House File 2466 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2466 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 659) A BILL FOR An Act concerning county supervisor representation plans. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 6153HV (1) 89 ec/rn
H.F. 2466 Section 1. Section 331.206, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2022, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. The plan used under subsection 1 shall be selected by 3 the board or by a special election as provided in section 4 331.207 . A plan selected by the board shall remain in effect 5 for at least six years and shall only be changed by a special 6 election as provided in section 331.207 . However, a county 7 with a population of sixty thousand or more based on the most 8 recent federal decennial census shall use plan “three” for the 9 election of supervisors. 10 Sec. 2. Section 331.207, subsection 6, Code 2022, is amended 11 by striking the subsection. 12 Sec. 3. TRANSITION PROVISION. 13 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 14 a county with a population of sixty thousand or more based on 15 the most recent federal decennial census that does not use 16 plan “three” for the election of supervisors, as defined in 17 section 331.206, as of July 1, 2022, shall not be required to 18 elect supervisors using plan “three” until the election for 19 supervisors in 2024, following the adoption of a representation 20 plan drawn pursuant to section 331.210A, subsection 2, 21 paragraph “f”, and the requirements of this section. 22 2. A county required to adopt a representation plan as 23 provided in this section shall establish a temporary county 24 redistricting commission by May 15, 2023, and shall complete a 25 plan, in conformity with the requirements of sections 331.209, 26 331.210, and 331.210A no later than November 1, 2023. The plan 27 shall be submitted to the state commissioner of elections and 28 shall become effective January 1, 2024. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill requires a county with a population of 60,000 33 or more based on the most recent federal decennial census 34 to use plan “three” for the election of county supervisors. 35 -1- LSB 6153HV (1) 89 ec/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 2466 Plan “three” requires individual members of the board of 1 supervisors for that county to be elected from single-member 2 equal-population districts. The bill provides that a county 3 with a population of 60,000 or more as of July 1, 2022, that 4 does not use plan “three” as of that date for the election 5 of supervisors shall not be required to elect supervisors 6 under plan “three” until the election for supervisors in 2024 7 following adoption of a representation plan in conformity with 8 the provisions of law governing the adoption of a plan “three” 9 representation plan. 10 -2- LSB 6153HV (1) 89 ec/rn 2/ 2