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Senate File 2061 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to county supervisor representation plans, and
2including effective date provisions.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 331.206, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
22024, is amended to read as follows:
3a. The plan used under subsection 1 shall be selected by the
4board or by a special election as provided in section 331.207.
5A plan selected by the board shall remain in effect for at
6least six years and shall only be changed by a special election
7as provided in section 331.207. However, a county with a
8population of seventy-five thousand or more based on the most
9recent federal decennial census shall use plan “three” for the
10election of supervisors.
11 Sec. 2. Section 331.207, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
12to read as follows:
132. The petition shall be filed with the county commissioner
14by June 1 of an odd-numbered year, subject to subsection
156. The special election shall be held on the first Tuesday
16in August of the odd-numbered year. Notice of the special
17election shall be published once each week for three successive
18weeks in an official newspaper of the county, shall state the
19representation plans to be submitted to the electors, and shall
20state the date of the special election. The last in the series
21of publications shall occur not less than four nor more than
22twenty days before the election.
23 Sec. 3. Section 331.207, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended
24by striking the subsection.
25 Sec. 4. TRANSITION PROVISION.
261. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a
27county with a population of seventy-five thousand or more based
28on the most recent federal decennial census that does not use
29plan “three” for the election of supervisors, as described in
30section 331.206, as of the effective date of this Act, shall
31not be required to elect supervisors using plan “three” until
32the election for supervisors in 2026, following the adoption
33of a representation plan drawn pursuant to section 331.210A,
34subsection 2, paragraph “f”, and the requirements of this
35section.
-1- 12. A county required to adopt a representation plan as
2provided in this section shall establish a temporary county
3redistricting commission by the later of thirty days after the
4effective date of this Act or May 15, 2024, and shall complete
5a plan, in conformity with the requirements of sections 331.209
6and 331.210A, no later than November 1, 2024. The plan shall
7be submitted to the state commissioner of elections and shall
8become effective January 1, 2025.
9 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
10importance, takes effect upon enactment.
11EXPLANATION
12The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
13the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
14This bill requires a county with a population of 75,000
15or more based on the most recent federal decennial census
16to use plan “three” for the election of county supervisors.
17Plan “three” requires individual members of the board of
18supervisors for that county to be elected from single-member
19equal-population districts. The bill provides that a county
20with a population of 75,000 or more that does not use plan
21“three” as of the bill’s effective date for the election of
22supervisors is not required to elect supervisors under plan
23“three” until the election for supervisors in 2026 following
24adoption of a representation plan in conformity with the
25provisions of law governing the adoption of a plan “three”
26representation plan.
27The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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2including effective date provisions.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 331.206, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
22024, is amended to read as follows:
3a. The plan used under subsection 1 shall be selected by the
4board or by a special election as provided in section 331.207.
5A plan selected by the board shall remain in effect for at
6least six years and shall only be changed by a special election
7as provided in section 331.207. However, a county with a
8population of seventy-five thousand or more based on the most
9recent federal decennial census shall use plan “three” for the
10election of supervisors.
11 Sec. 2. Section 331.207, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
12to read as follows:
132. The petition shall be filed with the county commissioner
14by June 1 of an odd-numbered year, subject to subsection
156. The special election shall be held on the first Tuesday
16in August of the odd-numbered year. Notice of the special
17election shall be published once each week for three successive
18weeks in an official newspaper of the county, shall state the
19representation plans to be submitted to the electors, and shall
20state the date of the special election. The last in the series
21of publications shall occur not less than four nor more than
22twenty days before the election.
23 Sec. 3. Section 331.207, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended
24by striking the subsection.
25 Sec. 4. TRANSITION PROVISION.
261. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a
27county with a population of seventy-five thousand or more based
28on the most recent federal decennial census that does not use
29plan “three” for the election of supervisors, as described in
30section 331.206, as of the effective date of this Act, shall
31not be required to elect supervisors using plan “three” until
32the election for supervisors in 2026, following the adoption
33of a representation plan drawn pursuant to section 331.210A,
34subsection 2, paragraph “f”, and the requirements of this
35section.
-1- 12. A county required to adopt a representation plan as
2provided in this section shall establish a temporary county
3redistricting commission by the later of thirty days after the
4effective date of this Act or May 15, 2024, and shall complete
5a plan, in conformity with the requirements of sections 331.209
6and 331.210A, no later than November 1, 2024. The plan shall
7be submitted to the state commissioner of elections and shall
8become effective January 1, 2025.
9 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
10importance, takes effect upon enactment.
11EXPLANATION
12The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
13the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
14This bill requires a county with a population of 75,000
15or more based on the most recent federal decennial census
16to use plan “three” for the election of county supervisors.
17Plan “three” requires individual members of the board of
18supervisors for that county to be elected from single-member
19equal-population districts. The bill provides that a county
20with a population of 75,000 or more that does not use plan
21“three” as of the bill’s effective date for the election of
22supervisors is not required to elect supervisors under plan
23“three” until the election for supervisors in 2026 following
24adoption of a representation plan in conformity with the
25provisions of law governing the adoption of a plan “three”
26representation plan.
27The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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