331.207 - SPECIAL ELECTION -- SUPERVISOR DISTRICTS.

        331.207  SPECIAL ELECTION -- SUPERVISOR DISTRICTS.         1.  The board, upon petition of the number of eligible electors of      the county as specified in section 331.306, shall call a special      election to be held for the purpose of selecting one of the      supervisor representation plans specified in section 331.206 under      which the board of supervisors shall be elected.         2.  The petition shall be filed with the county commissioner by      June 1 of an odd-numbered year, subject to subsection 6.  The special      election shall be held within sixty days after the day the petition      was received.  Notice of the special election shall be published once      each week for three successive weeks in an official newspaper of the      county, shall state the representation plans to be submitted to the      electors, and shall state the date of the special election which      shall be held not less than five nor more than twenty days from the      date of last publication.         3.  The supervisor representation plans submitted at the special      election shall be stated in substantially the following manner:         The individual members of the board of supervisors in ......      county, Iowa, shall be elected:         Plan "one."  At large and without district residence requirements      for the members.         Plan "two."  At large but with equal-population district residence      requirements for the members.         Plan "three."  From single-member equal-population districts in      which the electors of each district shall elect one member who must      reside in that district.         4.  If the plan adopted by a plurality of the ballots cast in the      special election is not the supervisor representation plan currently      in effect in the county, the terms of the county supervisors serving      at the time of the special election shall continue until the first      day in January which is not a Sunday or holiday following the next      general election, at which time the terms of the members shall expire      and the terms of the members elected under the requirements of the      new supervisor representation plan at the general election as      specified in section 331.208, 331.209, or 331.210 shall commence.         5.  If the plan adopted by a plurality of the ballots cast in the      special election represents a change from plan "one" to plan "two" or      "three", or from plan "two" to plan "three", as each plan is defined      in section 331.206, the temporary county redistricting commission      shall divide the county into districts as provided in sections      331.209 and 331.210.  The plan shall be completed not later than      September 15 following the special election and shall be submitted to      the state commissioner of elections.  The plan shall become effective      January 1.         6.  A supervisor representation plan adopted at a special election      shall remain in effect for at least six years.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 417; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39,  § 5112; C46, 50, 54, 58,      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 331.9; S81, § 331.207; 81 Acts, ch      117, § 206; 82 Acts, ch 1104, § 31] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1119, § 37; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §93, 94, 115         Referred to in § 331.206, 331.208, 331.209, 331.210, 331.261