Senate Amendment 3143


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 276 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 9, line 22, by inserting after the word
     1  3 <commissioner> the following:  <shall, in the month
     1  4 following the end of a calendar quarter, run the
     1  5 statewide voter registration system's matching program
     1  6 to determine whether a listed decedent was registered
     1  7 to vote in the county and>.
     1  8 #2.  Page 15, by inserting after line 20 the
     1  9 following:
     1 10    <Sec.    .  Section 49.77, subsection 3, paragraph
     1 11 b, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1 12    b.  A precinct election official may require of the
     1 13 voter unknown to the official, identification upon
     1 14 which the voter's signature or mark appears in the
     1 15 form prescribed by the state commissioner by rule.  If
     1 16 identification is established to the satisfaction of
     1 17 the precinct election officials, the person may then
     1 18 be allowed to vote.>
     1 19 #3.  Page 26, line 15, by striking the word
     1 20 <prominently> and inserting the following:
     1 21 <prominently>.
     1 22 #4.  Page 28, line 6, by striking the word
     1 23 <prominently> and inserting the following:
     1 24 <prominently>.
     1 25 #5.  Page 29, by striking lines 10 and 11 and
     1 26 inserting the following:  <registration form under
     1 27 section 48A.8 and an another absentee ballot
     1 28 application form to the eligible elector.  If the>.
     1 29 #6.  Page 29, line 27, by inserting after the word
     1 30 <applicant> the following:  <by mail>.
     1 31 #7.  Page 29, line 29, by inserting after the
     1 32 figure <48A.7A.> the following:  <In addition to
     1 33 notification by mail, the commissioner shall also
     1 34 attempt to contact the applicant by any other method
     1 35 available to the commissioner.>
     1 36 #8.  Page 32, by inserting after line 7 the
     1 37 following:
     1 38    <Sec.    .  Section 53.20, subsection 2, Code 2009,
     1 39 is amended to read as follows:
     1 40    2.  Results from the special precinct shall be
     1 41 reported separately from the results of the ballots
     1 42 cast at the polls on election day.  The commissioner
     1 43 shall for general elections also report the results of
     1 44 the special precinct by the resident precincts of the
     1 45 voters who cast absentee and provisional ballots.  For
     1 46 all other elections, the commissioner may report the
     1 47 results of the special precinct by the resident
     1 48 precincts of the voters who cast absentee and
     1 49 provisional ballots, or may report the absentee
     1 50 results as a single precinct.  The separate residence
     2  1 precinct reports shall be provided in one of the
     2  2 following ways:
     2  3    a.  The commissioner may manually sort the absentee
     2  4 ballots by precinct upon receipt of completed ballots.
     2  5 Each group of ballots from an individual precinct
     2  6 shall be tallied together.
     2  7    b.  The commissioner may prepare a separate
     2  8 absentee ballot style for each precinct in the county
     2  9 and shall program the voting system to produce reports
     2 10 by the resident precincts of the voters.  For the
     2 11 general election and for any election in which the
     2 12 commissioner determines in advance of the election to
     2 13 report the results of the special precinct by the
     2 14 resident precincts of the voters who cast absentee and
     2 15 provisional ballots, the commissioner shall prepare a
     2 16 separate absentee ballot style for each precinct in
     2 17 the county and shall program the voting system to
     2 18 produce reports by the resident precincts of the
     2 19 voters.>
     2 20 #9.  Page 36, line 25, by striking the word
     2 21 <prominently> and inserting the following:
     2 22 <prominently>.
     2 23 #10.  Page 37, by inserting after line 21 the
     2 24 following:
     2 25    <Sec.    .  Section 298.2, subsection 4, unnumbered
     2 26 paragraph 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     2 27    The board may on its own motion, and upon the
     2 28 written request of not less than one hundred eligible
     2 29 electors or thirty percent of the number of eligible
     2 30 electors voting at the last regular school election,
     2 31 whichever is greater, shall, direct the county
     2 32 commissioner of elections to provide for submitting
     2 33 the proposition of levying the voter=approved physical
     2 34 plant and equipment levy for a period of time
     2 35 authorized by the voters in the notice of election,
     2 36 not to exceed ten years, in the notice of the regular
     2 37 school election.  The proposition is adopted if a
     2 38 majority of those voting on the proposition at the
     2 39 election approves it.  The voter=approved physical
     2 40 plant and equipment levy shall be funded either by a
     2 41 physical plant and equipment property tax or by a
     2 42 combination of a physical plant and equipment property
     2 43 tax and a physical plant and equipment income surtax,
     2 44 as determined by the board.  However, if the board
     2 45 intends to enter into a rental or lease arrangement
     2 46 under section 279.26, or intends to enter into a loan
     2 47 agreement under section 297.36, only a property tax
     2 48 shall be levied for those purposes.  Subject to the
     2 49 limitations of section 298.14, if the board uses a
     2 50 combination of a physical plant and equipment property
     3  1 tax and a physical plant and equipment surtax, for
     3  2 each fiscal year the board shall determine the percent
     3  3 of income surtax to be imposed expressed as full
     3  4 percentage points, not to exceed twenty percent.>
     3  5 #11.  Page 40, line 21, by striking the word
     3  6 <prominently> and inserting the following:
     3  7 <prominently>.
     3  8 #12.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     3 12 STEVE SODDERS
     3 13 SF 276.301 83
     3 14 sc/nh/21911

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