Amendment S-3172 to HF 692

Filed April 17, 2019 in the Senate by Sen. Roby Smith (R)

What it changes

1. By striking page 14, line 10, through page 17, line
3. Page 20, line 24, by striking “Political nonparty” and inserting “Political nonparty Nonparty political”
4. Page 23, after line 21 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 47.2, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
5. a. When an election is to be held as required by law or is called by a political subdivision of the state and the political subdivision is located in more than one county, the county commissioner of elections of the county having the greatest taxable base within the political subdivision shall conduct that election. The county commissioners of elections of the other counties in which the political subdivision is located shall cooperate with the county commissioner of elections who is conducting the election. b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , for a city primary election, city runoff election or a special election for a city, school district, or merged area, if a political subdivision is located in more than one county, the county commissioner of elections of a county not having the greatest taxable base within the political subdivision may designate that the controlling commissioner of the political subdivision shall conduct that election if fewer than one hundred and twenty-five registered voters of the political subdivision are located within such county commissioner’s county. If the controlling commissioner is so designated, section 50.24, subsections 3A and 3B, as enacted by 2017 Iowa Acts, ch. 155, 828, shall not apply. For the purposes of this paragraph, the number of registered voters shall be the number of registered voters in the political subdivision of a county not having the greatest taxable base on May 1 immediately preceding the first day of the filing period for candidates for the election. If May 1 falls on a day when the county commissioner’s office is -1- S3119.1839 (3) 88 ss/jh 1/ 3 closed for business, the county commissioner shall use the number of registered voters on the next day that the county commissioner’s office is open for business to determine the number of registered voters.”
6. Page 23, line 27, after “organization.” by inserting “However, when a county commissioner is a candidate for election, such a county commissioner may participate in an absentee ballot drive or collection effort, but shall not aid any other candidate, candidate’s committee, political party, or nonparty political organization.”
7. Page 31, by striking lines 25 through 27 and inserting “established at a location to be described on the petition. However, if a special election is”
8. Page 37, after line 10 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 68A.405, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . i. An organization that sends a text message described by this section may abbreviate the words “paid for by” as “Pfb:”. An organization may use the full name of the organization or the last name of the candidate followed by the organization’s committee identification number. If the organization is a political party, the name of the organization may be abbreviated.”
9. Page 39, line 17, by striking “subsections” and inserting “subsection”
10. By striking page 39, line 18, through page 40, line 2, and inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION .
11. The state registrar of voters shall use”
12. By striking page 44, line 34, through page 45, line
14. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary. -2- S3119.1839 (3) 88 ss/jh 2/ 3

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book