House Amendment 1077


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 243 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, line 22, by inserting before the words
     1  3 <All appointive> the following:  <a.>
     1  4 #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 26 through 32 and
     1  5 inserting the following:  <the political subdivision
     1  6 has made a good faith effort>.
     1  7 #3.  Page 1, line 33, by inserting after the words
     1  8 <appoint a> the following:  <qualified>.
     1  9 #4.  Page 2, line 1, by inserting after the word
     1 10 <appointment.> the following:  <In complying with the
     1 11 requirements of this subsection, political
     1 12 subdivisions shall utilize a fair and unbiased method
     1 13 of selecting the best qualified applicants.
     1 14    b.  The governing body of a political subdivision
     1 15 of the state, shall, during the first regularly
     1 16 scheduled meeting of the governing body in 2012, and
     1 17 every even=numbered year thereafter, approve a written
     1 18 report including the total number of members and the
     1 19 number of women and men members as of January 1 of
     1 20 that year for each appointive board, commission,
     1 21 committee, or council of the political subdivision
     1 22 referred to in paragraph "a" and describing what steps
     1 23 the political subdivision is taking to encourage
     1 24 gender balance on these appointive bodies.  The
     1 25 political subdivision shall make copies of the report
     1 26 available during the meeting, shall publish the report
     1 27 with the minutes of that meeting, and shall otherwise
     1 28 make the report readily available to the public.>
     1 29 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 33 MASCHER of Johnson
     1 34 HF 243.501 83
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