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House Journal: Page 364: Wednesday, February 19, 1997

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 4:

Chiodo         	Eddie               	Lord           	Moreland   

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed
to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 244 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
House Joint Resolution 10, 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, was taken up for consideration.
Millage of Scott moved that the joint resolution be read a last
time now and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and
the joint resolution was read a last time.
House Joint Resolution 10, 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 does not exceed
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 intervention
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.

Iowa General Assembly

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

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