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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 58, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 5 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 1.19 COMMON SYSTEM OF 1 6 MEASUREMENT. 1 7 The common system of units, weights, and 1 8 measurements of the state shall be those established 1 9 by the federal Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act 1 10 of 1988. All official procurements, grants, and other 1 11 business-related activities shall utilize the metric 1 12 system of measurement beginning July 1, 2002. If 1 13 conversion to the metric system of measurement 1 14 pursuant to this section is determined not to be 1 15 economically feasible by July 1, 2002, then prior to 1 16 July 1, 2002, an alternative date shall be 1 17 designated." 1 18 #2. Title page, line 1, by striking the word 1 19 "state." and inserting the following: "state, and a 1 20 common system of measurement." 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 24 TAYLOR of Linn 1 25 SF 58.215 77 1 26 rn/jl/28
Text: H08771 Text: H08773 Text: H08700 - H08799 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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