Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 42.6 (2026)

Duties of commission

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The functions of the commission shall be as follows:

1. If, in preparation of plans as required by this chapter, the legislative services agency is confronted with the necessity to make any decision for which no clearly applicable guideline is provided by section 42.4, the legislative services agency may submit a written request for direction to the commission.

2. Prior to delivering any plan and the bill embodying that plan to the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives in accordance with section 42.3, the legislative services agency shall provide to persons outside the legislative services agency staff only such information regarding the plan as may be required by policies agreed upon by the commission. This subsection does not apply to population data furnished to the legislative services agency by the United States bureau of the census.

3. Upon the delivery by the legislative services agency to the general assembly of a bill embodying an initial plan, as required by section 42.3, subsection 1, the commission shall:

a. As expeditiously as reasonably possible, schedule and conduct at least three public hearings, in different geographic regions of the state, on the plan embodied in the bill delivered by the legislative services agency to the general assembly.

b. Following the hearings, promptly prepare and submit to the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house a report summarizing information and testimony received by the commission in the course of the hearings. The commission’s report shall include any comments and conclusions which its members deem appropriate on the information and testimony received at the hearings, or otherwise presented to the commission. The report shall be submitted no later than fourteen days after the date the bill embodying an initial plan of congressional and legislative redistricting is delivered to the general assembly. [C81, §42.6] 2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49; 2007 Acts, ch 78, §8, 9 Referred to in §42.3, 42.5\n\n 42.7 Repealed by 80 Acts, ch 1021, §7.\n\nTue Dec 09 22:31:13 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 42 (17, 0) \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1992 · leading case: Oberschachtsiek v. Iowa Dep't of Soc. Servs., 298 N.W.2d 302 (Iowa 1980).

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Oberschachtsiek v. Iowa Dep't of Soc. Servs., 298 N.W.2d 302 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 11× “§ 42.6 (hereinafter section 42.6). It provides: “In determining hours of employment, a self-employed person shall be considered to be employed for the number of hours such person’s services are available.”

Brown v. Iowa Legislative Council, 490 N.W.2d 551 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 2× “He intended to present his input through participation in the public hearing mandated by Iowa Code section 42.6(4)(a). Brown requested the bureau to provide him with the data bases as edited and corrected.”

— Iowa Code § 42.6(4)(a) — 1 case

Brown v. Iowa Legislative Council, 490 N.W.2d 551 (Iowa 1992). “He intended to present his input through participation in the public hearing mandated by Iowa Code section 42.6(4)(a). Brown requested the bureau to provide him with the data bases as edited and corrected.”

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