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PAG LIN 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. Thesenior administrator of data processing services in1 4the department of general servicesstate 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 servicesin the department of1 17general servicesof the registrar. In the execution of the 1 18 duties provided by this chapter, the state registrar of voters 1 19and the state commissioner of electionsshall 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 thedepartment of general servicesregistrar, 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, unnumbered paragraph 1 32 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 33 A state voter registration commission is established which 1 34 shall meet at least quarterly to make and review policy, adopt 1 35 rules, and establish proceduresto be followed by the2 1registrar in discharging the duties of that officefor voter 2 2 registration, and to promote interagency cooperation and 2 3 planning. The commission shall consist of the state 2 4 commissioner of elections or the state commissioner's 2 5 designee, the state chairpersons of the two political parties 2 6 whose candidates for president of the United States or 2 7 governor, as the case may be, received the greatest and next 2 8 greatest number of votes in the most recent general election, 2 9 or their respective designees, and a county commissioner of 2 10 registration appointed by the president of the Iowa state 2 11 association of county auditors, or an employee of the 2 12 commissioner. The commission membership shall be balanced by 2 13 political party affiliation pursuant to section 69.16. 2 14 Members shall serve without additional salary or 2 15 reimbursement. 2 16 EXPLANATION 2 17 This bill moves the responsibility for voter registration 2 18 from the department of general services to the office of 2 19 secretary of state and designates the state commissioner of 2 20 elections as the state registrar of voters. Previously, the 2 21 state registrar of voters had been the senior administrator of 2 22 data processing services in the department of general 2 23 services. 2 24 LSB 3215DP 77 2 25 sc/sc/14
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