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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2472 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 11, by inserting after line 2, the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . Section 48A.2, subsection 3, Code 2001, 1 5 is amended to read as follows: 1 6 3. "Person who ismentallyincompetent to vote" 1 7 means a person who has been found to lack the mental 1 8 capacity to vote by reason of mental retardation in a 1 9 proceeding held pursuant to section 222.31 or 1 10 633.556." 1 11 Sec. . Section 48A.6, subsection 2, Code 2001, 1 12 is amended to read as follows: 1 13 2. A person who ismentallyincompetent to vote. 1 14 Certification by the clerk of the district court that 1 15 any such person has been found no longer incompetent 1 16 by a court shall qualify such person to again be an 1 17 elector, subject to the other provisions of this 1 18 chapter." 1 19 #2. Page 11, by inserting after line 10, the 1 20 following: 1 21 "Sec. . Section 48A.10, Code 2001 is amended to 1 22 read as follows: 1 23 48A.10 REGISTRATION REQUIRED. 1 24 If a registered voter moves to a different county, 1 25 the person shall submit a completed voter registration 1 26 form to the commissioner in order to be qualified to 1 27 vote in that county. An otherwise eligible elector 1 28 whose right to vote has been restored pursuant to 1 29 chapter 914 or who has been found not to be a person 1 30 who ismentallyincompetent to vote may register to 1 31 vote." 1 32 #3. Page 11, by inserting after line 16, the 1 33 following: 1 34 "Sec. . Section 48A.14, subsection 1, paragraph 1 35 f, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 36 f. The challenged registrant has been adjudged by 1 37 a court of law to be a person who ismentally1 38 incompetent to vote and no subsequent proceeding has 1 39 reversed that finding." 1 40 #4. Page 13, by inserting after line 32, the 1 41 following: 1 42 "Sec. . Section 48A.30, subsection 1, paragraph 1 43 e, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 44 e. The clerk of the district court or the state 1 45 registrar sends notice that the registered voter has 1 46 been declared a person who ismentallyincompetent to 1 47 vote under state law." 1 48 #5. Page 53, by inserting after line 12, the 1 49 following: 1 50 "Sec. . Section 602.8102, subsection 15, Code 2 1 Supplement 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 2 15. Monthly, notify the county commissioner of 2 3 registration and the state registrar of voters of 2 4 persons seventeen and one-half years of age and older 2 5 who have been convicted of a felony during the 2 6 preceding calendar month or persons who at any time 2 7 during the preceding calendar month have been legally 2 8 declared to bementallya person who is incompetent to 2 9 vote as that term is defined in section 48A.2. 2 10 Sec. . Section 633.556, subsection 1, Code 2 11 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 12 1. If the allegations of the petition as to the 2 13 status of the proposed ward and the necessity for the 2 14 appointment of a guardian are proved by clear and 2 15 convincing evidence, the court may appoint a guardian. 2 16 If the court appoints a guardian based upon mental 2 17 incapacity by reason of mental retardation of the 2 18 proposed ward, the court shall make a separate 2 19 determination as to the ward's competency to vote. 2 20 The court shall find a ward incompetent to vote only 2 21 upon determining that the person lacks sufficient 2 22 mental capacity to comprehend and exercise the right 2 23 to vote." 2 24 #6. By renumbering as necessary. 2 25 2 26 2 27 2 28 GRUNDBERG of Polk 2 29 2 30 2 31 2 32 JACOBS of Polk 2 33 2 34 2 35 2 36 JOCHUM of Dubuque 2 37 HF 2472.202 79 2 38 sc/sh
Text: H08157 Text: H08159 Text: H08100 - H08199 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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