House
File
2349
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2349
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
613)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
permitting
the
state
registrar
of
voters
to
retain
1
fees
charged
by
the
registrar
for
furnishing
certain
voter
2
registration
services
and
information,
and
including
3
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
47.8,
subsection
4,
Code
2016,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
The
registration
commission
shall
annually
adopt
a
set
3
of
standard
charges
to
be
made
for
the
services
the
registrar
4
is
required
to
offer
to
the
several
commissioners,
and
for
5
furnishing
of
voter
registration
records
which
are
requested
by
6
persons
other
than
the
registrar,
the
state
commissioner
,
or
7
any
commissioner
,
pursuant
to
section
48A.38
.
These
charges
8
shall
be
sufficient
to
reimburse
the
state
registrar
for
the
9
actual
cost
of
furnishing
such
services
or
information,
and
10
shall
be
specified
by
unit
wherever
possible
retained
by
the
11
registrar
.
The
standard
charges
shall
be
adopted
by
the
12
commission
by
January
15
of
each
calendar
year.
13
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
14
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
permits
the
state
registrar
of
voters
(secretary
19
of
state)
to
retain
fees
charged
by
the
registrar
for
providing
20
voter
registration-related
services
and
records.
21
Under
current
law,
the
state
voter
registration
commission
22
adopts
a
set
of
standard
charges
that
the
state
registrar
is
23
required
to
charge
to
reimburse
the
state
for
providing
voter
24
registration
services
to
county
commissioners
of
elections
and
25
for
furnishing
voter
registration
records
to
persons
who
are
26
not
election
officials.
The
bill
requires
that
the
registrar
27
retain
these
charges.
28
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
29
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