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. 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 MASCHER of Johnson 1 34 HF 243.501 83 1 35 ec/rj/21665 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-