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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H-1078, to House File 590, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 3 the 1 4 following: 1 5 ""Sec. . Section 39.21, Code 1999, is amended 1 6 by adding the following new subsection: 1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Township trustees as provided 1 8 in section 39.22. 1 9 Sec. . Section 39.21, Code 1999, is amended by 1 10 adding the following new subsection: 1 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. Township clerk as provided in 1 12 section 39.22. 1 13 Sec. . Section 39.22, subsection 2, Code 1999, 1 14 is amended to read as follows: 1 15 2. BY ELECTION. If the county board of 1 16 supervisors does not have the power provided under 1 17 subsection 1 to fill the offices of trustee and clerk 1 18 within a township by appointment, then the offices of 1 19 township trustee and township clerk shall be filled by 1 20 election on a nonpartisan basis. Township trustees 1 21 and the township clerk, in townships which do not 1 22 include a city, shall be elected by the voters of the 1 23 entire township. In townships which include a city, 1 24 the officers shall be elected by the voters of the 1 25 township who reside outside the corporate limits of 1 26 the city, but a township officer may be a resident of 1 27 the city. 1 28 a. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. The election of township 1 29 officers shall take place at the general election on 1 30 ballots which shall not reflect a nominee's political 1 31 affiliation. Nomination shall be made by petition in 1 32 accordance with chapter 45. The petition form shall 1 33 be furnished by the county commissioner of elections 1 34 and shall be filed with the county commissioner of 1 35 elections. A plurality is sufficient to elect the 1 36 township officers, and no primary election for the 1 37 offices shall be held. 1 38a.b. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES. Township trustees shall 1 39 be elected biennially to succeed those whose terms of 1 40 office expire on the first day of January following 1 41 the election which is not a Sunday or legal holiday. 1 42 The term of office of each elected township trustee is 1 43 four years, except as provided in subsection 1 for 1 44 initial terms following restoration of the election 1 45 process. 1 46b.c. TOWNSHIP CLERK. At the general election 1 47 held in the year 1990 and every four years thereafter, 1 48 in each civil township one township clerk shall be 1 49 elected who shall hold office for the term of four 1 50 years." 2 1 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 13 the 2 2 following: 2 3 "Sec. . Section 43.53, Code 1999, is amended to 2 4 read as follows: 2 5 43.53 NOMINEES FOR SUBDIVISION OFFICE WRITE-IN 2 6 CANDIDATES. 2 7 The nominee of each political party for any office 2 8 to be filled by the voters of anytownship or other2 9 political subdivision within the county shall be the 2 10 person receiving the highest number of votes cast in 2 11 the primary election by the voters of that party for 2 12 the office. That person shall appear as the party's 2 13 candidate for the office on the general election 2 14 ballot. A person whose name is not printed on the 2 15 official primary ballot shall not be declared 2 16 nominated as a candidate for such office in the 2 17 general election unless that person receives at least 2 18 five votes. Nomination of a candidate for the office 2 19 of county supervisor elected from a district within 2 20 the county shall be governed by section 43.52 and not 2 21 by this section. 2 22 Sec. . Section 49.37, subsection 3, Code 1999, 2 23 is amended to read as follows: 2 24 3. The commissioner shall arrange the partisan 2 25 county offices on the ballot with the board of 2 26 supervisors first, followed by the other county 2 27 officesand township officesin the same sequence in 2 28 which they appear in sections 39.17 and 39.22. 2 29 Nonpartisan offices, with the township offices first, 2 30 shall be listed after partisan offices." 2 31 # . Page 1, by inserting after line 27 the 2 32 following: 2 33 "Sec. . Section 43.21, Code 1999, is repealed." 2 34 # . Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 2 35 word "offices" the following: "and relating to 2 36 election of township officers"." 2 37 2 38 2 39 2 40 HUSER of Polk 2 41 HF 590.301 78 2 42 sc/cf
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