House File 229HOUSE FILE BY WHITEAD (COMPANION TO LSB 1618SS BY WARNSTADT) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the number of signatures required on 2 nomination papers for the office of mayor in certain cities. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1618HH 82 5 sc/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 376.4A CHANGE TO DIRECT ELECTION 1 2 OF MAYOR == NOMINATION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS. 1 3 1. If there is a change in government pursuant to section 1 4 372.6, subsection 2, the number of signatures required on a 1 5 nomination petition for the office of mayor for the first 1 6 election that office is on the ballot shall be an amount equal 1 7 to the product of the following: 1 8 a. The total number of votes cast for at=large city 1 9 council offices at the last regular city election divided by 1 10 the number of city council seats to be filled at the last 1 11 regular city election. 1 12 b. Two hundredths. 1 13 2. If the product of subsection 1, paragraphs "a" and "b", 1 14 is less than ten, the required number of signatures is ten. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill provides that if a city governed by the 1 17 council=manager=at=large form of government modifies its form 1 18 of government to provide for the direct election of the mayor 1 19 by the voters, the number of signatures required on nomination 1 20 papers for the office of mayor in the first election that 1 21 office is on the ballot shall be a number equal to the total 1 22 number of votes cast for city council offices at the last city 1 23 election divided by the number of city council offices on the 1 24 ballot at that election and multiplied by two hundredths 1 25 (.02). The minimum number of signatures required is 10. 1 26 LSB 1618HH 82 1 27 sc:nh/gg/14.1