Senate Amendment 3107


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 426 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  Section 39.21, Code 2007, is amended
     1  5 to read as follows:
     1  6    39.21  NONPARTISAN OFFICES.
     1  7    1.  There shall be elected at each general
     1  8 election, on a nonpartisan basis, the following
     1  9 officers:
     1 10    1.  a.  County public hospital trustees as required
     1 11 by section 347.25.
     1 12    2.  b.  Soil and water conservation district
     1 13 commissioners as required by section 161A.5.
     1 14    3.  c.  County agricultural extension council
     1 15 members as provided in section 176A.6.
     1 16    4.  d.  Township officers as provided in section
     1 17 39.22, subsection 2.
     1 18    2.  There shall be elected biennially in counties,
     1 19 on a nonpartisan basis, members of the board of
     1 20 supervisors to succeed those whose terms of office
     1 21 will expire on the first day of January following the
     1 22 election which is not a Sunday or legal holiday.  The
     1 23 term of office of each supervisor shall be four years,
     1 24 except as otherwise provided by section 331.208 or
     1 25 331.209.>
     1 26 #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 19 the
     1 27 following:
     1 28    <Sec.    .  Section 69.14A, subsection 1, paragraph
     1 29 "b", unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2007, is amended to
     1 30 read as follows:
     1 31    However, if a vacancy on the board of supervisors
     1 32 occurs after the date of the primary election and more
     1 33 than seventy=three days before the general election, a
     1 34 special election to fill the vacancy shall not be
     1 35 called by the committee or by petition.  If the term
     1 36 of office in which the vacancy exists will expire more
     1 37 than seventy days after the general election, the
     1 38 office shall be listed on the ballot, as "For Board of
     1 39 Supervisors, To Fill Vacancy".  The person elected at
     1 40 the general election shall assume office as soon as a
     1 41 certificate of election is issued and the person has
     1 42 qualified by taking the oath of office.  The person
     1 43 shall serve the balance of the unexpired term.
     1 44    Sec.    .  Section 331.201, subsection 3, Code
     1 45 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 46    3.  The office of supervisor is an a nonpartisan
     1 47 elective office except that if a vacancy occurs on the
     1 48 board, a successor shall be appointed to the unexpired
     1 49 term as provided in chapter 69.
     1 50    Sec.    .  Section 39.18, Code 2007, is repealed.>
     2  1 #3.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
     2  2 words <relating to> the following:  <nonpartisan
     2  3 offices by providing for the election of county
     2  4 supervisors on a nonpartisan basis and by modifying>.
     2  5 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2  9 BRAD ZAUN
     2 10 SF 426.201 82
     2 11 sc/es/7733

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