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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 225 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS FOR THE ELECTION 1 5 OF IOWA STATE FAIR BOARD DIRECTORS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN 1 6 ELECTION. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 173.1, subsection 2, Code 2001, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 2. Twoboard congressionaldistrict directors from each 1 13congressionalstate fair board district to be elected at a 1 14 convention as provided in section 173.4. 1 15 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 173.1A DEFINITIONS. 1 16 As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 1 17 requires: 1 18 1. "Board" means the Iowa state fair board as provided in 1 19 section 173.1. 1 20 2. "Convention" means the convention held each year, to 1 21 elect members of the state fair board and conduct other 1 22 business of the board, as provided in section 173.2. 1 23 3. "District director" means a director of the Iowa state 1 24 fair board who represents a state fair board district. 1 25 4. "State fair board district" or "district" means any of 1 26 the six geographic regions established in section 173.4A. 1 27 Sec. 3. Section 173.4, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended 1 28 to read as follows: 1 29 2. A successor to aboard congressionaldistrict director 1 30 shall be elected by a majority of convention members from the 1 31 samecongressionalstate fair board district as the district 1 32 director, according to rules adopted by the convention. A 1 33 member who is also aboard congressionaldistrict director 1 34 shall not be entitled to vote for a successor to aboard1 35congressionaldistrict director. 2 1 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 173.4A STATE FAIR BOARD DISTRICTS. 2 2 The state shall be divided into six geographic regions 2 3 known as state fair board districts. The regions shall 2 4 include all of the following: 2 5 1. The northwest state fair board district which shall 2 6 contain all of the following counties: Buena Vista, Calhoun, 2 7 Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, 2 8 Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury. 2 9 2. The north central state fair board district which shall 2 10 contain all of the following counties: Boone, Butler, Cerro 2 11 Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, 2 12 Humboldt, Kossuth, Marshall, Mitchell, Story, Tama, Webster, 2 13 Winnebago, Worth, and Wright. 2 14 3. The northeast state fair board district which shall 2 15 contain all of the following counties: Allamakee, Benton, 2 16 Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, 2 17 Dubuque, Fayette, Howard, Jackson, Jones, Linn, and 2 18 Winneshiek. 2 19 4. The southwest state fair board district which shall 2 20 contain the following counties: Adair, Adams, Audubon, 2 21 Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, 2 22 Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby, and 2 23 Taylor. 2 24 5. The south central state fair board district which shall 2 25 contain the following counties: Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, 2 26 Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, 2 27 Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Union, Warren, and Wayne. 2 28 6. The southeast state fair board district which shall 2 29 contain the following counties: Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des 2 30 Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, 2 31 Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington. 2 32 Sec. 5. Section 173.5, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended 2 33 to read as follows: 2 34 2. Each year, the convention shall elect a successor to 2 35 one of the twoboard congressionaldistrict directors whose 3 1 term expires following the adjournment of the convention, as 3 2 provided in section 173.4. 3 3 Sec. 6. Section 173.6, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2001, 3 4 is amended to read as follows: 3 5 A member of the board who is aboard congressionaldistrict 3 6 director, elected as provided in section 173.1,shall serve a 3 7 term of two years. The term of aboard congressionaldistrict 3 8 director shall begin following the adjournment of the 3 9 convention at which theboard congressionaldistrict director 3 10 was elected and shall continue until a successor is elected 3 11 and qualified as provided in this chapter. 3 12 Sec. 7. ELECTIONS OF DISTRICT DIRECTORS. Notwithstanding 3 13 chapter 173, the state fair board shall retain all its powers 3 14 and discharge its responsibilities as required in chapter 173 3 15 as it did immediately prior to the effective date of this Act. 3 16 The board shall organize an election of all district directors 3 17 representing state fair board districts and the convention 3 18 held in 2001 as provided in section 173.2 shall elect twelve 3 19 district directors to the board, as if all the directors were 3 20 successors in accordance with chapter 173 as amended by this 3 21 Act. The board may propose and the convention shall establish 3 22 staggered terms of office for the elected directors as 3 23 provided in section 173.5. 3 24 3 25 3 26 3 27 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 28 Speaker of the House 3 29 3 30 3 31 3 32 MARY E. KRAMER 3 33 President of the Senate 3 34 3 35 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 4 1 is known as House File 225, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 MARGARET THOMSON 4 6 Chief Clerk of the House 4 7 Approved , 2001 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 12 Governor
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