SSB 3087 (LSB 6174XC (4) 89)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SHIPLEY)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the removal of municipal utility board members under specified circumstances and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 388.3, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  If a proposal to establish a utility board receives a favorable majority vote, the mayor shall appoint the board members, as provided in the proposal, subject to the approval of the council. The council shall by resolution provide for staggered six-year terms for, and shall set the compensation of, board members.  Notwithstanding section 372.15, utility board members are subject to removal only pursuant to section 66.1A.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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 utility board member removal criteria. 
   The bill provides that utility board members shall be subject to removal only as provided in Code section 66.1A. That section provides that an appointive or elective officer may be removed from office by the district court for willful or habitual neglect or refusal to perform the duties of the office, willful misconduct or maladministration in office, corruption, extortion, conviction of a felony, intoxication or conviction for intoxication, campaign finance violations, and failure to pay specified fines. 
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.