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House File 2173

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Bill Introduced: H.J. 179.2
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 277.4, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Each candidate shall be nominated by petition.  If the
  1  4 candidate is running for a seat in the district which is voted
  1  5 for at-large, the petition must be signed by the greater of at
  1  6 least ten eligible electors, or a number of eligible electors
  1  7 equal in number to not less than one percent of the registered
  1  8 voters of the school district, whichever is more which number
  1  9 need not be more than fifty.  If the candidate is running for
  1 10 a seat which is voted for only by the voters of a director
  1 11 district, the petition must be signed by the greater of at
  1 12 least ten eligible electors of the director district or a
  1 13 number of eligible electors equal in number to not less than
  1 14 one percent of the registered voters in the director district,
  1 15 whichever is more which number need not be more than fifty.  A
  1 16 petition filed under this section shall not be required to
  1 17 have more than one hundred signatures.  
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill establishes a limit on the number of eligible
  1 20 electors that need to sign the nomination petition for a
  1 21 candidate for an at-large seat or a seat which is voted for
  1 22 only by the voters of a director district.  Under current
  1 23 Code, the petitions must be signed by at least 10 eligible
  1 24 electors or a number of eligible electors equal in number to
  1 25 not less than 1 percent of the registered voters of the school
  1 26 district, whichever is more.  The bill provides that the
  1 27 petitions must be signed by the greater of at least 10
  1 28 eligible electors or a number of eligible electors equal in
  1 29 number to not less than 1 percent of the registered voters of
  1 30 the school district, but provides that this number need not be
  1 31 more than 50.  
  1 32 LSB 6080HH 80
  1 33 kh/pj/5

Text: HF02172                           Text: HF02174
Text: HF02100 - HF02199                 Text: HF Index
Bills and Amendments: General Index     Bill History: General Index

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