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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 7D.1, subsection 5, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 5.Secretary of agricultureThe lieutenant governor 1 4 general. 1 5 Sec. 2. Section 14A.1, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 6 follows: 1 7 14A.1 DEPUTIES. 1 8 The secretary, auditor, and treasurer of state, and1 9secretary of agriculturemay each appoint, in writing, any 1 10 person, except one holding a state office, as deputy, for 1 11 whose acts the appointing officer shall be responsible, and 1 12 from whom the appointing officer shall require bond, which 1 13 appointment and bond must be approved by the officer having 1 14 the approval of the principal's bond, and such appointment may 1 15 be revoked in the same manner. The appointment and revocation 1 16 shall be filed with and kept by the secretary of state. The 1 17 state shall pay the reasonable cost of the bonds required by 1 18 this section. 1 19 Sec. 3. Section 39.9, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 20 follows: 1 21 39.9 STATE OFFICERS – TERM. 1 22 The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, 1 23 auditor of state, treasurer of state,secretary of1 24agriculture,and attorney general shall be elected for a term 1 25 of four years at the general election held in the year 1974 1 26 and every four years thereafter. 1 27 Sec. 4. Section 43.6, subsection 1, Code 2003, is amended 1 28 to read as follows: 1 29 1. When a vacancy occurs in the office of senator in the 1 30 Congress of the United States, secretary of state, auditor of 1 31 state, treasurer of state,secretary of agriculture,or 1 32 attorney general and section 69.13 requires that the vacancy 1 33 be filled for the balance of the unexpired term at a general 1 34 election, candidates for the office shall be nominated in the 1 35 preceding primary election if the vacancy occurs eighty-nine 2 1 or more days before the date of that primary election. If the 2 2 vacancy occurs less than one hundred four days before the date 2 3 of that primary election, the state commissioner shall accept 2 4 nomination papers for that office only until five o'clock p.m. 2 5 on the seventy-fourth day before the primary election, the 2 6 provisions of section 43.11 notwithstanding. If the vacancy 2 7 occurs later than eighty-nine days before the date of that 2 8 primary election, but not less than eighty-nine days before 2 9 the date of the general election, the nominations shall be 2 10 made in the manner prescribed by this chapter for filling 2 11 vacancies in nominations for offices to be voted for at the 2 12 general election. 2 13 Sec. 5. Section 43.24, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 2 14 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2 15 Objections filed with the state commissioner shall be 2 16 considered by the secretary of state, auditor of state, and 2 17 attorney general. However, if the objection is to the 2 18 nomination petition, certificate of nomination, or eligibility 2 19 of one or more of those officers, those officers shall be 2 20 replaced, respectively, by the treasurer of state,secretary2 21of agriculture,and lieutenant governor for the hearing. 2 22 Sec. 6. Section 43.77, subsection 4, Code 2003, is amended 2 23 to read as follows: 2 24 4. A vacancy has occurred in the office of senator in the 2 25 Congress of the United States, lieutenant governor, secretary 2 26 of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state,secretary of2 27agriculture,or attorney general, under the circumstances 2 28 described in section 69.13, less than eighty-nine days before 2 29 the primary election and not less than eighty-nine days before 2 30 the general election. 2 31 Sec. 7. Section 43.78, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2 32 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2 33 a. For senator in the Congress of the United States or any 2 34 office listed in section 39.9, by the party's state 2 35 convention, which may be reconvened by the state party 3 1 chairperson if the vacancy occurs after the convention has 3 2 been held or too late to be filled at the time it is held. 3 3 However, a vacancy so occurring with respect to the offices of 3 4 secretary of state, auditor of state, or treasurer of stateor3 5secretary of agriculturemay be filled by the party's state 3 6 central committee in lieu of reconvening the state convention. 3 7 Sec. 8. Section 44.6, Code 2003, is amended to read as 3 8 follows: 3 9 44.6 HEARING BEFORE STATE COMMISSIONER. 3 10 Objections filed with the state commissioner shall be 3 11 considered by the secretary of state and auditor of state and 3 12 attorney general, and a majority decision shall be final; but. 3 13 However, if the objection is to the certificate of nomination 3 14 of one or more of the above named officers,saidthe officer 3 15 or officers so objected to shall not pass upon the same, but 3 16 their places shall be filled, respectively, by the treasurer 3 17 of state, the governor, and thesecretary of agriculture3 18 lieutenant governor. 3 19 Sec. 9. Section 63A.2, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2003, 3 20 is amended to read as follows: 3 21 1.GovernorThe governor, the secretary of state, 3 22secretary of agriculture,the auditor of state, the treasurer 3 23 of state, or the attorney general. 3 24 Sec. 10. Section 68B.2, subsection 26, Code Supplement 3 25 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3 26 26. "Statewide elected official" means the governor, 3 27 lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, 3 28 treasurer of state,secretary of agriculture,and attorney 3 29 general of the state of Iowa. 3 30 Sec. 11. Section 69.13, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003, 3 31 is amended to read as follows: 3 32 If a vacancy occurs in the office of senator in the 3 33 Congress of the United States, secretary of state, auditor of 3 34 state, treasurer of state,secretary of agriculture,or 3 35 attorney general eighty-nine or more days before a general 4 1 election, and the unexpired term in which the vacancy exists 4 2 has more than seventy days to run after the date of that 4 3 general election, the vacancy shall be filled for the balance 4 4 of the unexpired term at that general election and the person 4 5 elected to fill the vacancy shall assume office as soon as a 4 6 certificate of election has been issued and the person has 4 7 qualified. 4 8 Sec. 12. NEW SECTION. 159.4A APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY OF 4 9 AGRICULTURE – SALARY. 4 10 The governor shall appoint a secretary of agriculture, 4 11 subject to confirmation by the senate. The secretary of 4 12 agriculture shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The 4 13 secretary of agriculture is exempt from the merit system 4 14 provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV. The governor shall 4 15 set the salary of the secretary of agriculture within the 4 16 range established by the general assembly. 4 17 Sec. 13. Section 159.5, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 4 18 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows: 4 19 Thesecretary of agriculture is the head of thedepartment 4 20of agriculture and land stewardship whichshall do all of the 4 21 following: 4 22 Sec. 14. Section 159.19, Code 2003, is repealed. 4 23 Sec. 15. APPLICABILITY. This Act shall not affect the 4 24 term of office or the powers and duties of the person who is 4 25 serving as secretary of agriculture on the effective date of 4 26 this Act for the remainder of that person's term of office. 4 27 EXPLANATION 4 28 This bill provides that the secretary of agriculture is to 4 29 be appointed by the governor rather than elected during a 4 30 general statewide election. The bill removes the secretary of 4 31 agriculture from the list of statewide elected officials 4 32 designated in various Code chapters. The bill provides that 4 33 the person appointed as secretary of agriculture must be 4 34 confirmed by the senate, and that the person's salary is to be 4 35 established by the governor within a range established by the 5 1 general assembly. The bill provides that the lieutenant 5 2 governor shall serve on the executive council in lieu of the 5 3 secretary of agriculture. 5 4 The bill provides that its provisions do not affect the 5 5 term of office or the powers and duties held by the person 5 6 currently elected to that position. 5 7 LSB 6605XC 80 5 8 da/gg/14
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