House File 2470 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY JOCHUM, MASCHER, WINCKLER, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, and LENSING Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring the state and political subdivisions to appoint 2 gender=balanced boards, commissions, committees, and councils. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6248HH 81 5 eg/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 69.16A, Code 2005, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 69.16A GENDER BALANCE. 1 4 All appointive boards, commissions, committees, and 1 5 councils of the stateestablished by the Codeor of a 1 6 political subdivision if not otherwise provided by law shall 1 7 be gender balanced. No person shall be appointed or 1 8 reappointed to any board, commission, committee, or council 1 9established by the Codeif that appointment or reappointment 1 10 would cause the number of members of the board, commission, 1 11 committee, or council of one gender to be greater than one= 1 12 half the membership of the board, commission, committee, or 1 13 council plus one if the board, commission, committee, or 1 14 council is composed of an odd number of members. If the 1 15 board, commission, committee, or council is composed of an 1 16 even number of members, not more than one=half of the 1 17 membership shall be of one gender. If there are multiple 1 18 appointing authorities for a board, commission, committee, or 1 19 council, they shall consult each other to avoid a violation of 1 20 this section. This section shall not prohibit an individual 1 21 from completing a term being served on June 30,19872006. 1 22 For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" means a 1 23 city, county, or school corporation. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 Under current law, all appointive boards, commissions, 1 26 committees, and councils of the state established by the Code 1 27 must be gender balanced. This bill requires all appointive 1 28 boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state or 1 29 of a political subdivision (i.e., a city, county, or school 1 30 corporation) to be gender balanced. 1 31 LSB 6248HH 81 1 32 eg:nh/je/5