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House File 2466 - ReprintedA Bill ForAn Act 1concerning signature requirements for county supervisor
2candidate nominations and including effective date
3provisions.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 43.20, subsection 1, Code 2022, is
2amended to read as follows:
31. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, nomination
4 Nomination papers shall be signed by eligible electors as
5provided in section 45.1.
6b. Nomination papers for an office to be filled by the
7voters of the county or for the office of county supervisor
8elected from a district within the county, shall be signed
9by at least two percent of the party vote in the county or
10supervisor district, as shown by the last general election, or
11by at least one hundred persons, whichever is less.
12 Sec. 2. Section 45.1, subsection 7, Code 2022, is amended by
13adding the following new paragraph:
14 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0a. For a supervisor district with a
15population of fifteen thousand or fewer according to the most
16recent federal decennial census, nomination petitions shall
17include at least twenty-one signatures.
18 Sec. 3. Section 45.1, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code 2022,
19is amended to read as follows:
20a. For a supervisor district with a population of fifty
21 greater than fifteen thousand or but fewer than fifty thousand
22 according to the most recent federal decennial census,
23nomination petitions shall include at least fifty signatures.
24 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
25importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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2candidate nominations and including effective date
3provisions.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 43.20, subsection 1, Code 2022, is
2amended to read as follows:
31. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, nomination
4 Nomination papers shall be signed by eligible electors as
5provided in section 45.1.
6b. Nomination papers for an office to be filled by the
7voters of the county or for the office of county supervisor
8elected from a district within the county, shall be signed
9by at least two percent of the party vote in the county or
10supervisor district, as shown by the last general election, or
11by at least one hundred persons, whichever is less.
12 Sec. 2. Section 45.1, subsection 7, Code 2022, is amended by
13adding the following new paragraph:
14 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0a. For a supervisor district with a
15population of fifteen thousand or fewer according to the most
16recent federal decennial census, nomination petitions shall
17include at least twenty-one signatures.
18 Sec. 3. Section 45.1, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code 2022,
19is amended to read as follows:
20a. For a supervisor district with a population of fifty
21 greater than fifteen thousand or but fewer than fifty thousand
22 according to the most recent federal decennial census,
23nomination petitions shall include at least fifty signatures.
24 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
25importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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