House Journal: Page 619: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
7 3. Page 8, line 21, by striking the word
8 "described", and inserting the following: "defined".
9 4. Page 8, line 22, by striking the figure
10 "42.4", and inserting the following: "331.210A".
11 5. Page 8, line 24, by striking the word
12 "section" and inserting the following: "sections
13 68B.32C and".
14 6. Page 8, by inserting after line 25 the
15 following:
16 "Sec. . Section 331.209, subsection 1, Code
17 2001, is amended to read as follows:
18 1. Not later than ninety days after After the
19 redistricting of congressional and legislative
20 districts becomes law, or October 15 of and no later
21 than the date set by the state commissioner of
22 elections in the year immediately following each the
23 year in which the federal decennial census is taken,
24 whichever is later, the temporary county redistricting
25 commission shall divide the county into a number of
26 supervisor districts corresponding to the number of
27 supervisors in the county. However, if the plan is
28 selected pursuant to section 331.207, the temporary
29 county redistricting commission shall divide the
30 county before February 15 of the election year. The
31 supervisor districts shall be drawn, to the extent
32 applicable, in compliance with the redistricting
33 standards provided for senatorial and representative
34 districts in section 42.4, and if a supervisor
35 redistricting plan is challenged in court, the
36 requirement of justifying any variance in excess of
37 one percent contained in section 42.4, subsection 1,
38 paragraph "c" applies to the board. If the temporary
39 county redistricting commission adopts a supervisor
40 redistricting plan with a variance in excess of one
41 percent, the board shall publish the justification for
42 the variance in one or more official newspapers as
43 provided in chapter 349 within ten days after the
44 action is taken. If more than one incumbent
45 supervisor resides in the same supervisor district
46 after the districts have been redrawn following the
47 federal decennial census, the terms of office of those
48 supervisors shall expire on the first day of January
49 that is not a Sunday or a holiday following the next
50 general election."
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1 7. By striking page 8, line 28, through page 9,
2 line 11, and inserting the following:
3 "e. The plan approved by the board of supervisors
4 shall be submitted to the state commissioner of
5 elections for review and approval as provided in
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