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House Journal: Page 1265: Wednesday, April 5, 1995

Amendment H-3750 was adopted.
Harrison of Scott moved that the joint resolution be read a last
time now and placed upon its adoption and the joint resolution
was read a last time.
House Joint Resolution 11, a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to eliminate
the limitation on fines for offenses which may be summarily
tried without indictment.
Be It Resolved By The General Assembly Of The State Of Iowa:
Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Iowa is proposed:
Section 11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Article I of the
Constitution of the State of Iowa, is amended to read as follows:
All offences offenses less than felony and in which the
punishment does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars, or
maximum permissible imprisonment for thirty days, shall be tried
summarily before a justice of the peace, or other an
officer authorized by law, on information under oath, without
indictment, or the inter vention of a grand jury, saving to the
defendant the right of appeal; and no person shall be held to
answer for any higher criminal offence offense, unless
on presentment or indictment by a grand jury, except in cases
arising in the army, or navy, or in the militia, when in actual
service, in time of war or public danger.
 Sec. 2.  The foregoing amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Iowa is referred to the General Assembly to be chosen
at the next general election for members of the General Assembly
and the Secretary of State is directed to cause the same to be
published for three consecutive months previous to the date of
that election as provided by law.
On the question "Shall the joint resolution be adopted and
agreed to?" (H.J.R. 11)
The yeas were, 95:
Arnold         	Baker	Bell           	Bernau
Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley 
Brand          	Branstad       	Brauns         	Brunkhorst
Burnett        	Carroll        	Cataldo        	Cohoon
Connors        	Coon           	Cormack        	Cornelius
Daggett        	Dinkla         	Disney         	Doderer
Drake          	Drees          	Eddie          	Ertl
Fallon         	Garman         	Gipp           	Greig

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 1)

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