House File 2123

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                                       BY  JENKINS


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the determination of partisan balance on
  2    boards and commissions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6018HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 69.16, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    All appointive boards, commissions, and councils of the
  1  4 state established by the Code if not otherwise provided by law
  1  5 shall be bipartisan in their composition.  No person shall be
  1  6 appointed or reappointed to any board, commission, or council
  1  7 established by the Code if the effect of that appointment or
  1  8 reappointment would cause the number of members of the board,
  1  9 commission, or council belonging to one political party to be
  1 10 greater than one=half the membership the number of members of
  1 11 the board, commission, or council plus one belonging to
  1 12 another political party.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill concerns the determination of partisan balance
  1 15 for appointive boards, commissions, and councils.  The bill
  1 16 provides that the number of members of an appointive board,
  1 17 commission, or council of one political party shall not be
  1 18 greater than the number of members from another political
  1 19 party.  Under current law, the number of members of such a
  1 20 body belonging to one political party shall not be greater
  1 21 than one=half of the membership of the body.
  1 22 LSB 6018HH 80
  1 23 ec/gg/14
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