House File 608 - Introduced



                                     HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

                                     (SUCCESSOR TO HF 52)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to notice of meetings of the board of township
  2    trustees.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1772HV 82
  5 eg/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 359.17, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    359.17  TRUSTEES == DUTIES == MEETINGS.
  1  4    1.  The board of township trustees in each township shall
  1  5 consist of three registered voters of the township.  However,
  1  6 in townships with a taxable valuation for property tax
  1  7 purposes of two hundred fifty million dollars or more, the
  1  8 board of township trustees shall consist of five registered
  1  9 voters of the township.  The trustees shall act as fence
  1 10 viewers and shall perform other duties assigned them by law.
  1 11 The board of trustees shall meet not less than two times a
  1 12 year.  At least one of the meetings shall be scheduled to meet
  1 13 the requirements of section 359.49.
  1 14    2.  The trustees shall give notice of a meeting of the
  1 15 board of township trustees at least forty=eight hours prior to
  1 16 the commencement of the meeting.  The notice shall state the
  1 17 time, date, and place of the meeting and the proposed agenda.
  1 18 The notice shall be provided to the county auditor who shall
  1 19 post the notice in an area of the courthouse where notices to
  1 20 the public are commonly posted.  The trustees shall not
  1 21 receive compensation for attending a meeting until the
  1 22 township clerk has certified in writing to the county auditor
  1 23 that notice was provided as required by this subsection.
  1 24    Sec. 2.  Section 359.46, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1 25 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 26    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  When the trustees do not give notice of
  1 27 a meeting as provided in section 359.17, subsection 2.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that the board of township trustees
  1 30 shall give notice of the time, date, and place of each
  1 31 meeting, and its tentative agenda.  The trustees shall give
  1 32 notice of a meeting at least 48 hours prior to commencement of
  1 33 the meeting.  The notice shall be provided to the county
  1 34 auditor who shall post the notice in the courthouse.  The
  1 35 trustees shall not receive compensation for the time spent
  2  1 attending the meeting unless notice was provided as required.
  2  2 LSB 1772HV 82
  2  3 eg:sc/es/88