House File 2372 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2372 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 625) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 7, 2018 ) A BILL FOR An Act concerning county supervisor representation and 1 districting plans. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 2372 (3) 87 ec/rj/md

H.F. 2372 DIVISION I 1 SELECTION OF COUNTY SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATION PLANS 2 Section 1. Section 331.206, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 3 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4 a. The plan used under subsection 1 shall be selected by the 5 board or by a special election as provided in section 331.207 . 6 A plan selected by the board shall remain in effect for at 7 least six years unless it is and shall only be changed by a 8 special election as provided in section 331.207 . However, a 9 county with a population of sixty thousand or more based on the 10 most recent federal decennial census shall use plan “three” for 11 the election of supervisors. 12 Sec. 2. TRANSITION PROVISION. Notwithstanding any 13 provision of law to the contrary, a county with a population 14 of sixty thousand or more based on the most recent federal 15 decennial census that does not use plan “three” for the 16 election of supervisors, as defined in section 331.206, as 17 of the effective date of this Act shall not be required to 18 elect supervisors using plan “three” until the election for 19 supervisors following the adoption of a representation plan 20 drawn pursuant to section 331.210A, subsection 2, paragraph 21 “f”, after the redistricting of congressional and legislative 22 districts becomes law following the federal decennial census 23 taken in the year 2020. 24 DIVISION II 25 COUNTY SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATION DISTRICTING PLANS 26 Sec. 3. Section 68B.32A, subsection 16, Code 2018, is 27 amended to read as follows: 28 16. Establish an expedited procedure for reviewing 29 complaints forwarded by the state commissioner of elections 30 to the board for a determination as to whether a supervisor 31 district plan adopted pursuant to section 331.210A that differs 32 from a supervisor district plan prepared by the legislative 33 services agency was drawn for improper political reasons 34 as described in section 42.4, subsection 5 . The expedited 35 -1- HF 2372 (3) 87 ec/rj/md 1/ 3

H.F. 2372 procedure shall be substantially similar to the process used 1 for other complaints filed with the board except that the 2 provisions of section 68B.32D shall not apply. 3 Sec. 4. Section 331.209, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 4 to read as follows: 5 4. Each temporary county redistricting commission shall 6 notify the state commissioner of elections when the boundaries 7 of supervisor districts are changed, shall provide a map 8 delineating the new boundary lines, and shall certify to 9 the state commissioner of elections the populations of the 10 new supervisor districts as determined under the latest 11 federal decennial census. Upon failure of a temporary county 12 redistricting commission to make the required changes by 13 the dates specified by this section and sections 331.203 14 and 331.204 as determined by the state commissioner of 15 elections, the state commissioner of elections shall make or 16 cause to be made the necessary changes as soon as possible, 17 and shall assess to the county the expenses incurred in so 18 doing. The Except for a representation plan drawn pursuant 19 to section 331.210A, subsection 2, paragraph “f” , the state 20 commissioner of elections may request the services of personnel 21 and materials available to the legislative services agency 22 to assist the state commissioner in making required changes 23 in supervisor district boundaries which become the state 24 commissioner’s responsibility. 25 Sec. 5. Section 331.210A, subsection 2, paragraph f, 26 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 27 (1) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section 28 to the contrary, for For purposes of this paragraph “f” , 29 “qualifying county” means a county that elects supervisors 30 under plan “three” as defined in section 331.206, or a county 31 with a population of one hundred eighty thousand or more that 32 has adopted a charter for a city-county consolidated form of 33 government or a community commonwealth form of government and 34 which charter provides for representation by districts , . 35 -2- HF 2372 (3) 87 ec/rj/md 2/ 3

H.F. 2372 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the 1 contrary, for a qualifying county, the legislative services 2 agency, and not the temporary county redistricting commission, 3 shall draw a representation plan as provided by paragraph “a” 4 pursuant to a contract executed with the county . 5 (c) A county subject to the requirements of this paragraph 6 “f” shall notify the state commissioner of elections that a 7 representation plan to be drawn pursuant to this paragraph 8 “f” is required and shall submit to the state commissioner 9 of elections the precinct plan to be used to draw the 10 representation plan. Upon notification and submission of a 11 precinct plan, the state commissioner of elections shall review 12 and approve the precinct plan to be used. Following approval 13 of the precinct plan to be used, the state commissioner 14 of elections shall notify the legislative council which 15 shall direct the legislative services agency to prepare a 16 representation plan for the county. 17 (d) The plan drawn by the legislative services agency 18 shall be based upon the precinct plan adopted and approved 19 for use by the county and shall be drawn in accordance with 20 section 42.4 , to the extent applicable. After the legislative 21 services agency has drawn the plan, the legislative services 22 agency shall at the earliest feasible time make available to 23 the public all of the information required to be made public 24 by paragraph “b” . 25 -3- HF 2372 (3) 87 ec/rj/md 3/ 3