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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 468.504, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 468.504 ELECTION DISTRICTS. 1 4 When a petition has been filed for the election of trustees 1 5 to manage a district containingthreetwenty thousand acres or 1 6 more, the board, or, if the district extends into more than 1 7 one county, the boards ofsuchthe counties by joint action, 1 8 shall, before the election, divide the district into three 1 9 election districts for the purpose of securing a proper 1 10 distribution of trustees insuchthe district, andsuchthe 1 11 division shall be so made that each election district will 1 12 have substantially equal voting power and acreage, as nearly 1 13 as may be. Aftersuchthe division is made there shall be 1 14 elected one trustee for each ofsaidthe election districts, 1 15 but atsuchthe election all the qualified voters for the 1 16 entire district shall be entitled to vote for each trustee. 1 17 The division here provided for shall be for the purposes only 1 18 of a proper distribution of trustees in the district and shall 1 19 not otherwise affectsaidthe district or its management and 1 20 control. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill increases the size of drainage or levee districts 1 23 required to have election districts from 3,000 acres or more 1 24 to 20,000 acres or more. The election districts are created 1 25 by the board of supervisors of the county or counties included 1 26 in the drainage or levee district. 1 27 LSB 1885HH 79 1 28 tj/gg/8.1
Text: HF00287 Text: HF00289 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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