House
File
2006
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2006
BY
PAULSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
that
county
auditors
be
elected
on
a
1
nonpartisan
basis
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
39.17,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
39.17
County
officers.
3
1.
There
shall
be
elected
in
each
county
at
the
general
4
election
to
be
held
in
the
year
1976
and
every
four
years
5
thereafter,
an
auditor
and
a
sheriff,
each
to
hold
office
for
a
6
term
of
four
years.
7
2.
There
shall
be
elected
in
each
county
at
the
general
8
election
to
be
held
in
1974
and
each
four
years
thereafter,
a
9
treasurer,
a
recorder
,
and
a
county
attorney
who
shall
,
each
to
10
hold
office
for
a
term
of
four
years.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
39.21,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
12
follows:
13
39.21
Nonpartisan
offices.
14
1.
There
shall
be
elected
at
each
general
election,
on
a
15
nonpartisan
basis,
the
following
officers:
16
1.
a.
County
public
hospital
trustees
as
required
by
17
section
347.25
.
18
2.
b.
Soil
and
water
conservation
district
commissioners
19
as
required
by
section
161A.5
.
20
3.
c.
County
agricultural
extension
council
members
as
21
provided
in
section
176A.6
.
22
4.
d.
Township
officers
as
provided
in
section
39.22,
23
subsection
2
.
24
2.
There
shall
be
elected
in
each
county
at
the
general
25
election
to
be
held
in
the
year
2016
and
every
four
years
26
thereafter,
on
a
nonpartisan
basis,
an
auditor,
to
hold
office
27
for
a
term
of
four
years.
28
Sec.
3.
Section
69.14A,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
paragraph
29
1,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
A
vacancy
in
any
of
the
offices
listed
in
section
39.17
or
31
in
the
office
of
auditor
shall
be
filled
by
one
of
the
two
32
following
procedures:
33
Sec.
4.
Section
69.14A,
subsection
4,
Code
2016,
is
amended
34
to
read
as
follows:
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4.
Notwithstanding
subsections
1
and
2
,
if
a
nomination
1
has
been
made
at
the
primary
election
for
an
a
partisan
office
2
in
which
a
vacancy
has
been
filled
by
appointment,
the
office
3
shall
be
filled
at
the
next
general
election,
and
not
at
any
4
special
election
in
the
same
political
subdivision.
5
Sec.
5.
Section
331.501,
subsection
1,
Code
2016,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
1.
The
office
of
auditor
is
an
a
nonpartisan
elective
office
8
except
that
if
a
vacancy
occurs
in
the
office,
a
successor
9
shall
be
elected
or
appointed
to
the
unexpired
term
as
provided
10
in
chapter
69
section
69.14A
.
11
Sec.
6.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
12
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
provides
that
county
auditors
shall
be
elected
17
on
a
nonpartisan
basis
beginning
with
the
general
election
in
18
November
2016.
The
bill
also
provides
that
vacancies
in
the
19
office
of
auditor
shall
be
filled
in
the
manner
provided
for
20
partisan
county
offices.
21
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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