Bill Text: IA SSB3204 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2439.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-04-10 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2439. [SSB3204 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB3204-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3204
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DAWSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
supervisors,
concerning
county
1
supervisor
representation
plans
and
county
supervisor
2
vacancies,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
PLAN
“THREE”
COUNTY
SUPERVISOR
REPRESENTATION
PLANS
2
Section
1.
Section
331.206,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
3
2024,
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
and
shall
only
be
changed
by
a
special
election
8
as
provided
in
section
331.207
.
However,
a
county
with
a
9
population
of
one
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
or
more
based
on
10
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
census
shall
use
plan
“three”
11
for
the
election
of
supervisors.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
331.207,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
2.
The
petition
shall
be
filed
with
the
county
commissioner
15
by
June
1
of
an
odd-numbered
year
,
subject
to
subsection
16
6
.
The
special
election
shall
be
held
on
the
first
Tuesday
17
in
August
of
the
odd-numbered
year.
Notice
of
the
special
18
election
shall
be
published
once
each
week
for
three
successive
19
weeks
in
an
official
newspaper
of
the
county,
shall
state
the
20
representation
plans
to
be
submitted
to
the
electors,
and
shall
21
state
the
date
of
the
special
election.
The
last
in
the
series
22
of
publications
shall
occur
not
less
than
four
nor
more
than
23
twenty
days
before
the
election.
24
Sec.
3.
Section
331.207,
subsection
6,
Code
2024,
is
amended
25
by
striking
the
subsection.
26
Sec.
4.
TRANSITION
PROVISION.
27
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
28
county
with
a
population
of
one
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
29
or
more
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
census
that
30
does
not
use
plan
“three”
for
the
election
of
supervisors,
as
31
defined
in
section
331.206,
as
of
the
effective
date
of
this
32
Act,
shall
not
be
required
to
elect
supervisors
using
plan
33
“three”
until
the
election
for
supervisors
in
2026,
following
34
the
adoption
of
a
representation
plan
drawn
pursuant
to
section
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331.210A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“f”,
and
the
requirements
of
1
this
section.
2
2.
A
county
required
to
adopt
a
representation
plan
as
3
provided
in
this
section
shall
establish
a
temporary
county
4
redistricting
commission
by
the
later
of
thirty
days
after
the
5
effective
date
of
this
Act
or
May
15,
2024,
and
shall
complete
6
a
plan,
in
conformity
with
the
requirements
of
sections
331.209
7
and
331.210A,
no
later
than
November
1,
2024.
The
plan
shall
8
be
submitted
to
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
and
shall
9
become
effective
January
1,
2025.
10
DIVISION
II
11
COUNTY
SUPERVISOR
VACANCIES
12
Sec.
5.
Section
43.6,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
2.
When
a
vacancy
occurs
in
the
office
of
county
supervisor
15
or
any
of
the
offices
listed
in
section
39.17
and
more
than
16
seventy
days
remain
in
the
term
of
office
following
the
next
17
general
election,
the
office
shall
be
filled
for
the
balance
18
of
the
unexpired
term
at
that
general
election
unless
the
19
vacancy
has
been
filled
by
a
special
election
called
more
20
than
seventy-three
days
before
the
primary
election.
If
21
the
vacancy
occurs
more
than
seventy-three
days
before
the
22
primary
election,
political
party
candidates
for
that
office
23
at
the
next
general
election
shall
be
nominated
at
the
primary
24
election.
If
an
appointment
to
fill
the
vacancy
in
office
is
25
made
in
accordance
with
section
69.14A,
subsection
1,
paragraph
26
“a”
,
eighty-eight
or
more
days
before
the
primary
election
and
27
a
petition
requesting
a
special
election
has
not
been
received
28
within
fourteen
days
after
the
appointment
is
made,
candidates
29
for
the
office
shall
be
nominated
at
the
primary
election.
30
Sec.
6.
Section
69.14A,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
31
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
32
follows:
33
By
If
the
population
of
the
county
is
less
than
one
hundred
34
twenty-five
thousand
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
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census,
by
appointment
by
the
committee
of
county
officers
1
designated
to
fill
the
vacancy
in
section
69.8
.
2
Sec.
7.
Section
69.14A,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
3
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
4
follows:
5
By
If
the
population
of
the
county
is
one
hundred
twenty-
6
five
thousand
or
more
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
7
decennial
census,
by
special
election
held
to
fill
the
office
8
for
the
remaining
balance
of
the
unexpired
term.
9
Sec.
8.
Section
331.201,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
3.
The
office
of
supervisor
is
an
elective
office
except
12
that
if
a
vacancy
occurs
on
the
board,
a
successor
may
be
13
appointed
to
the
unexpired
term
as
provided
in
section
69.14A
,
14
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
if
the
population
of
the
county
is
15
less
than
one
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
based
on
the
most
16
recent
federal
decennial
census
.
17
Sec.
9.
Section
331.214,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
18
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
c.
If
the
board
declares
a
vacancy
under
this
subsection
and
20
the
remaining
balance
of
the
supervisor’s
unexpired
term
is
two
21
and
one-half
years
or
more,
a
special
election
shall
be
held
to
22
fill
the
office
as
provided
in
section
69.14A,
subsection
1
,
23
paragraph
“c”
,
if
the
population
of
the
county
is
one
hundred
24
twenty-five
thousand
or
more
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
25
decennial
census
.
However,
if
the
population
of
the
county
is
26
less
than
one
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
based
on
the
most
27
recent
federal
decennial
census,
an
appointment
shall
be
made
28
to
fill
the
office
as
provided
in
section
69.14A,
subsection
29
1,
paragraph
“a”
.
30
DIVISION
III
31
EFFECTIVE
DATE
32
Sec.
10.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
33
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
34
EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
concerns
county
supervisor
representation
plans
3
and
county
supervisor
vacancies.
4
DIVISION
I
——
PLAN
“THREE”
COUNTY
SUPERVISOR
REPRESENTATION
5
PLANS.
This
division
requires
a
county
with
a
population
of
6
125,000
or
more
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
7
census
to
use
plan
“three”
for
the
election
of
county
8
supervisors.
Plan
“three”
requires
individual
members
of
9
the
board
of
supervisors
for
that
county
to
be
elected
from
10
single-member
equal-population
districts.
The
bill
provides
11
that
a
county
with
a
population
of
125,000
or
more
as
of
the
12
effective
date
of
the
bill,
that
does
not
use
plan
“three”
13
as
of
that
date
for
the
election
of
supervisors
shall
not
14
be
required
to
elect
supervisors
under
plan
“three”
until
15
the
election
for
supervisors
in
2026
following
adoption
of
a
16
representation
plan
in
conformity
with
the
provisions
of
law
17
governing
the
adoption
of
a
plan
“three”
representation
plan.
18
DIVISION
II
——
COUNTY
SUPERVISOR
VACANCIES.
This
division
19
requires
vacancies
on
the
board
of
supervisors
to
be
filled
20
by
special
election
in
a
county
with
a
population
of
125,000
21
or
more.
Current
law
allows
for
vacancies
to
be
filled
by
22
appointment
under
certain
circumstances.
The
bill
requires
23
vacancies
to
be
filled
by
appointment
in
a
county
with
a
24
population
of
less
than
125,000
in
accordance
with
current
law,
25
including
a
vacancy
that
is
treated
as
a
resignation
due
to
the
26
physical
or
mental
status
of
a
supervisor.
27
DIVISION
III
——
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
28
enactment.
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