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HOUSE
FILE
2623
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2191)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
elections
for
school
district
and
city
1
officers,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
39.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
All
special
elections
which
are
authorized
or
required
3
by
law,
unless
the
applicable
law
otherwise
requires,
shall
4
be
held
on
Tuesday.
A
special
election
shall
not
be
held
on
5
the
first,
second,
third,
and
fourth
Tuesdays
preceding
and
6
following
the
primary
and
the
general
elections
or
on
the
7
first,
second,
and
third
Tuesdays
preceding
and
following
a
8
city
or
school
election
.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
39.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
2.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
subsection
1
,
a
special
12
election
may
be
held
on
the
same
day
as
a
regularly
scheduled
13
election
if
the
two
elections
are
not
in
conflict
within
the
14
meaning
of
section
47.6,
subsection
2
.
A
special
election
15
may
be
held
on
the
same
day
as
a
regularly
scheduled
election
16
with
which
it
does
so
conflict
if
the
commissioner
who
is
17
responsible
for
conducting
the
elections
concludes
that
to
do
18
so
will
cause
no
undue
difficulties
,
except
that
a
special
19
election
for
a
city,
school
district,
or
merged
area
shall
not
20
be
scheduled
to
coincide
with
the
general
election
.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
39.2,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2026,
22
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
b.
If
a
special
election
to
fill
a
vacancy
is
held
in
24
conjunction
with
a
regularly
scheduled
election,
the
filing
25
deadlines
for
the
special
election
shall
coincide
with
the
26
filing
deadlines
for
the
regularly
scheduled
election.
An
27
election
to
fill
a
vacancy
in
a
city
office
cannot
be
held
28
in
conjunction
with
a
general
election
if
the
city
election
29
procedures
provide
for
a
primary
election.
30
Sec.
4.
Section
277.1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
31
follows:
32
277.1
Regular
election.
33
The
regular
election
shall
be
held
biennially
on
the
first
34
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
of
each
odd-numbered
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even-numbered
year
in
each
school
district
for
the
election
of
1
officers
of
the
district
and
merged
area
and
for
the
purpose
of
2
submitting
to
the
voters
any
matter
authorized
by
law.
3
Sec.
5.
Section
376.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
4
to
read
as
follows:
5
1.
A
city
shall
hold
a
regular
city
election
on
the
first
6
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
of
each
odd-numbered
7
even-numbered
year.
A
city
shall
hold
regular,
special,
8
primary,
or
runoff
city
elections
as
provided
by
state
law.
9
Sec.
6.
TRANSITION.
School
district
and
city
officers
10
serving
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
whose
terms
would
11
expire
in
January
of
an
even-numbered
year
shall
instead
serve
12
until
the
January
next
following
and
be
eligible
for
reelection
13
in
the
November
immediately
preceding
the
January
in
which
the
14
school
district
or
city
officer’s
term
of
office
expires.
15
Sec.
7.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
regular
school
16
district
and
city
elections
held
after
November
2,
2027.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
elections
for
school
district
and
city
21
officers.
The
bill
changes
the
day
of
school
district
and
city
22
elections
from
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
23
November
in
each
odd-numbered
year
to
the
first
Tuesday
after
24
the
first
Monday
of
November
of
each
even-numbered
year,
the
25
same
day
as
the
general
election.
School
district
and
city
26
officers
serving
on
July
1,
2026,
whose
terms
would
expire
in
27
January
of
an
even-numbered
year
shall
instead
serve
until
the
28
January
next
following
and
be
eligible
for
reelection
in
the
29
November
immediately
preceding
the
January
in
which
the
school
30
district
or
city
officer’s
term
of
office
expires.
The
bill
31
applies
to
regular
school
district
and
city
elections
held
32
after
November
2,
2027.
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