House Journal: Page 130: Wednesday, January 20, 1999

13  requirement during the three days prior to the date

14  set for adjournment.
15                             Rule 18
16                      Legislative Interns
17     Legislators may arrange student internships during
18  the legislative session with Iowa college, university,
19  or law school students, for which the students may
20  receive college credit at the discretion of their
21  schools.  Each legislator is allowed only one intern
22  at a time per legislative session, and all interns
23  must be registered with the offices of the secretary
24  of the senate and the chief clerk of the house.
25     The purpose of the legislative intern program shall
26  be: 1) to provide useful staff services to
27  legislators not otherwise provided by the general
28  assembly; 2) to give interested college, graduate, and
29  law school students practical experience in the
30  legislative process as well as providing a meaningful
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 1  educational experience; and 3) to enrich the
 2  curriculum of participating colleges and universities.
 3     The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of
 4  the house or their designees shall have the following
 5  responsibilities as regards the legislative intern
 6  program:
 7     1.  Identify a supervising faculty member at each
 8  participating institution who shall be responsible for
 9  authorizing students to participate in the intern
10  program.
11     2.  Provide legislators with a list of
12  participating institutions and the names of
13  supervising professors to contact if interested in
14  arranging for an intern.
15     3.  Provide interns with name badges which will
16  allow them access to the floor of either house when
17  required to be present by the legislators for whom
18  they work.
19     4.  Provide orientation materials to interns prior
20  to the convening of each session.
21                               Rule 19
22    Administrative Rules Review Committee Bills
23                      and Rule Referrals
24     A bill which relates to departmental rules and
25  which is approved by the administrative rules review
26  committee by a majority of the committee's members of
27  each house is eligible for introduction in either
28  house at any time and must be referred to a standing
29  committee, which must take action on the bill within
30  three weeks of referral, except bills referred to

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