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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2486, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 5, line 11, through page 7, 1 4 line 4, and inserting the following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 42.4, subsection 8, Code 2001, 1 6 is amended to read as follows: 1 7 8. Each bill embodying a plan drawn under this 1 8 section shall include provisions for election of 1 9 senators to the general assemblies which take office 1 10 in the years ending in three and five, which shall be 1 11 in conformity with article III, section 6, of the 1 12 Constitution of the State of Iowa. With respect to 1 13 any plan drawn for considerationin the year 2001, 1 14 those provisions shall be substantially as follows: 1 15 a. Eachodd-numberedsenatorial district in the 1 16 plan which is not a holdover senatorial district shall 1 17 elect a senator in2002the year ending in two for a 1 18 four-year term commencing in January2003of the year 1 19 ending in three. If an incumbent senator who was 1 20 elected to a four-year term which commenced in January 1 212001of the year ending in one, or was subsequently 1 22 elected to fill a vacancy in such a term, is residing 1 23 inan odd-numbereda senatorial district in the plan 1 24 which is not a holdover senatorial district on the 1 25 first Wednesday in February1, 2002of the year ending 1 26 in two, that senator's term of office shall be 1 27 terminated on January 1, 2003of the year ending in 1 28 three. 1 29 b. Eacheven-numberedholdover senatorial district 1 30 in the plan shall elect a senator in2004the year 1 31 ending in four for a four-year term commencing in 1 32 January2005of the year ending in five. 1 33 (1) If one and only one incumbent state senator is 1 34 residing inan even-numbereda holdover senatorial 1 35 district in the plan on the first Wednesday in 1 36 February1, 2002of the year ending in two, and that 1 37 senator meets all of the following requirements, the 1 38 senator shall represent the district in the senate for 1 39 theEightiethGeneral Assembly commencing in January 1 40 of the year ending in three: 1 41 (a) The senator was elected to a four-year term 1 42 which commenced in January2001of the year ending in 1 43 one or was subsequently elected to fill a vacancy in 1 44 such a term. 1 45 (b) The senatorial district in the plan which 1 46 includes the place of residence of the state senator 1 47 on the date of the senator's last election to the 1 48 senate is the same as theeven-numberedholdover 1 49 senatorial district in which the senator resides on 1 50 the first Wednesday in February1, 2002of the year 2 1 ending in two, or is contiguous to sucheven-numbered2 2 holdover senatorial districtand the senator's2 3declared residence as of February 1, 2002, was within2 4the district from which the senator was last elected. 2 5 Areas which meet only at the points of adjoining 2 6 corners are not contiguous. 2 7The secretary of state shall prescribe a form to be2 8completed by all senators to declare their residences2 9as of February 1, 2002. The form shall be filed with2 10the secretary of state no later than five p.m. on2 11February 1, 2002.2 12 (2) Eacheven-numberedholdover senatorial 2 13 district to which subparagraph (1) of this paragraph 2 14 is not applicable shall elect a senator in2002the 2 15 year ending in two for a two-year term commencing in 2 16 January2003of the year ending in three. However, if 2 17 more than one incumbent state senator is residing in 2 18an even-numbereda holdover senatorial district on the 2 19 first Wednesday in February1, 2002of the year ending 2 20 in two, and, on or before the third Wednesday in 2 21 February15, 2002of the year ending in two, all but 2 22 one of the incumbent senators resigns from office 2 23 effective no later than January 1, 2003of the year 2 24 ending in three, the remaining incumbent senator shall 2 25 represent the district in the senate for theEightieth2 26 General Assembly commencing in January of the year 2 27 ending in three. A copy of the resignation must be 2 28 filed in the office of the secretary of state no later 2 29 than five p.m. on the third Wednesday in February15,2 302002of the year ending in two. 2 31 c. For purposes of this subsection: 2 32 (1) "Holdover senatorial district" means a 2 33 senatorial district in the plan which is numbered with 2 34 an even or odd number in the same manner as senatorial 2 35 districts, which were required to elect a senator in 2 36 the year ending in zero, were numbered. 2 37 (2) "Incumbent state senator" means a state 2 38 senator who holds the office of state senator on the 2 39 first Wednesday in February of the year ending in two, 2 40 and whose declared residence on that day is within the 2 41 district from which the senator was last elected. 2 42 d. The secretary of state shall prescribe a form 2 43 to be completed by all senators to declare their 2 44 residences as of the first Wednesday in February of 2 45 the year ending in two. The form shall be filed with 2 46 the secretary of state no later than five p.m. on the 2 47 first Wednesday in February of the year ending in 2 48 two." 2 49 #2. Page 10, by striking lines 17 and 18 and 2 50 inserting the following: "representation plan has met 3 1 the legal requirements applicable to the plan, an 3 2 eligible". 3 3 #3. Page 10, lines 23 and 24, by striking the 3 4 words "for improper political reasons" and inserting 3 5 the following: "in violation of the applicable legal 3 6 requirements". 3 7 #4. Page 10, line 27, by striking the word "two" 3 8 and inserting the following: "one". 3 9 #5. Page 10, by striking lines 28 through 34 and 3 10 inserting the following: "thousand dollars." 3 11 #6. Page 11, line 1 by inserting after the words 3 12 "paragraph "b"" the following: "alleging that the 3 13 plan was drawn for improper political purposes". 3 14 #7. Page 11, line 12, by inserting after the word 3 15 "plan." the following: "For purposes of this 3 16 paragraph "b", "a plan drawn for improper political 3 17 reasons" means a plan approved by the board that 3 18 contains at least one district that has been drawn for 3 19 one or more of the purposes prohibited in section 3 20 42.4, subsection 5, or a plan approved by the board in 3 21 which consideration was given to one or more 3 22 prohibited factors listed in section 49.3, subsection 3 23 4, paragraph "d"." 3 24 #8. Page 11, by inserting after line 12 the 3 25 following: 3 26 "(3) If a complaint is filed with the state 3 27 commissioner of elections under this paragraph "b", 3 28 which includes reasons for rejecting the plan that are 3 29 not allegations that the plan was drawn for improper 3 30 political reasons, the state commissioner shall review 3 31 and investigate the complaint. If the state 3 32 commissioner of elections finds, by a preponderance of 3 33 the evidence, that the plan has not met all the legal 3 34 requirements applicable to the plan, the state 3 35 commissioner shall reject the plan." 3 36 #9. Page 11, line 13, by striking the figure 3 37 "(3)", and inserting the following: "(4)". 3 38 #10. Page 11, line 22, by striking the word 3 39 "ninety-five", and inserting the following: "two 3 40 hundred fifty". 3 41 #11. Page 11, line 34, by striking the word "or", 3 42 and inserting the following: "of". 3 43 #12. Page 12, by striking line 4 and inserting the 3 44 following: "plan as provided by paragraph "d", which 3 45 plan shall better meet the applicable legal 3 46 requirements than the plan drawn by the legislative 3 47 service bureau. For purposes of this paragraph "f", 3 48 "a plan which shall better meet the applicable 3 49 requirements" means a plan, based upon the applicable 3 50 legal requirements, which has lower population 4 1 deviations among the districts, does not establish 4 2 districts which divide more cities or political 4 3 subdivisions, and has districts that are more compact, 4 4 than the plan drawn by the legislative service 4 5 bureau." 4 6 #13. Page 12, by striking lines 5 through 20. 4 7 #14. By renumbering as necessary. 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 STEVE KING 4 12 HF 2486.703 79 4 13 ec/cls
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