House File 2252 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  JACOBS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to optical scan voting systems by requiring their
  2    use in every county and by appropriating moneys for the
  3    purpose of reimbursing the cost of purchasing optical scan
  4    voting systems.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5167YH 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 47.9, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
  1  2 to read as follows:
  1  3    47.9  VOTING MACHINE OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEM
  1  4 REIMBURSEMENT FUND.
  1  5    A voting machine An optical scan voting system
  1  6 reimbursement fund is established in the office of the
  1  7 treasurer of state.  Moneys in the fund shall be expended to
  1  8 reimburse counties for the costs of complying with section
  1  9 52.7, subsection 1, paragraph "l" 52.2, subsection 2.  The
  1 10 office of secretary of state shall establish, by
  1 11 administrative rule, a procedure for reimbursing counties for
  1 12 such costs.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the
  1 13 voting machine optical scan voting system reimbursement fund
  1 14 shall not revert but shall remain available indefinitely for
  1 15 expenditure under this section.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 52.2, subsection 2, Code Supplement 2007,
  1 17 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1 18 thereof the following:
  1 19    2.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for
  1 20 elections held on or after November 4, 2008, a county shall
  1 21 use an optical scan voting system only.  The requirements of
  1 22 the federal Help America Vote Act relating to disabled voters
  1 23 shall be met by a county through the use of electronic ballot
  1 24 marking devices that are compatible with an optical scan
  1 25 voting system.
  1 26    Sec. 3.  OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEM REIMBURSEMENT FUND ==
  1 27 APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  1 28 the state to the office of the secretary of state for the
  1 29 fiscal period beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
  1 30 2011, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  1 31 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  1 32    For deposit into the optical scan voting system
  1 33 reimbursement fund as established in section 47.9, as amended
  1 34 in this Act:
  1 35 .................................................. $  6,000,000
  2  1                           EXPLANATION
  2  2    This bill requires a county, for elections held on or after
  2  3 November 4, 2008, to use an optical scan voting system only.
  2  4    The bill appropriates $6 million for the fiscal period
  2  5 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2011, to reimburse
  2  6 counties for the purchase of optical scan voting systems.
  2  7 LSB 5167YH 82
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