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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 481 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CITY PRECINCTS AND PROVIDING 1 5 AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 49.5, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 10 follows: 1 11 49.5 CITY PRECINCTS. 1 12 The council of a city where establishment of more than one 1 13 precinct is necessary or deemed advisable shall at the time 1 14 required by law, divide the city into the number of election 1 15 precincts as will best serve the convenience of the voters 1 16 while promoting electoral efficiency. As used in this 1 17 section, the term "the convenience of the voters" refers to, 1 18 but is not necessarily limited to, the use of precinct 1 19 boundaries which can be readily described to and identified by 1 20 voters and for which there is ease of access by voters to 1 21 their respective precinct polling places by reasonably direct 1 22 routes of travel. As used in this section, the term 1 23 "promoting electoral efficiency" means reducing the cost of 1 24 staffing election precincts by requiring cities to avoid 1 25 creating more precincts than is reasonably necessary to 1 26 provide voters access to voting. 1 27 The precinct boundaries shall conform to section 49.3 and 1 28 shall be described in an ordinance adopted by the council 1 29 within the time required by section 49.7. Before final 1 30 adoption of any change in election precinct boundaries 1 31 pursuant to this section or section 49.6, the council shall 1 32 permit the commissioner not less than seven and not more than 1 33 ten days time to offer written comments to the council on the 1 34 proposed reprecincting. If the commissioner recommends 1 35 changes in the proposed reprecincting which the commissioner 2 1 concludes could better serve the convenience of the voters or 2 2 could promote electoral efficiency, including lowering 2 3 election costs, the council shall, if no changes to the 2 4 reprecincting are made, include reasons in the ordinance for 2 5 not adopting the proposed changes of the commissioner. A 2 6 public hearing shall be held before final adoption of the 2 7 ordinance. Notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing 2 8 shall be given as provided in chapter 21. 2 9 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 BRENT SIEGRIST 2 15 Speaker of the House 2 16 2 17 2 18 2 19 MARY E. KRAMER 2 20 President of the Senate 2 21 2 22 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 23 is known as House File 481, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 2 24 2 25 2 26 2 27 MARGARET THOMSON 2 28 Chief Clerk of the House 2 29 Approved , 2001 2 30 2 31 2 32 2 33 THOMAS J. VILSACK 2 34 Governor
Text: HF00480 Text: HF00482 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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