House Amendment 1514


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 369, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 10, by inserting after line 22 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  PURCHASE OF CERTAIN VOTING EQUIPMENT ==
     1  6 APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general
     1  7 fund of the state to the office of secretary of state
     1  8 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending
     1  9 June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much
     1 10 thereof as is necessary, for the purpose designated in
     1 11 this section:
     1 12 .................................................. $  7,000,000
     1 13    The funds appropriated shall be utilized by the
     1 14 secretary of state to provide matching funds to
     1 15 counties required by this Act to purchase voting
     1 16 machine equipment capable of producing a paper record
     1 17 that the voter may review before the voter casts the
     1 18 voter's ballot.  If a county utilizes a voting machine
     1 19 and an optical scan voting system concurrently at the
     1 20 same precinct, the county may apply for matching funds
     1 21 to purchase an electronic ballot marking device that
     1 22 is compatible with its optical scan voting system.
     1 23 The secretary of state shall adopt rules relating to
     1 24 the application process for counties to request
     1 25 matching funds.
     1 26    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
     1 27 in this section that are unexpended or unobligated at
     1 28 the close of the fiscal year shall not revert and
     1 29 shall be available for the purpose designated in this
     1 30 section for the following fiscal year.>
     1 31 #2.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     1 32 word <systems> the following:  <and making an
     1 33 appropriation.>
     1 34 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 38 JACOBS of Polk
     1 39 SF 369.702 82
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