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April 13, 1998
Ted Tedesco, Mayor
And Members of the City Council
Of The City of Ames, Iowa
Re: Possession Under Age - Amendment of Code Reference
Dear Mayor Tedesco and Council Members:
You will recall that the City had, in May of 1996, adopted the provisions of the Code of Iowa, that
make illegal the possession of alcoholic beverages by persons 18, 19, or 20. Those provisions at that
time were found at Iowa Code §123.47A, and that is the code reference used in the Municipal Code.
The State Legislature has since repealed §123.47A, and incorporated those provisions into §123.47,
Code of Iowa. Since our Municipal Code now makes reference to a code provision which is no longer
in existence, it is appropriate to amend the City's state code reference to §123.47, if it wishes to retain
this violation as an ordinance.
Attached is a proposed ordinance which will adopt that new state code reference for your
consideration. Since this is a technical amendment, suspension of the rules and passage on all three
readings would be appropriate.
Yours truly,
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Judy K. Parks
Assistant City Attorney
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