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11   year's revenue limit.
12     TEMPORARY REVENUE EXPANSION.  Sec. 2.  The general
13   assembly may at any time enact a measure to
14   temporarily increase a government's revenue limit.
15   The governing body of any local government may
16   temporarily increase the local government's budget for
17   a specific fiscal year by not more than ten percent,
18   after prominent notice and a public hearing, with a
19   vote of three-fourths of the membership in favor of
20   the temporary increase.  The general assembly or the
21   governing body of the local government may submit to
22   the people a resolution to temporarily increase a
23   revenue limit for not more than five fiscal years in
24   an amount approved by a majority of the electors.
25     STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING LIMITS.  Sec.
26   3.  State government and each local government is
27   subject to a spending limit for each fiscal year.  The
28   spending limit is not to exceed the revenue limit set
29   for the government for the fiscal year.
30     UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES.  Sec. 4.  If a state law
31   or rule, or change in a state law or rule, that takes
32   effect after this Article becomes effective requires a
33   local government to incur a net cost increase, the
34   State shall pay to the local government the amount of
35   the necessary net cost increase.  The local government
36   need not comply with the law, rule, or change until
37   the State has complied with this section."
Shoultz of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-3279, to
amendment H-3237, filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-3279
 1     Amend the amendment, H-3237, to House Joint
 2   Resolution 14 as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 19, by striking the word "three-
 4   fourths" and inserting the following:  "a majority".
Amendment H-3279 was adopted.
On motion by Shoultz of Black Hawk, amendment H-3237, as
amended, lost.
Shoultz of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-3247
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-3247
 1     Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking page 1, line 3 through page 6,
 3   line 8 and inserting the following:
 4     "Article VII, Constitution of the State of Iowa, is
 5   amended by adding the following new section:
 6     ECONOMIC EMERGENCY ACCOUNT.  Sec. 9.  An economic

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