House Amendment 1046


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     1  1    Amend House File 243 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 26 through 32 and
     1  3 inserting the following:  <the political subdivision
     1  4 has made a good faith effort>.
     1  5 #2.  Page 1, line 33, by inserting after the words
     1  6 <appoint a> the following:  <qualified>.
     1  7 #3.  Page 2, line 1, by inserting after the word
     1  8 <appointment.> the following:  <In complying with the
     1  9 requirements of this subsection, political
     1 10 subdivisions shall utilize a fair and unbiased method
     1 11 of selecting the best qualified applicants.>
     1 12 #4.  Page 2, by inserting after line 1 the
     1 13 following:
     1 14    <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  216A.61  GENDER BALANCE
     1 15 OF LOCAL BOARDS == REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
     1 16    Beginning in 2012, and every even=numbered year
     1 17 thereafter, each political subdivision of the state
     1 18 shall submit a report to the commission, in a manner
     1 19 prescribed by the commission, including the total
     1 20 number of members and the number of women and men
     1 21 members as of January 1 of that year for each
     1 22 appointive board, commission, committee, or council
     1 23 established by the Code of the applicable political
     1 24 subdivision and describing what steps the political
     1 25 subdivision is taking to encourage gender balance on
     1 26 these appointive bodies.  The commission shall compile
     1 27 the information reported by each political
     1 28 subdivision, and make the compilation available to the
     1 29 public.>
     1 30 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 34 MASCHER of Johnson
     1 35 HF 243.202 83
     1 36 ec/rj/21745
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