House File 37 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HUTTER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for legislative membership on the state racing
2 and gaming commission.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1501HH 81
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 99D.5, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Code
1 2 2005, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. A state racing and gaming commission is created within
1 4 the department of inspections and appeals consisting of nine
1 5 members, including five voting members who and four nonvoting
1 6 members.
1 7 a. The voting members of the commission shall be appointed
1 8 by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate, and who
1 9 shall serve not to exceed a three=year term at the pleasure of
1 10 the governor. The term of each voting member shall begin and
1 11 end as provided in section 69.19.
1 12 b. The nonvoting members of the commission shall be two
1 13 state representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the
1 14 house of representatives and one by the minority leader of the
1 15 house of representatives, and two state senators, one
1 16 appointed by the majority leader of the senate and one by the
1 17 minority leader of the senate.
1 18 2. A vacancy of a voting member on the commission shall be
1 19 filled as provided in section 2.32.
1 20 3. Not more than three voting members of the commission
1 21 shall belong to the same political party. A member of the
1 22 commission shall not have a financial interest in a racetrack.
1 23 4. a. Commission The voting members of the commission are
1 24 each entitled to receive an annual salary of six thousand
1 25 dollars. Members Voting members shall also be reimbursed for
1 26 actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to
1 27 a maximum of thirty thousand dollars per year for the
1 28 commission. Each voting member shall be covered by the
1 29 blanket surety bond of the state purchased pursuant to section
1 30 8A.321, subsection 12.
1 31 b. Legislative members shall be paid the per diem and
1 32 expenses specified in section 2.10 for each day of service.
1 33 The per diem and expenses of the legislative members shall be
1 34 paid from funds appropriated under section 2.12.
1 35 Sec. 2. EQUAL NUMBER OF ELECTED PARTY MEMBERS TO EITHER
2 1 HOUSE == 2005=2006. For the purpose of appointment of
2 2 nonvoting members of the state racing and gaming commission by
2 3 legislative leadership for the period beginning July 1, 2005,
2 4 through December 31, 2006, if an equal number of candidates
2 5 from two political parties are elected to a house and become
2 6 members by oath or affirmation, the appointing authorities
2 7 referenced in this Act shall be considered to be the two co=
2 8 floor leaders in the senate or the two co=speakers in the
2 9 house of representatives unless the house otherwise provides.
2 10 For the purpose of this section, "political party" means a
2 11 party whose registered voters constitute one of the two
2 12 highest numbers of party registrants in this state.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill provides for the addition of two state senators
2 15 and two state representatives as nonvoting members of the
2 16 state racing and gaming commission. The senate members shall
2 17 be appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the
2 18 senate, and the house members shall be appointed by the
2 19 speaker of the house and minority leader of the house of
2 20 representatives. The bill provides that the legislative
2 21 members are not paid a salary nor are they required to post
2 22 bond in the same manner as current members. However, the bill
2 23 does provide that the legislative members are paid their per
2 24 diem and expenses for participation on the commission. The
2 25 conflict of interest provisions in Code section 99D.5 that
2 26 currently apply to members of the racing and gaming commission
2 27 are not made inapplicable to the nonvoting legislative members
2 28 of the commission by this bill.
2 29 The bill also provides for the method of appointment of
2 30 legislative members from a legislative house from July 1,
2 31 2005, until December 31, 2006, if the partisan balance of that
2 32 house is tied.
2 33 LSB 1501HH 81
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