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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. __
1 2 BY MASCHER, MYERS, FOEGE, and LENSING
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 1471SS BY DVORSKY)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution urging the Governor to
1 5 appoint a commission to develop design proposals
1 6 for Iowa's participation in the United States Mint's
1 7 50 state quarters program and to direct the commission
1 8 to develop designs incorporating the Old Capitol as a
1 9 symbol for the state.
1 10 WHEREAS, the United States Mint has implemented a
1 11 program in accordance with Public Law No. 105-124, to
1 12 commemorate each of the 50 states in the order in
1 13 which the states ratified the United States
1 14 Constitution and joined the Union; and
1 15 WHEREAS, for the 10-year period 1999 through 2008,
1 16 the United States will annually issue five quarter
1 17 dollar coins with state designs displayed on the
1 18 reverse side of the coins; and
1 19 WHEREAS, each state has an opportunity to develop
1 20 and submit designs representative of the state; and
1 21 WHEREAS, quarter dollar coins have a commercial
1 22 lifespan of at least 30 years and are collected for
1 23 generations, providing an opportunity for wide
1 24 distribution of an enduring symbol of this state; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the cornerstone for the Old Capitol
1 26 building located in Iowa City was laid in 1840 and the
1 27 building served as the Iowa Territory Capitol from
1 28 1842-1846, as the original capitol upon Iowa achieving
1 29 statehood in 1846 and continuing until 1857, and as an
1 30 important building of the State University of Iowa
2 1 from 1857 until the present time; and
2 2 WHEREAS, the Old Capitol is the location where the
2 3 original Constitution of the State of Iowa was
2 4 approved, and its importance in the history of the
2 5 state was recognized with designation by the United
2 6 States Department of the Interior as a National
2 7 Historic Landmark during the nation's bicentennial in
2 8 1976; and
2 9 WHEREAS, the Old Capitol is widely acknowledged as
2 10 a symbol for the State of Iowa and was displayed as
2 11 this state's symbol on the half-dollar coin issued to
2 12 commemorate Iowa's centennial in 1946; and
2 13 WHEREAS, Iowa entered the Union as the twenty-ninth
2 14 state on December 28, 1846, and the quarter dollar
2 15 honoring the State of Iowa will be issued in 2004; and
2 16 WHEREAS, the Governor will be contacted no later
2 17 than 2002 concerning Iowa's design submission; NOW
2 18 THEREFORE,
2 19 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 20 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Governor is urged to
2 21 appoint a special commission charged with developing
2 22 designs to submit to the United States Mint for the
2 23 Iowa quarter dollar; and
2 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the commission be
2 25 directed to develop designs incorporating the Old
2 26 Capitol as the symbol for the state.
2 27 LSB 1471HH 79
2 28 jp/gg/8
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