House File 109 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  JENKINS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning the determination of partisan balance on boards
  2    and commissions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1747YH 81
  5 ec/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 69.16, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2005, 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 A person shall
  1  6 not be appointed or reappointed to any board, commission, or
  1  7 council established by the Code if the effect of that
  1  8 appointment or reappointment would cause the number of members
  1  9 of the board, commission, or council belonging to one
  1 10 political party to be greater exceed by more than one=half the
  1 11 membership one the number of members of the board, commission,
  1 12 or council plus one belonging to 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 exceed
  1 18 by more than one 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 plus one.
  1 22 LSB 1747YH 81
  1 23 ec:rj/gg/14.1