Amendment H-8190 to HF 2557
Relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund
Withdrawn · March 22, 2022
Filed March 16, 2022 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds rules regarding where members of the state transportation commission must live. It requires regional members to live in their assigned region and the at-large member to live in the state, stating that any member who moves out of their required area is considered to have resigned.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: “DIVISION I APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION”
- Page 5, after line 28 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEMBER RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS Sec. ___. Section 307A.1A, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- a. There is created a state transportation commission which shall consist of seven members, not more than four of whom shall be from the same political party. The governor shall appoint the members of the state transportation commission for a term of four years beginning at 12:01 a.m. on July 1 in the year of appointment and expiring at 12:00 midnight on June 30 in the year of expiration, subject to confirmation by the senate. For each of the six regions of the state, as designated in paragraph “b” , the governor shall appoint one member to represent the region, and the member shall reside in the region. The governor shall appoint one member to represent the state at large, and the member shall reside in the state. b. For purposes of this subsection, the state is divided into six regions, which shall be composed of the following counties: (1) Region 1 consists of Boone, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, Tama, and Webster. (2) Region 2 consists of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Howard, Humboldt, Kossuth, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth, and Wright. (3) Region 3 consists of Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury. (4) Region 4 consists of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby, Taylor, and Union. (5) Region 5 consists of Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Muscatine, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, and Wayne. (6) Region 6 consists of Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Scott. Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 307A.9 Residency requirement —— resignation from office. Any of the following members of the commission shall be deemed to have resigned from the commission and the vacancy shall be filled as described in section 307A.4:
- A member appointed to represent a region of the state, as described in section 307A.1A, subsection 1, who no longer resides in the region.
- A member appointed to represent the state at large, as described in section 307A.1A, subsection 1, who no longer resides in the state. Sec. ___. TRANSITION. The first regular term appointment made on or after the effective date of this division of this Act shall represent region
- The second regular term appointment made on or after the effective date of this division of this Act shall represent region
- The third regular term appointment made on or after the effective date of this division of this Act shall represent region
- The fourth regular term appointment made on or after the effective date of this division of this Act shall represent region
- The fifth regular term appointment made on or after the effective date of this division of this Act shall represent region
- The sixth regular term appointment made on or after the effective date of this division of this Act shall represent region
- The seventh regular term appointment made on or after the effective date of this division of this Act shall represent the state at large. Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies to members of the state transportation commission appointed and confirmed on or after the effective date of this division of this Act.”
- Title page, line 4, by striking “fund.” and inserting “fund, providing for other properly related matters, and including effective date and applicability provisions.”
- By renumbering as necessary.