
  1 33 the adjournment of the convention, as provided in section
  1 34 173.4.
  1 35    Sec. 5.  Section 173.6, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1997,
  2  1 is amended to read as follows:
  2  2    A member of the board who is a director, elected as
  2  3 provided in section 173.1, shall serve a term of two years.
  2  4 The term of a director shall begin at noon on the day
  2  5 following the adjournment of the convention at which the
  2  6 director was elected and shall continue until a successor is
  2  7 elected and qualified as provided in this chapter.  However, a
  2  8 person elected as a director pursuant to section 173.1 shall
  2  9 not serve for more than five consecutive terms.  A director
  2 10 who has ever served five consecutive terms is again eligible
  2 11 to serve for an additional five consecutive terms after not
  2 12 serving as a director for at least one term.  
  2 13                           EXPLANATION
  2 14    This bill amends Iowa Code chapter 173, which provides for
  2 15 the administration of the Iowa state fair.  The Iowa state
  2 16 fair is administered by the Iowa state fair board.  Each year
  2 17 the fair board must organize a convention to elect members to
  2 18 the state fair board and conduct other business of the board.
  2 19 The board is partly composed of two persons from each
  2 20 congressional district elected by the convention.
  2 21    This bill eliminates a number of delegates to the
  2 22 convention, including the president or an accredited
  2 23 representative of the state horticultural society, the Iowa
  2 24 state dairy association, the Iowa beef cattle producers
  2 25 association, the Iowa crop improvement association, the Iowa
  2 26 pork producers council, the Iowa horse industry council, the
  2 27 Iowa sheep and wool promotion board, the Iowa home economists
  2 28 association, the Iowa dietetics association, and the state
  2 29 board of education.  The bill also eliminates the chairperson
  2 30 or an accredited representative of the Iowa arts council.
  2 31    Secondly, the bill provides that congressional board
  2 32 directors must be elected by a majority of convention members
  2 33 from the same congressional district.  The bill provides that
  2 34 in case of a tie, the director must be elected by majority
  2 35 vote cast by the governor, the secretary of agriculture, and
  3  1 the president of Iowa state university.
  3  2    Finally, the bill amends provisions relating to the term of
  3  3 office, by providing that a director's term begins following
  3  4 the adjournment of the convention, rather than at noon on the
  3  5 day following the convention's adjournment.  The bill also
  3  6 eliminates a provision limiting a director's term of office to
  3  7 five consecutive terms.  
  3  8 LSB 3446HH 77
  3  9 da/jw/5

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