House File 385 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 85)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the filing of nomination petitions to fill a
  2    vacancy on a city council.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1850HV 82
  5 eg/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 372.13, subsection 2, paragraph b,
  1  2 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    By a special election held to fill the office for the
  1  5 remaining balance of the unexpired term.  If the council opts
  1  6 for a special election or a valid petition is filed under
  1  7 paragraph "a", the special election may be held concurrently
  1  8 with any pending election as provided by section 69.12 if by
  1  9 so doing the vacancy will be filled not more than ninety days
  1 10 after it occurs.  Otherwise, a special election to fill the
  1 11 office shall be called by the council at the earliest
  1 12 practicable date.  The council shall give the county
  1 13 commissioner at least thirty=two days' written notice of the
  1 14 date chosen for the special election.  The council of a city
  1 15 where a primary election may be required shall give the county
  1 16 commissioner at least sixty days' written notice of the date
  1 17 chosen for the special election.  A special election held
  1 18 under this subsection is subject to sections 376.4 through
  1 19 376.11, but the dates for actions in relation to the special
  1 20 election, including dates for filing of nomination petitions,
  1 21 shall be calculated with regard to the date for which the
  1 22 special election is called.  However, a nomination petition
  1 23 must be filed not less than twenty=five days before the date
  1 24 of the special election and, where a primary election may be
  1 25 required, a nomination petition must be filed not less than
  1 26 fifty=two days before the date of the special election.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides that a nomination petition for a special
  1 29 election called to fill a vacancy on a city council must be
  1 30 filed not less than 25 days before the date of the special
  1 31 election.  For those cities where a primary election may be
  1 32 required, the nomination petition must be filed not less than
  1 33 52 days before the date of the special election.
  1 34 LSB 1850HV 82
  1 35 eg:sc/gg/14