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House File 2436

Partial Bill History

Bill Introduced: H.J. 347
Passed House: H.J. 734
Complete Bill History

Bill Text

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 47.7, subsections 1 and 2, Code
  1  2 Supplement 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The senior administrator of data processing services in
  1  4 the department of general services state commissioner of
  1  5 elections is designated the state registrar of voters, and
  1  6 shall regulate the preparation, preservation, and maintenance
  1  7 of voter registration records, the preparation of precinct
  1  8 election registers for all elections administered by the
  1  9 commissioner of any county, and the preparation of other data
  1 10 on voter registration and participation in elections which is
  1 11 requested and purchased at actual cost of preparation and
  1 12 production by a political party or any resident of this state.
  1 13 The registrar shall maintain a log, which is a public record,
  1 14 showing all lists and reports which have been requested or
  1 15 generated or which are capable of being generated by existing
  1 16 programs of the data processing services in the department of
  1 17 general services of the registrar.  In the execution of the
  1 18 duties provided by this chapter, the state registrar of voters
  1 19 and the state commissioner of elections shall provide the
  1 20 maximum public access to the electoral process permitted by
  1 21 law.
  1 22    2.  The registrar shall offer to each county in the state
  1 23 the opportunity to arrange for performance of all functions
  1 24 referred to in subsection 1 by the data processing facilities
  1 25 of the department of general services registrar, commencing at
  1 26 the earliest practicable time, at a cost to the county
  1 27 determined in accordance with the standard charges for those
  1 28 services adopted annually by the registration commission.  A
  1 29 county may accept this offer without taking bids under section
  1 30 47.5.
  1 31    Sec. 2.  Section 47.8, subsection 1, Code 1997, is amended
  1 32 to read as follows:
  1 33    1.  A state voter registration commission is established
  1 34 which shall meet at least quarterly to make and review policy,
  1 35 adopt rules, and establish procedures to be followed by the
  2  1 registrar in discharging the duties of that office, and to
  2  2 promote interagency cooperation and planning.  The commission
  2  3 shall consist of the state commissioner of elections or the
  2  4 state commissioner's designee, the state chairpersons of the
  2  5 two political parties whose candidates for president of the
  2  6 United States or governor, as the case may be, received the
  2  7 greatest and next greatest number of votes in the most recent
  2  8 general election, or their respective designees, and a two
  2  9 county commissioner commissioners of registration or their
  2 10 designated employees, one from each political party whose
  2 11 candidates for president of the United States or governor, as
  2 12 the case may be, received the greatest and the next greatest
  2 13 number of votes in the most recent general election, appointed
  2 14 by the president of the Iowa state association of county
  2 15 auditors, or an employee of the commissioner.  Each county
  2 16 commissioner or commissioner's designee shall serve two-year
  2 17 staggered terms.  The commission membership shall be balanced
  2 18 by political party affiliation pursuant to section 69.16.
  2 19 Members shall serve without additional salary or
  2 20 reimbursement.
  2 21    The state commissioner of elections, or the state
  2 22 commissioner's designee, shall serve as chairperson of the
  2 23 state voter registration commission.  The state commissioner
  2 24 of elections, or the state commissioner's designee, shall be
  2 25 an ex officio, nonvoting member of the commission.  The state
  2 26 commissioner shall perform the administrative tasks required
  2 27 of that office by the commission.
  2 28    The commission shall organize and elect a chairperson
  2 29 annually at its first meeting held in the calendar year.  
  2 30 HF 2436
  2 31 sc/pk/25

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Text: HF02400 - HF02499                 Text: HF Index
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