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House File 469 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to the election of commissioners of soil and
water conservation districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 161A.5, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
2. a. The governing body of each district shall consist of
five commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis for staggered
four-year terms commencing on the first day of January that is
not a Sunday or holiday following their election.
b. Any eligible elector residing in the district is eligible
to the office of commissioner, except that no not more than
one commissioner two commissioners shall at any one time be
a resident of any one township. A vacancy is created in
the office of any commissioner who changes residence into a
township where another commissioner two commissioners then
resides reside.
c. If a commissioner is absent for sixty or more percent
of monthly meetings during any twelve-month period, the other
commissioners by their unanimous vote may declare the member’s
office vacant. A vacancy in the office of commissioner
shall be filled by appointment of the state soil conservation
committee until the next succeeding general election, at which
time the balance of the unexpired term shall be filled as
provided by section 69.12.
Sec. 2. Section 161A.5, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code
2017, is amended to read as follows:
e. If the canvass shows that the two or three candidates
receiving the highest and the second highest number of votes
for the office of district commissioner are both all residents
of the same township, the board shall certify as elected the
candidate who received the two candidates receiving the highest
number of votes for the office and the candidate receiving
the next highest number of votes for the office who is not
a resident of the same township as the candidate receiving
the highest number of votes, if any. If one commissioner
whose term has not expired is a resident of the township,
and the canvass shows that two or three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes for the office are from the same
-1-township, the board shall certify as elected the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes for the office and the
candidate receiving the next highest number of votes for the
office who is not a resident of the same township, if any, as
the candidate receiving the highest number of votes.
______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 469, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernorda/rj
water conservation districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 161A.5, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
2. a. The governing body of each district shall consist of
five commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis for staggered
four-year terms commencing on the first day of January that is
not a Sunday or holiday following their election.
b. Any eligible elector residing in the district is eligible
to the office of commissioner, except that no not more than
one commissioner two commissioners shall at any one time be
a resident of any one township. A vacancy is created in
the office of any commissioner who changes residence into a
township where another commissioner two commissioners then
resides reside.
c. If a commissioner is absent for sixty or more percent
of monthly meetings during any twelve-month period, the other
commissioners by their unanimous vote may declare the member’s
office vacant. A vacancy in the office of commissioner
shall be filled by appointment of the state soil conservation
committee until the next succeeding general election, at which
time the balance of the unexpired term shall be filled as
provided by section 69.12.
Sec. 2. Section 161A.5, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code
2017, is amended to read as follows:
e. If the canvass shows that the two or three candidates
receiving the highest and the second highest number of votes
for the office of district commissioner are both all residents
of the same township, the board shall certify as elected the
candidate who received the two candidates receiving the highest
number of votes for the office and the candidate receiving
the next highest number of votes for the office who is not
a resident of the same township as the candidate receiving
the highest number of votes, if any. If one commissioner
whose term has not expired is a resident of the township,
and the canvass shows that two or three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes for the office are from the same
-1-township, the board shall certify as elected the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes for the office and the
candidate receiving the next highest number of votes for the
office who is not a resident of the same township, if any, as
the candidate receiving the highest number of votes.
______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 469, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernorda/rj