What changed in HF 2466

2 passages reworded, 8 added and 4 removed; 2 of 16 unchanged.

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Section 1. Section 331.206, 43.20, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:

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a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, nomination Nomination papers shall be signed by eligible electors as provided in section 45.1.

a. The plan used under subsection 1 shall be selected by the board or by a special election as provided in section 331.207. A plan selected by the board shall remain in effect for at least six years and shall only be changed by a special election as provided in section 331.207. However, a county with a population of sixty thousand or more based on the most recent federal decennial census shall use plan “three” for the election of supervisors.

b. Nomination papers for an office to be filled by the voters of the county or for the office of county supervisor elected from a district within the county, shall be signed by at least two percent of the party vote in the county or supervisor district, as shown by the last general election, or by at least one hundred persons, whichever is less.

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2. Section 331.207, 45.1, subsection 6, 7, Code 2022, is amended by striking adding the subsection. following new paragraph:

NEW PARAGRAPH. 0a. For a supervisor district with a population of fifteen thousand or fewer according to the most recent federal decennial census, nomination petitions shall include at least twenty-one signatures.

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3. Section 45.1, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:

3. TRANSITION PROVISION.

a. For a supervisor district with a population of fifty greater than fifteen thousand or but fewer than fifty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, nomination petitions shall include at least fifty signatures.

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a county with a population of sixty thousand or more based on the most recent federal decennial census that does not use plan “three” for the election of supervisors, as defined in section 331.206, as of July 1, 2022, shall not be required to elect supervisors using plan “three” until the election for supervisors in 2024, following the adoption of a representation plan drawn pursuant to section 331.210A, subsection 2, paragraph “f”, and the requirements of this section.

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2. A county required to adopt a representation plan as provided in this section shall establish a temporary county redistricting commission by May 15, 2023, and shall complete a plan, in conformity with the requirements of sections 331.209, 331.210, and 331.210A no later than November 1, 2023. The plan shall be submitted to the state commissioner of elections and shall become effective January 1, 2024.

4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.