House Journal: Page 1899: Thursday, May 1, 2003
32 within sixty days after the effective date of the
33 charter which shall specifically provide that the
34 election of new officers shall be on a partisan basis.
35 The elections shall be conducted by the county
36 commissioner of elections of each county. No primary
37 election shall be held. Nominations shall be made
38 pursuant to section 43.78 and chapters 44 and 45, as
39 applicable, except that the filing deadline shall be
40 forty days before the election.
41 Sec. 19. Section 331.260, subsection 2, Code 2003,
42 is amended to read as follows:
43 2. A charter proposing a community commonwealth as
44 an alternative form of government may be submitted to
45 the voters only by a commission established under
46 section 331.232. A majority vote by the commission is
47 required for the submission of a charter proposing a
48 community commonwealth as an alternative form of local
49 government. The commission submitting a community
50 commonwealth form of government shall issue a final
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1 report and proposal. If an alternative form of
2 government for a community commonwealth form of local
3 government is proposed, approval of the commonwealth
4 charter shall be a separate ballot issue from approval
5 of the alternative form of government in those cities
6 proposed to be included in the commonwealth. The
7 commonwealth charter shall be effective in regard to a
8 city government only if a majority of the voters of
9 the city voting on the question voted for
10 participation in the commonwealth charter. A city
11 named on the ballot shall be united with the county in
12 a community commonwealth if a majority of the votes
13 cast in the city on the proposal approves the
14 proposal. If one or more cities named on the ballot
15 approves the proposal, the charter is adopted if both
16 a majority of the votes cast in the unincorporated
17 area of the county approves the proposal and a
18 majority of the votes cast in the entire county
19 approves the proposal.
20 The question of forming a community commonwealth
21 shall be submitted to the electorate in substantially
22 the same form manner as provided in section 331.247,
23 subsection 4, and section 331.252.
24 Sec. 20. Section 331.261, subsection 2, Code 2003,
25 is amended to read as follows:
26 2. An elective legislative body established in the
27 manner provided for county boards of supervisors under
28 sections 331.201 through 331.216 and section 331.238
29 331.248, subsection 2.
30 Sec. 21. Section 331.261, unnumbered paragraph 2,
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