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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1959
Page
2
The 1959 Legislature convened January 12 and adjourned May 7, totaling 116 days in session. Described as longest and costliest, it faced criticism for failing to pass a reapportionment bill yet yielded significant activity with about 1400 bills introduced and a notable legislative record.
About 400 measures were enacted, including the largest state budget in history at 171 million dollars, up 28 million from the prior legislature. Changes include highway speed limits, school election date moved to September, a shift to appointive posts for the commerce commission, abolition of the county coroner, four year term county offices, and counties allowed to shorten their own ballots.
The session ends amid bitter notes as lawmakers fail to pass a reapportionment bill. Counties under 30 percent of the state population outvote those above 70 percent in both houses. Three conference committees fail to craft a mutually acceptable plan. E. Loveless calls the failure a major shortcoming. E Howard Hill of the Farm Bureau defends rural backing for several plans.
A number of measures did not pass both houses including a reapportionment bill. The bur oak will not become the state tree. Hunting regulations keep mourning doves protected. Liquor by the drink remains illegal. Oleo ice cream sales are banned and no discovery of the first person in Iowa is noted.
Butler County Iowa Board minutes cover April 20 1959 with audited lists of witness fees township expenses road claims and vendor charges including Diesel fuel Triangle Refineries and Vivian Equipment. The session adjourned to May 4 1959 with adjournment motion carried and official attestation by Chairman Paul C Schaeffer and Auditor W O Larsen.
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