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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 332 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1, the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 38E.1 SECURE AND 1 5 VERIFIABLE IDENTIFICATION. 1 6 1. A public benefit or service of this state, 1 7 including a law enforcement service, which requires 1 8 the recipient of the public benefit or service to 1 9 produce identification, shall not be provided by a 1 10 department, agency, or any political subdivision of 1 11 this state, or other entity within the executive, 1 12 legislative, or judicial branch of this state, unless 1 13 the identification is issued by a federal or state 1 14 authority and is subject to verification by a federal 1 15 law enforcement, intelligence, or homeland security 1 16 agency. 1 17 2. An elected or appointed official, employee, or 1 18 other contractor or agent of this state or of a 1 19 political subdivision of this state who takes any 1 20 action inconsistent with subsection 1 shall be deemed 1 21 to be acting beyond the scope of authority granted by 1 22 law and shall not be immune from liability for such 1 23 action unless such immunity is conferred by the 1 24 Constitution of the United States or the Constitution 1 25 of the State of Iowa and cannot be waived. 1 26 Sec. . Section 43.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, 1 27 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 28 The term "political party"shall meanmeans a party 1 29 which, at the last preceding general election, cast 1 30 for its candidate forpresident of the United States1 31or for governor, as the case may beany statewide 1 32 office, at least two percent of the total vote cast 1 33 for all candidates for that office at that election 1 34 or, in the alternative, which maintains registrations 1 35 with that party in a number equal to or greater than 1 36 one-half of one percent of the total number of voters 1 37 who cast ballots in the last preceding general 1 38 election. It shall be the responsibility of the state 1 39 commissioner to determine whether any organization 1 40 claiming to be a political party qualifies as such 1 41 under the foregoing definition. 1 42 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 43.51A PRIMARY RUNOFF 1 43 ELECTIONS. 1 44 1. If there are two or more candidates for any 1 45 nomination under section 43.52, subsection 1, or 1 46 section 43.65, and no candidate receives thirty-five 1 47 percent or more of the votes cast by voters of the 1 48 candidate's party for the office sought, but the 1 49 number of votes received by the candidate receiving 1 50 the highest number of votes cast exceeds by ten 2 1 percent or more of the total votes cast for the office 2 2 the number of votes received by the candidate 2 3 receiving the next highest number of votes cast, the 2 4 candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast 2 5 shall appear as the party's candidate for the office 2 6 on the general election ballot. If there are two or 2 7 more candidates for any nomination and no candidate 2 8 receives thirty-five percent or more of the votes cast 2 9 by voters of the candidate's party for the office 2 10 sought, and the number of votes received by the 2 11 candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast 2 12 does not exceed by ten percent or more of the total 2 13 votes cast for the office the number of votes received 2 14 by the candidate receiving the next highest number of 2 15 votes cast, the primary is inconclusive and the 2 16 nomination shall be determined in a runoff election. 2 17 The candidates receiving the highest and next highest 2 18 number of votes in the primary election are candidates 2 19 in the runoff election. 2 20 2. If under section 43.66, two or more candidates 2 21 receive at least one hundred votes, the nomination 2 22 shall be determined in a runoff election. The 2 23 candidates receiving the highest and next highest 2 24 number of votes in the primary election are candidates 2 25 in the runoff election. 2 26 3. The runoff election shall be held five weeks 2 27 after the date of the primary election and shall be 2 28 conducted in the same manner as the primary election. 2 29 The candidate receiving the highest number of votes 2 30 for a nomination in the runoff election shall be the 2 31 candidate of that party for that office in the general 2 32 election." 2 33 #2. Page 1, line 4, by inserting before the word 2 34 "The" the following: "1." 2 35 #3. Page 1, line 10, by inserting after the word 2 36 "ballot" the following: ", except as otherwise 2 37 provided in section 43.51A". 2 38 #4. Page 1, line 16, by inserting before the word 2 39 "When" the following: "2." 2 40 #5. Page 2, line 13, by inserting after the word 2 41 "elections" the following: "and primary runoff 2 42 elections". 2 43 #6. Page 2, line 27, by inserting after the word 2 44 "election" the following: ", except as otherwise 2 45 provided in section 43.51A". 2 46 #7. Page 3, by striking lines 28 through 32, and 2 47 inserting the following: "nomination, except as 2 48 otherwise provided in section 43.51A. If no candidate 2 49 receives at least one hundred votes, the primary is 2 50 inconclusive, and the necessary nominations shall be 3 1 made in accordance with section 43.78, subsection 1. 3 2 Sec. . Section 43.77, subsection 2, Code 2003, 3 3 is amended to read as follows: 3 4 2. The primary election was inconclusive as to 3 5 that office because no candidate for the party's 3 6 nomination for that office received the number of 3 7 votes required by section43.52, 43.53 or 43.65,3 8whichever is applicable43.66." 3 9 #8. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3, and 3 10 inserting the following: "An Act relating to public 3 11 benefits and public office, including identification 3 12 requirements for receipt of public benefits and 3 13 services, allowing greater third party ballot access 3 14 by redefining political party, and requiring runoff 3 15 elections for certain nominations to public office." 3 16 #9. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting 3 17 internal references as necessary. 3 18 3 19 3 20 3 21 NEAL SCHUERER 3 22 JEFF LAMBERTI 3 23 BRYAN J. SIEVERS 3 24 MARY A. LUNDBY 3 25 SF 332.701 80 3 26 sc/cl
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