House File 417 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  GASKILL


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing procedures to increase the number of city
  2    council members in certain cities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1854HH 82
  5 eg/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 372.4, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  City council membership reduced from
  1  4 five council members to three may be increased to five council
  1  5 members using the same procedure in subsection 3 or 4, as
  1  6 applicable.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill identifies the procedures to be used by certain
  1  9 city councils having a mayor=council form of city government
  1 10 to increase the number of city council members to five after
  1 11 being reduced to three members.  The bill provides that to
  1 12 increase the number of city council members, the city council
  1 13 must follow the same procedures that are set forth in Code
  1 14 section 372.4, subsections 3 and 4, as applicable, to reduce
  1 15 the number of council members.
  1 16 LSB 1854HH 82
  1 17 eg:sc/es/88