Iowa HF 471: A bill for an act relating to election precinct boundaries and consolidations. (Formerly HSB 114.) Effective 7-1-17.

Bill Text

House
File
471
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Enrolled

House
File
471

AN
ACT

RELATING
TO
ELECTION
PRECINCT
BOUNDARIES
AND
CONSOLIDATIONS.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

Section
1.
Section
49.8,
subsection
7,
Code
2017,
is
amended

to
read
as
follows:

7.
Precinct
boundaries
established
by
or
pursuant
to

section
49.3
or

49.4
,
and
not
changed
under
subsection
1
since

the
most
recent
federal
decennial
census,
may
be
changed
once

during
the
period
beginning
January
1
of
the
second
year

following
a
year
in
which
a
federal
decennial
census
is
taken

and
ending
June
30
of
the
year
immediately
following
the
year

in
which
the
next
succeeding
federal
decennial
census
is
taken,

if
the
commissioner
recommends
and
the
board
of
supervisors

finds
that
the
change
will
effect
a
substantial
savings
in

election
costs.
Changes
made
under
this
subsection
shall
be

made
not
later
than
ninety-nine
days
before
a
primary
election,

unless
the
changes
will
not
take
effect
until
January
1
of
the

next
even-numbered
year.

Sec.
2.
Section
49.11,
subsection
3,
unnumbered
paragraph

1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:

The
precincts
established
pursuant
to
section
49.7
shall

not
be
changed
except
in
the
manner
provided
by
law.
However,

for
any
election
other
than
the
primary
or
general
election

or
any
special
election
held
under

section
69.14
,
the
county

commissioner
of
elections
may:

House
File
471,
p.
2

Sec.
3.
Section
49.11,
subsection
3,
paragraph
d,

unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as

follows:

Notwithstanding

subsection
1
,
the
The
commissioner
may
also

consolidate
precincts
for
any
election
including
a
primary
and

general
election

under
any
of
the
following
circumstances:

______________________________

LINDA
UPMEYER

Speaker
of
the
House

______________________________

JACK
WHITVER

President
of
the
Senate

I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and

is
known
as
House
File
471,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.

______________________________

CARMINE
BOAL

Chief
Clerk
of
the
House

Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________

TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD

Governor