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House Journal: Page 776: Tuesday, March 17, 1998

Schrader 	Shoultz 	Taylor 	Weigel 
Whitead 

Absent or not voting, none.

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 2482 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
House File 2005, a bill for an act relating to the voter
approval of annexation and severance of territory to or from a
city, with report of committee recommending amendment and
passage, was taken up for consideration.
Carroll of Poweshiek offered the following amendment H-8011
filed by the committee on local government:

H-8011

 1     Amend House File 2005 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 25, by inserting after the word
 3   "it." the following:  "However, if there are no
 4   registered voters in the territory to be severed or
 5   annexed, a special election on the proposal shall not
 6   be conducted."
 7     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 31 the
 8   following:
 9     "Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE - APPLICABILITY.  This
10   Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
11   effect upon enactment and applies to any special
12   election conducted pursuant to section 368.19 after
13   the effective date of this Act to approve or
14   disapprove a petition filed with the city development
15   board before the effective date of this Act."
16     3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
17   word "city" the following:  "and providing effective
18   date and applicability provisions".
Richardson of Warren offered the following amendment H-8017, to
the committee amendment H-8011, filed by him and moved its
adoption:

H-8017

 1     Amend the committee amendment, H-8011, to House
 2   File 2005 as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 14, by striking the words "filed
 4   with" and inserting the following:  "pending before".

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