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House Amendment 3247

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  1  1    Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking page 1, line 3 through page 6,
  1  3 line 8 and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Article VII, Constitution of the State of Iowa, is
  1  5 amended by adding the following new section:
  1  6    ECONOMIC EMERGENCY ACCOUNT.  Sec. 9.  An economic
  1  7 emergency account shall be maintained by the state and
  1  8 moneys in the economic emergency account shall be
  1  9 separate from the general fund of the state and shall
  1 10 not be considered part of the general fund of the
  1 11 state except in determining the cash position of the
  1 12 state.  Moneys in the economic emergency account may
  1 13 be used for cash flow purposes provided that any
  1 14 moneys so allocated during a fiscal year are returned
  1 15 to the cash reserve by the end of that fiscal year.
  1 16 The amount of moneys to be maintained in the economic
  1 17 emergency account shall be five percent of the
  1 18 adjusted revenue estimate for the general fund of the
  1 19 state for that fiscal year.
  1 20    Moneys in the economic emergency account may be
  1 21 appropriated by the General Assembly only for use in
  1 22 the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made.
  1 23 The moneys shall only be appropriated in a bill or
  1 24 joint resolution in which the appropriation is the
  1 25 only subject matter of the bill or joint resolution
  1 26 and which contains a statement of the reasons why the
  1 27 appropriation is necessary.  In addition, moneys shall
  1 28 not be appropriated from the economic emergency
  1 29 account unless the bill or joint resolution making the
  1 30 appropriation is approved by vote of at least three-
  1 31 fifths of the members of each house of the General
  1 32 Assembly and approved by the Governor.
  1 33    This section applies to fiscal years commencing on
  1 34 or after July 1, 1999."
  1 35    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 2 through 6, and
  1 36 inserting the following:  "the State of Iowa
  1 37 establishing a cash reserve fund separate from the
  1 38 general fund of the state fund and providing for the
  1 39 amendment's application." 
  1 40 
  1 41 
  1 42                              
  1 43 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
  1 44 HJR 14.312 76
  1 45 sc/cf
     

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