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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
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