HF 2486 (LSB 5446HV (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2486

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2013)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the design and use of county seals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 49.57, subsection 6, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  A portion of the ballot shall include the words “Official ballot”, the unique identification number or name assigned by the commissioner to the ballot style, the date of the election, and the impression or likeness of the county seal of the county of the commissioner who has caused the ballot to be printed pursuant to section 49.51.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.552, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Keep the official county seal provided by the county. The official seal shall be an impression seal on the face of which shall appear the name of the county, the word “county”, which may be abbreviated, the word “treasurer” which may be abbreviated, and the word “Iowa”.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the design and use of county seals. Under current law, a county treasurer is required to keep the official county seal. The official county seal shall include the name of the county, the word “county”, which may be abbreviated, the word “treasurer”, which may be abbreviated, and the word “Iowa”. The county seal of the county of the commissioner who has caused a ballot to be printed shall appear on the ballot.
   The bill strikes the requirement that the county seal include the word “treasurer”. The bill allows the impression or likeness of the applicable county seal to be included on a ballot.