Senate
File
2061
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2061
BY
DICKEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
supervisor
representation
plans,
and
1
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.206,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
plan
used
under
subsection
1
shall
be
selected
by
the
3
board
or
by
a
special
election
as
provided
in
section
331.207
.
4
A
plan
selected
by
the
board
shall
remain
in
effect
for
at
5
least
six
years
and
shall
only
be
changed
by
a
special
election
6
as
provided
in
section
331.207
.
However,
a
county
with
a
7
population
of
seventy-five
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
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
2.
The
petition
shall
be
filed
with
the
county
commissioner
13
by
June
1
of
an
odd-numbered
year
,
subject
to
subsection
14
6
.
The
special
election
shall
be
held
on
the
first
Tuesday
15
in
August
of
the
odd-numbered
year.
Notice
of
the
special
16
election
shall
be
published
once
each
week
for
three
successive
17
weeks
in
an
official
newspaper
of
the
county,
shall
state
the
18
representation
plans
to
be
submitted
to
the
electors,
and
shall
19
state
the
date
of
the
special
election.
The
last
in
the
series
20
of
publications
shall
occur
not
less
than
four
nor
more
than
21
twenty
days
before
the
election.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
331.207,
subsection
6,
Code
2024,
is
amended
23
by
striking
the
subsection.
24
Sec.
4.
TRANSITION
PROVISION.
25
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
26
county
with
a
population
of
seventy-five
thousand
or
more
based
27
on
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
census
that
does
not
use
28
plan
“three”
for
the
election
of
supervisors,
as
described
in
29
section
331.206,
as
of
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
shall
30
not
be
required
to
elect
supervisors
using
plan
“three”
until
31
the
election
for
supervisors
in
2026,
following
the
adoption
32
of
a
representation
plan
drawn
pursuant
to
section
331.210A,
33
subsection
2,
paragraph
“f”,
and
the
requirements
of
this
34
section.
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2.
A
county
required
to
adopt
a
representation
plan
as
1
provided
in
this
section
shall
establish
a
temporary
county
2
redistricting
commission
by
the
later
of
thirty
days
after
the
3
effective
date
of
this
Act
or
May
15,
2024,
and
shall
complete
4
a
plan,
in
conformity
with
the
requirements
of
sections
331.209
5
and
331.210A,
no
later
than
November
1,
2024.
The
plan
shall
6
be
submitted
to
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
and
shall
7
become
effective
January
1,
2025.
8
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
9
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
requires
a
county
with
a
population
of
75,000
14
or
more
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
census
15
to
use
plan
“three”
for
the
election
of
county
supervisors.
16
Plan
“three”
requires
individual
members
of
the
board
of
17
supervisors
for
that
county
to
be
elected
from
single-member
18
equal-population
districts.
The
bill
provides
that
a
county
19
with
a
population
of
75,000
or
more
that
does
not
use
plan
20
“three”
as
of
the
bill’s
effective
date
for
the
election
of
21
supervisors
is
not
required
to
elect
supervisors
under
plan
22
“three”
until
the
election
for
supervisors
in
2026
following
23
adoption
of
a
representation
plan
in
conformity
with
the
24
provisions
of
law
governing
the
adoption
of
a
plan
“three”
25
representation
plan.
26
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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