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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 372.6A DIRECT ELECTION OF MAYOR
1 2 AND MAYOR PRO TEM.
1 3 1. A city governed by council-manager-at-large form may,
1 4 by petition and election, provide for the direct election of
1 5 the mayor and mayor pro tem as a team in lieu of electing two
1 6 of the five council members as provided in section 372.6.
1 7 2. Upon receipt of a valid petition as defined in section
1 8 362.4, proposing that the mayor and mayor pro tem be elected
1 9 as a team by the voters, the council, within thirty days of
1 10 receipt of the petition, shall submit the question at a
1 11 special city election to be held no earlier than sixty days
1 12 after the petition is filed. If a majority of those voting at
1 13 the special election approves the proposal for the direct
1 14 election of mayor and mayor pro tem as a team, it is adopted
1 15 and the office of mayor and mayor pro tem shall be placed on
1 16 the ballot at the first regular city election held more than
1 17 sixty days after the special election. If a majority does not
1 18 approve the direct election of mayor and mayor pro tem as a
1 19 team, the council shall not submit the same proposal to the
1 20 voters within the next four years.
1 21 3. The election of mayor and mayor pro tem as a team shall
1 22 follow the provisions of chapter 376. The selections for
1 23 mayor and mayor pro tem shall be designated by the voters as
1 24 if these two offices were one and the same. The names of
1 25 nominees for mayor and mayor pro tem shall be grouped together
1 26 in a set on the ballot according to which nominee for mayor is
1 27 seeking office with which nominee for mayor pro tem.
1 28 4. The mayor and mayor pro tem are members of the council
1 29 and may vote on all matters before the council.
1 30 EXPLANATION
1 31 This bill allows cities with the council-manager-at-large
1 32 form of government to allow, by petition and election, for the
1 33 direct election of mayor and mayor pro tem as a team in lieu
1 34 of electing two of the five city council members. Under
1 35 present law, the council-manager-at-large form of government
2 1 provides for the election of five city council members, one of
2 2 whom is chosen by the council to serve as mayor and another of
2 3 whom is chosen by the council to serve as mayor pro tem.
2 4 Under this bill, the mayor and mayor pro tem would continue to
2 5 be allowed to vote on all matters before the council.
2 6 LSB 2072XS 77
2 7 sc/jw/5
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