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HOUSE
FILE
2191
BY
MOMMSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
elections
for
school
district
and
city
1
officers
and
bonds,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
AND
CITY
ELECTIONS
2
Section
1.
Section
39.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
3
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
a.
All
special
elections
which
are
authorized
or
required
5
by
law,
unless
the
applicable
law
otherwise
requires,
shall
6
be
held
on
Tuesday.
A
special
election
shall
not
be
held
on
7
the
first,
second,
third,
and
fourth
Tuesdays
preceding
and
8
following
the
primary
and
the
general
elections
or
on
the
9
first,
second,
and
third
Tuesdays
preceding
and
following
a
10
city
or
school
election
.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
39.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
12
to
read
as
follows:
13
2.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
subsection
1
,
a
special
14
election
may
be
held
on
the
same
day
as
a
regularly
scheduled
15
election
if
the
two
elections
are
not
in
conflict
within
the
16
meaning
of
section
47.6,
subsection
2
.
A
special
election
17
may
be
held
on
the
same
day
as
a
regularly
scheduled
election
18
with
which
it
does
so
conflict
if
the
commissioner
who
is
19
responsible
for
conducting
the
elections
concludes
that
to
do
20
so
will
cause
no
undue
difficulties
,
except
that
a
special
21
election
for
a
city,
school
district,
or
merged
area
shall
not
22
be
scheduled
to
coincide
with
the
general
election
.
23
Sec.
3.
Section
39.2,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2026,
24
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
25
b.
If
a
special
election
to
fill
a
vacancy
is
held
in
26
conjunction
with
a
regularly
scheduled
election,
the
filing
27
deadlines
for
the
special
election
shall
coincide
with
the
28
filing
deadlines
for
the
regularly
scheduled
election.
An
29
election
to
fill
a
vacancy
in
a
city
office
cannot
be
held
30
in
conjunction
with
a
general
election
if
the
city
election
31
procedures
provide
for
a
primary
election.
32
Sec.
4.
Section
277.1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
33
follows:
34
277.1
Regular
election.
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The
regular
election
shall
be
held
biennially
on
the
first
1
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
of
each
odd-numbered
2
even-numbered
year
in
each
school
district
for
the
election
of
3
officers
of
the
district
and
merged
area
and
for
the
purpose
of
4
submitting
to
the
voters
any
matter
authorized
by
law.
5
Sec.
5.
Section
376.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
1.
A
city
shall
hold
a
regular
city
election
on
the
first
8
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
of
each
odd-numbered
9
even-numbered
year.
A
city
shall
hold
regular,
special,
10
primary,
or
runoff
city
elections
as
provided
by
state
law.
11
Sec.
6.
TRANSITION.
School
district
and
city
officers
12
serving
on
the
effective
date
of
this
division
of
this
Act
13
whose
terms
would
expire
in
January
of
an
even-numbered
year
14
shall
instead
serve
until
the
January
next
following
and
be
15
eligible
for
reelection
in
the
November
immediately
preceding
16
the
January
in
which
the
school
district
or
city
officer’s
term
17
of
office
expires.
18
Sec.
7.
APPLICABILITY.
This
division
of
this
Act
applies
to
19
regular
school
district
and
city
elections
held
after
November
20
2,
2027.
21
DIVISION
II
22
BOND
ELECTIONS
——
DATES
23
Sec.
8.
Section
39.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
d,
Code
2026,
24
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
25
d.
For
any
political
subdivision
of
this
state,
if
the
26
special
election
is
in
whole
or
in
part
for
the
question
of
27
issuing
bonds
or
other
indebtedness,
the
first
Tuesday
after
28
the
first
Monday
in
June
or
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
29
Monday
in
November.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
elections
for
school
district
and
city
34
officers
and
bonds.
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DIVISION
I
——
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
AND
CITY
ELECTIONS.
The
1
bill
changes
the
day
of
school
district
and
city
elections
2
from
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
in
3
each
odd-numbered
year
to
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
4
Monday
of
November
of
each
even-numbered
year,
the
same
day
5
as
the
general
election.
School
district
and
city
officers
6
serving
on
July
1,
2026,
whose
terms
would
expire
in
January
7
of
an
even-numbered
year
shall
instead
serve
until
the
January
8
next
following
and
be
eligible
for
reelection
in
the
November
9
immediately
preceding
the
January
in
which
the
school
district
10
or
city
officer’s
term
of
office
expires.
This
division
of
the
11
bill
applies
to
regular
school
district
and
city
elections
held
12
after
November
2,
2027.
13
DIVISION
II
——
BOND
ELECTIONS
——
DATES.
The
bill
adds
the
14
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
June
as
an
available
15
date
for
a
political
subdivision
to
hold
a
special
election
16
that
is
in
whole
or
in
part
for
the
question
of
issuing
bonds
17
or
other
indebtedness.
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