HF 4276 Summary

• City council members' terms of office may be either two or four years, providing flexibility to municipalities in determining term length.

• Municipal elections in cities may be held in either even-numbered or odd-numbered years, with 180 calendar days' notice required before the first day to file for candidacy.

• Local government election districts (county, park and recreation, school, and soil and water conservation districts) may be redistricted within 80 days of legislature redistricting or at least 15 weeks before the state primary in years ending in two, whichever comes first.

• Cities of the first class electing officials by local government election districts in years ending in one may reestablish boundaries no later than 14 days before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy.

• Established specific timelines for voters to challenge redistricting plans in district court, ranging from one week to three weeks depending on when the plan was adopted.