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1 1 Amend House File 2577 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 8, by inserting after line 9 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . Section 216B.3, Code Supplement 2003,
1 5 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 18. Plan, establish, administer,
1 7 and promote a statewide program to provide audio news
1 8 and information services to blind or visually impaired
1 9 persons residing in this state.
1 10 a. The commission may enter into necessary
1 11 contracts and arrangements with the national
1 12 federation for the blind to provide for the delivery
1 13 of newspapers over the telephone, furnished by the
1 14 national federation for the blind.
1 15 b. The commission may enter into necessary
1 16 contracts and arrangements with the Iowa radio reading
1 17 information service for the blind and print
1 18 handicapped to provide for the delivery of newspapers,
1 19 magazines, and other printed materials over the radio,
1 20 furnished by the Iowa radio reading information
1 21 service for the blind and print handicapped.
1 22 Sec. . Section 216B.4, unnumbered paragraph 1,
1 23 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 24 The director may accept financial aid from the
1 25 government of the United States for carrying out
1 26 rehabilitation and physical restoration of the blind
1 27 and for providing library, news, and information
1 28 services to persons who are blind and persons with
1 29 physical disabilities."
1 30 #2. Page 8, by inserting after line 21, the
1 31 following:
1 32 "Sec. . CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The section
1 33 of this Act establishing an audio news and information
1 34 services program shall take effect only if funding is
1 35 specifically appropriated to the department for the
1 36 blind for that purpose. The department for the blind
1 37 shall notify the Code editor if such an appropriation
1 38 is made."
1 39 #3. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
1 40 word "date" the following: "and providing a
1 41 contingent effective date".
1 42
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1 44
1 45 CARROLL of Poweshiek
1 46 HF 2577.203 80
1 47 pf/sh
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