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House Journal: Page 107: Thursday, January 23, 1997

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 1  shall contain the notation "read and committed under
 2  Rule 31.4".
 3     31.5.  All amendments offered to bills on file or
 4  on the regular calendar shall be accompanied by such
 5  copies as the chief clerk shall direct.
 6     31.6.  Such amendments shall give the number of the
 7  bill sought to amend and the chief clerk shall
 8  designate each such amendment thus:  Amendment to
 9  House File _________, or Senate File ________, by
10  ___________.
11     31.7.  A bill reported out by committee shall go to
12  the speaker who shall direct that the bill be placed
13  on the regular calendar unless it covers subject
14  matter more properly within the jurisdiction of some
15  other standing committee, in which case the speaker
16  shall refer the bill to the proper standing committee.
17  In order to expedite important business and set a
18  definite time for the bill's consideration, the
19  speaker may direct the bill to be placed on the
20  special order calendar.
21     31.8.  No amendment to the rules of the house, to
22  any resolution or bill, except technical amendments
23  and amendments to bills substituted for by senate
24  files containing substantially identical title,
25  language, subject matter, purpose and intrasectional
26  arrangement, shall be considered by the membership of
27  the house without a copy of the amendment having been
28  filed with the chief clerk by 4:00 p.m. or within one-
29  half hour of adjournment, whichever is later, on the
30  day preceding floor debate on the amendment.  If the

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 1  House house adjourns prior to 2:00 p.m. on Friday,
the
 2  final deadline is two hours after adjournment.
 3  However, committee amendments filed pursuant to the
 4  submission of the committee report may be accepted
 5  after this deadline.  This provision shall not apply
 6  to any proposal debated on the floor of the house
 7  after the fourteenth thirteenth week of the first
 8  session and the twelfth eleventh week of the second
 9  session.  No amendment or amendment to an amendment to
10  a bill, rule of the house, or resolution shall be
11  considered by the membership of the house without a
12  copy of the amendment being on the desks of the entire
13  membership of the house prior to consideration.
14                          Rule 32
15       Commitment of Appropriation and Revenue Bills
16     All bills to appropriate money shall be referred to
17  the appropriations committee, and all bills pertaining
18  to the levy, assessment, or collection of taxes shall

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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