HSB 48 — A bill for an act relating to the administration of city and school elections. (See HF 652.)

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The bill modifies deadlines and procedures related to the administration of city and school elections, including candidate withdrawal deadlines and canvassing processes.

• Section 44.9, subsection 3

  thirty-five → forty-two

  Changes the candidate withdrawal deadline for school elections from 35 days to 42 days before the election.

• Section 50.48, subsection 7

  the election conducted pursuant to section 50.24. The request for a recount must be made by the day after the canvass, and the board shall convene for the first time not later than the first Friday following the canvass. The report shall be filed by the fourteenth day after the election. → the canvass shall be held by the second day after the election, the request for a recount must be made by the third day after the election, the board shall convene to conduct the recount by the sixth day after the election, and the report shall be filed by the eleventh day after the election.

  Alters the timing for the canvass and recount requests in municipal elections.

• Section 260C.12, subsection 1

  following the regular school election or at a special meeting called by the secretary of the board to organize the board in advance of the first regular meeting following the regular school election after the canvass for the regular school election. → following the canvass for the regular school election.

  Requires the board of directors of a merged area to organize at the first regular meeting or special meeting after the canvass of the election.

• Section 260C.15, subsection 5

  the last Monday in November or at the last regular board meeting in November, on the second Monday or Tuesday after the day of the election to canvass the abstracts of votes cast and declare the results of the voting. → the last regular board meeting in November, on the second Monday or Tuesday after the day of the election.

  Changes the date for canvassing election results for merged areas to align with other election laws.

• Section 376.9, subsection 1

  when a council has chosen a runoff election in lieu of a primary, the county board of supervisors shall publicly canvass the tally lists of the vote cast in the regular city election, following the procedures prescribed in section 50.24, at a meeting to be held on the second day following the regular city election, and beginning no earlier than 1:00 p.m. on that day. → At a meeting to be held on the second day following the regular city election.

  Clarifies the timing of the canvassing meeting for runoff elections in cities.

• 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 155, section 45

  the term of office for a seat on a board of directors filled at the regular school election held on: September 8, 2015, shall expire November 5, 2019 upon the board’s organizational meeting held pursuant to section 260C.12, subsection 1. → the board’s organizational meeting following the election.

  Aligns the expiration date of certain board member terms with their organizational meeting after the election.

Action History

1. March 04, 2019

   Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.

2. January 30, 2019

   Subcommittee recommends passage.

3. January 29, 2019

   Subcommittee Meeting: 01/31/2019 9:30AM House Lounge.

4. January 24, 2019

   Subcommittee: Sexton, Jacobsen and Nielsen.

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT · Primary

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