Senate Study Bill 1257 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON CONNOLLY)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to requirements for persons seeking election to
  2    township office.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1853SC 82
  5 sc/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 39.22, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.  The election of township officers
  1  4 shall take place at the general election on ballots which
  1  5 shall not reflect a nominee's political affiliation.
  1  6 Nomination shall be made by petition in accordance with
  1  7 chapter 45.  The petition form shall be furnished by the
  1  8 county commissioner of elections and A person seeking election
  1  9 as township officer shall be filed file an affidavit of
  1 10 candidacy with the county commissioner of elections pursuant
  1 11 to section 45.3.  A plurality is sufficient to elect the
  1 12 township officers.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 45.1, subsection 10, Code 2007, is amended
  1 14 by striking the subsection.
  1 15    Sec. 3.  Section 49.41, Code 2007, is amended by adding the
  1 16 following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1 17    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  For purposes of township office,
  1 18 "nomination papers" as used in this section means the
  1 19 affidavit of candidacy required in section 45.3.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill strikes the requirement that a person seeking
  1 22 election to township office must file a nomination petition
  1 23 containing at least 10 signatures and requires only that the
  1 24 person file an affidavit of candidacy.
  1 25 LSB 1853SC 82
  1 26 sc:nh/es/88.1