Bill Text: IA SJR3 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Iowa limiting years of service for members of the general assembly and the governor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-22 - Subcommittee: R. Smith, Cournoyer, and Jochum. S.J. 145. [SJR3 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SJR3-Introduced.html
Senate
Joint
Resolution
3
-
Introduced
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
3
BY
DAWSON
SENA
TE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
amendments
to
the
Constitution
of
1
the
State
of
Iowa
limiting
years
of
service
for
members
of
2
the
general
assembly
and
the
governor.
3
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
1
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
2
1.
Section
3
of
Article
III
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
3
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
4
Sec.
3.
Representatives
——
term
limitation.
The
members
of
5
the
house
of
representatives
shall
be
chosen
every
second
year,
6
by
the
qualified
electors
of
their
respective
districts,
and
7
their
term
of
office
shall
commence
on
the
first
day
of
January
8
next
after
their
election,
and
continue
two
years,
and
until
9
their
successors
are
elected
and
qualified.
A
person
shall
10
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
representative
if
the
term
would
11
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
a
total
of
sixteen
years
12
in
the
general
assembly.
This
limitation
on
years
of
service
13
applies
to
terms
of
office
beginning
on
or
after
January
1,
14
2024,
and
for
years
of
service
occurring
on
or
after
January
15
1,
2024.
16
2.
Section
5
of
Article
III
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
17
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
18
Sec.
5.
Senators
——
qualifications
——
term
limitation.
19
Senators
shall
be
chosen
for
the
term
of
four
years,
at
20
the
same
time
and
place
as
representatives;
they
shall
be
21
twenty-five
years
of
age,
and
possess
the
qualifications
of
22
representatives
as
to
residence
and
citizenship.
A
person
23
shall
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
senator
if
the
term
would
24
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
a
total
of
sixteen
years
25
in
the
general
assembly.
This
limitation
on
terms
of
service
26
applies
to
terms
of
office
beginning
on
or
after
January
1,
27
2024,
and
for
years
of
service
occurring
on
or
after
January
28
1,
2024.
29
Sec.
2.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
30
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
31
Section
6
of
Article
IV
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
32
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
33
Sec.
6.
Eligibility
——
term
limitation.
34
No
person
shall
be
eligible
to
the
office
of
governor,
or
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lieutenant
governor,
who
shall
not
have
been
a
citizen
of
the
1
United
States,
and
a
resident
of
the
state,
two
years
next
2
preceding
the
election,
and
attained
the
age
of
thirty
years
3
at
the
time
of
said
election.
4
A
person
shall
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
governor
if
5
the
term
would
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
a
total
6
of
two
terms
as
governor.
If
a
person
is
elevated
to
serve
7
a
portion
of
a
term
to
which
some
other
person
was
elected
8
but
that
person
died
in
office
or
resigned
from
office
or
was
9
otherwise
removed
from
office,
that
portion
of
a
term
served
10
shall
not
be
included
in
the
terms
of
service
for
purposes
11
of
this
limitation
if
the
person
did
not
serve
for
at
least
12
one-half
of
the
four-year
term.
This
limitation
on
terms
13
of
service
applies
to
terms
of
office
beginning
on
or
after
14
January
1,
2024.
15
Sec.
3.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
amendments
16
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
are
referred
to
the
17
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
election
18
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
the
secretary
of
19
state
is
directed
to
cause
the
same
to
be
published
for
three
20
consecutive
months
previous
to
the
date
of
that
election
as
21
provided
by
law.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
joint
resolution
proposes
two
amendments
to
the
26
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
limiting
years
of
service
for
27
persons
elected
to
the
general
assembly
or
the
office
of
the
28
governor.
29
The
first
amendment
provides
that
a
person
shall
not
be
30
elected
for
a
term
as
a
representative
or
senator
if
the
term
31
would
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
16
years
in
the
32
general
assembly.
33
The
second
proposed
amendment
provides
that
a
person
shall
34
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
governor
if
the
term
would
result
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in
the
person
serving
more
than
two
terms
as
governor.
For
the
1
purposes
of
this
limitation,
a
person
shall
not
be
considered
2
to
have
served
a
term
if
that
person
was
elevated
to
serve
a
3
portion
of
a
term
as
governor
if
that
person
did
not
serve
at
4
least
one-half
of
the
full
term.
5
The
amendments
apply
to
terms
of
office
beginning
on
or
after
6
January
1,
2024,
and
for
years
of
service
occurring
on
or
after
7
January
1,
2024.
8
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
referred
to
the
next
9
general
assembly
for
adoption
before
being
submitted
to
the
10
electorate
for
ratification.
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