House File 848 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 848 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 599) (COMPANION TO SF 11 BY LOFGREN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to regional representation and residency 1 requirements for members of the state transportation 2 commission, and including effective date and applicability 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1133HV (1) 91 th/ns
H.F. 848 Section 1. Section 307A.1A, subsection 1, Code 2025, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. There is created a state transportation commission 3 which shall consist of seven members, not more than four of 4 whom shall be from the same political party. The governor 5 shall appoint the members of the state transportation 6 commission for a term of four years beginning at 12:01 a.m. 7 on July 1 in the year of appointment and expiring at 12:00 8 midnight on June 30 in the year of expiration, subject to 9 confirmation by the senate. For each of the seven regions of 10 the state, as designated by paragraph b , the governor shall 11 appoint one member to represent the region, and the member 12 shall reside in the region. 13 b. For purposes of this subsection, the state is divided 14 into seven regions, which shall be composed of the following 15 counties: 16 (1) Region 1 consists of Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, 17 Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, 18 Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, OBrien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, 19 Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Webster, Woodbury, and Wright counties. 20 (2) Region 2 consists of Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, 21 Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Grundy, 22 Hancock, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, and Worth 23 counties. 24 (3) Region 3 consists of Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, 25 Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, and Scott counties. 26 (4) Region 4 consists of Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, 27 Crawford, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Monona, 28 Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties. 29 (5) Region 5 consists of Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, 30 Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, Tama, and 31 Warren counties. 32 (6) Region 6 consists of Benton, Cedar, Des Moines, 33 Henry, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Lee, Linn, Louisa, and Muscatine 34 counties. 35 -1- LSB 1133HV (1) 91 th/ns 1/ 3
H.F. 848 (7) Region 7 consists of Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, 1 Decatur, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Monroe, Montgomery, Page, 2 Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, and 3 Wayne counties. 4 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 307A.9 Residency requirement 5 resignation from office. 6 A member of the commission appointed to represent a region 7 of the state, as described in section 307A.1A, subsection 1, 8 who no longer resides in the region shall be deemed to have 9 resigned from the commission and the vacancy shall be filled 10 as described in section 307A.4. 11 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 12 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 13 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY AND TRANSITION. This Act applies 14 to members of the state transportation commission appointed 15 and confirmed on or after the effective date of this Act. The 16 first regular term appointment made on or after the effective 17 date of this Act shall represent region 1. The second regular 18 term appointment made on or after the effective date of 19 this Act shall represent region 2. The third regular term 20 appointment made on or after the effective date of this Act 21 shall represent region 3. The fourth regular term appointment 22 made on or after the effective date of this Act shall represent 23 region 4. The fifth regular term appointment made on or after 24 the effective date of this Act shall represent region 5. The 25 sixth regular term appointment made on or after the effective 26 date of this Act shall represent region 6. The seventh regular 27 term appointment made on or after the effective date of this 28 Act shall represent region 7. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 Under current law, the state transportation commission (STC) 33 is charged with developing, coordinating, and annually updating 34 a comprehensive transportation policy and plan for the state, 35 -2- LSB 1133HV (1) 91 th/ns 2/ 3
H.F. 848 among other duties. 1 This bill requires that for each of the seven regions of the 2 state, as designated by the bill, one member of the STC must 3 be appointed to represent, and must reside in, each region. 4 The bill divides the state into seven regions with each region 5 consisting of certain adjoining counties. 6 The bill provides that a member appointed to represent a 7 region who no longer resides in the region shall be deemed to 8 have resigned from the STC and the vacancy shall be filled as 9 provided by current law. 10 The bill takes effect upon enactment, applies to members of 11 the STC appointed and confirmed on or after the effective date 12 of the bill, and sets forth transition provisions. 13 -3- LSB 1133HV (1) 91 th/ns 3/ 3