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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. __ 1 2 BY DVORSKY and BOLKCOM 1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 1471HH BY MASCHER) 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 SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 20 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Governor is urged 2 21 to appoint a special commission charged with 2 22 developing designs to submit to the United States Mint 2 23 for the 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 1471SS 79 2 28 jp/gg/8
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