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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 42.4, subsection 8, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 1 3 thereof the following: 1 4 8. Each bill embodying a plan drawn under this section 1 5 shall include provisions for election of senators to the 1 6 general assemblies which take office in the years ending in 1 7 one, three, and five, which shall be in conformity with 1 8 article III, section 6, of the Constitution of the State of 1 9 Iowa. The provisions shall be substantially as follows: 1 10 a. Each senator's term of office shall be terminated on 1 11 January 1 of the year ending in three. 1 12 b. Within thirty days following enactment of a plan of 1 13 legislative redistricting as provided by this chapter, the 1 14 chief justice of the Iowa supreme court shall decide, by lot, 1 15 whether those persons seeking election to the general assembly 1 16 which takes office in the year ending in three from odd- 1 17 numbered senate districts are to be elected to a term of 1 18 office of four years or two years. The chief justice shall 1 19 notify the secretary of state of this determination in 1 20 writing. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill provides for the election of senators following 1 23 legislative redistricting. The bill provides that the term of 1 24 office of each state senator shall terminate on January 1 of 1 25 each year ending in three. The bill further provides that 1 26 within 30 days following enactment of a plan of legislative 1 27 redistricting, the chief justice of the Iowa supreme court 1 28 shall determine, by lot, whether odd-numbered senatorial 1 29 districts shall elect a senator for the general assembly 1 30 starting in the year ending in three to a four-year or two- 1 31 year term. The chief justice shall notify the secretary of 1 32 state of this determination in writing. 1 33 LSB 1416YH 80 1 34 ec/cls/14
Text: HF00033 Text: HF00035 Text: HF00000 - HF00099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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