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House
File
2290
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2290
BY
ZABNER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
number
of
members
required
on
the
board
1
of
township
trustees.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
359.17,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
board
of
township
trustees
in
each
township
shall
3
consist
of
three
registered
voters
of
the
township.
However,
4
in
townships
with
a
taxable
valuation
for
property
tax
purposes
5
of
two
hundred
fifty
million
dollars
or
more,
the
board
of
6
township
trustees
shall
consist
of
five
registered
voters
7
of
the
township.
The
trustees
shall
act
as
fence
viewers
8
as
provided
in
chapter
359A
and
shall
perform
other
duties
9
assigned
them
by
law.
The
board
of
trustees
shall
meet
not
10
less
than
two
times
a
year.
At
least
one
of
the
meetings
shall
11
be
scheduled
to
meet
the
requirements
of
section
359.49
.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
Under
current
law,
the
board
of
township
trustees
in
each
16
township
shall
consist
of
three
registered
voters
of
the
17
township.
Code
section
359.17,
however,
requires
townships
18
with
a
taxable
valuation
for
property
tax
purposes
of
19
$250
million
or
more
to
have
a
board
of
township
trustees
20
consisting
of
five
registered
voters
of
the
township.
21
This
bill
eliminates
the
requirement
that
townships
with
a
22
taxable
valuation
for
property
tax
purposes
of
$250
million
23
or
more
have
a
board
of
township
trustees
consisting
of
five
24
registered
voters
of
the
township.
Instead,
all
boards
of
25
township
trustees
are
required
to
consist
of
three
registered
26
voters,
regardless
of
the
township’s
taxable
valuation
for
27
property
tax
purposes.
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