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Home My WebLink AboutA030 - Article from Cityscape on How Redistricting will Work REDISTRICTING How redistricting will work Counties using representation plan three n December the Commerce to cities. Lyon Sioux Secretary delivered the resident Plans must be postmarked by Dickinson Palo Alto Populations of the 50 states to the September 1 or 60 days after the Kossuth Winnebago President. These numbers serve as legislative redistricting plan becomes Worth Mitchell the basis for the reapportionment of law,whichever is later, and submitted Howard Chickasaw 435 seats for the U.S. House of to the secretary of state's office and Cerro Gordo Pocahontas Representatives. Iowa's population county auditor. If a city fails to make Humboldt Wright increased 5.4 percent from 1990 and the required changes by the deadline, Franklin Butler will retain all five representatives. the secretary of state's office will make Bremer Delaware Each state legislature is now the changes and assess the city for the Grundy Hamilton responsible for geographically defining expenses incurred in doing so. If any Webster Sac the boundaries of their congressional changes have been made in precinct Ida Monona and other election districts—a process boundaries, notice of the changes must Carroll Tama known as redistricting. be published after they have been Jones Polk Public Law 94-171 requires the approved by the secretary of state's Guthrie Adair Census Bureau to provide redistricting office. Notice must be published in a Cass Montgomery data not later than April 1 to the 50 newspaper of general circulation Adam Clarke states. The Legislative Service Bureau published in the city once each week for Henry Taylor (LSB) must prepare congressional and three consecutive weeks. The last of the these materials throughout the state. legislative districting plans and submit three publications must be made no The League will release more them to the Iowa General Assembly later than 30 days before the next information on how to obtain these and Governor Vilsack for approval by general election. Precinct boundaries products as it becomes available. the prescribed statutory deadline. If become effective January 15. the first plan fails to be approved, the Counties LSB is required to submit a second The deadline for counties to file plans ' pA'I plan, and again, a third plan if the is October 15. The boundaries of second one fails. The number of plans supervisor districts in counties using Update submitted before approved is representation plan"three" must follow significant because cities cannot start the boundaries of election precincts. their portion of the process until the These counties, therefore, must work As of February 1, 2001 LSB plan has been approved and with city officials to establish supervisor Number of Trust members . . . 365 signed into law. and precinct boundaries. About one- Cities third of Iowa's counties use this plan • 174 cities Cities with populations over 3,500 must (see box at right). • 80 counties reprecinct because the maximum At a minimum, cities will need the • 76 utilities population in a precinct is 3,500. Cities census 2000 block ma s redistricting •35 28E agreements divided into wards and cities with more ata and new legislative district than one election precinct must also oun aries in or er to draw the Simple avg. monthly rate. .5.655% file plans. Precinct and ward precinct and ward boun cries. n Current daily rate . . . . .. . .5.20% boundaries must be drawn according to a ttion, me i es may be the standards in Chapter 49 of the used. The Census Bureau will The Iowa Public Agency Investment Code of Iowa. The city council must automatically send census 2000 block Trust is a jointly sponsored program adopt an ordinance describing the maps to mayors at no charge during the for members of the Iowa League of _precinct boundaries. Before final second quarter of 2001. Additional Cities, the Iowa State Association adoption of change in precinct maps can be purchased through the of Counties and the Iowa Association boundaries, the county auditor must be Census Bureau. of Municipal Utilities. given not less than seven or more than The maps will also be available on 10 days to offer comments on the the Internet (PDF files) in the third For more information proposed plan.A public hearing must quarter of 2001, but a plotter is about IPAIT call: be held before final adoption of the required. The redistricting data is ordinance and notice must be given in expected fo e available sometime in 1-800-872-4024 accordance with Code Chapter 21 (the arch or April at no charge on the open meetings law). The secretary of Internet and at a price.yet to b or(515) 245-3245. state's office will prove e cities with a deter—mined on CD-ROM. The League THIS PROGRAM IS w�heet to assist with the is meeting with representatives from SPONSORED BY THE eprecmctmg requirements. In the State Library of Iowa, Secretary of addition, some council of governments State's office and LSB to determine IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES (COGS) may offer redistricting services other possible methods to distribute 10 CITYSCAPE March 2001 ZONING pass constitutional inspection,place their hours of operation.A Fifth continue to go to court. The wisest limits on the time within which the Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case course of action in regulating adult decision-maker must grant or deny the upheld the constitutionality of a city of entertainment is to be proactive. Put license. In FW/PBS, Inc.versus the City Biloxi, Mississippi ordinance that regulations in place now so they will of Dallas the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the hours of operation of offer guidance in the event that an determined that the city's adult enter- "regulated uses" (e.g. adult entertain- adult entertainment business decides to tainment licensing ordinance was ment businesses) to the hours of 10. move to your community. unconstitutional because it did not a.m. to midnight, Mondays through Much of the information contained in provide an effective limitation on the Saturdays and required those uses to this article was written by Curt Witynski, time within which the licensor's decision remain closed on Sundays. The court Legal Counsel of the League of must be made.Although the Dallas concluded that the ordinance's time of Wisconsin Municipalities and John ordinance required that the chief of operation restrictions were not in Klaus,Ames city attorney. The League police approve the issuance of the violation of the first of 14th appreciates their permission to publish license within 30 days after receipt of amendments because they furthered a their work. A the application, the license would not be significant community interest (i.e., issued if the premises were not the welfare of municipal neighbor- inspected by the health department, fire hoods) and did not constitute a broad ``( department and the building inspector. ban on the availability of sexually J E�S Y 1 K Since the ordinance did not set a time explicit speech throughout the limit within which the inspections must community. 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