H-8374

   Amend Senate File 2431, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   <Section 1.  STATUTE OF LIMITATION MODIFICATION —— LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.  It is the finding of the general assembly that the following facts and circumstances are conditions precedent to this modification of an existing Iowa statute of limitation:
   1.  That legislatively created, after-the-fact exceptions to the operation of civil statutes of limitation are, in general, poor public policy.
   2.  Such exceptions tend to erode the rule of law, respect for the doctrine of equal protection, and due regard for the sanctity of contracts.
   3.  Notwithstanding such principles, various parties have represented to the general assembly that a defined and discreet group of Iowa sexual abuse victims face a grotesque miscarriage of justice if the operation of sections 614.1 and 614.8 is not suspended for their benefit.
   4.  These parties have also represented to the general assembly that the circumstances surrounding the lawsuits are unlikely to reoccur, and that the proposed retroactive enlargement of the statute of limitation will not injure any third party who has not already consented to settlement of their interests.
   5.  But for the unusual and exceptionally rare circumstances represented to be present, an after-the-fact enlargement of a statute of limitation would not be considered.
   6.  The action taken by the general assembly in this matter is not to be considered or offered in the future as creating a precedent for future legislative action by the general assembly.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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THOMSON of Floyd