House File 2229 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ALONS, DOLECHECK
                                           and WHITAKER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing county boards of supervisors to establish the
  2    number of members on agricultural extension councils and
  3    providing for staggered terms of office.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5742YH 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 176A.5, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    176A.5  COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION COUNCIL.
  1  4    1.  There shall be elected in each An extension district an
  1  5 extension council consisting is established to govern each
  1  6 extension district as provided in section 176A.4.
  1  7    2.  An extension council consists of nine members.
  1  8 However, the county board of supervisors for that extension
  1  9 district may adopt an ordinance to establish the membership of
  1 10 the extension council.  Such an ordinance must comply with all
  1 11 of the following requirements:
  1 12    a.  The extension council must consist of five, seven, or
  1 13 nine members.
  1 14    b.  The ordinance must provide for the staggered terms of
  1 15 members without reducing the term of an elected member.
  1 16    c.  The ordinance must take effect at least ninety days
  1 17 prior to the next election for members.
  1 18    3.  Each member of the extension council shall be a
  1 19 resident registered voter of the extension district in which
  1 20 they reside.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 176A.7, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1 22 amended to read as follows:
  1 23    1.  Except as otherwise provided pursuant to law for
  1 24 members elected in 1990, the The term of office of an
  1 25 extension council member is four years.  The term shall
  1 26 commence on the first day of January following the date of the
  1 27 member's election which is not a Sunday or legal holiday
  1 28 following the member's election.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill amends Code chapter 176A, which is known as the
  1 31 "County Agricultural Extension Law".  Code section 176A.4
  1 32 currently establishes extension districts in each county
  1 33 except for Pottawattamie county which is divided into two
  1 34 districts.  The bill amends Code section 176A.5 which provides
  1 35 for the election of nine members who sit as the extension
  2  1 council governing the extension district.  Council members
  2  2 serve for staggered terms of office.  Thus, on January 2,
  2  3 2009, four out of the nine members' terms expire and on
  2  4 January 2, 2010, the remaining five members' terms expire (see
  2  5 1990 Iowa Acts, ch. 1149).
  2  6    The bill provides that the county board of supervisors for
  2  7 the district may adopt an ordinance changing the number of
  2  8 members on the extension council, subject to certain
  2  9 conditions.  First, there must be an odd number of members:
  2 10 five, seven, or nine.  Second, there cannot be a reduction in
  2 11 the term of a member who has been elected.  Finally, the
  2 12 ordinance must take effect at least 90 days prior to the next
  2 13 election.  The bill contains no limitations on the frequency
  2 14 of changes to the membership by the county board.
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