HF 54: Relating to voter qualifications for propositions to authorize the issuance of bonds by school districts and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill relates to voter qualifications for ballot propositions to authorize the issuance of bonds in a school district. When a proposition to authorize the issuance of bonds by a school district is submitted to the electors on or after July 1, 2019, each eligible elector who is a resident of the state and who owns land within the boundaries of the school district proposing to issue the bonds shall be eligible to vote on the proposition by mailed absentee ballot. The bill establishes registration, notification, and application requirements related to the administration of voting by a nonresident landowner and requires the state commissioner of elections (secretary of state) to prescribe the form of attestations marked on affidavit envelopes for absentee ballots mailed to nonresident landowners.

House subcommittee · named January 30, 2019

• Rep. Mike Sexton (R)
• Rep. Jon Jacobsen (R)
• Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D) · jennifer.konfrst@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 7 against

Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Association of County Auditors; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 22, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
2. January 30, 2019House subcommittee named: Sexton, Jacobsen and Konfrst