House
File
469
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Enrolled
House
File
469
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
ELECTION
OF
COMMISSIONERS
OF
SOIL
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION
DISTRICTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
161A.5,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
a.
The
governing
body
of
each
district
shall
consist
of
five
commissioners
elected
on
a
nonpartisan
basis
for
staggered
four-year
terms
commencing
on
the
first
day
of
January
that
is
not
a
Sunday
or
holiday
following
their
election.
b.
Any
eligible
elector
residing
in
the
district
is
eligible
to
the
office
of
commissioner,
except
that
no
not
more
than
one
commissioner
two
commissioners
shall
at
any
one
time
be
a
resident
of
any
one
township.
A
vacancy
is
created
in
the
office
of
any
commissioner
who
changes
residence
into
a
township
where
another
commissioner
two
commissioners
then
resides
reside
.
c.
If
a
commissioner
is
absent
for
sixty
or
more
percent
of
monthly
meetings
during
any
twelve-month
period,
the
other
commissioners
by
their
unanimous
vote
may
declare
the
member’s
office
vacant.
A
vacancy
in
the
office
of
commissioner
shall
be
filled
by
appointment
of
the
state
soil
conservation
committee
until
the
next
succeeding
general
election,
at
which
time
the
balance
of
the
unexpired
term
shall
be
filled
as
provided
by
section
69.12
.
House
File
469,
p.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
161A.5,
subsection
3,
paragraph
e,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
e.
If
the
canvass
shows
that
the
two
or
three
candidates
receiving
the
highest
and
the
second
highest
number
of
votes
for
the
office
of
district
commissioner
are
both
all
residents
of
the
same
township,
the
board
shall
certify
as
elected
the
candidate
who
received
the
two
candidates
receiving
the
highest
number
of
votes
for
the
office
and
the
candidate
receiving
the
next
highest
number
of
votes
for
the
office
who
is
not
a
resident
of
the
same
township
as
the
candidate
receiving
the
highest
number
of
votes
,
if
any
.
If
one
commissioner
whose
term
has
not
expired
is
a
resident
of
the
township,
and
the
canvass
shows
that
two
or
three
candidates
receiving
the
highest
number
of
votes
for
the
office
are
from
the
same
township,
the
board
shall
certify
as
elected
the
candidate
receiving
the
highest
number
of
votes
for
the
office
and
the
candidate
receiving
the
next
highest
number
of
votes
for
the
office
who
is
not
a
resident
of
the
same
township,
if
any,
as
the
candidate
receiving
the
highest
number
of
votes.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
469,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor