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1 1 Section 1. Section 173.5, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. Each year, the convention shall elect a successor to
1 4 one of the two district directors whose term expires following
1 5 the adjournment of the convention, as provided in section
1 6 173.4. In electing a successor, the convention shall adopt
1 7 and comply with rules necessary to ensure that the composition
1 8 of all district directors is bipartisan and gender balanced as
1 9 if the district directors were appointed pursuant to sections
1 10 69.16 and 69.16A.
1 11 Sec. 2. ELECTION OF DISTRICT DIRECTORS. This Act does not
1 12 require that a person who has been elected as a district
1 13 director vacate that position before the expiration of the
1 14 director's term. However, the convention shall adopt rules in
1 15 order to provide for the implementation of the amendment to
1 16 section 173.5 as provided in this Act with all deliberate
1 17 speed.
1 18 EXPLANATION
1 19 This bill amends a provision in Code chapter 173, which
1 20 provides for the Iowa state fair, including its administration
1 21 by the Iowa state fair board. The board is vested with
1 22 authority over the Iowa state fair and other events held on
1 23 the Iowa state fairgrounds, and it is also responsible for the
1 24 fairgrounds.
1 25 The board is composed of the governor, the secretary of
1 26 agriculture, and the president of Iowa state university (or
1 27 their designees), and 12 directors representing six state
1 28 districts. The district directors are elected at an annual
1 29 convention and serve staggered terms.
1 30 The bill amends Code section 173.5, which provides for the
1 31 election of successors to serve as district directors. The
1 32 bill provides that in electing a successor, the convention
1 33 must ensure that the composition of the 12 elected district
1 34 directors is gender and politically balanced in the same
1 35 manner as is the composition of boards whose members are
2 1 appointed pursuant to Code sections 69.16 and 69.16A.
2 2 The bill provides that it does not require that a person
2 3 elected as a district director vacate their position. It does
2 4 require that the convention adopt rules necessary to implement
2 5 the bill's provisions.
2 6 LSB 5727XS 80
2 7 da/gg/14
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