House File 712 - Introduced



                                   HOUSE FILE       
                                   BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

                                   (SUCCESSOR TO HF 232)


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing counties to share the services of certain
  2    elective county officers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2076HV 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 69.14A, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A vacancy in any of the offices listed in section 39.17
  1  4 shall be filled by one of the two following procedures:
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 69.14A, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
  1  6 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  7    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  By appointment by the board of
  1  8 supervisors of a county officer in another county.  The
  1  9 appointment shall be made by agreement of the boards of
  1 10 supervisors of the counties, pursuant to chapter 28E, and the
  1 11 appointment shall be of the officer holding the equivalent
  1 12 office to that which is vacant.  The appointment shall be for
  1 13 the period until the next pending election as defined in
  1 14 section 69.12, and shall be made within forty days after the
  1 15 vacancy occurs.  If the board of supervisors of the county
  1 16 where the vacancy has occurred chooses to proceed under this
  1 17 paragraph, the board shall publish notice in the manner
  1 18 prescribed by section 331.305 stating that the board intends
  1 19 to fill the vacancy by appointment of a county officer in
  1 20 another county.  The board may publish notice in advance if an
  1 21 elected official submits a resignation to take effect at a
  1 22 future date.  The board may make an appointment to fill the
  1 23 vacancy after the notice is published or after the vacancy
  1 24 occurs, whichever is later.  A person appointed under this
  1 25 paragraph is not required to be a resident of the county
  1 26 filling the vacancy by appointment.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides that if there is a vacancy in the office
  1 29 of county auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or county
  1 30 attorney, the board of supervisors may fill the vacancy by
  1 31 appointing the officer of the equivalent office in another
  1 32 county.  To make the appointment, the counties must enter into
  1 33 a 28E agreement to share services.
  1 34 LSB 2076HV 81
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