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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. __
1 2 BY FINK
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Department of
1 4 Education to cooperate with the Iowa Arts Council
1 5 in administering a contest for students to submit
1 6 design proposals for Iowa's participation in the
1 7 United States Mint's 50 state quarters program.
1 8 WHEREAS, the United States Mint has implemented a
1 9 program in accordance with Public Law No. 105-124, to
1 10 commemorate each of the 50 states in the order in
1 11 which the states ratified the United States
1 12 Constitution and joined the Union; and
1 13 WHEREAS, for the 10-year period 1999 through 2008,
1 14 the United States will annually issue five quarter
1 15 dollar coins with state designs displayed on the
1 16 reverse side of the coins; and
1 17 WHEREAS, each state has an opportunity to develop
1 18 and submit designs representative of the state; and
1 19 WHEREAS, Iowa entered the Union as the twenty-ninth
1 20 state on December 28, 1846, and the quarter dollar
1 21 honoring the state of Iowa will be issued in 2004
1 22 along with Michigan, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin;
1 23 and
1 24 WHEREAS, the Governor will be contacted no later
1 25 than 2002 concerning Iowa's design submission; NOW
1 26 THEREFORE,
1 27 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
1 28 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Department of
1 29 Education is requested to cooperate with the Iowa Arts
1 30 Council in administering a contest for students
2 1 attending school in kindergarten through twelfth grade
2 2 to develop designs to submit to the United States Mint
2 3 for the Iowa quarter dollar; and
2 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the contest should be
2 5 completed by May 1, 2000, and the exemplary designs
2 6 submitted to the Governor.
2 7 LSB 3108XS 78
2 8 jp/sc/14
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