House Study Bill 500



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON ELGIN)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to maintenance of a voter registration system
  2    separate from the state voter registration system and
  3    providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5680HC 81
  6 sc/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 47.7, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  On or after January 1, 2006 2007, a county shall not
  1  4 establish or maintain a voter registration system separate
  1  5 from the state voter registration system.  Each county shall
  1  6 provide to the state registrar the names, voter registration
  1  7 information, and voting history of each registered voter in
  1  8 the county in the form required by the state registrar.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    The federal Help America Vote Act required each state, on
  1 13 or before January 1, 2006, to create, maintain, and administer
  1 14 a single, centralized voter registration computerized file
  1 15 that contains the name and registration information of every
  1 16 legally registered voter in the state.  Voter registration
  1 17 lists generated by this computerized file are to be the
  1 18 official lists for purposes of conducting elections in the
  1 19 state.  In implementing this requirement, state law provides
  1 20 for the state voter registration system to be in place by
  1 21 January 1, 2006, and also provides that, on or after January
  1 22 1, 2006, a county shall not establish or maintain a voter
  1 23 registration system separate from the state voter registration
  1 24 system.  This bill extends to January 1, 2007, the time for
  1 25 this separate system prohibition to be in effect.
  1 26    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 27 LSB 5680HC 81
  1 28 sc:rj/je/5