Senate Journal: Page 494: Wednesday, March 5, 1997

  494 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 52nd Day
  AFTERNOON SESSION

  The Senate reconvened at 1:28 p.m., President Kramer presiding.

  LEAVES OF ABSENCE

  Leave of absences were granted as follows:

  Senator Horn until he arrives on request of Senator Hansen and Senator McCoy
  until he arrives on request of Senator Dvorsky.

  CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION
  (Regular Calendar)

  House Joint Resolution 10

  On motion of Senator Redfern, 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, with report of committee
  recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.

  Senator Redfern moved that the resolution be read the last time
  now and placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice
  vote, and the resolution was read the last time.

  BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
  OF IOWA:

  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.

  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 offenses less than felony and in which the maximum
  permissible imprisonment does not exceed thirty days shall be tried
  summarily before an officer authorized by law, on information under
  oath, without indictment, or the intervention of a grand jury,
  saving

Iowa General Assembly

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

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