161A.5 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
1. The one hundred soil and water conservation districts{
established in the manner which was prescribed by law prior to July
1, 1975 shall continue in existence with the boundaries and the
names{ in effect on July 1, 1975. If the existence of a district so
established is discontinued pursuant to section 161A.10, a petition
for re-establishment of the district or for annexation of the former
district's territory to any other abutting district may be submitted
to, and shall be acted upon by, the state soil conservation committee
in substantially the manner provided by section 467A.5, Code 1975.
2. The governing body of each district shall consist of five
commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis for staggered four-year
terms commencing on the first day of January that is not a Sunday or
holiday following their election. Any eligible elector residing in
the district is eligible to the office of commissioner, except that
no more than one commissioner shall at any one time be a resident of
any one township. A vacancy is created in the office of any
commissioner who changes residence into a township where another
commissioner then resides. If a commissioner is absent for sixty or
more percent of monthly meetings during any twelve-month period, the
other commissioners by their unanimous vote may declare the member's
office vacant. A vacancy in the office of commissioner shall be
filled by appointment of the state soil conservation committee until
the next succeeding general election, at which time the balance of
the unexpired term shall be filled as provided by section 69.12.
3. At each general election a successor shall be chosen for each
commissioner whose term will expire in the succeeding January.
a. Nomination of candidates for the office of commissioner
shall be made by petition in accordance with chapter 45, except that
each candidate's nominating petition shall be signed by at least
twenty-five eligible electors of the district. The petition form
shall be furnished by the county commissioner of elections.
b. Every candidate shall file with the nomination papers an
affidavit stating the candidate's name, the candidate's residence,
that the person is a candidate and is eligible for the office of
commissioner, and that if elected the candidate will qualify for the
office. The affidavit shall also state that the candidate is aware
that the candidate is disqualified from holding office if the
candidate has been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime and
the candidate's rights have not been restored by the governor or by
the president of the United States.
c. The signed petitions shall be filed with the county
commissioner of elections not later than five p.m. on the sixty-ninth
day before the general election.
d. The votes for the office of district commissioner shall be
canvassed in the same manner as the votes for county officers, and
the returns shall be certified to the commissioners of the district.
A plurality is sufficient to elect commissioners, and a primary
election for the office shall not be held.
e. If the canvass shows that the two candidates receiving the
highest and the second highest number of votes for the office of
district commissioner are both residents of the same township, the
board shall certify as elected the candidate who received the highest
number of votes for the office and the candidate receiving the next
highest number of votes for the office who is not a resident of the
same township as the candidate receiving the highest number of votes.
161A.5 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
1. The one hundred soil and water conservation districts{
established in the manner which was prescribed by law prior to July
1, 1975 shall continue in existence with the boundaries and the
names{ in effect on July 1, 1975. If the existence of a district so
established is discontinued pursuant to section 161A.10, a petition
for re-establishment of the district or for annexation of the former
district's territory to any other abutting district may be submitted
to, and shall be acted upon by, the state soil conservation committee
in substantially the manner provided by section 467A.5, Code 1975.
2. The governing body of each district shall consist of five
commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis for staggered four-year
terms commencing on the first day of January that is not a Sunday or
holiday following their election. Any eligible elector residing in
the district is eligible to the office of commissioner, except that
no more than one commissioner shall at any one time be a resident of
any one township. A vacancy is created in the office of any
commissioner who changes residence into a township where another
commissioner then resides. If a commissioner is absent for sixty or
more percent of monthly meetings during any twelve-month period, the
other commissioners by their unanimous vote may declare the member's
office vacant. A vacancy in the office of commissioner shall be
filled by appointment of the state soil conservation committee until
the next succeeding general election, at which time the balance of
the unexpired term shall be filled as provided by section 69.12.
3. At each general election a successor shall be chosen for each
commissioner whose term will expire in the succeeding January.
a. Nomination of candidates for the office of commissioner
shall be made by petition in accordance with chapter 45, except that
each candidate's nominating petition shall be signed by at least
twenty-five eligible electors of the district. The petition form
shall be furnished by the county commissioner of elections.
b. Every candidate shall file with the nomination papers an
affidavit stating the candidate's name, the candidate's residence,
that the person is a candidate and is eligible for the office of
commissioner, and that if elected the candidate will qualify for the
office. The affidavit shall also state that the candidate is aware
that the candidate is disqualified from holding office if the
candidate has been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime and
the candidate's rights have not been restored by the governor or by
the president of the United States.
c. The signed petitions shall be filed with the county
commissioner of elections not later than five p.m. on the sixty-ninth
day before the general election.
d. The votes for the office of district commissioner shall be
canvassed in the same manner as the votes for county officers, and
the returns shall be certified to the commissioners of the district.
A plurality is sufficient to elect commissioners, and a primary
election for the office shall not be held.
e. If the canvass shows that the two candidates receiving the
highest and the second highest number of votes for the office of
district commissioner are both residents of the same township, the
board shall certify as elected the candidate who received the highest
number of votes for the office and the candidate receiving the next
highest number of votes for the office who is not a resident of the
same township as the candidate receiving the highest number of votes.
161A.5 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
1. The one hundred soil and water conservation districts{
established in the manner which was prescribed by law prior to July
1, 1975 shall continue in existence with the boundaries and the
names{ in effect on July 1, 1975. If the existence of a district so
established is discontinued pursuant to section 161A.10, a petition
for re-establishment of the district or for annexation of the former
district's territory to any other abutting district may be submitted
to, and shall be acted upon by, the state soil conservation committee
in substantially the manner provided by section 467A.5, Code 1975.
2. The governing body of each district shall consist of five
commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis for staggered four-year
terms commencing on the first day of January that is not a Sunday or
holiday following their election. Any eligible elector residing in
the district is eligible to the office of commissioner, except that
no more than one commissioner shall at any one time be a resident of
any one township. A vacancy is created in the office of any
commissioner who changes residence into a township where another
commissioner then resides. If a commissioner is absent for sixty or
more percent of monthly meetings during any twelve-month period, the
other commissioners by their unanimous vote may declare the member's
office vacant. A vacancy in the office of commissioner shall be
filled by appointment of the state soil conservation committee until
the next succeeding general election, at which time the balance of
the unexpired term shall be filled as provided by section 69.12.
3. At each general election a successor shall be chosen for each
commissioner whose term will expire in the succeeding January.
a. Nomination of candidates for the office of commissioner
shall be made by petition in accordance with chapter 45, except that
each candidate's nominating petition shall be signed by at least
twenty-five eligible electors of the district. The petition form
shall be furnished by the county commissioner of elections.
b. Every candidate shall file with the nomination papers an
affidavit stating the candidate's name, the candidate's residence,
that the person is a candidate and is eligible for the office of
commissioner, and that if elected the candidate will qualify for the
office. The affidavit shall also state that the candidate is aware
that the candidate is disqualified from holding office if the
candidate has been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime and
the candidate's rights have not been restored by the governor or by
the president of the United States.
c. The signed petitions shall be filed with the county
commissioner of elections not later than five p.m. on the sixty-ninth
day before the general election.
d. The votes for the office of district commissioner shall be
canvassed in the same manner as the votes for county officers, and
the returns shall be certified to the commissioners of the district.
A plurality is sufficient to elect commissioners, and a primary
election for the office shall not be held.
e. If the canvass shows that the two candidates receiving the
highest and the second highest number of votes for the office of
district commissioner are both residents of the same township, the
board shall certify as elected the candidate who received the highest
number of votes for the office and the candidate receiving the next
highest number of votes for the office who is not a resident of the
same township as the candidate receiving the highest number of votes.
