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Amend the bill in section 8 in §196A in subsection 1 in paragraph B in the 7th line (page 2, line 33 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "date" and inserting the following: 'year'
Amend the bill in section 8 in §196A by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 4, lines 14 to 39 and page 5, lines 1 and 2 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘2.  Fees.   For the purpose of calculating fees pursuant to this section, a record includes the information on one individual voter. Fees paid to the Secretary of State must be deposited into a dedicated fund for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing the information and maintaining the central voter registration system and other authorized costs relating to compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666. A municipality may keep the fees paid to the municipality. The fees for information provided pursuant to this section are as follows:
 
A.  The fee for information provided in printed form is $1 for the first page and 25¢ per page for all additional pages, except that the fee for additional pages of mailing labels is 75¢ per page; and
 
B.  The fee for information provided in electronic form is based on the number of records requested. The fee entitles the requestor to receive the initial electronic report or file and, upon request, up to 11 updates free of charge during the subsequent 12-month period, except that no more than one free update may be requested during any 30-day period. The fee schedule is as follows:
 
(1) For 900,001 or more voter records, $2,200;
 
(2) For 600,001 to 900,000 voter records, $1,650;
 
(3) For 400,001 to 600,000 voter records, $1,100;
 
(4) For 250,001 to 400,000 voter records, $825;
 
(5) For 150,001 to 250,000 voter records, $550;
 
(6) For 100,001 to 150,000 voter records, $275;
 
(7) For 75,001 to 100,000 voter records, $220;
 
(8) For 50,001 to 75,000 voter records, $182;
 
(9) For 35,001 to 50,000 voter records, $138;
 
(10) For 25,001 to 35,000 voter records, $83;
 
(11) For 15,001 to 25,000 voter records, $55;
 
(12) For 7,501 to 15,000 voter records, $33;
 
(13) For 1,001 to 7,500 voter records, $22; or
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(14) For 1 to 1,000 voter records, $11.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces date of birth with year of birth as a record that is made available from the central voter registration system for campaign-related and get-out-the-vote purposes. It also provides that fees collected by the Secretary of State for providing records from the central voter registration system may be used to offset costs necessary to comply with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002. This amendment increases the fees for records proposed by the bill by 10%.