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 state established by the Code or 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  9 established by the Code if 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, 1987 2006.
  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